thomllama opened this issue on Sep 02, 2014 · 54 posts
DustRider posted Wed, 03 September 2014 at 9:58 AM
Quote - Maybe from all the people who can't find their runtimes, can't get Genesis to fit their clothes, can't get Autofit to work, and a hundred other problems.
Disclaimer: I use a PC, so my experiences may not reflect the experiences of Mac users.
Genesis, Genesis 2, and Autofit seem to be working more often than not for me (like 95+% of the time). Sure, there are some things that don't work in Carrara, like geografting (where the UV's don't translate properly), the HD sets, and the occasional bit of content (the only problem I've had so far is textures not loading properly, but I've seen posts where people have had much worse problems with things I don't have). I do have Poke Away and Poke Away 2 (Poke Away 2 has a LOT more options than the first one for Genesis) which makes not having the advanced funtionality for Autofit in DS pretty much a non-issue. You need to keep in mind that no autofit type technology that has been developed to date is 100% perfect (Wardrobe Wizard, Morphing Clothes, etc.), so expecting everything to work flawlessly would be rather unrealistic.
Do Genesis and Genesis 2 work flawlessly in C8.5? No. But they do work, and in my experience it has been most of the time, YMMV. Granted, I'm not a "power" user like some here, but I have used C8.5 for beta testing the Octane plugin almost daily for the past 8 month's, and haven't had many problems with C8.5 or Genesis. Here are a few examples of Genesis & Genesis 2 rendered in C8.5
Renders by Ringo Monfort (mostly Genesis 2)
Genesis with V4 cloths in C8.5 Beta (Nudity)
Genesis and V4/G4 in C8.5 (Nudity)
Genesis 2 Female in 8.5 (Nudity)
A couple more with Genesis 2 Female in C8.5
I've also experience no problems at all finding or using my older external runtimes (i have 10 of them). New users seem to have problems setting up Carrara to use their external runtimes, but that's more of a learning issue than a software bug. Genesis use in C8.5 can be a bit more difficult, and is quite sensitive to the location where Genesis and Genesis 2 content is installed/placed. In my experience, as long as it is installed to "C:UsersPublicDocumentsMy DAZ 3D Library" there shouldn't be any big problems finding it (other than the older Genesis PA content that was never updated from .dsf to .duf), a using it will only be a problem with those items which for whatever reason just won't work in C8.5 (using the default location with DAZ Intall Manager can really help ensure it gets put in the proper location).
As for the "hundred other problems", I certainly haven't experienced even close to that number. Maybe it's because I'm a lightweight novice and don't use the features that have all the problems? I don't know, but from my experience with C8.5 I haven't seen even close to that many problems. There is a thread over in the DAZ3D Carrara forum here, where people can post their issues and problems with C8.5. I certainly don't see a hundred other issues lited there either.
Actually, listing the specific issues you are having with C8.5 would really be quite valuable to other users (posting them in the thread over at DAZ would be awesome). It would also be quite valuable for potential users, as one or more of the hundreds of issues you seem to have found might be a deal breaker for them.
With regard to my experiences with C8.5, I don't find it very buggy, actually quite the opposite. From the issues listed in the thread over at DAZ, it would seem that others are having similar experiences.
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