The char has three sliders.

Sloane Body (Only the body dials in)
Sloane Head (Only the head dials in)
VYK_Sloane (Its the body but if oyu dial in the sloane Head dials in too.)
So i think the Head is the important thing. The file is called  "Sloane Head.dsf" But i have checked the files and i don't think a morph is missing.

But the curiousity is if i dial out the victoria 7 on the original Genesis 3 they look similiar (error2)
The left in error 1 is the original Sloane.
Its crazy.
 

lou_harper said:

Shimrian said:

The discount from Dain Pro bundle is 50% off because you bought a new item, not because it was in the Genesis 9 bundles for buying Death. If you get one of those, they end up at 90% without tokens. Sadly the selection is very small and the 1/2 page is filled with mostly Victoria and Michael bundles. And debut new or recently new give you an EXTRA 50% OFF* any Non-new Release. Still, nice set of items you got at 82% Off. :)

Ah well, I'm happy enough. The problem is with bundles that if I liked them enough I bought them when they came out. Otherwise by the time they have a steep sales like this I already picked up the pieces I wanted, and the rest would just be clutter.

For me there is two problems with those bundles, first they don't stack with other offers and second, one doesn't get any additional discount for items already owned. 

Shimrian said:

The discount from Dain Pro bundle is 50% off because you bought a new item, not because it was in the Genesis 9 bundles for buying Death. If you get one of those, they end up at 90% without tokens. Sadly the selection is very small and the 1/2 page is filled with mostly Victoria and Michael bundles. And debut new or recently new give you an EXTRA 50% OFF* any Non-new Release. Still, nice set of items you got at 82% Off. :)

Ah well, I'm happy enough. The problem is with bundles that if I liked them enough I bought them when they came out. Otherwise by the time they have a steep sales like this I already picked up the pieces I wanted, and the rest would just be clutter.

The discount from Dain Pro bundle is 50% off because you bought a new item, not because it was in the Genesis 9 bundles for buying Death. If you get one of those, they end up at 90% without tokens. Sadly the selection is very small and the 1/2 page is filled with mostly Victoria and Michael bundles. And debut new or recently new give you an EXTRA 50% OFF* any Non-new Release. Still, nice set of items you got at 82% Off. :)

lou_harper said:

I bought the three items I wanted from the bundle, plus Dain 9 Pro, because I really, really wanted those alternate shapes for him. The 60% off any G9 bundle deal seemed to work, even though Dain 9 doesn't show up if you click the link. I only had 5 tokens.

Oh... this bodysuit is unique. It was built and customized on V4's surfaces but not 100% in line with the material zones. Even if you own https://www.daz3d.com/legacy-uvs-for-genesis-8-victoria-4, you have to modify a lot... and may have to use a V4 character's skin mat. presets.

Or convert the bodysuit texture maps with external application. That'll be very cumbersome...

@ richardandtracy

I am looking forward for your PDF Document, I will put my hands on the Keyboard and Mouse and start doing something about it.

But this product DAZ High Res V3 texture you mention does not come cheap (currency exchange will balloom up the total price for that product) so I see no savings.

I would be tempted to borrow any other kind of installed textures as these could do the trick.

When you ready let us know, and I will go flying to the download source and rub my hands with glee to get the job done one page or chapter at a time 

Cheers!

Hello,

I didn't know enough about Nigeria, so I spend some time looking for informations, then ideas, ideally one I could render.

For a time, I thought about doing a dinner with the three of them, with Jada showing them photos of her trip to Lagos, Nigeria, but I didn't find enough free photos from here (I found a lot from Lagos, Portugal…) and it would have been a bit too much to take a trip to Lagos to take them myself (to say nothing of the fact that I don't have the budget to make a trip here ). I don't remember when I thought about doing a double render, one (the first) as the real-life photo, the other (the second) as a in-game photo.

The two scenes were made almost two weeks ago, but I waited to see if I could find something to show the entrance portal of the dungeon and then, well, life got in the way.

So, the short story behind both renders:

Victoria and Lacey are both avid players of Words of War, the famous MMORPG. Victoria is playing a tank (Warrior or Paladin, your choice, as long as it’s a tank with a shield) while Lacey is a sneaky Rogue. Among the people they met in-game, their favourite person is Jada, a Priest.

Jada lives in Lagos and always told them the place where they met for the first time in-game is clearly inspired by a famous beach near Lagos, so when they decided to take a vacation here, that beach became a natural meeting place for the three friends.

Hopefully, all used items are listed on the gallery.

Hi guys,

I used Victoria HD 9 in DAZ, added some hair, facial expression and a lay down pose. I sent it to Blender using the bridge (fyi I installed DAZ a couples of weeks ago and Blender about a month ago, I should have the lastest versions then) and I am facing 2 annoying issues.

1. the pose partly imported - the arms seem really wrong and the rest of the pose seems all right. I tried with another pose and same issue, one arm was wrong.

2. The hair got sent to blender kind like the avatar'd stayed in a A-pose, so the hair stayed up in the air whereas the avatar is lying down.

I am wondering if I am the only one having these issues and I hope someone will be able to help out.

Thanks!

Blender : 3.6

Daz 4.21 pro

How often have you wanted to use your old Generation 3 or Generation 4 content but been put off by things like poke through, not having just the perfect content or even by the fact the clothing you want to use is for the wrong figure?

Well, now you can update a character like A3 to have most of the benefits of Generation 7 (Genesis 3) or Generation 8 (Genesis 8) characters. The benefits you can have are:

1. Wearing almost all Generation 3 clothing (A3, V3, M3, H3, GND2, GV3 & IV)
2. Wearing most G3F and G3M clothing & hair by creating an Autofit Clone
3. Wearing most G8F and G8M clothing & hair by creating an Autofit Clone
4. Be able to morph from A3 into V3 into M3 into H3 etc
5. Have the clothing follow the morphs
6. Update the skin to Iray with a material setting (requires DAZ High Res V3 texture)

The tutorial is a 69 page pdf giving step by step instructions and illustrations at every step. You can do it yourself. I include shaping poses for V3 and M3 to create basic Autofit Clones for G3F, G3M, G8F and G8M clothing, and explain how to do it yourself while referring to Catherine's tutorial for how to create much better modeller aided clones.

The tutorial does not cover improving the joint geometry of the old parametric characters, as that's outside the scope of this tutorial which is to convert an old parametric character into a character that can take advantage of the biggest improvements that DS has brought to the Genesis range of figures - autofit & autofollow.

The Tutorial goes through the process with A3. It can be done with V3, GV3, V4, M4, M3 etc. Any Pre-Genesis parametric character can be converted in the same way to take advantage of the same things. The image below shows TriAx A3 wearing G8F Rhiannon's Crux Attitude bottoms, Top is G3F Rhiannon's Crux Attitude top, the hair is G3F, and the shoes came from PoserDazFreebies for V3.

And here is another I prepared earlier, Glamorous Vicki 3 (a V3 variant by Jim Burton) wearing a G8F Kaftan.

I hope you find it useful, and look forward to a revival of old content.

Regards,

Richard

Edited to add: See here for M3 and V3 poses to help make M4 & V4 autofit clones and a medium res material preset for V3 materials.

Hi everyone,  I am on the hunt for freebie poses, of a female (Victoria 3 or 4 or Genesis Female carrying a small tool box or using a hammer on a wooden fence (doing repairs)

Does 

It's a morph for Victoria 4, but there's the Lacerian available at Philosopher's Egg:

https://www.philosophersegg.com/shop/index.php?rt=product/product&path=78_72&product_id=146#review

At least this is my impression of what a more reptilian female dragon could look like paired with fireblast's Genesis 8 male examples.

There's also a reptilian morph available in HFS Ultimate Shapes for Genesis 8:

https://www.daz3d.com/hfs-ultimate-shapes-for-genesis-8-female

Xagrim said:

No it works if i load it into a Scene.

But after the converting there is no Sloane Slider for the Genesis 8. But if i reduce the Victoria 7 slider for the body, the body is okay but it don't work for the Head. I have try all options, like 2020,2019 with hide eyes...

Could the problem be i don't have this one: 200 Plus Head and Face Morphs for Genesis 8 Female(s) | Daz 3D

For the original Sloane the G3 Pack i have.

And i don't really know in which cases i better use the scene converter instead of the character converter?

More than likely, the script failed trying to find the morph for the character slider.  The script needs to fix a few lines in the character slider when it is created so it works.  On some systems, it cannot find it so it cannot update the file.  If you start from scratch (i.e., delete the generated morphs), convert Sloane, and post the log of the conversion, I can see.

No it works if i load it into a Scene.

But after the converting there is no Sloane Slider for the Genesis 8. But if i reduce the Victoria 7 slider for the body, the body is okay but it don't work for the Head. I have try all options, like 2020,2019 with hide eyes...

Could the problem be i don't have this one: 200 Plus Head and Face Morphs for Genesis 8 Female(s) | Daz 3D

For the original Sloane the G3 Pack i have.

And i don't really know in which cases i better use the scene converter instead of the character converter?

nabob21 said:

Does anyone know of a Hillary Duff morph?

The only one in my collection is an old one for Victoria 4. Hopefully a more recent one might exist that someone else knows about. 

I discovered DAZ while Vicky 2 was all the rage, shortly before Victoria 3 was released (2002?). I made a lot of hideous attempts, and then we went sailing - and the laptop caved under the stress of the Indian Ocean air. Lost everything. So the earliest images I can now find are dated in November 2007. Here's one! Do not laugh. I have tended to work 12-16-hour days, so every time I found more time for DAZ, I had to learn all over again, lol! Still am! ... This was a rough depiction of my daughter-in-law at Christmas.

The second one is from 2009 rendered in Carrara. It should show, how Mother Earth meets Technology.

The character is based on Victoria 4

Pull 1

Here are your random numbers:

450
2171
628
2447
3050

Timestamp: 2023-10-17 17:50:53 UTC

450   DH Dining Room DS (#5307)

2171  Azumi for Aiko (#15743)

628   Dragon Port (#6750)

2447  Ordinarily Three for Genesis 2 Female (#17916)

3050 (LB) Monochromatic Iray Shaders (This was a freebie I think. No link)

Also used:

Victoria 4.2 Base

Aiko 5

Aven clothing for Genesis (tights)

Victoria 5 Elite Ponytail

Paradise Bird Hair

Domino for V4

Dream Home Great Room Breakfast Nook

The Greatest Dragon Adventure: Behind the Scenes

"Are you serious right now? I'm ruining your vision? You sent me a crappy toy set that someone didn't finish painting, a ridiculous squeaky toy dragon and a Barbie doll, and you expect me to create some amazing, dramatic dragon fight scene with it? Maybe you should try claymation... It can't be any worse-- Hey, what's wrong with you? You look like you're about to pass out..."

Llola Lane said:

Agreed... Everything I've read about women warriors way back when showed them fully clothed with armor.  Exposed skin could be deadly I'm sure.  I can't imagine any of the scantly clad women warriors of Daz doing any real fighting.  It's pure fantasy ;)

It's magic of course: the less armor you wear, the better you're protected

Strangely enough, in many (most ?) games with bikini armors, this rule doesn't apply to men, who, when they are warriors, are usually protected from head to toe by the mightiest possible armors, armors who suddendly became skandily bikinis on women.

Having said that, they are a couple of very nice armor for Genesis 9, like the Iron Lady Outfit from Victoria 9's fantasy bundles (as an added bonus, it works great with on Genesis 8 too) and the Defender Outfit from a Joan 9's bundle (as far as I remember, I was less succesfull when I tried to use it on Genesis 8).

The Sword Legacy Outfit from the other Joan 9's bundle is almost as great as is the one in the Calypso 9 bundle, but, why high-heels with no flat footed option ?

Speaking of double standard, your exchange with @AOBB gave me an idea for a short story with a couple of renders , with just a preface that I feel it's important: the dress used for Skadi is from a G8F and G8M freebies by SickleYied, and, this set is an 'equal opportunity' set: it's as skimpy on men and women.

Skadi was regretting getting this job.

(Skadi) ‘I’m freezing out here while Warrin can even wear a scarf … and why would a woman wear these ridiculous clothes in winter?’

(Photographer) ‘Why? Because it’s the newest and most powerful Priest set for Burning North, the upcoming Words of War extension…

(Skadi) ‘What a bunch of nonsen…’

(Photographer) ’… and we wouldn’t want Warrin to catch a cold and miss the extension's midnight launch, of course!’

(Warrin) 'Can we get this photoshoot going? I still need to prepare for the launch' (To be continued)

Items used on the gallery: Double Standard (1)

outrider42 said:

The key question is if this lack of engagement has any correlation to sales.

It certainly isn't due to threads repeating things said before, because of how these forums tend to bury old threads, and the fact that has been going on forever. Newer people who haven't seen the old threads will almost always make new threads. It isn't unique to Daz, though the poor forum search does make it much harder to find old threads, which encourages people to just make new ones. Additionally, the madly confusing sales we have often have usually invite some discussion, too, as people try to figure out how these sales work. So I would be concerned about this drop in interaction. Many users might not post in forums, but you can generally bet that people who do are highly invested in DS in some way. Either through time or money, or often both. This forum used to move so fast that it was hard to keep up even when checking daily. Now threads that haven't had new posts for days can still be on the first page. We used to see threads with dozens, even hundreds of posts for every core character, no matter what the reaction was. Now core characters have threads that barely get past a few pages long.

Here are some numbers. "Zack 9" has 20 total comments and now sits halfway down page 2. It isn't just because he's a male..."Karmen 9 HD" has 27 posts and sits on page 3. Neither of these characters have enough comments to reach a 2nd page, that used to be rare.

Meanwhile Olympia 8's thread has 11 pages of comments, well over 330. Time is not a factor, because nearly all of those came within her launch window period. She released on July 2017, and you can find that on page 11 there are comments from August 2017, just one single month later. So 330+ posts discussing Olympia 8 happened in just a month. Olympia 9 only has 4 pages of comments hitting 108 posts. Amelia 9 is approaching one month but only has 43 comments. Minerva 9, who released last December 2022, has about 107 comments.

Just looking at Olympia 8 to 9, the level of forum engagement dropped significantly, as Olympia 8 drew more than 3 times as many comments. Even a late G8 release like Sahara 8 has 8 pages of comments and 241 comments, again within her launch window.

However, this is where it gets concerning, because Genesis 9 initially had a lot of interest in the forum. The Genesis 9 announcement thread, which also previewed Victoria 9, has 38 pages of comments, that is well over 1000 comments. Moreover, all of them happened in the one month window September 2022 to October 2022. This demonstrates that it is indeed possible for a recent thread to get a lot of attention. But by the time Minerva 9 launched in December her release only garnered 108 comments.

The Victoria 8.1/Genesis 8.1 thread has 59 pages of comments. Not all are in the launch window, so I looked. Going one month (January-February 2021) there are still 54 pages of comments. That is over 1620 comments in just one month about the new 8.1. However, Arcadia 8.1 has only 2 pages with some 58 comments. The final G8.0, Topsy, has 5 pages, though I'll note that page 5 is at the 30 post limit, so basically 6 pages. That's 180 comments on a rather niche character.

I can't find the thread for Genesis 8's initial release, I am probably overlooking it.

  @outrider42 This clearly took you some time to do.  Thank you for digging up the numbers, I see the trend you are pointing out.