jartz opened this issue on Feb 05, 2008 ยท 135 posts
pdxjims posted Thu, 14 February 2008 at 2:55 PM
The new version should work the way any other V4 injection works in PhilC's utilities. The new version is an injection system for V4, rather than a new .cr2 file. It works like the Creature Creator or V4 Muscular morphs work, and uses the say type of system. If you can use PhilC's sets with the V4 Muscle or Creature morphs, then you'll be able to use them for Vittorio.
On resizing, the V4 stretches and sizes included will work with the new Vittorio the same way they do on V4. ChestSize really helps on a male, and it works fine. I've also added an ArmsStretch and NeckStretch morph, that V4 doesn't have. These are morphs rather than resizes along a scale, so they work a little better than a straight resize. They aren't perfect though, and you will get some minor problems with the joints on them. It's the nature of the Poser beast.
Male from female figures... hmmmm... the problem with them is mostly with the JP's. It becomes tough, mostly on the shoulders to get a nice T-shape. I include a few morphs to compensate for those problems. I also include male muscular morphs that morph the figure to more masculine muscled look. I also have "muscle bulk" morphs to increase the heavier weight set of a man.
Will Vittorio help with female characters? You bet! I'm including 15 male face morphs, as well as a number of other head morphs. Some of these are gender-neutral, while others, like the male faces, can be used to change the face structure of a woman in ways the Daz morphs don't. Also, some morphs can be dialed to a negative for some nice effect. The "Smoothed Mouth" morphs, set at a negative, give a beautiful pursed, almost classic bow lip. And the muscle morphs I include, when applied to V4 with no male morph, give a much more dramatic look than the Daz muscle morphs.
I've also included some body characters that will add some interesting looks. I've got 3 Bishounen type characters that look pretty good. And more that I can't talk about yet. Lots of face characters too.
On the male side, all my Vittorio morphs can be used in combination with the Daz male morph. I'm not really fond of the base Daz V4 male body, but in combination with a few Vittorio morphs it really adds a lot. And I love the very masculine Dav V4 male faces. I use them in some of my face characters combined with my Vittorio morphs for a more rugged look than I had in previous versions of Vittorio.
I'm almost done with him. A couple of .cr2 tweeks, incorporating a couple of last minute faces, and finishing up the new clothing set I'm including in the update. BTW, the new clothing will have a morph to fit them to the Daz Male morphs (not resized). So far I've got a pair of jeans and a tank top done. I'm working on a pair of loafers and maybe a long sleeve pullower shirt to go with it too. My new texture set is all done too. It's a lot better than the one I included with the old version. I will be including the old versions of the textures too though. All the extras in the old package will be included in the new one.
Extras: A pose for M3's genitals to fit Vittorio, clothing, a rather simple skullcap type hair (think a burr cut look), pits and pubes conforming figure, and probably some more stuff I've forgotten. It's a BIG package. There are also a few things I can't discuss yet, but that I think you guys will like when you see them.
And don't forget all the Vittorio freebies I've done. Everything from Sci-Fi to Fantasy to street clothing to a Chippendale's type stripper set. There's some 3rd party clothing and items out there for him too. And Lyrra has a great magnet set that will convert any V4 female clothing to him. I know, I know... everyone thinks about dresses when I say that, but there's some really nice sci-fi, fantasy, and slacks/shirts available that look great as male clothing.
OK, I'm in a race against time to finish this set, and the clock is ticking. Back to work.
Oh, here's a quick pic of the new clothing so far. Textures aren't final, and the render is a quick throw off for testing, but you can get the idea.
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