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Can the Dynamic Fantasy Robe work with Genesis

susievir_8ef440e1f5susievir_8ef440e1f5 Posts: 32
edited December 1969 in New Users

I recently bought the Dynamic Fantasy Robe. It works with the V4 that I have, but is there a way to get it to work with Genesis?
I try and the robe shrinks.

Thanks in advance

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  • SimonWMSimonWM Posts: 924
    edited March 2013

    First, thank you for buying our product. To answer your question: Yes it can work with Genesis but you will need to make an animated drape. Here's a link to a step by step instructions and a youtube video.

    http://forumarchive.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=174408&highlight;=

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yYCoQ0EKOpY

    Hope this helps.

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  • susievir_8ef440e1f5susievir_8ef440e1f5 Posts: 32
    edited December 1969

    Thanks.
    I will try it.
    I just noticed I didn't have the dynamic control. SO off to buy that also.

  • EyekonographyEyekonography Posts: 68
    edited December 1969

    I have a question - how do I control the opening of the robe? I loads closed low on the robe, but the images in the product page show it completely open. I am sure I am missing something simple,and any help is appreciated!

  • SimonWMSimonWM Posts: 924
    edited December 1969

    joseph_hicks said:
    I have a question - how do I control the opening of the robe? I loads closed low on the robe, but the images in the product page show it completely open. I am sure I am missing something simple,and any help is appreciated!

    To make it open wider in the promos I used either wind from the advanced Optitex plugin http://www.daz3d.com/dynamic-clothing-control or making it collide with a primitive like a big sphere where you want it to open more. The big primitives works quite good, you have to position it in the areas where you want the robe to open further and instruct the simulation to collide with it.

  • EyekonographyEyekonography Posts: 68
    edited December 1969

    Ok, I think I understand. If left to simulate, it would naturally fall open?
    How would you close it? Could you use primitives to force the sides together?
    Thanks

  • SimonWMSimonWM Posts: 924
    edited November 2014

    joseph_hicks said:
    Ok, I think I understand. If left to simulate, it would naturally fall open?
    How would you close it? Could you use primitives to force the sides together?
    Thanks

    Closing it is more difficult as you would need to line up both sides, it is not made to be closed but to lay over the character or other dynamic clothes half open. In the advanced plugin you may be able to make it look closed by adding weight to the front panels so they fall to the front or increase friction so it doesn't opens too much.

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  • EyekonographyEyekonography Posts: 68
    edited December 1969

    ok thanks I will play around with it

  • mferrigno_c55ce05ee2mferrigno_c55ce05ee2 Posts: 6
    edited December 1969

    I have another question regarding the use of the Garment PRESETS for the dynamic fantasy robe.
    I do own the "Dynamic Clothing Control" plugin, but I can never get any of the garment presets to have any effect.
    For example, the "Forces Hood Down" preset does not appear to do anything when I double-click the icon in DazStudio (I tried in both 4.6 and 4.7).
    I have also tried selecting different parts of the robe, but again to no effect. I am using it on V4 and have tried using the presets both before draping and after draping...
    Can anyone offer any assistance? Thanks!

  • SimonWMSimonWM Posts: 924
    edited January 2015

    mferrigno said:
    I have another question regarding the use of the Garment PRESETS for the dynamic fantasy robe.
    I do own the "Dynamic Clothing Control" plugin, but I can never get any of the garment presets to have any effect.
    For example, the "Forces Hood Down" preset does not appear to do anything when I double-click the icon in DazStudio (I tried in both 4.6 and 4.7).
    I have also tried selecting different parts of the robe, but again to no effect. I am using it on V4 and have tried using the presets both before draping and after draping...
    Can anyone offer any assistance? Thanks!

    These presets were done as an extra to help control the hood. They basically use bend resistance, weight, friction etc. to control the way the hood behaves. I'm using Genesis 2 Female in the example. Each picture is the result of using the preset to the right. I let it run as single frame simulation for simply 30 frames and got the hood to behave pretty good.

    In DAZ Studio 4.6 and up DAZ has the robe load in the scene tab by default unselectable. I believe that wasn't the case with DAZ Studio 3 when the product was created. I think now you might have to change the robe to selectable on the scene tab as an extra step (just toggle the X for a checkmark next to the arrow and then apply the preset after). It might be that dynamic clothes loads unselectable and is not taking the presets unless you switch to selectable first. If you have the paid plugin you are able to check the "Cloth Properties" values changing when you apply the presets. I changed the robe to selectable loaded the preset and the hood reacted accordingly. Hope this helps.

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  • mferrigno_c55ce05ee2mferrigno_c55ce05ee2 Posts: 6
    edited December 1969

    Hello Simon.
    Thank you for that explanation... that did the trick. :)
    Yes, I had to first ensure the robe was selectable... then the Presets worked fine.
    I also didn't quite understand how the Presets were designed to function... I had to use a sphere primitive to push the hood back so it would fall backward during the drape, but that worked fantastically.

    Thanks again!

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