VirtualWorldDynamics posted at 7:24 PM Sat, 11 May 2024 - #2987502

Hello,

I am sending this message after several months of absence.

I could no longer spend so much time on a program that brought me almost no recognition.

Today, I am aware that VWD must continue to bring something to the dynamic simulation of clothing and hair.

I have been working on the program again for several weeks and I am happy with the results obtained both in terms of its possibilities and the simulation results obtained.

There are wonderful artists who have made hyper-realistic clothes and hair that produce sublime static results.

I personally have no intention of trying to compete with them in this area.
I would like the elements created and animated by VWD to be only intended for dynamic simulation, i.e. animations.

The main problem with realistic clothing and hair is the quality of the meshes.
To obtain a realistic result in animation, the mesh must be as regular as possible and this is the goal of the work I am carrying out at the moment.

I'm starting to have clothes and hair that give realistic rendering results while also having very good behavior in simulation.

This message is intended to say what my intentions are. I will soon make a video showing several simulation results.

My question is therefore to know if people would be interested in the work that I want to undertake, that is to say trying to obtain the most realistic character animations possible.
If so, I am ready to intensively resume the development of VWD and share the methods of generating clothes and hair.
If not, I will keep my enjoyment of digital simulation to myself and will probably show videos showing results from time to time.

Thank you for reading me, I await your responses, good or bad.

Best regards.

      Gérald

OMG,  Gérald—I miss your dynamic clothing system every time I use DForce. Your program is far superior, and I really wish DAZ would have at least offered a bridge or option to you. As it stands, I would prefer yours over theirs—I just can't seem to get the old system to work with the new DAZ upgrades, and I cannot access my older files. I really do miss using it, but I understand your concerns. Maybe, see if DAZ will take it over and use it.

Hugs and love to you, friend!

Alicia