hornet3d opened this issue on May 16, 2015 · 532 posts
AmbientShade posted Thu, 21 May 2015 at 9:54 AM
The last asymmetrical native Poser figure with an asymmetrical obj file was Sydney, a long time ago. The newer Poser features need "figure object file symmetry" to work properly. That's why some of us have been hammering SM's door down => KEEP the figures symmetrical ........ PLEASE !
The application and the figures need to be "in sync" to work properly.
And Poser needs symmetrical object file figures for all its newer functions to work as designed.
Alyson 1 and 2 are also asymmetrical, to the tune of only 93% matching, as are all her derivatives. She came along long after Sydney. Blackhearted had to correct her asymmetry before he could make Anastasia, and the same can be done for Scarlet. I'm sure Ryan 1 and 2 are similar, tho I haven't checked directly. I know that Roxie was also asymmetrical on her initial release because it made morphing her in z-brush a headache. I think that was fixed with her update last year though.
@randym77: A company like Daz can afford to give away figures, where an independent artist can't. An artist deserves to be paid for their work, whether some people appreciate their work or not is irrelevant. Just because someone offers to fix something for free doesn't mean it should then be given away. I think Sixus1 should be the ones making the official fixes in a service release, if they feel it's important enough to do so. And I'm sure if they get enough complaints about it they will.
Personally I like her, even with her flaws. And I don't even render females. She's the first female that I've actually wanted to work with in quite a while. She has a certain edginess about her that I like, that I don't see in most of the other figures. She actually looks like a female for a change, instead of an alien, or a prepubescent boy and she doesn't have linebacker shoulders or a manchin.
There are some things I don't like about her, like her hands, but I can resculpt them on my own. I can modify her entire rig on my own if that's what I want to do. Her mesh is a bit dense and not very detailed but there's enough geometry there to create the details it's currently lacking.