automate changing scenes from g8f to g8.1f

CMacks

Like many of you, I have many many (many) scenes that feature g8F.  I'm wondering if there is any automated or easy way to "upgrade" those scenes to use g8.1F instead, without loading each one, adding the new figure, transferring the textures, morphs, and clothes.  Can the file be edited directly, or is there any other shortcut?  Thanks in advance.

Richard Haseltine

Why would you want to switch? Unless you are going to use 8.1 features there would be no visible chnage, except possibly to expressions.

CMacks

Yes, it's for the expressions.

Richard Haseltine

You could use Edit>Figure>Bake to Transforms, with the fae controller selected, on 8.1, save as a Pose preset using the options dialogue to save just the expression, and apply to Genesis 8 - the bones at least are still the same, so that may give you what you want and would probably be  faster than updating the figure (which can be very slow for some of us).

Richard Haseltine

Here are sample scripts showing how to reuse aprticular combinations of settings - so they could be used to create and save presets with just the expression sldiers, without having to go through checking.unchecking proerpties or groups.

http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/file_io/savefilter_template_save/start
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/file_io/savefilter_template_apply/start

CMacks

I really do want the enhanced expression morphs available with 8.1.  For example those that help pose the eyes.  So, I don't think this will do what I want.

PerttiA

Make a test scene with just the G8 Developer version, save it and open it in Notepad++ to study the structure and find out, if the references in there can be replaced with references to G8.1