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Can I use a Gen 8.1 or Gen 9 skin on Gen8 + any good brows? Trying to make drow.

DrowElfMorwenDrowElfMorwen Posts: 538
edited September 2023 in The Commons

I'm returning to DAZ recently so Genesis 8 was the last I really ever used. I read briefly about Genesis 8.1 and it seems some of the UVs are different than Genesis 8?

I'm trying to make a Genesis 8 character, a drow, that has gray/black skin with white eyebrows. Previously, I used Genesis 3 and an off-site product called OhMyBrows which ws mesh brows to achieve this. (I tend to re-color skins into drow skins but this is no good for brows that need to be light on dark skin). However the OhMyBrows aren't playing nicely when I try to use them on Genesis 8 (their shape keeps distorting). Does anyone have any suggestions?

I was looking at the very nice "AB Dokkalfar for Genesis 9" but I'm guessing Genesis 9 probably has a radically different UV than Genesis 8? Also was looking at "Vildras HD for Genesis 8.1 Male", but I think the same issue. Plus my character's face is very different from this one's. Any help appreciated.

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  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 6,986
    edited September 2023

    1. The Torso surface on G8.0 is splitted into two separate surfaces on G8.1 - Body and Head. You can use a Torso map of G8.0 on G8.1's Body and Head with changing UV Sets from Base 8.1 Female to Base Female.

    2. I have Oh My Brows product. There's no problem to use them on G8.x no matter you use auto-fit or transfer rigging methods. Besides, there're quite a lot morphs on Oh My Brows. They could be tweaked pretty well.

    3.G9's surface / UVs are quite different from G8. At present, the only way is to project G9's UVs on G8 in external software and bake the texture maps for being used on G8, but that'll require some knowledge and skills. There'll be a new product made by Cayman Studios with which you may directly apply G9's material presets on G8. You may wait for a while.

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  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,718

    G9 skins won't work on G8 or 8.1 as is, and at the moment there's no "legacy UVs" product which would enable you to use them.

     

    Regarding G8.1 skins:

    G8.1 is basically G8 with additional UVs, the "torso" surface split into "head" and "body", and the new expression system. G8.1 can use all the morphs, skins and clothes from G8 without needing conversion.
    Skins made for G8.1 won't work on G8, however you could use G8.1 as the base for your drow character instead of G8 if you want to use a G8.1 skin (if it was already built on G8, save a preset with morph settings then apply it to G8.1 base)

     

    Regarding the brows:

    They're most likely distorting because you're autofitting them to G8.
    You could always try parenting them to the head instead of fitting them. Or maybe the "changing scene ID" method you can use for G3 hair might work.
    Or you could use mesh brows made for G8, there are multiple packs available.

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,718

    FYI, Legacy UVs to use G9 textures on G8 and G8.1 females just got released: https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-9-uvs-for-genesis-8-and-81-female

    So a version for G8 and 8.1 Males might not be too far away.

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