Deecey posted at 12:34PM Mon, 24 June 2019 - #4354515

I do not agree with your initial statement in any way, shape or form. This is EXACTLY the right time to tell the new Poser owners what we want and what we hope for. And one of those key items is GENESIS FIGURES.

Thinking out loud here, not meant as an argument. There are difficulties in making this happen. The weight mapping and materials are different between Poser and DAZ Studio, not to mention things like "auto fit" and "auto follow" and whatnot.

Then also consider that should the "Genesis in Poser" utility fall into the hands of the Poser developers to keep up with advances in Genesis not only would the development costs for Poser be higher, but they will always be behind the release of a new Genesis figure, because new features would have to be incorporated after the fact.

Thirdly, since the Genesis figures are sold only at DAZ, then DAZ would get the benefit of the additional figure sales, while Poser developers would get extra development costs to support the figures in Poser.

These are some of the difficulties that would have to be surmounted. DAZ tried to make things happen with DSON, but many Poser users had problems with it. I don't think it is as easy to accomplish as people assume it will be.

Aside from HD, which DAZ keeps in house, figure modification can be done anywhere, and there are a great deal of figures using the Genesis family as the base being sold here. And the base genesis figures are always free, the morphs are where the cost is.

I really think DAZ will not have any problem bearing the cost of porting its figures into Poser, it's what their business model is all about. What they appeared to be looking for is some cooperation from the Poser side at SMSI. They didn't get it. And from the other forum threads I'm reading that even PA's working on native poser figures weren't getting any help from SMSI either.

This is entirely aside from whether you want DAZ figures in Poser to start with, but I really think DAZ will not have any problem expediting getting them there given half the chance with no cost to Poser. DAZ has absolutely no reason to protect DAZ Studio itself because they don't make any money selling it. They make it off the content.