Scene Identification For Different Models Is Where Exactly?

Faeryl Womyn

I keep hearing about the Scene Identification to make things fit between G8 and G8.1, however, I was wondering if this works for other models as well, not just the G8 versions. Like G3 to G8 or G8 to G3 and other models?

Gordig

Yes, to varying degrees of success. 

Faeryl Womyn

Thanks will try it, just as soon as I figure out how to switch the scene indentification...lol

I have no idea how to do that or where to even find it.

Can anyone explain what I need to do to chage this? Pictures are very helpful.

FSMCDesigns

Not using the current DS, but in 4.12 see here

apocalypse_cow

There's various tricks you can do with scene identification:

You can change a clothing or hair item's scene identification to make a G3 item fit G8 or vice versa. since G3 and G8 have different default poses this works best on hair and things that don't have sleeves or cover the legs - like tank-tops, bras etc. This also only really works between G3 and G8 and mostly only male->male / female->female. But it's really handy for hair and many other items.

To do this:

1) select the clothing/hair/whatever item

2) open the scene identification dialog (as in the screenshot by FSMCDesigns)

3)change the Preferred Base from, let's say, Genesis 3 Female to Genesis 8 Female. to do this click on the 3 little dots on the right side, NOT the little downward triangle that opens the drop down menu.

 

I have also found you can (temporarily) change the identification of a G3 Character so that you can apply G8 hirarchical material presets to them.

In this case you need to change the Node Name in the scene identification dialog From Genesis3Female to Genesis8Female - don't forget to change it back later. Also be aware that this will not apply materials to the eyelashes of G3 since those are seperate on G8.

Faeryl Womyn

FSMCDesigns said:

Not using the current DS, but in 4.12 see here

I'm not using the latest Daz either lol I currently have 4.14.

Apocalypse Cow, thanks for the instructions. You know it's too bad this didn't work with Genesis and G2 models, or even G2 to G3 models.

apocalypse_cow

Yeah, basically this works because G3 and G8/G8.1 have almost the same geometry and just slightly different base poses. Converting content between those two is therefore really easy.

G2 and G3 are more different unfortunately.