Consistency with 8.1 expressions in Parameters?

OVD

There have been three times now where I've bought an expression pack for Genesis 8.1 and the dials for these show up under the "Expressions" section of Parameters as opposed to "Expressions 8.1"

Should there not be some QC in terms of making sure that these dials are being saved to the proper location? Why would they be mixed in with all of the dials for expressions for Genesis 8 that can't be used with the 8.1 figure? 

I've figured out how to move them on my own, but it still seems like one of those things that should be on a checklist to be done before a product is sold. 

(I should note that in each of the cases I fired off a message to the PA to let them know as well.) 

On that same note, why are the old G8 expressions still being loaded for the 8.1? That just takes up time when loading a scene with the figure in it. Is there a script anyone has written to prevent this? Or something similar? (If so, please let me know!) 

PerttiA

Making the G8 base expressions (and any expressions that are using them) work on G8.1 requires removing dummy/placeholder expressions that are installed to G8.1 morph folders - These dummy/placeholder expression files have no other function than to prevent the base G8 expressions from loading. 

The dummy/placeholder files are located in;

...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Base Pose Head\ (255 files, can be more if you have additional DAZ expression packs)
...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Expressions\ (24 files, can be more if you have additional DAZ expression packs)
...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Male 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Base Pose Head\ (255 files, can be more if you have additional DAZ expression packs)
...\Data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Male 8_1\Morphs\Daz 3D\Expressions\ (24 files, can be more if you have additional DAZ expression packs)

Please make sure you are removing the files from G8.1 morph folders and not G8 morph folders.

Note 1; If you are logging in to DS and letting DAZ Connect (within DS) to install/update your content, you may have these also in an other location that has "\Data\Cloud\" in it's path
Note 2; Do not remove any files from "FACS" or "FACSExpressions" folders

Bejaymac

The problem is that at no time has DAZ come out with "this is how you make content for DS4", as a result there are no hard rules on it, so most have had to make it up as they went, which is why there is no consistency.

What PerttiA is getting at is that DAZ added dummy morph assets to G8.1 to stop it from loading DAZ own G8 morphs. The whole setup is pretty half-assed tbh, any product that adds correctives for G8 expressions doesn't work right in G8.1, and of course it doesn't block 3rd party expressions from showing up.

What most don't realise is that what G8.1 loads is based on the contents of a small "addon" DSF file.

I don't have a lot of content for G8, so my "addon" file has been heavily modified, it now has multiple lines rather than one pointing to the "Morphs" folder, as a result G8.1 only loads the G8 morphs I want it to load.