...you mean there won't be a Big Green Hunchbacked Mia cat with glowing red eyes, long yellow claws, and long saber-toothed teeth??? :*(

Oh I do hope there is a sabre tooth Mia. 8P

I want to have this lady very badly!!! The RTEncoder needs file "blMilWom" which I can only be found off of Vicky 1 or 2, and I only have "blMilWom_v3". Is there any way to make this wonderful feline lady compatable with Vicky 3? (I read the the notes but I hoped to find some way to make her work). I have the Mil cat so the first part of the decoding was fine but the second half doesnt decode due to the incorrect file name. Please please is there any way to skirt this issue?

Attached Link: http://www.fallencity.net/tut-posa/index.php

If you follow Crescent's tutorial at http://www.fallencity.net/tut-posa/index.php (under Anime I)and use the MilCat instead of the AnimeDoll, you can transplant the MilCat's head onto V3 yourself. It's not that hard, just tedious. I've put the MilDog's head onto V2 this way. EDIT: Apparently, Cres has updated with simpler tutorials. Look at the "Pop I" for the Pop Tops tutorial showing how to put FigXhead on FigYbody.

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Many thanks Ihiannan! I am going to dive right in and try this out! (Thankfully the textures for Mil catwoman work on V3(I just noticed the figure of V3V2 and they import beautifully onto her). Now all I need is the head. grin

Definately need that MilCat, whether using Mia or making your own. What you'll do, as the tute will tell you, is load V3 (or V3-V2 in your case) and the MilCat, hide V3's head & other head parts, hide everything but the MilCat's head then move/scale the MilCat until the head "fits" onto V3. Note the quotes on "fits". It's not going to be perfect. LD modeled a new neck with a skull base for Mia. But, most hair will cover any gaps in the mesh, plus there is postwork. :) LLLLLhiannan ;D

People have suggested a DIY neck-splice, emulating what Little_Dragon did to create Mia but without changing the legs. Isn't it also possible to splice Vicky legs onto Mia? Depending on where you make the join there might not be any discontinuity, unlike using the MilCat head.

The original version of Mia had normal human feet. Perhaps both versions could be offered?

The readme says no distribution, so no one can send it to you except Little Dragon. Unless he gives permission.

Nah. I'm sure Little Dragon will give you the file, or give permission, as soon as he sees your request.

Don't worry, I'm sure he'll either give you the file, or give someone else permission to give it to you. And remember, DAZ has a 30-day, no-questions-asked money back guarantee, if you decide you don't want to keep the MilCat. (Though I love that model myself. It's one of my favorites.) I wonder if the MilCat LE that DAZ just released in that bundle of theirs is compatible with Mia?

Trust me, Little_Dragon is a very fair person and generous to a fault. Send him an instant message or an e-mail, Dfennec, and I'm sure he'll get you those files. Sincerely, Bill

Hey, it's okay, we all have our preferences. Me? I like the digitigrade motif, but I still want a feminine symmetry to the thigh and shin section. It can be a tricky balance (yes, pun intended). Actually, I discovered if I slightly scale up the toes in Mia's latest version and then arch her foot as if she's wearing high heels, I obtain pretty much the effect I want. Other, I realize, want completely human looking hands and feet (though textured to suggest fur). That's the dilemma, there is no single anthro' "standard". There's all kind of permutations. There's everything from kawaii looking neko-chans simply sporting cat ears and sometimes tails to near bestial beings that can barely walk upon their hind legs. THEN we have the six limbed 'taurs! Let us know how it goes! Sincerely, Bill

Which version of Poser are you using? I've been modifying some Judy clothing to fit Posette and Furrette, and even though I can re-group the .obj file to allow for the changes (no buttock groups, so that have to be shifted to thighs and hip, joint between thigh and shin at a different height), there's other stuff associated with the boning. There's a significant shift on the Z-axis, and the boning has to be adjusted relative to the clothing-mesh. (There's other differences, but I did get the Combat Pants usable with a only minor poke-through to deal with.) In Poser 5 you can fiddle with that in the setup room. I'm not sure about Poser 4. Anyway, I can see you having to tweak the boning because of similar descrepancies in the default positions of the two meshes.

Have you IM'ed Little Dragon? He posted last night about midnight, so he's around. He might not be reading this thread, though.

So, did he give you the file? If he doesn't have it any more, I can give it to you...if he grants permission.

I'll ask him if it's okay if I give it to you. It's almost 3 Mb. I can e-mail a file that size, if you can accept attachments that big.

Thank you thank you!! I appreciate all the help, thanks so much! Dfennec

Quick question. The body has no morph targets. Are there any decent, free breast morphs for Vicky 2? I've seen dozens for V3, as I want to, well, reduce Mia's bustline a little bit. Dfennec

You can use Morph Manager to transfer V2's own body morphs to Mia. A quick web search for "morph manager" will turn up sites hosting this wonderful utility.

All V1/V2-compatible body morphs should work on the original release of Mia, from the neck down. The upper neck is replacement geometry.

Jaager has a few dozen custom breast morphs (among others) at Club Vicki.

I hate to ask, but are there any other 'skin' textures besides the red tabby and black? I'd love the calico one shown here, as well as the grey. chuckle DFennec

If you check freestuff, I released "Chakra", a Siamese texture for Mia w/ Vickie feet.

Okay, stupid question time. How do I apply this texture? I'm using Poser 5

I don't think it has a MAT file (I'm still learning)... I recently downloaded a Python script to write MATs... let me see if I can create a file for you... IM me your email, if you would, and I'll try to have it to you tonight. I have Poser Pro Pack... All those nodes in P5 frighten me :) In P4/PPP, you go to Render-Materials at the top and load the texture to each part. I have no clue how P5 handles this.

That's for the body. For the head, you'll have to use the Siamese texture from DAZ.

randym77 do you mean we can use any of the heads for the cat? Oh and is it the P4 cat or the Mil cat? If that's possible I'm thinking of using the cat heads whilst she's wearing the catsuit, then I won't have to rush to figure out to make body textures. 8)

You can use any of DAZ's Milcat textures for the head. (It is the Millennium Cat's head, after all. :-) Just select Mia's head, then use the DAZ MAT file. The problem is that you need a matching body texture, or it looks rather strange!

Attached Link: http://lhiannan.tripod.com/ChakraMAT.htm

Chakra MAT only. Download the texture from my freestuff here on R'osity.

Does anyone still have the original 1.0 UV maps they could point me to? I want to add my own textures, but the only UV map I have is v1.2 Any help would be appreciated, thanks. :)

It's the MilCat head and the V2 body. Templates for each will work.

Trouble is I don't have them, and I have no idea where to find them either. Well, I can find Mia v1.2 here but it's useless to me.

I'd check DAZ3D, as they do seem to make templates available for free download.

Heh, or I can use UV-Mapper, I forgot about that little utility. ^_^ Didn't mean to sound all frustrated there either. Dfennec

Yes, that looks correct. At least, it's laid out just like my V1/V2 texture maps. It's okay to post templates, BTW. You can't post textures without permission, but you can post templates.

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