EClark1894 opened this issue on Jun 29, 2015 ยท 761 posts
wolf359 posted Mon, 21 January 2019 at 1:17 PM
Sorry mate - not trying to start a stink here. But the obvious absence of Ero - for me that's a strong hint about the future of PE.
After that somewhat "controversial" roll out, He declared himself "not a businessman" and made a vague reference to a plan to "outsource" further development of PE.
Draw your own conclusions however it seems clear to me that PE is frankly on its way to joining Antonia ,Scarlet, Elle Apollo Max etc etc in the forgotten ash bin of poser history.
I don't use V4 anymore, I converted my shiz a long time ago, so I have no dog in this fight... in that vein, I ask you to look at it objectively: What does it take to use Vicky 4 stuff (morphs, textures, hair, clothing, poses, etc) in PE? If it isn't a simple act that takes just a couple clicks and less than 30 seconds, can be one-and-done in less than 5 minutes the case of morphed figures, or as an alternative be done in a batch of conversions of multiple files by way of an external application? It fails. This is the yardstick, because it's what the competition can already do, and already does. Just stating, and not complaining or bragging, I promise.
As Daz still Holds Vicky 4's IP, it will be extremely difficult to easily achieve the above,with a new poser native figure.
Particularly without having to use Daz studio somewhere in the process.
I used the Daz studio GENX 2 plugin to Salvage a few V4/ M4 Shapes and the DS native UV switching to Salvage my Favorite V4 textures such as the Vanilla Sky and Horizon from Syyd Raven.
The Old V4 Clothing V4 Catalogue is Moot as I learned how to model clothing and became a genesis content creator for myself ( not a PA) due to the ease of cloth rigging in DS.
Reallusion Character creator can accurately project the Shape of any Daz figure (Mill4 thru G8) onto an Iclone Avatar as well as refit the DAZ clothing to the Iclone Avatars.
This however requires an FBX export from Daz studio. and most poser users will not install/use Daz studio for any purpose as matter of principle.
History would suggest no miracles from Smith Micro forthcoming.
So indeed The reign of V4 ,as the Primary figure for poser, will likely continue.