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...ah didn't quite understand, . Will try that later as I have someplace to be soon.
It in a way seems sort of odd as the basic mesh is pretty much the same however save for the face to accommodate improved expressions. Wondering if that may be what could causing this as it only occurs on the lower face and head, not the rest of the body.
I hope you can get it. The morphs are separated for the head and body. One can be correct and the other slightly off.
...well I removed the head morph from the converted file, re-ran the conversion with "Overwrite Morphs" off and no difference. I also experimented with a few of the other settings including tolerance, but no success again. Not being adept at sculpting (nor having ZBrush) I see no other way to manually fix this (and it does show up after rendering).
The 8.1 character I was planning to get to convert was Sickle Yield's Spindle Fey. as my writings involve fey characters
I primarily work with G3 and only have a few G8 characters (the more "unique" ones) as I cannot afford to purchase all the utilities, merchant, morph, and skin resources as well as other plugins needed to have the same versatility for custom character design that I have with G3. 8.1 is just one more generation removed.
Just to check, you deleted the head morph file between each conversion attempt? You should definitely have seen a difference... not necessarily better but something would change. If you did everything right, I am sorry it cannot get closer for you. The spindle fey might be problematic since it is so extreme. I don't have it to even try and check though.
...that's OK.
I was sceptical 8.1 if would work anyway due to the changes in the head and facial mesh. The body looks fine and I can always use a different skin that's compatible. . I was able to pick up a couple G8 utilities and resources during the current sale (as well as using my Daz+ coupons) but still not even close to the "toolset" I have for G3.
I had to get a new hard drive so I reinstalled Daz Studio. When trying to convert my Generation 7 female characters to Generation 8, I'm getting a distorted face. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program, even deleted the RSCloneGenesis3Female.obj file from the folder C:\Users\nekur\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\CharacterConverterMorphs, with no change. The Generation 7 character as well as Genesis 8 load without a flaw. Here's what I'm getting, attached or from https://www.deviantart.com/wow-creations/art/Converted-920761392. ; I just looked at the parameters for the character I converted, which was Agnes. It isn't showing an Agnes head or body for 8, just Agnes itself.
The clone is for a different Character Converter. Maybe it is pulling in the converted morphs twice? From your previous conversion on the old hard drive and a new conversion? What directories are specified in the content manager? You should check all the currently used morphs on the character and find the morphs. The Parameter Settings show the Asset File Path of the morph (and the [...] button shows the full path of the morph). Make sure the morphs are coming from where you think they should be coming.
What looks bad in your Content Directory is that you have no user library in the Daz Studio Formats. That means the character converter would be writing morphs (and possibly deleting morphs if the overwrite option is checked) in the Daz content folder. You will get bad/weird results from that. I am afraid you might have hosed your morphs folder at this point. You need something a user content folder as the first folder in the Daz Studio Formats section. Then, this folder would be used to write out morphs from the conversions and would not overwrite your Daz content library.
I'm sorry, but from what I can see I have a Content Directory in the Daz Studio Format. Could you give a step by step solution in solving this problem. I've used Daz Studio for several years, along with Character Converter, but I think I'm missing something based on what you're seeing and I'm trying to interpret.
Usually what you will see in Daz Studio Formats is something like this:
The SECOND entry points to My Daz 3D Library which has all of your installed content. The FIRST entry points to all of YOUR content, whether stuff you create or is created for you by converters. This ensures that everything you create never overwrites the installed content causing problems. Mostly, Daz Studio treats these two content directories as one big content directory, for example the morphs in D:\Documents\My Daz 3D Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female\Morphs AND in D:\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female\Morphs are both loaded and available as morphs for Genesis 8 Females. However, Daz Studio saves all the morphs and other data ONLY in the FIRST directory when a conversion occurs, ensuring that converted morphs do not overwrite installed content morphs. However, you are missing that first entry and your converters have been saving into the installed content folder, more than likely corrupting installed content.
I fixed my Daz Studio folders like the image. I even manually downloaded the converter program and copied the files into my "My Daz 3D Library" folder. However, I'm still getting the same result, however the male converter program is working fine. Any other ideas?
What do you mean that you copied the files into "My Daz 3D Library" folder? What files? None of the converted morphs should go in there. I would uninstall and reinstall Essentials so you get back the original morphs from Daz. Load a figure and make sure it is fixed. Then with the Daz Studio folders fixed, re-convert and make sure the morphs are showing up in your "My Library" folder and not "My Daz 3D library" folder.
This may or may not be important, I use the Daz Install Manager. I uninstalled the Genesis 3 and 8 Essentials, converter 3 to 8 female, along with Victoria 7. I then reinstalled them . Before I tried the conversion on Victoria 7, I removed the morph folder in the "M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\DAZ 3D\My Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female\Morphs" folder for Victoria 7. I also made certain to remove the folder that was created by the converter for Victoria 7 from the "M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female\Morphs" folder, from my previous conversions. However, I'm still getting the same problem. The morphs are going into the "M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\DAZ 3D\My Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female\Morphs" folder. I reset the settings on the converter and I've verified that they are the same for the female as the male (which is working), but I'm still getting the same problem. It's making me wonder if there are another set of files that need to be deleted, to make this thing work.
When the converter converts something, its morphs will go in M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\DAZ 3D\My Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female\Morphs. However, BEFORE you converted anything, was the vanilla G8F correct? If not, there are some bad morphs in your installed morphs folder: M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis 8\Female\Morphs
I uninstalled everything from "M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\DAZ 3D\My Library\" and "M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library\", even uninstalled the Daz Program. I deleted folders that weren't needed. However, after reinstalling everything, I'm getting the same problem. In fact, the converter program remembered the old settings. There's a setting in the system that didn't get deleted when I uninstalled everything that I could think of. I even deleted the files in username/appdata/ that belonged to Daz Studio. The only thing I didn't deleted were settings for the Daz Install Manager.
The script remembers its SETTINGs because those are in the registry (but the morphs, which are the problem should be gone if you uninstalled and deleted properly). If you are comfortable with RegEdit, you can remove the settings (just search for the script name in the registry).
There are morphs corrupted somewhere or being pulled in when they shouldn't be. Clear your scene. Load in your generic Genesis 8 Female figure (that contains the distortion). View the Daz Log (Help->Troubleshooting...->View Daz Log. Look for
2022-07-11 07:08:46.257 [INFO] :: Begin asset load (open): /People/Genesis 8 Female/Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf
[...LOTS OF MESSAGES HERE]
2022-07-11 07:08:50.243 [INFO] :: Finished asset load (open): 0m 3.986s - /People/Genesis 8 Female/Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf
Somewhere in there is probably a message about loading something it shouldn't (look for .dsf). If not, it is the /People/Genesis 8 Female/Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf that is corrupted I think. You *might* (because it is a relative path and could have been installed via DIM or Daz Connect) multiple versions of that file. One of them is the problem.
Just so we're on the same page, here's what I did to bring things back to normal. I used Daz Install Manager, so I used it to uninstall everything, including Daz Studio. I changed the "My DAZ 3D Library" to "My DAZ 3D Library - Broke" and created the new folder "My DAZ 3D Library". I even did the same to the "DAZ 3D" folder. I went into the "C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D" folder and removed everything accept the "DAZ3DIM1" folder. I went into the "C:\Users\nekur\AppData\Roaming" folder and copied the "DAZ 3D" folder to "DAZ 3D - Broke". I then deled the "cms", "dson", and "Studio4" folders in "DAZ 3D". Once that was all done, I reinstalled Daz Studio and then loaded all the rest. However, when I load Genesis 8, I'm getting the following errors:
2022-07-11 07:09:24.445 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6903): Formula output property not found: Genesis8Female:/data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/XTransfer/3D Universe/ToonGenerations2/Base/XT_CTRL3duToonGenerations2_AdjustAge.dsf#XTIDCTRL3duToonGenerations2_AdjustAge?value - in file: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/Zev0/Shape Shift/Arm Length.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:24.502 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6903): Formula output property not found: Genesis8Female:/data/DAZ 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D/Head/Old/PHMEyesIrisSize.dsf#PHMEyesIrisSize?value - in file: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/vyktohria/Meredith/VYK Meredith Head.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:24.792 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6903): Formula output property not found: Genesis8Female:/data/DAZ 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/SickleYield2017/UniversalBreastHelper/PBMSYUBHGiantAll_proj.dsf#PBMSYUBHGiantAll_proj?value - in file: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/SickleYield2017/UniversalBreastHelper/PBMSYUBHGiantAll.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:29.047 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7134): Unsupported formula: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D%2CHeysun Oh%2CYannek/Victoria 7/pJCMRSG3FVictoria7ShoulderBndFwd_110_R.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:29.128 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7134): Unsupported formula: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D%2CHeysun Oh%2CYannek/Victoria 7/pJCMRSG3FVictoria7ShoulderBndFwd_110_L.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:29.321 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7134): Unsupported formula: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D%2CHeysun Oh%2CYannek/Victoria 7/pJCMRSG3FVictoria7ShinBndBck_145_R.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:29.403 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7134): Unsupported formula: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D%2CHeysun Oh%2CYannek/Victoria 7/pJCMRSG3FVictoria7ShinBndBck_145_L.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:29.571 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7134): Unsupported formula: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D%2CHeysun Oh%2CYannek/Victoria 7/pJCMRSG3FVictoria7ForearmBnd_135_R.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:29.657 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7134): Unsupported formula: /data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D%2CHeysun Oh%2CYannek/Victoria 7/pJCMRSG3FVictoria7ForearmBnd_135_L.dsf
2022-07-11 07:09:31.130 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5962): Parent for modifier not found: TMLI Lashes 06.
2022-07-11 07:09:31.130 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(1712): Modifier not prepared: TMLI Lashes 06!
2022-07-11 07:09:31.130 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(1729): Modifier not created: TMLI Lashes 06!
Have you ever seen anything like this that might help solve the problem? I got rid of one of the errors I'm not showing after buying Olympia 8. However, I can't find any of these files in my previous version of Daz Studio entitled "Daz 3D2 Old" or in the Genesis 8 female zip file I downloaded from the Product Library. I even tried to copy the Genesis 8 file from "Daz 3D2 Old", but with no luck.
Usually, you will get some errors like "Formula output property not found" and such. When vendors save some morphs, they could have unintentionally pulled in other morphs that are on their system but not on your system. If you are not having problems, you can ignore these. They slow down loading figures because of all the log messages but don't affect stuff otherwise.
I would warn you if you ever do this again to make sure the Daz Connect folder had been nuked too. It is easy, even if you think you always use DIM, for some stuff to be installed by Daz Connect and end up there.
But it sounds like things are working now?
No, I'm still having the same problem. I've done just about everything I can think of to get Daz back to square one, so I'd get a good conversion. I've even tried copying the older conversions I did, with not success.
Nuking everything definitely would make it so the standard G8F loads properly. You are not nuking something. As I mentioned, the Daz Connect directory (under the Daz Connect Data node in the Content Directory Manager dialog) should be nuked as well. That is the only thing I can think you missed. You need to make sure ALL the directories pointed to in the Content Directory Manager do not have corrupted data.
What exactly do you mean by nuking the Daz Content Data. My Daz Content Data is located in "M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Daz Connect Library". After I uninstalled everything, I left the "M:\NZXT Storage\Documents\DAZ 3D" empty.
Ok, that sounds like you emptied it as well. Unfortunately, I don't know how to help you. If you had a clean install, DS would be loading a uncorrupted G8F, but since it IS corrupted, some old data is being pulled in somewhere. This is a DS installation problem.
Cool. Thanks for everything.
Sorry, I could not help more.
Hi, Please see attached log file. I tried to force convert after receiving SKIPPING notices and now each morph fails with "Unable to apply preset"
Appreciate your products and talent.
Best Regards
in the meantime while we wait for a response, if anyone else has the same issue, I was successfully able to use these instructions just substituting G8 for Genesis (source) and G3 for G2 (target)
https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Tutorial-Transferring-Character-Morphs-G1G2G3G8-409437916
You are trying to convert SHAPE presets, which does not work. The regular script converts CHARACTER presets. To do shape presets, you will need to load them onto a figure in the scene and use the Custom Scene conversion script.