EClark1894 opened this issue on Dec 06, 2013 · 29 posts
moogal posted Sun, 08 December 2013 at 11:55 PM
Quote - quote: "Genitals on/off... I don't think this should go, but rather I wish there were a better way to replace any body part and create switchable geometries using arbitrary meshes that align and contain similar edges. I'd love to be able to replace forearms with ones that have gloves/cuffs, closed zippers with open zippers, heads etc. But genitalia are a sensitive area (ahem) for many. I find the barbie/ken look disturbing, but if I wanted to walk a client through figure creation or posing, I'd definitely want figures to load with genitalia disabled. If anything, there should be a way to mark any prop or conforming item to disappear with a global toggle. Modern figures often have separate genitalia which renders the current toggle useless." There is a way hacking cr2-files that make it possible to switch bodyprts by using the parameter dials. Don't know , how it is working, but it is described in the book: "Secrets of Figure Creation with Poser5" .
I was vaguely aware that that was possible or figured someone had figured out something like that... But if I have to hack the cr2 it points to a deficiency in Poser's feature set. We have a replace body part with prop, but it doesn't create the smooth join of the replaced part. Perhaps it was assumed that most users would not know how to properly create a body part that could be inserted and welded at the join, but it seems like it would be the same process as creating a working morph target in another program.
OK, so that's not really about removing a feature...