Holt 8: The West Gone Wild / Weird

markgoode77

Holt 8 and the monster

Carola O

Richard Haseltine said:

Carola O said:

Leana said:

markgoode77 said:

Richard Haseltine said:

memcneil70 said:

Holt 8 had eyebrows listed as 'facial hair' and 10 eyebrow color options. I haven't been able to find them. I suspect those are the missing files that cause it to show in 'Lost and Found'.

Lost and Found has nothing to do with missing files - it's for items that are not otherwise categorised

My Holt 8 character has 99 files in Lost and Found (if I counted them correctly), none that I recognise - e.g. pjcm_holt8_thighfwd_57_l.dsf.  I assume they are supposed to be hidden files?  They appear to be doing no harm, but my Lost and Found is cluttered enough as it is.

That's the name of a technical morph file. No idea why it appears there, "data" files shouldn't be visible.

I have that as well, I opened a ticket about it. In my case I only installed with the Smart Content/Daz Connect.

Right-click on one of the .dsf files in the content pane and select Browse to file location, then take a screen shot showing the full path and attach it to a post or just copy the past and paste it into a post.

I may have missunderstood, but this is what I get when right-clicking one of the files in the Lost and Found tab, I could only right-click on the ones with an actual thumbnail, the others doesn't react at all. Anyhow, this is what I got when doing so.

The character and the material works, it just those strange files in the Lost and Found that has me wondering what is going on and what they are.

Carola O

memcneil70 said:

Carola O said:

On another note, which has nothing to do with troubles.. atleast not for me ^^ My first render with Eli, here he is mixed up with a couple of others as well. THe mix in question is Eli 80%, Callan 19%, Christian for g8m 15%, John for g8m 20%, Dain 8 15% & Griff 10%. The texture is Eli... enjoy ^^

He leaned back against the wall and glared at the broken shower wall. The ones that had decided to take their fight into HIS bathroom and ultimately break it was going to regret that, there would be hell to pay when he got hold of them.

 

That is a great render and I love the backstory!

 

JeniMorris said:

WAY COOL! 

Carola O said:

On another note, which has nothing to do with troubles.. atleast not for me ^^ My first render with Eli, here he is mixed up with a couple of others as well. THe mix in question is Eli 80%, Callan 19%, Christian for g8m 15%, John for g8m 20%, Dain 8 15% & Griff 10%. The texture is Eli... enjoy ^^

He leaned back against the wall and glared at the broken shower wall. The ones that had decided to take their fight into HIS bathroom and ultimately break it was going to regret that, there would be hell to pay when he got hold of them.

 

 

Thank you both *happy smile*

Richard Haseltine

Thanks for the paths, they look correct. I have no idea why the .dsf files are showing - they should be hidden.

ArtsyDragon

I bought both bundles and eight of the packages within the bundles refuse to install properly. This seems to be a recurring theme as I had this issue with the Road Warrior package in that bundle. And I have 2 other SY packages that are on eternal update since they won't install (and seem to be failing on metadata update) .. anyone have any insight as far as maybe you had these troubles too? I use the smart connect pane to install stuff from within DAZ. So tired of waiting three weeks for the help desk to respond (and then reference something I'm not even reporting).

Sawyer for Holt 8;
Holt 8 HD Add-On; 
dForce Western Brawler Textures; 
dForce Western Brawler Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s); 
dForce Sunset Rider Textures; 
dForce Sunset Rider Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s); 
Banker's Outfit Textures; 
Banker's Outfit for Genesis 7 Male(s)

Richard Haseltine

illysArt said:

I bought both bundles and eight of the packages within the bundles refuse to install properly. This seems to be a recurring theme as I had this issue with the Road Warrior package in that bundle. And I have 2 other SY packages that are on eternal update since they won't install (and seem to be failing on metadata update) .. anyone have any insight as far as maybe you had these troubles too? I use the smart connect pane to install stuff from within DAZ. So tired of waiting three weeks for the help desk to respond (and then reference something I'm not even reporting).

Sawyer for Holt 8;
Holt 8 HD Add-On; 
dForce Western Brawler Textures; 
dForce Western Brawler Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s); 
dForce Sunset Rider Textures; 
dForce Sunset Rider Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s); 
Banker's Outfit Textures; 
Banker's Outfit for Genesis 7 Male(s)

How are you installing?

zombietaggerung

MeneerWolfman said:

Would any kind soul who purchased Seven be willing to post some renders of him in a pair of briefs from diffeant angle and with the default not sci-fi/scarred skins? I'm curious to buying him for his skin textures, but since he's completely covered up in the promo images, it hard to tell how he looks :/ 

 

Thanks!

Here you go. Default hdri rotated 45 degrees.

ArtsyDragon

Richard Haseltine said:

illysArt said:

I bought both bundles and eight of the packages within the bundles refuse to install properly. This seems to be a recurring theme as I had this issue with the Road Warrior package in that bundle. And I have 2 other SY packages that are on eternal update since they won't install (and seem to be failing on metadata update) .. anyone have any insight as far as maybe you had these troubles too? I use the smart connect pane to install stuff from within DAZ. So tired of waiting three weeks for the help desk to respond (and then reference something I'm not even reporting).

Sawyer for Holt 8;
Holt 8 HD Add-On; 
dForce Western Brawler Textures; 
dForce Western Brawler Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s); 
dForce Sunset Rider Textures; 
dForce Sunset Rider Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s); 
Banker's Outfit Textures; 
Banker's Outfit for Genesis 7 Male(s)

How are you installing?

I install using Smart Connect from within DAZ Studio itself. It's my default go-to method.

MeneerWolfman

zombietaggerung said:

MeneerWolfman said:

Would any kind soul who purchased Seven be willing to post some renders of him in a pair of briefs from diffeant angle and with the default not sci-fi/scarred skins? I'm curious to buying him for his skin textures, but since he's completely covered up in the promo images, it hard to tell how he looks :/ 

 

Thanks!

Here you go. Default hdri rotated 45 degrees.

Thank you! Much appreciated 

The Blurst of Times

Another one with Eli, just because I had this idea as well.

The poker game is not historical. There are a number of "flaws" that take it out of the Cowboy period (1865 to about 1880), but this was quickest and easiest to do in an easily identifiable way.

Greybro

A very James Arnes look to this one.

maraich

markgoode77 said:

Holt 8 and the monster

Thank you for posting these. The promo images of the monster leave a lot to be desired. I couldn't tell what his face looked like. Now I know I want him.

alienarea

That is Eli without Holt 8.

The Blurst of Times

Changed up the Poker shot, now with the notorious Aces and Eights. (The game is Five Card Stud, which fits the period.)

doubledeviant

The Blurst of Times said:

Changed up the Poker shot, now with the notorious Aces and Eights. (The game is Five Card Stud, which fits the period.)

Looks great. In the previous iteration, the sleeves of the outfit were reflecting light, making them look like plastic or latex. Here the sleeves look like normal fabric, and the historical accuracy is a nice touch as well.

Stating the obvious, but: You're really good at using the environment and a handful of props to give your images character. :)

The Blurst of Times

doubledeviant said:

The Blurst of Times said:

Changed up the Poker shot, now with the notorious Aces and Eights. (The game is Five Card Stud, which fits the period.)

 

Looks great. In the previous iteration, the sleeves of the outfit were reflecting light, making them look like plastic or latex. Here the sleeves look like normal fabric, and the historical accuracy is a nice touch as well.

 

Stating the obvious, but: You're really good at using the environment and a handful of props to give your images character. :)

Thanks :)

Yeah, the clothing (and the flag) in the prior one really bugged me, so I swapped out some lighting to kill some of the reflection. Also, the Shirt and Vest come with a high degree of Metallicity dial (and Metallicity map), which I didn't like. (Brilliant clothes with one or two materials issues for that lighting setup.) So I removed virtually all of the Metallicity, which I think was causing issues.

I like using just a few props. Part of it is having a semi-potato-level computer for the Daz work, so keeping it highly focused is a top priority.
The other part is, of course, the storytelling. I want to show enough to have some emotional weight, and anything more would cause trouble. I need what sharpens the story, and I don't need distraction.

Also, a smarter person than me says you want your images to be right before something happens, or right after. The anticipation of him, laying down the final card... that's a powerful moment. Or, with Eli as gunslinger, with the "boots up" view from the person that Eli had just shot.

That's the weight of the moment, and where you often see the most interesting part of the story - the anticipation and the aftermath.

Serene Night

I wasn't going to pickup more Holt 8 stuff. To be honest, the morph is really mundane, but CC Jack is an excellent character... Nice skin, and tons of options.

And the vamp option:

Greybro

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A cowboy themed bundle with no gun holsters - except in the Fire Marshall outfit but that holster isn't a low one, like cowboys. Plus there's some massive poke thru in the promos which doesn't instill much confidence in me in using it. 

 

A preliminary version of that promo got through. Sorry, that's my bad. There are a veritable plethora of morphs on all of the Fire Marshall items to accommodate almost any clothing. Poke-through is NOT a problem with this set.

TesseractSpace

Greybro said:

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A cowboy themed bundle with no gun holsters - except in the Fire Marshall outfit but that holster isn't a low one, like cowboys. Plus there's some massive poke thru in the promos which doesn't instill much confidence in me in using it. 

 

A preliminary version of that promo got through. Sorry, that's my bad. There are a veritable plethora of morphs on all of the Fire Marshall items to accommodate almost any clothing. Poke-through is NOT a problem with this set.

Love the Fire Marshall items. Now I just need to adapt them to G8F. :)

Phoenix1966

markgoode77 said:

Holt 8 and the monster

I like this very much. And who knew the monster was so cool looking?

Greybro

TesseractSpace said:

Greybro said:

jakiblue said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A cowboy themed bundle with no gun holsters - except in the Fire Marshall outfit but that holster isn't a low one, like cowboys. Plus there's some massive poke thru in the promos which doesn't instill much confidence in me in using it. 

 

A preliminary version of that promo got through. Sorry, that's my bad. There are a veritable plethora of morphs on all of the Fire Marshall items to accommodate almost any clothing. Poke-through is NOT a problem with this set.

Love the Fire Marshall items. Now I just need to adapt them to G8F. :)

Thanks. I'm really glad you like the set. With not too much tweaking you can autofit the set to Genesis 8 Female.

 

The Blurst of Times

Eli, walking in to someone else's camp at night.

(Testing out a low light setup.)

jakiblue

Thank you for the clarification Greybro! That helps with deciding to purchase it  

Greybro said:

jakiblue said:

 

 

 

 

A cowboy themed bundle with no gun holsters - except in the Fire Marshall outfit but that holster isn't a low one, like cowboys. Plus there's some massive poke thru in the promos which doesn't instill much confidence in me in using it. 

 

A preliminary version of that promo got through. Sorry, that's my bad. There are a veritable plethora of morphs on all of the Fire Marshall items to accommodate almost any clothing. Poke-through is NOT a problem with this set.

 

ANGELREAPER1972

Holt Honni

https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/1073221

 

 

ravvenkitsune

I have a question for people who bought both bundles: did you get the Holt 8 HD addon for free, and how did you receive it/where did you find it? I did get the $30 store credit, but I still don't have the HD addon for Holt. I've placed a customer service ticket, but I don't know if those ever get answered.

ANGELREAPER1972

ravvenkitsune said:

I have a question for people who bought both bundles: did you get the Holt 8 HD addon for free, and how did you receive it/where did you find it? I did get the $30 store credit, but I still don't have the HD addon for Holt. I've placed a customer service ticket, but I don't know if those ever get answered.

easy to miss - on the sales page where it said and was underlined get  "holt 8 hd free" - that was the link you had to click on  to the Holt 8 HD  sales page and you clicked on the add on to cart button - thiese things are often hidden or not obvious so most miss them I nearly did sales page is no longer up so put in a ticket here's the link to his hd page see if you can still get him free in your cart if not put in a ticket 

https://www.daz3d.com/holt-8-hd-add-on

ravvenkitsune

Darn it, but thank you, I appreciate that!

ANGELREAPER1972 said:

easy to miss - on the sales page where it said and was underlined get  "holt 8 hd free" - that was the link you had to click on  to the Holt 8 HD  sales page and you clicked on the add on to cart button - thiese things are often hidden or not obvious so most miss them I nearly did sales page is no longer up so put in a ticket here's the link to his hd page see if you can still get him free in your cart if not put in a ticket 

https://www.daz3d.com/holt-8-hd-add-on

JOdel

I had to put in a ticket. The HD Add-on was nowhere on the sales page (there were no additional add-ons listed on the Holt 8 sales page. Everything was in the bundles), So I figured it would be added automatically. I was wrong and had to put in the ticket to actually get it.

If you have to leave the page and hunt for something in the main store, or go through every item in a bundle looking for one which includes a link to the offered product, then expecting it to be automatically added to the purchase history doesn't seem that unreasonable. But, like I say, wrong.

xyer0

Finally test rendered this whole gang, and Holt 8 is great! The broken blood vessels on his nose, the blemishes, eye bags---all make him very rugged and believable. He's not surreally Irayed like Dain, but I'm very pleased with his skin and head morph.

maikdecker

Redz said:

Just to clarify, the Old Jeb character doesn't require the Holt 8 base. Holt is listed as a required character, but that is an error.

I just want to say that I'm utterly glad that this incredible figure - Old Jeb of course - comes without the need to buy another named figure.

And I think Redz somehow must have had an inspiration for giving Charles Bukowski a chance to come back to 3d life