G8F default shape has changed and I don't know how to reset it
SueTyurd
Posts: 14
I have no idea how to explain it, but I noticed that some of the figures I had made with Daz in the past looked off, and upon inspection I've found that somehow the default shape of the default G8F figure has somehow changed. Fortunately I had a base figure saved in Diffeomorphic and when I imported that to Blender I noticed it looked visibly different from how it now looks in Daz (note the lips).
The only value that's not at zero when I load a new figure is FHMMillawa8 but adjusting it makes absolutely no change whatsoever. I've tried reinstalling the G8F starter essentials a dozen times but it doesn't fix anything. I don't know what's going on - I'm not getting any duplicate formula errors, restoring the figure doesn't fix it, checking "Show Hidden Properties" doesn't show anything extra in "Parameters" OR "Shaping", I don't know what the heck the "developer version" of Daz is or how to open the base morph asset, and nothing else I've installed seems to be causing any problems.
Am I going insane? What happened? Why are all my models now messed up? How do I fix the G8F base?????
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Odd... but I wonder why this figure "Fit to" a Genesis 8 Female in Fit to property ... Is there another G8F in the scene?
No, there's nothing else in the scene.
"Currently Used" shows only those dials that have their value at something other than default.
You probably have some morph saved at 100% default value and while it is on for all your G8F based characters, the "Currently Used" does not show it because it is at it's default value.
Zero the figure and check "Currently Used", the culprit is the dial(s) that have their 0 values shown in white.
I had this happen a couple of years ago when I installed a character I'd purchased on another marketplace. Fortunately, the character was fairly inexpensive so I just uninstalled it.
You've could have gone into the Character's *.dsf file and changed "value" to zer0.
Hey, that worked! I found the morph that was causing trouble!
Now how do I make zero the default going forward?
To fix any ill-behaving (non-zero default value) morphs, do as follows;
1. Open DS and load "Genesis 8 Basic Female" (to an empty scene)
2. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Preferences->Choose "Show Hidden Properties" (part 3 zeroes only 'visible' dials)
3. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Zero->Zero Figure (Zeroes the value of all the 'visible' dials)
4. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Memorize->Memorize Figure (Sets the current value of all the dials as their default value)
5. Edit->Save As->Support Asset->Save Modified Assets (Writes the changed default value to the morph files that were changed)
When saving "Modified Assets" DS shows a dialog and asks for confirmation;
"The following file(s) will be permanently modified:" - "Accept/Cancel" - Choose "Accept"
You're a lifesaver, mate. Thanks so much.