any news on the hd plugin?? :D

WendyLuvsCatz

SOLVED

Philemo_Carrara

Wendy_Carrara said:

yes do delete the eyelashes on 8 before exporting

Yes, for now, as they crash the plugin. I've made a fix to ignore them, but it's not yet released. Anyhow, as G8 isn't working, not really an issue.

WendyLuvsCatz

see my post other page

i have been editing so much while trying things it all changed 

 

1. export an obj from DAZ studio at BASE RESOTUTION ZEROED DS preset 100% collapse UV's
2. under the surfaces tab on the right click the lined box with the figure selected chose load UV set
3. pick the obj and name it collapsed or not UDIM or something
4. save under file as UV set
5. use this UV set both for your export and to save Jonathon or Janet as a scene subset
6. it now should work it did for me

7. WHOOOOOHOOOO

Philemo_Carrara

Wendy_Carrara said:

Philemo_Carrara said:

I'm afraid not, because the base model still have them and it must be consistent. I have just to correct my code. 

Wendy_Carrara said:

Ah maybe collapsing the UDIM in export options 

 

am now testing a collapsed UV on jonathon DS subset  I have one saved in surfaces

you create it by exporting a base mesh and loading it as a UV set in surfaces under the rightclick corner lined box menu (yes DAZ studio User interface enough said)

I've learned something today. see https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/197436/what-does-collapse-uv-tiles-do

I'm surprised, but happy it's working.

WendyLuvsCatz

guess I better test 8 next 

WendyLuvsCatz

8 works and I used sibdiv 3 which is as high as Misty's preset goes in DS higher might work but Carrara won't like it not sure I can render this one 

Philemo_Carrara

Great news. Thank you Wendy for all your efforts. 

Wendy_Carrara said:

8 works and I used sibdiv 3 which is as high as Misty's preset goes in DS higher might work but Carrara won't like it not sure I can render this one 

 

Mistara

We need a new preset for un. Udm uv?

Bunyip02

Wendy_Carrara said:

see my post other page

i have been editing so much while trying things it all changed 

 

1. export an obj from DAZ studio at BASE RESOTUTION ZEROED DS preset 100% collapse UV's
2. under the surfaces tab on the right click the lined box with the figure selected chose load UV set
3. pick the obj and name it collapsed or not UDIM or something
4. save under file as UV set
5. use this UV set both for your export and to save Jonathon or Janet as a scene subset
6. it now should work it did for me

7. WHOOOOOHOOOO

Hello Wendy - great news

I am however having trouble with Step 2, can you paste a screen-shot showing where to right click to load the UV set.

I have my DAZ Studio open with the Surfaces-Editor tab open, UV Set shows base male and a few other options, when I click on the little cog and go to Parameter Settings I am not finding where to load the obj from.

 

Bunyip02

Mystarra said:

We need a new preset for un. Udm uv?

Might help for those who are unfamiliar with DAZ Studio.

WendyLuvsCatz

I made a zip you can just extract and drop in your library merging the data folders to give you the 4 collapsed UV's under surfaces

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/2a/652122b55c157523d4e270d5e0ac81.zip

rename it data if the forum has changed it unless the data folder is in whatever convolted name the forum gave it 

but if you ever need do this its here in DAZ studio's interesting User Interface

Bunyip02

Wendy_Carrara said:

I made a zip you can just extract and drop in your library merging the data folders

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/2a/652122b55c157523d4e270d5e0ac81.zip

rename it data if the forum has changed it unless the data folder is in whatever convolted name the forum gave it 

but if you ever need do this its here in DAZ studio's interesting User Interface

Ah-ha, so that's what I was doing wrong - many thank-you's Wendy !!!

Bunyip02

Wooo-hooo from me as well ! Thanks to Philemo & Wendy !!!

WendyLuvsCatz

my video as promised

Diomede

Thanks for posting your results, Bunyip and Wendy.  Can't wait to get to this.  Wendy, video gets two thmbs up.  Are your dance motion files from a free library and converted, or from another source?

WendyLuvsCatz

Diomede_Carrara said:

Thanks for posting your results, Bunyip and Wendy.  Can't wait to get to this.  Wendy, video gets two thmbs up.  Are your dance motion files from a free library and converted, or from another source?

Gofigure V4 aniblocks baked to studio keyframes  on Genesis one, decimated with Casuals free script loaded on Genesis 3 then saved again with arm and leg pose rotations on Genesis 8

sounds confusing but only way I can use earlier legacy aniblocks on G3 & 8

were Chiller and hiphop ones

Mistara

Wendy_Carrara said:

Misty’s desire the Lindsay dark horse HD addon for Horse 2 works too

 

may buy DeepSea’s cow later too

thank yoo  

horsie wants an pple from the apple orchard   dunno if is true horsies like carrots and sugar cubes.

and unicorns fart rainbows

Mistara

Bunyip02_Carrara said:

Had a scaling issue with both Gianni 6 and Lee 6, Gianni 6 ended up larger while Lee 6 was smaller, with the offset skeleton rig posing was bad.

FWArt Derek HD worked no issues

those guys have scaling slaved into the morph slider.

me and serene night have complained bout that practice loudly in commons lol

Mistara

the fg has v6 m6 hd addons today.  wonder if is pure co-inkydinx

Mistara

Wendy_Carrara said:

Boris for G2M with all RAW veins works fine animated with mimic

sub division 2 on both

just the extreme ones an issue the hunks are fine

oh. !  must try him. 

boris is who i'm using for space pirate capt.

Mistara

Wendy_Carrara said:

Ah maybe collapsing the UDIM in export options 

I never thought to do that will retest

 

jeez image saving as webp on my netbook.  this site turning into most user unfriendly 

Headwax

Wow thanks for all the work on this . Head spinning! Could we put one characters hd on another ? I wonder!

Mistara

thinking g2 has several uv templates.

each one will need the udim fix?

was wondering would be legal for me to nclude the udm fix in j&J and the betas
for convenience sake

wondering if there is a way to make a shader preset detect if a plug in is installed?
could give the client a message where to find the plug in?

WendyLuvsCatz

Mystarra said:

thinking g2 has several uv templates.

each one will need the udim fix?

was wondering would be legal for me to nclude the udm fix in j&J and the betas
for convenience sake

wondering if there is a way to make a shader preset detect if a plug in is installed?
could give the client a message where to find the plug in?

G2 is not UDIM so they work fine

WendyLuvsCatz

Headwax_Carrara said:

Wow thanks for all the work on this . Head spinning! Could we put one characters hd on another ? I wonder!

It will override it though you could dial in other morphs afterwards 

Stezza

I'm lost now....

I'll just sit back and watch till the end 

UnifiedBrain

Considering that even Stezza is lost, I'll give you three guesses where most of the rest of us are at.

Philemo, it looks like you have done something amazing here.  I assume that the kinks will be worked out eventually.

WendyLuvsCatz

It’s not hard except my own attempt at a HD character failed because Zbrush doesn’t export the surfaces and vertex groups even though the UV’s stay the same.

 A base resolution of the same contorted thing I sculpted worked in DAZ studio’s morphloader but the high res detailed one was not seen by Philemo’s plugin at all as it only had one surface and vertex group,

I guess since still UV’d I could select the islands separately in UUW3D and assign groups and surfaces (Carrara won’t do this if one group] but was too big of a PITA to bother, next time I will export the high Rez one from DAZ instead of subdividing it in Zbrush as that new higher res base will at least have groupings and surfaces so I can use morphloader on that unmorphed unrigged obj to create my mesh for export to Carrara.

So much to explore and figure out,

WendyLuvsCatz

https://www.daz3d.com/cassius-hd-for-daz-dog-8

I see Josh Crockett has made a pet for the disrupters alien, now we have HD it’s an awful lot more tempting to buy 

Means his store is on sale too he makes the best HD morphed creatures!

Bunyip02

UnifiedBrain said:

Considering that even Stezza is lost, I'll give you three guesses where most of the rest of us are at.

Philemo, it looks like you have done something amazing here.  I assume that the kinks will be worked out eventually.

UB and any others who are lost, between Philemo's plugin and Wendy's workaround for Genesis 3 & 8, we can now use HD morphs. If you need a step-by-step tutorial let me know and I'll bash one up for you (although it would be in seperate parts).