Hello,
In the DAZ forums I've seen a buzz about a V3 upgrade called the SAE (Special Annivessary Edition, I think) but there isn't much detail on what it is.

In the upgrade section at DAZ there is an upgrade file but all it contains is a V3 Blank cr2 and a V3-V2 cr2. No readme as far as I can tell. It states in the brief description that there are some scaling diffs and some morphs but I've examined both the cr2s and I can't find any differences.

Does anyone have a clue??

Thanks...Later

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I really like it. You get hand-scaling dials like the Elemental has, as well as "grasp" dials that make hand posing easier.

The Hand Grasp, Thumb Grasp and Spread are a much needed addition finally. Will save so much time. "Spread" is a little wonky since the effect isn't uniform but it is still worth having.

Am I going mad, or have the grasp and spread dials been there all along? I'm sure my V3 has had them since long before SR2. Maybe it was from SR1? And the SR2, just to clarify, was an update to be used wth the International Beauty packs by Morris. The original CR2 didn't have enough channels for the new morphs, so they created a new CR2 figure for use with those packs.

Hello,

randym77: I've got the upgrade and the V3 BLANK SAE.cr2 file doesn't have any channels or morphs. The V3-V2 one just has some head channels. Like I said, this doesn't seem to be a full upgrade.

Supposedly, customers who purchased the original V3 base will have an upgrade added to their account page. So far, I haven't.

Later...

I'm not sure what's happening, but I've emailed DAZ - I don't see a Victoria 3 SAE CR2 either

I bought the V3 anniversary bundle, and got V3-SAE that way. I just assumed that the file on the upgrade page was the same thing.

It's not o.O...guess I'll hold off on installing that item from upgrade page.....very confusing :(

I thought the SAE was in the product updates...

"Am I going mad, or have the grasp and spread dials been there all along? I'm sure my V3 has had them since long before SR2. Maybe it was from SR1?" My V3 SR2 has 'em. I no longer have an earlier version, so I can't verify your question but I think you're correct.

Hello, PapaBlueMarlin: It is, sort of. There is blank cr2 and that is exacly what it is..blank. Alos, a V3-V2 cr2 (??) also almost all blank. Like I said. There doesn't seem to any differences as far as I can tell. Later...

I have the grasp, spread hands on all my figure, as far as I can remember. At least most of them do, I would have to load every figure I have to find one that doesn't. The hand scaling would be handy. Are there any other differences or fixes? Like maybe the jp's. I haven't got it DL yet, it will take a while to get the whole package on dialup.

I don't think there any JP changes (if there were all clothing would need to updated). I don't have the list of chnages in front of me (it's on the forum, and if I log on I'll have to read all the threads that have new posts) but I think the Scale hands, adding (some) expression morphs to the Head (rather than having to inject them) as with more recent characters, and correcting the mis-renaming of the HdPhilipino morph channel are the main changes.

Right, I didn't think about the clothes thingy. I'm so used to fixing everything to work right in P5. LOL.

Hello, Well, I went ahead and bought the V3 Anniversary Bundle and got the V3 SAE upgrade in it. It was hard to pass up what with the $30 voucher and all. It still is weird that DAZ did't send the upgrade to all previous V3 owners though. Later...

It's meant to be available from the Updates page, but emails haven't been sent yet - probably next week.