Just making an observation about Genesis 8.1

ibr_remote aka infinity10

Not really seeking solutions, but just making an observation:  I notice that when I apply some Genesis 8 Male clothing to Genesis Male 8.1, Daz Studio shows a pop up for me to select which figure the clothing was for, and for some reason, Genesis 8 Male is not in the list. 

crosswind

Well, you can then select the clothing to check its Preferred Based via： Edit > Figure > Scene Identification... Probably you'll find it not set as G8M or just empty ~~

And, since your target figure is G8M or G8.1M, of course it's not in the auto-fit list ~~~

Matt_Castle

It's not on the list because in proper use it should never be required or used unless you've got a very specific reason to - auto-fit is a very rough process that completely discards any custom rigging the vendor made, so unless you're doing something technical, you shouldn't.

And, indeed, a clothing item correctly set up with metadata that says its for G8M should automatically be recognised as compatible with G8.1M and fit without needing the auto-fit window.

In this case, if there's a problem, then your choice of issues is probably one of the following:
- You've corrupted something in your library and should reinstall the Genesis 8 starter Essentials package
- You're trying to use an old version of DS. The tools DS needs to correctly see G8.1M as an update to G8M and provide compatibility (rather than detecting it as a stand-alone figure) were, if I recall correctly, introduced in DS 4.15. Earlier than that, and it won't work.
- The problem is with the clothing item(s) lacking the correct metadata to say they're G8M assets.

crosswind

To clarify, whether a Clone shows in the list of "designed for" in Auto Fit dialogue is subject to the figure you select rather than the clothing per se,  i.e. the clone of the figure you select in Scene pane (e.g. G8.xF/M, G9, yada yada ~) will never be shown in that list.

Besides, Preferred Base is read from clothing's DSF file rather than metadata, so even if one never installs products via DIM but just dumps the files in to Daz Library, he/she will still get the right fitting as long as the correct Preferred Base is set in DSF.

kyoto kid

...from what i understand the ,ain differences between G8 and 8.1 are more bones in the face, a change to the UV mapping, and use of PBR materials.  None of that should affect clothing fits as the base figure mesh and rigging are the same. 

crosswind

kyoto kid said:

...from what i understand the ,ain differences between G8 and 8.1 are more bones in the face, a change to the UV mapping, and use of PBR materials.  None of that should affect clothing fits as the base figure mesh and rigging are the same. 

Right ~ but there's no change in terms of bones in the face but just introduced a FACS for G8.1's expressions.

ibr_remote aka infinity10

Thanks, All, for the responses.  It think the specific situation described in the second half of Matt_Castle 's comment seems to be the reason in my case.