v4 muscle morphs problem
sindweller.kj13
Posts: 45
Hello,
I have only just aquired the v4.2 muscle morphs product but I seem to be unable to use it.
I have installed, and found the morphs in DS but I am unable to apply them.
If I load a NEW v4 figure, I get the auto pop up msg that asks what I want the figure to include, so doing this, does let me use the morphs, but it will not allow me to inject the morphs into my already made character.
Does anyone know how I can fix this? I've searched everywhere but I can't find any solution to my issue.
Thank you!
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If you load them using the Powerloader, then they are already Injected, have you selected V4 and looked in the Parameters pane?
I don't have these, but on the Product Page it says that Morphs++ are a required item, did you load that too?
I didn't explain it properly I think.
So, when I load my character, I go to 'file - open - select the file that contains my char and be done with it' so, naturally, the character has all morphs it had when I last saved it.
The normal v4, I load via the smart content pane, so that alone brings up the pop up screen with the morphs ( is this powerloader? ) which lets me chose what morphs I want on the character.
As for MY character, it does have Morphs++ included as I use them most of the time for my renders.
So the problem is that I cannot add the muscle morphs to my char from the content library, like I do with some other morphs that I use.
under Poser formats, pose find Daz Victoria 4 and there will be a morph injections sub folder where you can add them or induvidual ones if prefered
they work on A4 M4 F4 etc too not quite the way intended but ok.
That is what I`m trying to do, and it does not work.
This is how it looks
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step one folder back from that view and there should be an icons to inj rem the muscle morphs and others like morphs+ you have
sometimes you need to click in the bottom window to bring them up, it will have 1 to?? (dep number of morph sets you own) on top but be empty till you click in it it to refresh
This one?
That's something I used as well.. to no avail still.
Edit: When I 2x click it, it does say it is injecting but it won't change anything in parameters
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yes thats the one
look under general to see them all
otherwise are under each body part when bone selected
You can't inject morphs into a character you saved before the morphs were installed. You need to save a character preset (which includes the morphs and textures you used), and a pose preset if you want the pose saved, and then load a fresh V4 from the Victoria .2.cr2 and apply the presets and clothing to it.
at very top of parameters, sometimes confuses me too as unlike Poser, Carrara and DS3 which I was used to.
find it with many legacy figures
I thought that was just genesis?
depends how saved, if as a cr2 in Poser possibly not
saved as a scene should load from the runtime well I asumed as does in carrara, DS3 but admit duf may be different, new to me for legacy stuff too.
I thought that was just genesis?
depends how saved, if as a cr2 in Poser possibly not
saved as a scene should load from the runtime well I asumed as does in carrara, DS3 but admit duf may be different, new to me for legacy stuff too.
No on Genesis you can retrofit morphs to a saved character, Poser-rigged items you cannot.
I`m a bit confused.. I never saved my character as a 'character preset' because I got this msg about TRIAX weight map or something.. so the file I use to load my char, is a scene that only contains my character and the morphs used when I saved it.
However, I find it weird because.. when I first made my char, the only morphs I did have where the morphs++ but since then, I was able to add different other morphs, such as 'Elite' and 'ethnic faces'.. so this is the first time I had a problem with adding morphs to the already existing model
Soo.. no one has any ideas as to why this may be happening and how to fix it?
I`m a bit confused.. I never saved my character as a 'character preset' because I got this msg about TRIAX weight map or something.. so the file I use to load my char, is a scene that only contains my character and the morphs used when I saved it.
However, I find it weird because.. when I first made my char, the only morphs I did have where the morphs++ but since then, I was able to add different other morphs, such as 'Elite' and 'ethnic faces'.. so this is the first time I had a problem with adding morphs to the already existing model
So you're saying you only owned the morphs++ when you saved the scene, but later you bought elite and ethnic faces and they showed up in your saved scene?
So you're saying you only owned the morphs++ when you saved the scene, but later you bought elite and ethnic faces and they showed up in your saved scene?
They didn't show up in my saved scene at first, but I was able to inject them later on.
This is only a guess as I don't know exactly how available morphs are stored in scene files, but...
Did you maybe use the morphs in a new scene and save it between the time when the morphs weren't there and the time when they were?
You see, when you save a scene in DS it will convert all poser-format items to its internal native format and store the converted files in the "data" folder, and that's what get used when you reopen the scene.
When you add new morph packs to V4 it will update the poser-format files but not the data files, so you can't use them in the old scene.
However if you use the morphs in a new scene and save it, it should update the data files for V4.
So unless the available morph channels are stored explicitely in the scene file, after the data files get updated the new channels will probably be read when you open your first scene since they are now available in the data folder.
I had opportunity to test this on a saved M4 character and indeed you cannot retro add the morphs if you did not own them at time of saving the file.
the only thing I can suggest is load a new V4 in scene and copy the morphs, surfaces and poses you have to it and refit the clothes
yes indeed is a Daz studio scene etc thing as DS converts the files to data to save
I am more used to Poser and Carrara
I see.. Is there a way to like, copy / paste everything from the old v4 to the new one, or do I have to do everything manually?
Use File>Save as>Deprecated sub-menu to save Character (shape and materials) and pose presets which you can apply to the fresh copy of the figure, then fit any clothing to the new figure instead of the old.
I used 'save all'.. then I loaded my save scene containing the char, used merge with the saved character preset but now, she doesn't have the hip area, it's all white texture and I get an error msg that I can't find a file called 'd7' and I am unable to locate it as well.. Also, when I do try to load the muscle morphs, it is still not working.
Am I doing something wrong?
Saving a sceen won't work as that just saves the existing figure again - you need to save presets to rebuild your character with the updated version of Victoria 4.
So, I have to save the character preset from my scene, then create a new character, then, over this new character, I merge the saved character preset?
Yes, presets usually modify the selected item which is what you want in this case.
It seems to have worked, I`m searching for things that didn't get transfered but so far, I have only found that the nail morphs I had, didn't transfer - but that is easily solvable.
As for the muscle morphs - now they have been injected and work properly so.. I guess that does it for me, issue fixed!
Thank you very much for your help! :)