[Released] Character Converter from Genesis 2 Male to Genesis 8 Male [Commercial]

RiverSoft Art

Convert your favorite Genesis 2 Male characters to Genesis 8 Male characters!

The Character Converter from Genesis 2 Male to Genesis 8 Male transfers the morphs from beloved Genesis 2 characters to the latest generation, Genesis 8. Featuring a new conversion process developed specifically for this generation, the Character Converter scripts provide easy batch execution for automatically converting your Genesis 2 Male Character to a Genesis 8 Male Character in your library. Even better, icons and categories are copied from your original Genesis 2 Character to the new Genesis 8 Character.   You can also automatically apply Genesis 8 materials to your converted character as part of the conversion process.

The new Character Converter script is extremely simple to use. Just select the characters to convert and click execute! There is also a Convert Custom Character script which will copy a Genesis 2 Male character in the scene, with all currently used morphs, to a Genesis 8 Male character (no character preset is created and no materials are copied).

Tutorial for Character Converter Products

Please see the product ReadMe for full details.

What's Included and Features

• Character Converter from Genesis 2 Male to Genesis 8 Male:
  • Character Converter Script (.DSE)
  • Convert Custom Character Script (.DSE)
  • Detailed User Guide (.PDF)

* The Character Converter script cannot properly convert all Genesis 2 characters, especially as Genesis 2 characters have a higher polygon count.  Characters with extreme morphs may have problems, especially around the eyes.  HD resolution characters are converted to base resolution characters.  Bulge maps, the Genesis 2 equivalent to corrective morphs (i.e., JCMs/MCMs), are not converted.  Multi-part characters (e.g., a character that loads a figure and separate horns) cannot be converted. Material presets are also not converted. Default materials copied to your new Genesis 8 characters may have ugly seams and/or misaligned features due to the different UV layout. Items without metadata can be converted but will not show up in Smart Content. They may also need to be converted using a Force Convert Item(s) button.

AllenArt

*squeals like a little kid* 

Laurie

Gordig

Would you mind transferring Reptilian HD, just so I can see what it looks like? You don't have to post it in the thread if you don't want.

RiverSoft Art

AllenArt said:

*squeals like a little kid* 

Laurie

LOL

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Gordig said:

Would you mind transferring Reptilian HD, just so I can see what it looks like? You don't have to post it in the thread if you don't want.

There are a few problems with Reptilian.  

1. The character is HD
2. The shape is extreme
3. The textures don't transfer
4. He is multiple parts: main body and head, legs, and tail

Here is the main body and head converted over to G8 with Oolong HD materials.

Gordig

RiverSoftArt said:

Gordig said:

Would you mind transferring Reptilian HD, just so I can see what it looks like? You don't have to post it in the thread if you don't want.

There are a few problems with Reptilian.  

1. The character is HD
2. The shape is extreme
3. The textures don't transfer
4. He is multiple parts: main body and head, legs, and tail

Here is the main body and head converted over to G8 with Oolong HD materials.

Thank you, that's actually quite workable for my purposes. I may end up buying this after all, since Reptilian is 95% of the reason I would need to convert from G2.

RiverSoft Art

Gordig said:

RiverSoftArt said:

Gordig said:

Would you mind transferring Reptilian HD, just so I can see what it looks like? You don't have to post it in the thread if you don't want.

There are a few problems with Reptilian.  

1. The character is HD
2. The shape is extreme
3. The textures don't transfer
4. He is multiple parts: main body and head, legs, and tail

Here is the main body and head converted over to G8 with Oolong HD materials.

Thank you, that's actually quite workable for my purposes. I may end up buying this after all, since Reptilian is 95% of the reason I would need to convert from G2.

You're welcome!

inquire

I have some of the Gen X characters converted from Michael 4 and David 3 to Genesis 1, and then to Genesis 2. I stopped there. Would I be able to bring the Genesis 2 version over to Genesis 8? (What I really would like, however, is to be able to go directly form Michael 4 and David 3 to Genesis 8.)

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inquire said:

I have some of the Gen X characters converted from Michael 4 and David 3 to Genesis 1, and then to Genesis 2. I stopped there. Would I be able to bring the Genesis 2 version over to Genesis 8? (What I really would like, however, is to be able to go directly form Michael 4 and David 3 to Genesis 8.)

Yes, you will, though these copies of copies of copies are not going to be as good. (hopefully, I can keep pushing back to earlier generations, depending on if I think the quality is good enough and the support is there)

Linton

-heavy breathing intensifies-

RiverSoft Art

Linton said:

-heavy breathing intensifies-

LOL.

inquire

RiverSoftArt said:

inquire said:

I have some of the Gen X characters converted from Michael 4 and David 3 to Genesis 1, and then to Genesis 2. I stopped there. Would I be able to bring the Genesis 2 version over to Genesis 8? (What I really would like, however, is to be able to go directly form Michael 4 and David 3 to Genesis 8.)

Yes, you will, though these copies of copies of copies are not going to be as good. (hopefully, I can keep pushing back to earlier generations, depending on if I think the quality is good enough and the support is there)

Right. That's exactly why I'm still hoping for a direct transfer from Michael 4 and David 3 to Genesis 8. I hope you do decide that the quality will be good enough and that you can make enough money by developing the product. M4 and D3 were both around for quite a while, and there are many morphs or characters for each of them. It would be wonderful for me to be able to transfer such characters to G8.

Gordig

It's released, and I bought it, along with Raven and Minotaur for G2M. Time to convert those two along with Reptilian, and...probably never use it again, honestly. I don't have a lot of G2 characters, and I'm not especially attached to any of the regular human ones.

Dim Reaper

RiverSoftArt said:

Yes, you will, though these copies of copies of copies are not going to be as good. (hopefully, I can keep pushing back to earlier generations, depending on if I think the quality is good enough and the support is there)

That's great news.

I'm buying the converters from earlier generations mainly in the hope that supporting these will give you the sales to make it worthwhile to go further back if possible.  Great products, thank you!

 

Dim Reaper

I just tried a conversion of the Minotaur to G8 - the morph itself went very well.  I'll probably have to edit the texture for the legs.

As a quick test, I added the fur from the Gorilla 8 to the Minotaur 8.  Still needs some work, but I'm happy that this will work.

 

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Gordig said:

It's released, and I bought it, along with Raven and Minotaur for G2M. Time to convert those two along with Reptilian, and...probably never use it again, honestly. I don't have a lot of G2 characters, and I'm not especially attached to any of the regular human ones.

LOL.  Well, thank you for your support.

RiverSoft Art

Dim Reaper said:

RiverSoftArt said:

Yes, you will, though these copies of copies of copies are not going to be as good. (hopefully, I can keep pushing back to earlier generations, depending on if I think the quality is good enough and the support is there)

That's great news.

I'm buying the converters from earlier generations mainly in the hope that supporting these will give you the sales to make it worthwhile to go further back if possible.  Great products, thank you!

 

Thank you!  I appreciate that support.

RiverSoft Art

Dim Reaper said:

I just tried a conversion of the Minotaur to G8 - the morph itself went very well.  I'll probably have to edit the texture for the legs.

As a quick test, I added the fur from the Gorilla 8 to the Minotaur 8.  Still needs some work, but I'm happy that this will work.

 

Great!  Thank you for sharing!

Kev914

So if you convert a bunch of characters, does that make G8 take longer to load? I thought I read that somewhere.

I have all these products, but I've been afraid to use them because I'm not sure if there is a negative impact if I do. So I thought I would ask.

I even have this one in my cart and will probably check out before I hear back.

Thanks.

RiverSoft Art

KevinH said:

So if you convert a bunch of characters, does that make G8 take longer to load? I thought I read that somewhere.

I have all these products, but I've been afraid to use them because I'm not sure if there is a negative impact if I do. So I thought I would ask.

I even have this one in my cart and will probably check out before I hear back.

Thanks.

Yes, the more morphs you have for a generation (whether from lots of characters you bought, "fix" morph or muscle morph packs, or converted morphs from this character), the slower a figure will load in Daz Studio.  It doesn't affect loading Daz, just loading the figure.  I have taken to renaming the converted morphs folder (data/Daz 3D/Genesis 8/Male/Morphs) so that Daz loads my regular figures faster.  When I need a converted figure, I rename the folder back.

Gordig

Well, Raven was a catastrophic failure, unless you like nightmares.

manekiNeko

Dim Reaper said:

I just tried a conversion of the Minotaur to G8 - the morph itself went very well.  I'll probably have to edit the texture for the legs.

As a quick test, I added the fur from the Gorilla 8 to the Minotaur 8.  Still needs some work, but I'm happy that this will work.

 

i was just about to ask if minotaur was doable as i saw your post - would you mind kindly rendering another test without the hair so i can see the result better? ^^

Dim Reaper

manekiNeko said:

Dim Reaper said:

I just tried a conversion of the Minotaur to G8 - the morph itself went very well.  I'll probably have to edit the texture for the legs.

As a quick test, I added the fur from the Gorilla 8 to the Minotaur 8.  Still needs some work, but I'm happy that this will work.

 

i was just about to ask if minotaur was doable as i saw your post - would you mind kindly rendering another test without the hair so i can see the result better? ^^

No problem.  Give me a few minutes and I'll post.

Gordig

Dim Reaper said:

I just tried a conversion of the Minotaur to G8 - the morph itself went very well.  I'll probably have to edit the texture for the legs.

As a quick test, I added the fur from the Gorilla 8 to the Minotaur 8.  Still needs some work, but I'm happy that this will work.

 

I did the same, although I'm using the Minotaur shape as a starting point for more of an anthropomorphic mountain goat. There's definitely some texture stretching on the snout, so I wonder if there would be a better choice for the skin texture.

Dim Reaper

Here are three quick renders - default, with horns and close up of the head.

Dim Reaper

Here are three quick renders - default, with horns and close up of the head.

Gordig said:

Dim Reaper said:

I just tried a conversion of the Minotaur to G8 - the morph itself went very well.  I'll probably have to edit the texture for the legs.

As a quick test, I added the fur from the Gorilla 8 to the Minotaur 8.  Still needs some work, but I'm happy that this will work.

 

I did the same, although I'm using the Minotaur shape as a starting point for more of an anthropomorphic mountain goat. There's definitely some texture stretching on the snout, so I wonder if there would be a better choice for the skin texture.

 

Nice work.  I think that with such a dark texture, a little stretching wouldn't be particularly noticable.

Gordig

Dim Reaper said:

Here are three quick renders - default, with horns and close up of the head.

Gordig said:

Dim Reaper said:

I just tried a conversion of the Minotaur to G8 - the morph itself went very well.  I'll probably have to edit the texture for the legs.

As a quick test, I added the fur from the Gorilla 8 to the Minotaur 8.  Still needs some work, but I'm happy that this will work.

 

I did the same, although I'm using the Minotaur shape as a starting point for more of an anthropomorphic mountain goat. There's definitely some texture stretching on the snout, so I wonder if there would be a better choice for the skin texture.

 

Nice work.  I think that with such a dark texture, a little stretching wouldn't be particularly noticable.

Thanks. Looking at it again, it's not so much stretching as just a little blurry. 

Sabaaka

Also, here is Reptilian with some HFS morphs and SmidA's reptile skin texture.

Gordig

Tried a whole bunch of skin textures to see what I liked on my new G8 reptile. I think the winner is Dolb plus SmidA's reptile displacement maps. If I go this route, though, I'll definitely need to edit out the nipples.

Dim Reaper

Gordig said:

Tried a whole bunch of skin textures to see what I liked on my new G8 reptile. I think the winner is Dolb plus SmidA's reptile displacement maps. If I go this route, though, I'll definitely need to edit out the nipples.

They are looking good.  I don't own Reptile, but I've put it in the wishlist adn will probably pick it up in the sale next time the price is right for me.

I think that the results with the minotaur and the reptile show just how Riversoftart's Genesis 2 to 8 converter is.  I really didn't expect it to work on such extreme morphs as there, but I'm very happy with the results.

 

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Gordig said:

Well, Raven was a catastrophic failure, unless you like nightmares.

Which Raven is this?  I was going to ask if you got other characters to convert, but I see from your subsequent posts you did.

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Gordig said:

Tried a whole bunch of skin textures to see what I liked on my new G8 reptile. I think the winner is Dolb plus SmidA's reptile displacement maps. If I go this route, though, I'll definitely need to edit out the nipples.

@Gordig, thank you so much for sharing the results of your conversions and texture experiments!  You are helping everyone!