Hood and Cloak for a veritable Little-red-riding-Hood
Wolpi
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There are quite a lot of hooded cloaks available but the prettiest and most convenient ones (see attachment) don't fit my ressources:
they require Poser or gForce. And they often come as DynamicClothing I don't like so much.
I want to make do with DS 4.6 and 3Delight still.
I'm intending to let a K4 model the role but I don't mind to use items of another figure (Genesis, V4, Millennium Preschoolers ... ) by working a fiddle.
So since regrettably it seems to be impossible or too difficult for me to make use of the marvellous attached items I'm intending to give this one a try:
https://www.daz3d.com/preschooler-hooded-cloak
But I have a question. It is named "Preschooler Hooded Cloak" but I can't view a hood in the preview.
'What's Included and Features' mentions morphs and materials only but not the object itself (cr, obj, duf)
Is there anybody who knows or uses this item?
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This product does include the cloak itself, and there is a hood even if you don't see it in that promo pic. It's the preschooler version of the "Hooded cloak" available in the PC for various figures.
Here's the V4 version so you can see how it looks with the hood: https://www.daz3d.com/v4-hooded-cloak
Texture add-ons for the cloak can be used by any version.
Using DS 4.10 and dForce for the cloak won't stop you from rendering with 3Delight.
Thank the both of you
Funny thing: there is an add-on for the hooded cloak(s) and they say it was compatible with The Kids 4 !
Does this mean there is a Hooded Cloak version that fits the K4 (eventually the Mill Preschoolers' one) ?
Yes, there is a Hooded Cloak for pretty well every figure from Victoria 3 on I think. It's one of the staple items.
That sounds promising but I wonder what one of the 'staple items' means. One of the listed required products of 'Tattered and Torn: Hooded Cloak'?
The K4 are not named here but as compatible figures. I don't think the Mill Kids /Preschoolers were upward compatible to K4, were they?
A staple item means a basic item, one that is part of the foundation of a wardrobe (assuming you want that style). Most of these multi-generation items are texture-compatible (the only exception that coems to mind is the Stephanie Petite version of the Morphing Fantasy Dress) so not seeing one of them listed in compatible products isn't usually an issue as long as some members of the series are there.
so how do they come to tell the texture add-on (Tattered and Torn) for the staple item (HoodedCloak) is compatible with K4 but the the staple item itself is not?
Sorry, I was wrong - it looks as if there isn't and wasn't a version for the Kids 4 (or at least, I can't find one in the store or in my product library). However, the cloak is pretty simple - you may be able to manage just parenting a different one to the chest of the target figure and using the moprhs and bones to adjust it to fit the pose.
It wasn't your fault but that of the vendor who listed K4. Thank you for your help. And yes, I'm used to work a fiddle. The cloak with the add-ons is attractive so or so.
But what concerns my little-red-riding-hood I still prefer a bolero/hood style. The Caperucita for V4.2 (see attachment above) looks fantastic but the read-me-file makes me doubt if I can load it with DS. Can anybody give an opinion on it?
Alternative to it I discovered the upper part of the Forest Scout. With other textures and adornment it might look better than the Hooded Cloak
https://www.daz3d.com/forest-scout
dForce would allow you to simulate the clothing, so the dynamics isn't much of an issue now, but the procedural materials would still not work in DS so you'd need to use something else - there are plenty of fabric shaders for iray and 3delight around, both in the store and some freebies.