G9 to G8.1 Conversion

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  • #1888227
    eelgoo
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    There is a free tutorial at 'Rosity about making a G9 Clone for G8

    It is targeted at auto fitting G9 clothing to G8, but if I understand correctly, it could be used to retrofit character morphs? ( If folk would confirm that it would be appreciated). 😉

    Linky ;0)

    The catch is you have to install all the G9 paraphenalia to make it.

    I don't want the hassle of doing that just to make an autofit clone, so I am prepared to offer 500 points to anyone who is willing & able to make one for those of us who aren't buying into G9. Thanks, Richard. 🙂

    🙂

    #1888355
    Richard Y.
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    Hi, mate

    PMs sent out~
    There’re some problems in Catherine’s method. Here’s the files I made in another way plus Adjust Rigging and ERC Freezing. I will make it possible to quickly tweak JCMs on auto-fitted clothing in DAZ. I also include a vidoe in ZIP. Hope it’ll be helpful~

    #1888363
    eelgoo
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    Thanks a lot for that, Richard.
    Now that is going the extra mile. Thanks for your efforts.
    Would you say the process is fully proven out yet?
    What about retrofitting G9 characters to G8?
    Does that present issues?
    I suspect it probably does.
    :0/

    #1888371
    Richard Y.
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    Yeah, there’s no big problem for the clothing autofit that I’ve been testing. The tiny problem up-to-now comes from the garment with Rigid Follow Nodes, you have to readjust their positions or re-bind them back to the garment with the attached objects since AutoFitting will eliminate the nodes at the deeper levels. You may try SummerTide and Diva’s Desire~

    Retrofitting G9 to G8 is not difficult, fit G9 to G8, transfer figures’ head / body morph targets from G9 to G8 by using Transfer Utility, then export obj and import back. Some deformation could be seen in eyeballs and inner mouth depending on different characters but could be fixed which taking much time indeed. The toughest part is converting texture maps. I’ve been using Wrap4D to do so, it's still not perfect. Will try other ways~

    #1888668
    eelgoo
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    Useful input, Richard.

    I'll transfer this post to 'General' now.

    🙂

    #1899554
    eelgoo
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    If anyone has any other constructive input on this topic, it would be appreciated.

    🙂

    #1899648
    mxyzptlk
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    If you have Ultimate Unwrap 3d, you can convert textures back and forth from M4/V4 through Genesis 9...fairly easily. The set up is the biggest p.i.t.a.

    #1899656
    eelgoo
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    OK potentially useful info there. Thanks. 🙂

    #1899950
    InverseKinematics
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    @windreaver0118

    The toughest part is converting texture maps. I’ve been using Wrap4D to do so, it’s still not perfect. Will try other ways

    hxxps://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/7827386/

    Scroll down for the simple Blender tutorial but set the cage extrusion as explained in the comments below the tutorial. It's all trial and error but some of the 8k results I got looked great.

    #1899987
    eelgoo
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    I just made my first attempt at using Richard's G9-G8 Autofit Clone.

    I have no other G9 items installed, but the conversion clone works great right out of the box.

    Many thanks @windreaver0118

    🙂

    #1900053
    InverseKinematics
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    Well done @eelgoo. Only the rest of your G8 library to go once you get addicted to G9 :p

    #1900055
    eelgoo
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    No.

    I am converting from G9 to G8.1, as in the thread title!

    :0/

    #1900058
    eelgoo
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    It is Richard's work, so best approach him.

    🙂

    #1900418
    Richard Y.
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    @eelgoo You're welcome my friend. And as per your advice, I post the content & tutorial. You have the original verison, No further change. Enjoy the conversion, haha~~ 😀

    #1900721
    Svenxxx
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    @DirkDiggler: Here's a video on how to do it manually, if you still haven't gotten Richard's.

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