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Decimator: decrease polygon number except on the anatomical elements area

foodplus013foodplus013 Posts: 23
edited January 2020 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Good morning everyone, smiley

Do you know if it is possible with the decimator to decrease the number of polygons on Genesis except on the genitals which must remain in high resolution?

I tried in the "weight" tab of the decimator but I can't find the "genital area".

Thank you.

Post edited by Chohole on

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436

    You would, I think, need to select the hip and maybe the thigh bones.

  • foodplus013foodplus013 Posts: 23

    Thanks, but I can't find the "Hip" surface, see picture below.

     

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436

    Sorry, I was thinking it had bone selection groups too. I'm afraid Torso is as precise as you can get, unless you use the Geometry Edtor to create additional sub-surfaces. Do note that in any event the Anatomical Elements are not part of the base figure.

  • foodplus013foodplus013 Posts: 23
    edited January 2020

    Thank you, do you know how to create additional subsurfaces? Do you know any tutorials?

     

    Edit: I managed to create a surface with Geometry Editor that appears in the "surface" tab but it doesn't appear in decimator... Do you know why?

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  • felisfelis Posts: 4,627

    I do not have decimator.

    But anatomical elements is a geocraft and thereby not directly a part of G8F, so have you tried selecting that in the scene tab?

  • foodplus013foodplus013 Posts: 23
    edited January 2020

    The genital part is original here's a picture to better understand...

    Why when I create a surface with geometry editor it leaves a white mark (see picture) 

    Images removed

     

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436
    foodplus013 said:

    The genital part is original here's a picture to better understand...

    Why when I create a surface with geometry editor it leaves a white mark (see picture) 

    Images removed

     

    Having created a new surface group you would need to reapply the base shader and then copy the settings from the Torso (or save a Shader preset from the Torso and apply that to the new surface).

  • foodplus013foodplus013 Posts: 23

    Thank you, I didn't know not to publish those kind of photos.

    Can you explain to me how to reapply the base shader and then copy the settings from the Torso because I'm a beginner?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436
    1. Open the Surfaces pane, go to its Editor tab, from the list of surfaces for the figure select Torso.
    2. File>Save As>Shader Preset.
    3. Select the new surface, with the figure still selected.
    4. Double-click the preset you just saved.
  • foodplus013foodplus013 Posts: 23

    Thank you so much, I made it.

    In the decimator, when I click on "prepare to decimate" my new surface appears... smiley

    I've decreased the number of polygons on Genesis but in the weights tab when I put "100" in my new surface nothing changes... normally this new surface should stay in high resolution... is that right? Do you have an idea ?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436

    As noted, the Anatomical Eelments is not part of the base figure. In any event, isn't it 0 to leave the mesh untouched (sorry, I've not made much use of Decimator)?

  • foodplus013foodplus013 Posts: 23

    ok thank you very much

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