G2, G3 Accessories with G8?

ArtMadeon

Hi all,

Quick question: Is it possible to use G2 and G3 accessories with G8 figures?

I am wanting to add some adornments such as rings, necklaces and bracelets to my character renders - but unsure which of the objects I can use with G3 or G8 characters.

Are these just OBJ style objects that can be manipulated relatively easily into place, or are there unique things about G3 and G8, for example?

I see the sale is on at the moment - and a lot of G2 objects that seem attractive to me.  Wondering if I will regret buying them if they are not compatible with the rest of my G3/G8 characters?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Cheers

ArtMadeon

Never mind. I figured it out. You can use G2 accessories with G8, so I assume you can also use it with G3.

One side-effect is that G2 items won't (necessarily?) have IRay shaders or mats, so you need to apply the Uber shader and use Shader materials from your Library rather than the materials that come with the items.

In general though, doing this gives you a much wider selection of options (assuming you have the appropriate shaders).

Hope that helps someone out in future.

kervala

In fact, you can use all conforming items from Genesis 1 to 3 with Genesis 8 :) You can even use conforming items for G8 Male with G8 Female :D

For other not conforming accessories (like weapons), you can use everything that can be imported in DAZ Studio so (OBJ, FBX, etc...).

And even if you have OBJ files, it's easy to conform them in DS :)

I also recently purchased a lot of Genesis 1, 2 and 3 items on sale for my G8 characters :) Some of them don't adapt very well to my characters, but it's easy to fix them using a Smooth Modifier or creating a morph in Blender (just load an OBJ of the item and your character, edit the mesg of the item, export it to OBJ and create a morph in DS).

And to convert 3Delight surfaces to iRay, it's also very easy, you just need to select all materials and click on Shader Presets -> iRay -> DAZ Uber -> !iRay Uber Base. You can verify parameters are good but all textures are kept :)

 

ArtMadeon

Thank you @kervala. That's very helpful to know!

kervala

You're welcome :)

chris-2599934

Also, remember that if all else fails and you can't get the older content to work with a G8 figure you can always (within 30 days) contact customer services to get your money back.