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  • ZwytZwyt Posts: 138
    edited October 11
    3ddisco said:

    Like others, I have a plus membership and there appears to be no way to change it to premier. I just get sent in a circle. Anyone have a solution for this?

    I had a plus membership and I upgraded easily but it was ready to renew this month anyway. I even got a nifty little discount for the first month. It went pretty seamlessly but I wasn't on an annual plan either. Now I have to wait until I get home from work tomorrow to play with it.
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  • QuasarQuasar Posts: 638

    ArtAngel said:

    Here's a bit of transparency for you. If any of you guys own ManFriday tools you already have the tools at your disposal for free. She seems to be the only one so far who has opted to transfer the plug-ins we bought to be part of Premier. Will edit this in a jiffy. Gotta go do a roundup (on my offline pc) . Luckily I own them all. So let me show you how to find them ...

    It sounds like they still work in  4.23, which is good. Is 4.23 working well for people?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,945
    edited October 11
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  • The shape transfer allow me to transfer a g9 body morph or a head morph only to genesis 8

  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,596

    douglasmartinsxd said:

    The shape transfer allow me to transfer a g9 body morph or a head morph only to genesis 8

    I tried transferring a G8 head and body morph to a G9 figure and it completely screwed up the hands. The shape did transfer, but it's unusable because posing it horribly warps the fingers. 

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,057
    edited October 11

    Leana said:

    kyoto kid said:

    I also don't see anything labelled Genesis 8 Autofit Update..

    There are two other files in the update section: , Genesis 8 Female and Genesis 8 Male Starter Essentials that are dated 09/10/2024  Would that be where the autofit updates are? 

    Yes, it's an update to the base figures in the starter essentials, not a separate file.

    ..thanks, left them in the Ready to Install Tab until I got clarification..

    crosswind said:

    kyoto kid said:

    ...as I keep seeing comments about about Man Friday plugins being moved to the Premiere tier I went to my Product Library to check on two items I purchased, dForce Companion and dForce Companion 2.0   When I clicked on the image for each the "Oops" page page.popped up which usually means something are no longer available. Were these moved to the Premiere Tier?

    I opened the programme clicked to the windows tab and found the pane for the lucing is still active.  To test I added a dForce item to a character and it looks like it is still working (didn't run the sim though).

    This leaves me a bit curious, as if I updated to 4.23, will I lose access to these plugins as I am only on the  Daz+ tier and have no interest (onr the budget) for upgrading to .Premiere.

    They were not really moved but were recompiled as new plugins. Then the plugin products you ever bought still work as usual. So, you don't have to upgrade to that tier.

    ..Again, thank you.  This has been so bloody confusing particularly as there was no prior announcement, it just "happened" 

    One last thing, in the DIM's Product Updates  section of the Download tab, it shows Decimator for Daz 4.23+..  I checked my Product Library and purchased it back in July but apparently it was never downloaded or installed back then (I checked the DIM Installed Tab and it doesn't show up there) .  Clicking on the image for the Decimator in the Product Library pulls up the "oops" page.  So, like with dForce Companion 2.0 (which I already had installed after I bought it in 2021) it seems to have been moved from the store to become a "Premiere" plugin.  As 2.43 is apparently the first release that is compatible with the Premiere tier I'm not sure if there is anything there to download or install since I am still on "old" Daz+

    I am still using 4,21,0,5 as it the last release which supports an Nvidia driver that is compatible with Win 7,  I cannot update to 2.43 until I upgrade my system to Win 11 requirements (my system is over 13 years old  [eg. DDR2 memory and PCIe 2.0]) otherwise it's back to glacial CPU rendering in Iray.

    Again this whole thing seems a bleedin' headache.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • Well, I was going to give premier a try. 
    But hitting the buy button takes me to my account mangement page and offers me the chance to renew my plus which expired 7/24 but will not let me order premier. 
    If I click in the premier box it takes me back to the same place
    --- 
    It's not just a question of who designed the promotion ... it's who the heck programmed the implementation of it. 
    Can't find a way to add it to my cart either.

  • y3kmany3kman Posts: 797
    edited October 11

    I wish I still have my coupon for Vicky. :(

    I need someone to confirm. Do the free premier bundles remain available for the entire month or some of them will get removed to give space to new ones?

    Post edited by y3kman on
  • ElorElor Posts: 1,494

    Oh, a wild Choose Plan button appeared in my Membership Managment page. To click or not to click, that is the question…

  • mdingmding Posts: 1,243

    y3kman said:

    I wish I still have my coupon for Vicky. :(

    Next month you'll receive a new coupon smiley 

    Nothing for me, though, already got me Walter 9 and now I am very happy with that choice.

  • doubledeviantdoubledeviant Posts: 1,140
    Vicky 9 Anime Dark Elf Shape Add-On

    Premier exclusive, huh? Is this going to be a regular thing - Daz picking items that would likely be popular and locking them behind the Premier subscription?

    Going from bad to worse. Would've carted today's bundles with little to no hesitation in the past. Now I'm debating whether to spend $2.99 for the doorbuster because supporting Daz is becoming that distasteful. Sad state of affairs.
  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,058

    doubledeviant said:

    Vicky 9 Anime Dark Elf Shape Add-On

    Premier exclusive, huh? Is this going to be a regular thing - Daz picking items that would likely be popular and locking them behind the Premier subscription?

    Going from bad to worse. Would've carted today's bundles with little to no hesitation in the past. Now I'm debating whether to spend $2.99 for the doorbuster because supporting Daz is becoming that distasteful. Sad state of affairs.

    What's especially annoying is that they're kind of glossing over the fact that the new figures are being rendered in Filament, not Iray.  So, now you can get a semi-decent shader on the figure and the specifc outfits, the rest of the scene and any other clothes/hair will be shaderless.  

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169

    Dareshiranu said:

    nabob21 said:

    This may have already been asked but in my 'personal' offer it says the I can get 15 months of Premier or I can subscribe when my current Daz+ is renewed at the end of the month for the 'current monthly rate of $18.98'. So that implies to me that the rates may go up in the next 15 months. Does anyone else read it this way?

    An impressive offer. I wasn't even given a "personal offer" and my Daz Plus doesn't expire until 06-19-2030. I feel... overlooked? Underappreciated? Also ran? Dog meat? Perhaps some other self-depricating pejorative?

    Same here. I got nothin' and my Daz+ doesn't end until April and I paid the full 70 smackers for it last year. LOL I'm not upset about it tho. I have no intentions of getting Premier under the current "offers" (and likely not even Daz+ after my sub runs out).

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,219

    Cybersox said:

    doubledeviant said:

    Vicky 9 Anime Dark Elf Shape Add-On

    Premier exclusive, huh? Is this going to be a regular thing - Daz picking items that would likely be popular and locking them behind the Premier subscription?

    Going from bad to worse. Would've carted today's bundles with little to no hesitation in the past. Now I'm debating whether to spend $2.99 for the doorbuster because supporting Daz is becoming that distasteful. Sad state of affairs.

    What's especially annoying is that they're kind of glossing over the fact that the new figures are being rendered in Filament, not Iray.  So, now you can get a semi-decent shader on the figure and the specifc outfits, the rest of the scene and any other clothes/hair will be shaderless.  

    doesn't the Filament shader work on anything?

    not tried but holding ctl and choosing ignore maps should work 

  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 6,986

    SnowSultan said:

    douglasmartinsxd said:

    The shape transfer allow me to transfer a g9 body morph or a head morph only to genesis 8

    I tried transferring a G8 head and body morph to a G9 figure and it completely screwed up the hands. The shape did transfer, but it's unusable because posing it horribly warps the fingers. 

    I got the very same issue after converting one of my custom G3F characters to G9 with the plugin. Then I converted the figure with the way of Fit-Suit manually, there's no such issue at all. 

    The plugin also uses the way of Fit-Suit but just automates the whole workflow, so that's definite a bug.

  • y3kmany3kman Posts: 797

    doubledeviant said:

    Vicky 9 Anime Dark Elf Shape Add-On

    Premier exclusive, huh? Is this going to be a regular thing - Daz picking items that would likely be popular and locking them behind the Premier subscription?

    How do you even install the shape? I tried searching for it at the Smart Content tab and I can't find it. 

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  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 6,986
    edited October 11

    crosswind said:

    kyoto kid said:

    ...as I keep seeing comments about about Man Friday plugins being moved to the Premiere tier I went to my Product Library to check on two items I purchased, dForce Companion and dForce Companion 2.0   When I clicked on the image for each the "Oops" page page.popped up which usually means something are no longer available. Were these moved to the Premiere Tier?

    I opened the programme clicked to the windows tab and found the pane for the lucing is still active.  To test I added a dForce item to a character and it looks like it is still working (didn't run the sim though).

    This leaves me a bit curious, as if I updated to 4.23, will I lose access to these plugins as I am only on the  Daz+ tier and have no interest (onr the budget) for upgrading to .Premiere.

    They were not really moved but were recompiled as new plugins. Then the plugin products you ever bought still work as usual. So, you don't have to upgrade to that tier.

    ..Again, thank you.  This has been so bloody confusing particularly as there was no prior announcement, it just "happened" 

    One last thing, in the DIM's Product Updates  section of the Download tab, it shows Decimator for Daz 4.23+..  I checked my Product Library and purchased it back in July but apparently it was never downloaded or installed back then (I checked the DIM Installed Tab and it doesn't show up there) .  Clicking on the image for the Decimator in the Product Library pulls up the "oops" page.  So, like with dForce Companion 2.0 (which I already had installed after I bought it in 2021) it seems to have been moved from the store to become a "Premiere" plugin.  As 2.43 is apparently the first release that is compatible with the Premiere tier I'm not sure if there is anything there to download or install since I am still on "old" Daz+

    Decimator doens't go "oops", it's stilll in here https://www.daz3d.com/decimator-for-daz-studio And it has nothing to do with Premier tier but just a common plugin product, at least by now...

    I am still using 4,21,0,5 as it the last release which supports an Nvidia driver that is compatible with Win 7,  I cannot update to 2.43 until I upgrade my system to Win 11 requirements (my system is over 13 years old  [eg. DDR2 memory and PCIe 2.0]) otherwise it's back to glacial CPU rendering in Iray.

    Again this whole thing seems a bleedin' headache.

    Yeah, understood ~~ But if you do need DS 4.23 with Win11, you can install a Windows 11 on another disk or within a virtual system, then switch the bootable disks / systems... only that'll be a bit cumbersome.

    Post edited by crosswind on
  • Well, my questions as a Mac user. If I subscribe Premier,...
    - when will I be able to download and use 4.23? (read something that Mac users should wait)?
    - when will all MF plugins work on Mac or will some of them probably never?
    - does that FilaToon-thing run on Mac?

  • ElorElor Posts: 1,494
    edited October 11

    Rod Wise Driggo said:

    Well, my questions as a Mac user. If I subscribe Premier,...

    1. when will I be able to download and use 4.23? (read something that Mac users should wait)?
    2. when will all MF plugins work on Mac or will some of them probably never?
    3. does that FilaToon-thing run on Mac?
    1. If you're only using the public release and not the public beta, you still need to wait for the next public release because some plugins won't work on it.
    2. I tested with OBJ Companion and Seamster, who didn't work on the last 4.22.1.XXX public beta (who are, as far as I understand thing, the builts used to test Daz 4.23) but with the previous and current public beta (4.23.0.3 and 4.23.0.4), they are working fine.
    3. I don't think it will: it's based on Filament and as far as I can see, Filament is still not a thing for Mac even with the latest public beta. Maybe it's part of the recently released 4.23 Default ressources, but I'm not sure I want to install it to check with the beta version as long as the public release is not updated with the fix to the plugins.

     

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  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 6,986

    I see no Vicky 9 Anime Dark Elf Shape Add-On in DIM...  it's being packed ?

  • y3kmany3kman Posts: 797
    edited October 11

    crosswind said:

    I see no Vicky 9 Anime Dark Elf Shape Add-On in DIM...  it's being packed ?

    It's not available in DIM. According to the Filatoon page, it's supposed to be installed inside the Studio program from the Smart Content but I can't find it. I even used the Premier exclusive filter and sorted products by date.

    I checked the new Vicky 9 Character Bundle and the dark elf shape is listed as part of the product. Does that mean I have to purchase the bundle to get access to a temporary item tied to my subscription? The Fila Toon page at the bottom doesn't mention this.

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  • TomhipTomhip Posts: 381

    After 2 days I got answer to the ticket to go to my memebership page.... which was where I was told to go and raise a support ticket....

    Funnily the note to contact support is gone from there now but no new options otherwise.

     

  • UnseenUnseen Posts: 652
    edited October 11

    Got the reply from the store support and I got a link to follow to see my upgrade offer and to choose my membership. Thank you but it leads me to my membership management page and I still have no offer or option to subscribe to Premier IF I want to. Back at the square one!

    Until when will this little game continue? I lose ots of promotions since I can't choose if I become a Premier member but Daz also loses money. I end up wondering if older and loyal customers really matter to Daz!

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  • ElorElor Posts: 1,494
    edited October 11

    You don't have a Choose plan button in your membership management page ? It appeared recently in mine.

    Post edited by Elor on
  • MoreTNMoreTN Posts: 296

    I have had a reply from Support telling me I should now be able to sign up to Premier - but the link provided just leads to my membership page and that doesn't have any option to subscribe to Premier.

    I have been a + member in the past, and now my membership page tells me that my + membership will expire on 2022-02-21. The 'will expire' wording is odd.

    I did try to renew my + membership, hoping that would provide an upgrade path. Nothing doing. I clicked 'Continue' on the confirm page and it just took me back to the membership page, showing the same info.

    Question - how many of those people still unable to upgrade to Premier are ex + members? It could be the same system glitch is affecting many of us.

  • JB007JB007 Posts: 118

    MoreTN said:

    Question - how many of those people still unable to upgrade to Premier are ex + members? It could be the same system glitch is affecting many of us.

    I AM a + member and get similar ..

     

     

  • MoreTN said:

    I have had a reply from Support telling me I should now be able to sign up to Premier - but the link provided just leads to my membership page and that doesn't have any option to subscribe to Premier.

    I have been a + member in the past, and now my membership page tells me that my + membership will expire on 2022-02-21. The 'will expire' wording is odd.

    I did try to renew my + membership, hoping that would provide an upgrade path. Nothing doing. I clicked 'Continue' on the confirm page and it just took me back to the membership page, showing the same info.

    Question - how many of those people still unable to upgrade to Premier are ex + members? It could be the same system glitch is affecting many of us.

     

    Mine says my Daz+ Subscription will end on 2022-11-06 .No button to join Premier.

  • PixelPiePixelPie Posts: 326
    edited October 11

    I got a response to my ticket.  There is a button to upgrade ~ the upgrade path is now self serve 

    Edit..The DAZ universe has been restoredcheekysmiley

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  • looks like the link to subscribe to premier has finally arrived for me... not taking them up on it as the GC offer has long since gone.

    Some of us have been left with a really bitter pill to swallow... 

    Thank you Daz for being consistently and persistently YOU! angry 

     

  • hejjj12hejjj12 Posts: 51

    If you want to make Premier really useful, you should add a web based option of the program, like Photoshop. 

    You already have all the files, so you just need to make a software that can work on a webpage, it dosen't need to be able to rend, just use the files I own and pose figures and save. Then have it be useful at the software at home where I can render. Now that would be great,

    Also, maybe give you some online storage for files you save and for files you made yourself or have purchased on other places, to add to your own web program, or something like that. 

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