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Shaping Preset Not Behaving as Expected *SOLVED*

pfunkyfizepfunkyfize Posts: 491
edited December 2019 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi all,

How does one make a shaping preset that behaves as expected even when the main character Head+Body contoller is set to more than 0? The shaping preset for a head remove morph does not go to '0' as expected when the main controller is set to something other than 0. etc. The head remove preset only brings it to the same level as the main controller percentage instead of 0. Or is this the intended behavior of shaping presets?

I'd like to make a head shaping preset that removes the head shape entirely to 0 regardless of what the main character Head+Body controller is set and vice versa, make a head apply preset that moves the separate head slider to 1 or 100% regardless what the main controller is set at.

Thanks!

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  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,388
    edited December 2019
    pfunkyfize said:

    Hi all,

    How does one make a shaping preset that behaves as expected even when the main character Head+Body contoller is set to more than 0? The shaping preset for a head remove morph does not go to '0' as expected when the main controller is set to something other than 0. etc. The head remove preset only brings it to the same level as the main controller percentage instead of 0. Or is this the intended behavior of shaping presets?

    I'd like to make a head shaping preset that removes the head shape entirely to 0 regardless of what the main character Head+Body controller is set and vice versa, make a head apply preset that moves the separate head slider to 1 or 100% regardless what the main controller is set at.

    Thanks!

    With one I had problems for some reason to get a proper reset to "0" so I um, cheated. Opened up the remove preset [in notepad] and replaced the number with "0" and it worked fine.

    Post edited by Catherine3678ab on
  • pfunkyfizepfunkyfize Posts: 491
    Catherine3678ab said:

    With one I had problems for some reason to get a proper reset to "0" so I um, cheated. Opened up the remove preset [in notepad] and replaced the number with "0" and it worked fine.

    ThanksCatherine, I will give it a try!

  • pfunkyfizepfunkyfize Posts: 491

    Rats, the Key parameters are already set at '0'...

  • pfunkyfizepfunkyfize Posts: 491

    Just made a discovery by comparing other characters already being sold in the store.

    Apparently this behavior exists in many other DAZ characters already and seems to be Status Quo and not a problem with shaping.

    When the Main Head+Body controller is set to anything but '0' shaping presets have limited ability to alter the shape. If the main Controller is set to 50% for both head and body, the separate shaping presets for head and body apply can take the separate settings back up to 100%. If the Main Controller is then taken down to 0% it has no effect on the shaping made by the separate apply presets leaving them aboth at 100% but the character controller is down to 0%.

    Since my charcter in development follows this behavior already with its presets and characters from the both the store here and the 'Other places' exhibit the same shaping preset behaviors then I think my character is ready for sale now and not broken like I previously thought.

    Thanks for all the help folks!

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,388
    pfunkyfize said:

    Just made a discovery by comparing other characters already being sold in the store.

    Apparently this behavior exists in many other DAZ characters already and seems to be Status Quo and not a problem with shaping.

    When the Main Head+Body controller is set to anything but '0' shaping presets have limited ability to alter the shape. If the main Controller is set to 50% for both head and body, the separate shaping presets for head and body apply can take the separate settings back up to 100%. If the Main Controller is then taken down to 0% it has no effect on the shaping made by the separate apply presets leaving them aboth at 100% but the character controller is down to 0%.

    Since my charcter in development follows this behavior already with its presets and characters from the both the store here and the 'Other places' exhibit the same shaping preset behaviors then I think my character is ready for sale now and not broken like I previously thought.

    Thanks for all the help folks!

    That's interesting, saving notes!

  • pfunkyfizepfunkyfize Posts: 491
    Catherine3678ab said:

    That's interesting, saving notes!

    Thanks for all your help the past few days, my first character is now in the queue for submissions review !

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,388
    pfunkyfize said:
    Catherine3678ab said:

    That's interesting, saving notes!

    Thanks for all your help the past few days, my first character is now in the queue for submissions review !

    You're welcome and all the best!

    I should mention for anybody else reading this too, we can't tell who is planning to go PA with something or if it's just for themselves so for example when I mentioned "cheating" by opening a file to manually edit it, that is not okay for PA products to the best of my knowledge. Edits are done with special utilities [1 or 2 are/used to be sold in the store] and/or by getting the program to make the files properly.

     

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