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Converting the non-trivial things from G8 to G9

AndrewJJPAndrewJJP Posts: 711
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Most of my concerns with G9 have been adressed now. I really liked the new mesh when I had a play in Blender. It was a little denser, but not so dense that it would be hard to work with.

Unfortunately, there are some things I'd really, really want to covert, and there was also something that didn't seem immediately obvious....

  • Is there a way to convert geoshells? Richard Haseltine suggested there were some threads that explained a process involving baking, but I couldn't find them. Possibly I misundertood, or maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for! I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction!
  • There are some boots I would like to convert, since there's nothing like them on G9. I can't find anything that tells you specifically how to do this for G9, but there are a few tutorials that cover other generations. Is there anything I should watch out for that might make G9 different?
  • There is no lip surface, so how do you change lip gloss, or even colour? Do you have to edit the maps or create LIE overlays? That seems like a lot of hassle to do something simple, which I do in almost every picture, so am I missing something?

Thanks very much! :)

 

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  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,754

    I don't use any goeshells that I need to convert, so can't help with that. I also gave up on converting shoes, especially heels back with G2 since no matter what method or converter, there is always distorted mesh. Your best bet is to reload them as a new OBJ and re-rig them.

    As for the lips, there are characters with gloss options that work with other characters and makeup packs in the store with gloss options (they us LIE and geoshells mostly)

  • AndrewJJPAndrewJJP Posts: 711

    FSMCDesigns said:

    I don't use any goeshells that I need to convert, so can't help with that. I also gave up on converting shoes, especially heels back with G2 since no matter what method or converter, there is always distorted mesh. Your best bet is to reload them as a new OBJ and re-rig them.

    As for the lips, there are characters with gloss options that work with other characters and makeup packs in the store with gloss options (they us LIE and geoshells mostly)

    Thanks very much, I have bought some characters, and at least one has gloss options, so I can try that and maybe get a makeup pack. It sounds like they are using the method I was thinking of, but someone else did the hard work, so that's great!

    I've never done rigging, but I like learning new things, so I shall give it a try.

    So it's really whether I can find a way do the Geoshells.

  • AndrewJJPAndrewJJP Posts: 711

    I think I may have found the threads. The trick was to search using Google rather than Daz's forum search. Why don't I think of these things sooner...?

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/598071/genesis-8-textures-on-genesis-9

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