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G9 can't hold up to the hype, was to be expected. the main selling point, the 8K textures, are also the biggest drawback because there are simply not enough good resources out there for creating such highly detailed textures. so most of the new G9 characters will end up looking not better than G8 because creators will fill the bloated textures with generic patterns to fake the higher resolution.
V9 was just a tech demo that showed what a character can look like when skilled texture artists put really much effort in a single character.
Goddamnit, I thought this might happen. Everything G9 so far has been totally shite, then along comes Pixie 9. She's so awesomely cute I might have to DL G9 just for her. Apparently G9 works with DS 4.15.... can someone confirm this? How much of a download is G9 in MBs?
Should I DL the Pro beta 4.21 and run it separately?
Edit - on second thoughts after a few hours, stuff it. No matter how much I like this model I just don't think it's worth the hassle of downloading all the stuff I'd need, particularly when it's only for one character.
I don't like G9, none of the available characters is appealing to me... And the products coming out are... not great, at least in my opinions. Also, wtf is it with hair strand? It's suppose to look more realistic, but it looks more fake than ever, not to mention the bad quality of the design... Yep, hope next gen will be better, cause so far... G9 is a total disappointment!
Glad it's not just me!I love G9. A lot of great improvements were released like Natural Movements, Muscularity, Ultimate Natural Bend Morph 2... EFE and ADF facial morphs are great helpers too.
The textures are more and more detailed with each release.What I hate is the lack of gene pool diversity, we get a white young female 90% of the time. No heavy shapes or really old people like Mabel/Hag 8.
Despite loving the figure, I'd love to see 9.1 with a lot of improvement soon... If you check the Reallusion CC 5 trailer and then go watch Genesis 9 you will want to cry.
G9 has finally convinced me to commit to moving to Blender.
That's about the nicest thing I can say about it all.
A couple of years in, my revised opinion of G9 has hardened.
I do now hate it! There are a few characters for G9, that I would like converted to G8.1F but I wish there was a scripted converter to do it!
In the interim, there may have been patches & morph addons that have improved its performance, but the general quality standard of G9 output still seems inferior to G8 on a like for like basis, with significant added costs & bloat.
Bring on G10M & G10F.
Until then I will stick with G8.
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I use G9, but I find myself bouncing around a lot these days, often kitbashing figures for fun (using toon heads on G3 or G8 figures, modifying or UV-remapping matching textures to those heads, etc.)
G9 is okay, but I'm still nibbling around the edges with it.
Personally I've only used G9 for demon/monster type characters that don't exist in the G8 ecosystem and seem like they'd be a pain to convert. For anything involving regular humanoid types, G8 just has a better, bigger selection already available.
Honestly? I always thought Genesis 1 was already plenty great. I mean, it was so versatile; you could morph it female or male or turn it into any creature, and all the clothes fit it well, so you could fit to a female what was normally meant for a male, etc., and the clothes would morph along with the Genesis figure if you turned it into a gorilla or something.
Because of this reason, it's still my favorite generation. Genesis 2 through 8 wasn't bad but still lacked that kind of flexibility, and the same seems to be true for the 9th generation.
so it's like... I'm pretty meh towards Genesis 9, but I don't hate it. it's just not as good as Gen1 was, you know?
@eelgoo Average genesis 10 model is going to be like 1.2 GB
There are drawbacks, pros, and cons here and
There, but I think the body morphs are my biggest critique of the series. Nothing has really blown me away. I feel like certain Gen 9 models out should've just been released under the genesis 8 series as I found it underwhelming.I've been debating as to what models to use for my opening project, and Genesis 8.1 is winning the race.
@peepshow45 I do hope that G10 will be better optimised than that!
I suppose we will see if / when it appears.
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