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Creating a single slider for multiple existing morphs

cimarcimar Posts: 13
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hello,

is there a way to create a single slider for multiple morphs? For example, if I have two figures, one being an earlier version, would it be possible to create a slider that morphs between the two states?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,670

    Set the first shape up

    1. right-click in the Parameters pane>Edit Mode (assuming it isn't already checked)
    2. right-click in the group you ant to add th slider to>Add New Property
    3. set name and label, set limits if desired (you may not want it to go below 0), check the path is what you want, check that type is Modifer/Shape, click Accept
    4. set the new proeprty to 100%
    5. right-click on the new proeprty>ERC Freeze
    6. run your eye down the list of properties included to make sure there are no interlopers, then click Accept
    7. test the slider, if it works OK set it to 0
    8. File>Save As>Support Assets>Morph Asset.
    9. Check that it is using the right content directory, at the top of the dialogue, enter the desired names (which set the folder names used in the asset folder - e.g. /data/daz 3d/genesis 8/female/morphs/Author/Product/)

    Zero the figure and repeat for the other shape.

    That will give two sliders, you can then set them as desired. Although ti is then possible to set a single slider that have one at 100% and the other at 0% when on the left and vice versa on the right it wold of course mean that there was always a mix of the two in effect; it would also be a bit fiddlier as you would have to set things up manually through the Property Hierarchy pane.

  • cimarcimar Posts: 13

    That's not quite what I need. This creates a slider taht goes from a zeroed figure to the fully morphed one. I need a slider that goes from one version of the figure to the other.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,670

    OK, that is going to take diving into the Property Hierarchy pane. Create a new slider as above, then right-click on one of your morphs and select the option to show it in the Property Hierarchy. Drag the new slider across into the First Stage ccontrollers for that morph. Set the second morph to 100% and show it in the Property Hierarchy, drag the new slider into its First Stage controllers, but this time expand the attributes so you can see the type,right-click on the type, and change it to ERC Subtract. Now the new slider will switch between the morphs - if you don't want either, assuming the one that is currently at 100% has a minimum value of zero just zero it and it wills tick regardless of the control slider.

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