G9 to G8.1 Conversion

[eelgoo]

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. 🙂

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[Richard Y.]

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~

[eelgoo]

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.
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[Richard Y.]

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~

[eelgoo]

Useful input, Richard.

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

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[eelgoo]

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

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[mxyzptlk]

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.

[eelgoo]

OK potentially useful info there. Thanks. 🙂

[eelgoo]

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

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[eelgoo]

No.

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

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[eelgoo]

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

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[Richard Y.]

@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~~ 😀

[Svenxxx]

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

[Spats]

MMX Genesis 9 Clones for All

For those uninterested in installing G9 (at all), this updates the DS Auto-Fit dialog and works for G9 assets on legacy generations (G1 thru G8.1).

(Disclaimer is to scale. Occasional asset may not completely work or snap-to correctly.)

[eelgoo]

I'm still hoping someone is going to come up with a G9 - G8.1F Character Conversion script.
I am not so bothered about textures, more the morphs.

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