Difficulty transferring G8 skin to G3 (Solved!)

Pipefox

I've only recently upgraded to Daz Studio 4.20 after using an older version for quite a while.

I like using Genesis 3 figures, but I also like using Genesis 8 textures and skins.

Transfering a Genesis 8 character skin onto a Genesis 3 figure used to be as easy as copying all the textures/surfaces from G8 and then just pasting them onto the G3 figure. I never had a problem doing this before.

Since upgrading to Daz Studio 4.20 this quick and easy method no longer works.

Can anyone please explain what's changed? How can I easily use a Genesis 8 skin onto a Genesis 3 figure like I used to? Why doesn't copy/paste work anymore?

Please note that I'm only asking about Genesis 8 skins, not Genesis 8.1 skins.

Thank you very much for any help anyone can give.  :)

Richard Haseltine

What happens when you try? Why can't you simply aply a materials preset to Genesis 3 Female (after first saving one if the character uses Hierarchical preset)?

Gordig

Do both the source and target character have the same base shader on them? Select a surface on your G3 character and your G8 character, and see what they say under "Shader: ____".

Pipefox

Thank you for your replies Gordig and Richard. I don't know why the copy/pasting stopped working, but just saving the skin as a materials preset will still work. I'll just do it that way from now on. It's a very helpful and simple solution, so I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of it.

Thank you again. :)

Leana

copy / paste won't work if the source and target surface don't have the same base shader applied, so Gordig's point is worth checking.

Pipefox

I will defaintely check the base shader sources from now on, it's another excellent bit of advice. ^_^

Thank you for your kind help, Gordig, Richard and Leana!