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So, I realize I'm being "that guy". Nobody likes that guy. So bear with me. You can of course convert this to G8 with one of the conversion scripts. There are also lots of really nice fabric texture/shaders available for IRAY that you could use in place of the original. I've done this on a number of outfits and with a few minutes of effort you can have a very useable converted outfit. Just something to put in the back of your head if you don't find what you're looking for.
Here's the funny truth. Until I came to ZoneGfx I purchased almost nothing. I found free stuff and free models and that's what I used. Since I've come here I have now spent a few thousand dollars on stuff from Daz, Renderosity and Renderhub. $380 of it on a single artist in a single day. I know it's odd to equate being here with spending money, but it's absolutely true. Go figure huh? Anyway, I'm not saying what happens here is pure and noble, but I am saying that being here has led me to spend WAY more money on artist's work than I ever would have done otherwise.
I always start with what I call the main character pro bundles. They have so much great stuff to get you started. This isn't all of them, but it's a huge sampling. Get all this and you'll have so many characters, clothes, accessories, poses, etc. you'll be good to go for months. I also recommend grabbing at least half a dozen 'places' that interest you. Grab a house, an apartment, a restaurant, a gym, a store, a couple outdoor places, whatever floats your boat. Then grab a couple HDRI day/night lighting. I like Orestes stuff. Honestly just search for Orestes and grab them all. You'll have night, morning, sunset, whatever. Good luck!
First the women
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Victoria 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/victoria-8-pro-bundle/Stephanie 8 Pro Bundle
Aiko 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/aiko-8-pro-bundle/Teen Raven 8 Pro Bundle
Olympia 8 Pro Bundle
Teen Kaylee 8 Pro Bundle
Stephanie 8 Pro Bundle
Charlotte 8 Pro Bundle
Karyssa 8 Pro Bundle
Kanade 8 Pro Bundle
Daisy 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/daisy-8-pro-bundle/Monique 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/monique-8-pro-bundle-new-links/Jenni 8 Pro Bundle
Mei Lin 8 Pro Bundle
Honni 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/honni-8-pro-bundle/Tika 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/tika-8-pro-bundle/CJ 8 Pro Bundle
Teen Josie 8 Pro Bundle
The Girl 8 Pro Bundle
Mika 8 Pro Bundle
Aiko 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/aiko-8-pro-bundle/Penny 8 Pro Bundle
Kala 8 Pro Bundle
Mrs Chow 8 Pro Bundle
And now then men folk
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Michael 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/michael-8-pro-bundle/Christian 8 Pro Bundle
Landon 8 Pro Bundle
Elios 8 Pro Bundle
Diego 8 Pro Bundle
Silas 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/silas-8-pro-bundle/Lucas 8 Pro Bundle
Darius 8 Pro Bundle
Tristan 8 Pro Bundle
Jonathan 8 Pro Bundle
Valentino 8 Pro Bundle
https://zonegfx.com/valentino-8-pro-bundle-repost/Dain 8 Pro Bundle
Sanjay 8 Pro Bundle
Yuzuru 8 Pro Bundle
Mr Woo 8 Pro Bundle
Owen 8 Pro Bundle
Leroy 8 Pro Bundle
Edward 8 Pro Bundle
Ashan 8 Pro Bundle
Lee 8 Pro Bundle
Yeah, this is a killer. I've gotten to the point where I download things I've purchased and throw them up in cloud storage and on a local NAS. This really sucks for you and I feel your pain.
I believe you can post it on here if you are careful to denote what it is and what you've done. But, honestly I'm not a moderator here, so it would be best to get their input.
Okay, I found the issue after a few hours. Under parameters there is a setting called "offset distance" which is how far out the geoshell is from the actual surface. All I had to do was bump that setting up a couple and it immediately fixed the problem. This is also handy if you have multiple geoshells on a character. You need to make sure the geoshells are not at the same offset distance. Everyone else may have known that, but in case you didn't, there you have it.
Thanks for your response. Yes, I verified I am using the right geoshell and I was sure to select the geoshell when I applied the materials. The black skin issue appears the moment I apply the geoshell and persists even after I apply the material.
Here is a sample image:
I decided to just quite fighting it and reduced the iris to normal size and it works well, but I appreciate you giving it a try.
So it makes me sad you are concerned about wasting your time. I think it is a super cool project. It is outside of my personal wheel well and so have no personal need for it. However, I wanted to cheer you on for tackling this.
I think I have it straightened out now. Four of them were good and are live. The two I messed up on are pulled. I have submitted the two that needed fixing to 'Add Post'. So hopefully those will go live soon. Sorry for all the headache.
@eelgoo So, the four posts I did correctly appear to be live.
Two of my posts are not active and don't appear under the queue in 'Add Post'. So, I think they've been pulled? Do I go ahead and re-post them correctly or is there a way to fix those two? I'm not seeing them under 'Dead Posts' either. I did have someone contact me to tell me one of the posts that I can't find was messed up. So I think they did get temporarily released.
So Cheviot, funny you should mention my 2080. I actually have that in a second system and am trying to get my hands on a couple of 3070 or 3070ti cards. It will probably take months. However, I do use it now so I can run two batch renders at the same time. One batch on my primary (with the 3080ti) and one on the secondary computer (with the 2080 and hopefully soon with more).
Nice writeup Linvingpixels. I've not tried baking all of the lighting into an HDRI before. That's a brand new concept for me (always learning, always learning). I'll definitely look into that. I invariably bump the textures down to something reasonable whenever I can. I am currently doing scenes that can have 7+ G8 and/or G3 characters in a scene and it gets ridiculous if you don't.
