Issues with the installation of Michael 4 Zaid

enniobolondi

Dear "Dazzer",

I'm a newbie Daz3D user, so first accept my apoligies for the trivial question.

I'm writing because I'm experiencing issues during the setup of Zaid.

-I bought the package

-installed everything with the "install manager"

-opened Daz3d

-Created a new Michael4 guy...

But after that I don't know how to dress up the poor naked M4 who is laying on my 3D scene.

Any hints? Thanks and have a good sunday!

Ennio Bolondi

Chohole

I am going to move your thread to the New Users forumYou will have to buy poor Michael 4 some clothes I am afraid. 

MelanieL

Have you actually bought any clothes for M4 yet? A character like Zaid comes with the figure shape and skin texture (and for this specific character, but not all, some hair options), but no clothing.

If so, you should find them in Content Library tab under Poser Formats.

If not then you could buy some at the store - here's a link for M4 compatible products - as a PC+ member you can find quite a lot at $1.99 apiece. I think this is the clothing that Zaid is wearing in the promos: https://www.daz3d.com/moroccan-dreams-for-michael-4 with alternative texture from this set: https://www.daz3d.com/azrur

You can also find quite a lot of free clothing at various other sites - here's a useful forum threaad with links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/478/list-of-freebie-websites

enniobolondi

Hi, yes sorry I posted in the wrong group.

Anyway, in the product page it's written that the only required product is "Michael 4 base" (which I own).

Maybe you were joking, but are you sure that i need to buy clothes and after apply the "Zaid" materials on them?

Thanks, regards

Ennio

enniobolondi

Thanks @MelanieL,

I think that I have serious problem in using M4 :-D

I bought the maroccan dream clothes but I still don't know how to apply them on my character.

Is not like Genesis 3 or 8 where you can just "drag and drop" the items.

Any hints?

Thanks

BeeMKay

No, that is no joke, unfortunately.

What "required product" means is that you will need Michael 4 (in this case) to apply the shape morphs and skin texture, so the character looks like "Zaid" and not like Michael 4.

What is included in a product is stated in the "What's included." on the product's page. For Zaid, the product includes:

What's Included and Features

• Zaid:
• • Custom Head INJ/REM
  • Custom Head and Hair INJ/REM
  • Custom Body INJ/REM
• Skin Options:
• • 1 Full Hairy
  • 1 Full Shaved
  • 1 Anatomical Element
  • 2 Second Skin Shorts
• Face Options:
• • Hair and Beard
  • Hair and Shaved
  • Bald and Beard
  • Bald and Shaved
• Zaid Variations:
• • Indian Groom Face
  • Indian Groom Henna Hands
  • Pharao's Priest Face
• 6 Eye Colors
• Textures:
• • 1 General Displacement Map (1000x1000)
  • 8 Eye Texture/Diffuse/Bump/Specular Maps (1000X1000)
  • 1 Lash Transparency Map (2000x2000)
  • 1 Eye Trans Map (1024x1024)
  • 3 Mouth Texture/Bump/Specular Maps (2048x2048)
  • 15 Head Texture/Bump/Specular/Displacement Maps (4000x4000)
  • 8 Limbs Texture/Bump/Specular/Displacement Maps (4000x4000)
  • 1 Reflectiom Map (3000x3000)
  • 17 Torso Texture/Bump/Specular/Displacement Maps (4000x4000)
  • 4 Gen Texture/Bump/Specular/Displacement Maps (2000x2000)
• P6 Material Poses
• DAZ Studio Material Presets
• Material Poses to Apply All Presets

It makes no mention of any clothing, so the clothing is most definitely not included. It's a bit confusing when you see promotional images with clothing and all, but rule of thumb is, Characters, unless stated otherwise in the product description, have no hair and no clothing.

These are sold separatly.

Here's an example of a character sold with clothing, but no hair: https://www.daz3d.com/young-minto-and-dforce-minto-outfit-for-genesis-8-females

Here's one that has hair but no clothing: https://www.daz3d.com/minami-hd-and-minami-hair-for-genesis-8-females

And this is, more common, a bundle made up out of character, hair and clothing: https://www.daz3d.com/gwyn-bundle--character-hair-and-clothing

But the bundles are the exception rather than the rule.

EDIT: Outside of the freebie section (in case you are doing commecrial renders, make sure that they are licensed for commecrial use!), there's also the option of joining the PC+ Club. They have a huge back catalogue of older items (since you are using M4, which is an older character). As this hobby can get really expensive unless you are modelling and texturing yourself, it's a good way to save in the beginning. https://www.daz3d.com/platinum-club-plus

Oh, and also, I'm not sure how familiar you are with the compatibilities between the generations, but there's barriers between them, and you can't always directly use morphs, skins and clothing between the generations.

enniobolondi

Yeah ok, finally I was able to use the clothes.

I have some "overlapping issues", but I will work them out.

Thanks to everyone

Cheers,

Ennio