RSSY Hair Converter V4 -> G8F - compatibility broken for G8F

clivewil2

hello.

i used this hair converter:

https://www.daz3d.com/rssy-hair-converter-from-victoria-4-to-genesis-8-female

to convert this hair:

https://www.daz3d.com/melia-hair

...which did work, as far as i can tell (it created files in the correct folder) but when i closed the script window and returned to the scene with the G8F loaded, almost all of the figure's options for pose, wardrobe etc. were missing, as if it were now a prop or similar.

checking its scene ID, its compatibility base was set to 'None' so i restored that to '/Genesis 8/Female' but it still appears as incompatible, or a prop

if i turn off 'filter by content' then everything shows up, as expected (EVERYTHING shows up)

i compared its settings to G8M and everything looks correct.

how do i restore G8F to normal?

 

-----> uninstall-reinstall G8F starter essentials did NOT fix it. neither did deleting the hair i'd converted.

-----> neither did import metadata via DIM.

clivewil2

if i reinstall DS over itself will that fix it?

will doing that break my additional library content that i've either modified or made myself?

----> no, reinstalling didn't fix it. 

alan bard newcomer

you may have to reload the screen.. it looks like maybe you should start with an empty scene and just run the converter to convert hair you select from you library (that's just from the product page) is there a pdf with directions for using the converter? 
convert hair in empty scene then load character and apply hair?

 

clivewil2

alan bard newcomer said:

you may have to reload the screen.. it looks like maybe you should start with an empty scene and just run the converter to convert hair you select from you library (that's just from the product page) is there a pdf with directions for using the converter? 
convert hair in empty scene then load character and apply hair?

the hair is fine, i think. it works.

the problem is that G8F itself is now broken, i.e. virtually nothing registers as being in its compatibility base.

uninstalling it and reinstalling G8 didn't fix it, neither did reinstalling DS itself.

nor did re-importing all the content library metadata fix it. (for some reason, Toon Princess and Corduroy Outfit *do* appear in the library, but nothing else)

if i open and re-save every item, one by one, they will show up as being compatible - but seeing as there's about 3,200 of them in total, that just ain't gonna happen - and i can't really do that with the store-bought items anyway, and there's over 1,200 of those alone.***

 

----> it just occured to me that there's as many as 3,000 of those too, at least.

there's 1,200 store-bought products in my library but every material would have to be re-saved separately, every pose... and many items have 5 or 6 different materials each.

 

-----> database reset. G8F lives again. but i still have to re-save every custom wearable and pose i ever made for G8F.