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The only way to get updates of an asset is if the OP, or someone else who has purchased the asset, post the new versions here, but is not very common.
I suspect that several daz artists, especially tools developers, intentionally leave a few minor bugs in the first published version of their products. This is a way to force people to purchase the items if they want bug corrections.
I think the expiration time is one month.
When I do not want to download immediately something that I purchased for some reason, I just write down the URL of the DL link in a text file in order to use it later (and I hope that it will still be alive).It is the "confident" outfit by Lilflame, with textures by Sveva
https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/142031/dforce-confident-for-genesis-8-females
https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/142076/novocaine-for-dforce-confident-g8fUse ultrascatter pro.
All the items will be instances.
This can be done in a couple of minutes including some trial-and-errors iterations.
And when you are happy with the result, you can add a tiny random displacement/rotation to make the "alignment" look more natural.https://www.patreon.com/posts/clothing-for-g8f-100609059
(downloadable here https://render-state.to/p/clothing-incognito-for-g8f/)EDIT: also this free one https://www.most-digital-creations.com/g8f_mask.php
https://www.daz3d.com/tokyo-fashion-outfit-2000s-for-genesis-9
(just published today!)Daz just released a new G8.1M. character (yes 8.1!) Jan (Snow) 8.1
But I do not think it is a step backwards. (Alas)
Most probably, they created this look-alike during the GoTmania, but did not dare to publish it becaue of copyright issues. Now that they have introduced the 'editorial' licence, they can publish it safely.
And they will probably publish Jon 9 in a few month to double the sales.Anyway, it is rather surprising to see a new G81 char.
What are the advantage of using the skydome instead of a custom hdri?
Whenever I have an environment that I will use for a certain number of renders, I first create an hdri and use it for the background of all my scenes.
There are several advantages. HDRI are good for a fast rendering, and you can easily tailor it to your need. Want an hdri for the background of a rooftop party? Put your camera at a 10 or 15m height before creating the hdri. Is it to show the exterior view of a restaurant, put the camera on the ground. Need an early morning scene? Recreate a new hdri with the proper lighting. Ditto for night scenes.
Making one's own hdri is very simple, and if you render more than 4 or 5 scenes with it it is a good time saver.No I did not either succeed to use Sickleyield method for shoes.
The idea for a G3->G8 conversion is to
1/ create a scene with a G3 AND a G8 figure.
2/ fit the shoes on G3
3/ put G8 in the EXACT same pose/position as G3 (including foot bend), bake to transform ans save G8 foot pose.
4/ Set G8 to zero pose, autofit shoes and apply saved pose. As a result the shoes are terribly distorted.
5/ back to G3. Export G3 shoes to obj
6/ select G8 shoes and morph loader pro. This creates a morph with the name given to the obj.
Then you have to dial the new morph to 100% to get the original undistorted shoes.This is the outline of the method, but the explanations are very good in the tuto. I successfully converted several shoes with this method.
I do not have presently access to the computer where I think that this tuto is saved.
If I find it, I will PM it to you, but of course the best is if it is reposted by the original author.Richard Yan (from Zonegfx) has done a tuto on fitting G3 heels on G8. Not an automatic conversion, but something that can be done in a few minutes.
The basic idea is to fit the shoes at the same time on chars from both generations and to use morph loader pro to suppress the shoes deformation.
I do not use G9, but there is no reason why this method could not be used for the G8-G9 conversion.https://zonegfx.com/tutorial-how-to-quickly-convert-high-heels-from-g3f-to-g8f/
EDIT: Just seen that this post is dead. Weird to see an original work removed by mega.nz...
I can try to find it on my computer, but the best is if @windreaver0118 can update it. He did a great job and largely deserve the points. If he does not update his post and if I find the file, I can update it, provided I find a way to submit a free post.Rendo has recently dropped both "Exclusive Vendors" and "Exclusive Products" stating "it was too hard to police if products / vendors really were exclusive"
So now all of the Exclusive vendors are free to sell elsewhere.That would explain the exodus, as the hidden reason was also probably to suppress the "exclusive vendor" bonus :D.
All the artist that were "exclusive" felt cheated by this cut in their share and had no reason any longer not to also sell at daz3D.I expect more of the names you know and love will be here / returning here.
Yep. My guess is over 20 artists will be on the go. But after this first wave, there may be a second wave of departures by artists that are (justifiably) worried by the future of rendo.
A large number of artists are still to come. They have their page ready (but still empty) at daz3D, and some of them have their rendo items already removed.
Here are the artists that I checked whose potential daz pages does not lead to a 404 (probably only a partial list):
luna3d https://www.daz3d.com/luna3d
truform https://www.daz3d.com/truform
jamare https://www.daz3d.com/jamare
lully https://www.daz3d.com/lully
devianttuna13 https://www.daz3d.com/devianttuna13
krashwerks https://www.daz3d.com/krashwerks
vicey3d https://www.daz3d.com/vicey3dSome rendo artists are already publishing at daz from time to time and already have a page, so this test cannot identify them. But it would be very surprising if none are concerned (Nelmi, Antje, Valery3D, 3d-arena, 3DSublimeProductions, atenais, Belladzines, lyone, prae, etc).
And sveva already has been unmasked by an ooops mail from daz.So maybe not the end of rendo, but with probably more than half of their artists (in terms of sells) disappearing, things will change dramatically for them. They will no longer be #2 for the daz stuff and will probably face major financial problems.
One interesting question is what impact will it have for daz.
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Will the artist be forced to follow daz policy (like 100% G9)?
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What about risqué clothing and NSFW stuff (daz seems to have softened their position with several nudes in Valkyrie promos)?
Really wondering what happened to have 7-8 renderosity artists, including some stalwarts, leaving the shop together.
Either rendo made something that really pissed them off
Or daz made a proposal that they "could not refuse".I would bet for a rendo screwup. They can take very unwise decisions that irritate their artists (or their customers). See for instance this post by SickleYield https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Why-I-No-Longer-Sell-At-Renderosity-859745606
There are a few others in the queue. Vicey3D and Lully have an almost empty store now at renderosity. And maybe some others.
I am wondering if daz is not using their higher financial firepower to attract artists out of renderosity in order to try to get rid of a competitor... Which would not be good news.
