Hi Dan!-
Gee, so much I-hate-DAZ stuff.

Let me say, first of all, I-am-not-a-lawyer, and while I've had my ups and downs with DAZ, I agree with their position 100%. I know firsthand what it is like to have my hard work "borrowed" by others, to produce a product intended to steal sales from what I made.

Let me also add that given the current state of the art, I don't think it is possable to make a fully non-derivate figure that can match Victoria III's value for the money. DAZ has a ton of time invested in V3's mesh, textures and especially morphs, and it would really be impossable to match that for what DAZ charges for them. I can't really see what purpose another figure that has V3's shape serves, especially now that she is free. Why reinvent the wheel?

However, after saying that, just like Gabriel, I don't like V3's default shape very much. So what I did was make my own version of her, two of them in fact, and sell them (in effect) as an RTE version that requires V3 to install. Going this way lets me have a new, custom shape, plus my customers get the availability of the huge library of V3 body and head morphs and textures. Most of which they will have to buy, of course. As these are custom figures I make clothing to fit them, as they really can't wear V3's any more.

I also make clothing for V3, the plan for awhile has been to make sets for all three (V3, Glamorous Vickie and Ingenue Vickie), all with suitable morphs for that figure. You really have to match V3's standard shape in the version for her, and then include morphs to match what you expect the customer will use. You MUST have some suitable morphs in the clothing! If you make clothing to fit a already morphed shape it doen't fit as well.

I include a a full version of V3's CR2 with my figures, modifed as required (they have changed/extra JCM), including the blank injector channels. As I understand it V3's CR2 is fully redistributable as long as the V3 morphs aren't included in it. The reason the "Blank" V3 CR2 doesn't include the injector channels is because it is intended for clothing, and DAZ thought clothing doesn't need them, however mine does, so it has 'em.

Message edited on: 03/19/2005 11:48