Victoria 4 Muscle Maps / Victoria 4 for Genesis 2 Issue

gabriellav919

Hello! I recently bought 'Victoria 4 Muscle Maps' and 'Victoria 4 for Genesis 2' in hopes of using the muscle maps on a genesis 2 model. The DAZ install manager directs me to the lost and found for both of those assets, so I double click on the 'Set Victoria 4 UV' which only turns the Genesis 2 model a darker gray, and when I try using any of the muscle map assets, absolutely nothing happens. Is there something I am doing wrong?

I should clarify that I am very new to DAZ 3D stuff, so forgive me if this is a rookie mistake or something but I am very confused haha.

NorthOf45

The "Victoria 4 for Genesis 2" product gets you the UV map you need, but the V4 materials preset will not apply directly. There are products to convert V4 to G2F. I suggest one or both of the following products: 

V4 Skins Auto Converter for Genesis 2 Female(s)

V4 Skins Batch Converter to Genesis 2 Female(s)

If you only need to do it once, you can manually copy the materials to each surface on G2. Load V4 and apply the muscle maps (assuming you have V4). Load a G2F. Go to the surfaces on G2F and expand the Legacy Surfaces group. You will see the same surfaces as for V4.

Select V4, go to the surfaces tab and select a surface. There are groups of surfaces with prefixes 1_, 2_, 3_, etc. Each group uses the same maps and usually the same settings. Right-click on, say, 1_SkinFace and select Copy Selected Surface(s). Go to G2 surfaces, and select all group one Legacy Surfaces (1_Lip, 1_Nostril, 1_SkinFace). Right-click in the surfaces area and select Paste to Selected Surface(s). The proper maps should show up on G2. You only need to copy one from each V4 group (7), not for each surface (~30).

Repeat for each surface group (from one of the V4 groups to all corresponding group surfaces on G2, like from 2_SkinHead on V4 to all 2_* surfaces on G2). When all maps have been copied over, set the UV map for all surfaces to Victoria 4. You can now optionally save a materials preset for G2 so that you won't have to repeat the process every time.