A tool to convert jewelry and body props from G3 to G8?
I have Fisty & Darc's excellent set of basic jewelry for G3F that I'd like to be able to use - easily - on G8F (and on both G3M and G8M, for that matter), but they don't load properly on G8 figures (and presumably G9, but I don't use those figures). Is there a tool or utility that can convert these or anything similar from one figure to another? I'm puzzled why something like this - basic gold jewelry - is so hard to find; like most clothing for Daz figures, vendors seem to concentrate on the exotic and latest-fad products and ignore the basic, everyday stuff. I get tired of hunting down rings, parenting them to the proper finger, then fiddling with dials and cursors to get them where they belong - it seems like this should already be automated as it was on the G3s. A simple wedding ring - why is this so hard to find?
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Those products are also ones of my favorites. As G8 is with a default A-Pose but not a T-Pose like G3, direct loading the accessories doesn't work... However, you don't have to need any tool but just a trick:
- Select G8's Left Shoulder Bend node, dial Bend property to 45.75 (screenshot 1)
- Click in Viewport to unselect G8 figure, load "a ring on left hand" into the scene rather than onto the figure. The ring should be in the right position of the related finger. If it's not 100% percent in place, translate / rotate / re-scale it as needed. (ss2)
- Select the right finger node, e.g. "Left Ring 1" in this example. Drag the ring to it (parenting). Zero the figure's pose or zero that Bend value. Done ~ (ss3)
Do the same if an accessory belong to other bones...