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Answered - 4.21. What Version of DS is needed for G9 Compatibility?

richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,663
edited October 2022 in Daz Studio Discussion

All previous versions of Genesis have needed code in DS for the character to work. Is this the same with G9? If so, which is the earliest compatible build with this built-in?

I ask for a couple of reasons:

  1. I can't remember it being announced anywhere (though I could have missed it).
  2. I have an elderly PC that 'officially' due to GPU driver & OS versions can go up to DS4.15 and no newer.

Thanks in advance,

Richard. 

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  • Korpin.SulatKorpin.Sulat Posts: 414

    The initial announcement video said version 4.21.

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,663
    Ahh. Thanks. No wonder I missed it. Video is a catastrophically inefficient way of conveying information - in terms of both seconds and bytes - so I avoid them. Regards, Richard.
  • PaintboxPaintbox Posts: 1,633

    The forum is also a really bad way to communicate, especially with search not being that good.

    A v9 FAQ (maybe under HELP) would have been a splendid idea.

    main menu > HELP

    sub> FAQ Genesis9

    sub> FAQ DazStudio

    But what do I know, only been doing this kind of job for over a decade :P

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,663
    Agreed. Having a field in each sale item specifying the minimum program standard the will work with is a great idea. What's more the field is already there. Shame it's wrongly used and every item always says the latest version of DS, even when the item will work with a much earlier version.
  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602
    edited October 2022

    Genesis 9 loads into DAZ Studio 4.10 and autofits okay. There was a warning message when loading about PBR textures.

    G9 DAZStudio4-10.png
    2423 x 1033 - 467K
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  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,663
    edited October 2022
    Thankee kindly. Much appreciated. Regards, Richard.
    Post edited by richardandtracy on
  • PerttiAPerttiA Posts: 10,024

    Yeah, when watching the presentation, Jay specifically said V9 required DS 4.21, which I was wondering why... Now even the product page says DS 4.20 and if it does work with older versions, all the better.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,804

    Genesis 9 uses features related to loading scripts with presets, may use the ne blend modes in Layered Image Editor, may use the new data types for attaching to things (sorry, can't rcall thee xact terms but it is in the chnage log) and so on. The base rig may work in older versions, and the materials (depending on shader) in somewhat older versions of DS, but there will be things that do not work correctly or at all in versions before 4.21.x.x

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