randym77 opened this issue on Sep 10, 2024 ยท 73 posts
Bejaymac posted Sun, 13 October 2024 at 6:00 AM
@ Nevertrumper, do you see me mention other software or figures for other software, no I haven't, I was trying to explain the difference between a Poser figure and a DS4 figure for people that have no idea there is a difference. Trust me most of the community (both sides) have no clue, all they see is the shape and that they can dress them up.
So most have no idea of how big a headache it is to convert content made for the Poser version of a figure, into something the DS version can use.
They also have no idea that Poser content doesn't work as is in DS4, it all has to be redesigned by the importer into a basic version of Genesis, that is why I refer to it as the Genesis system. The problem is Poser content converts badly, they bend like a wet noodle, most morph ERC won't work especially if it's setup to avoid Cross Talk, V4's magnets don't work, and you can't INJect morphs. So extra coding was added to make it "appear" that it all still works the same, it doesn't, but as most users couldn't find their own backside with both hands, it does what is needed.
@ unrealblue, last time I had a character morph come with an OBJ was probably Posette. Dawn 1 didn't have INJection channels and I'm betting Dawn 2 doesn't either, DS needs channels in the Poser figure otherwise you can't use INJ/REM PZ2's, and PMDs only load when called from a CR2, so if a DS user doesn't have a copy of at least P9 then they have a headache getting an OBJ of the morph to use on the DS version of Dawn 2.
It can still be done, but you need to know your way around the inside of a CR2, as you will need to create a "loader" CR2, one that loads the figure, any PMD's as well as add in every valueParm and targetGeom channel the morph has. All that just to get the morph into the Poser version in DS, just so you can export an OBJ to use on the DS version.
Now I've lost count how many "loaders" I've made since my Poser 4 days, so I have the knowledge and skills to do that, there aren't many that can say the same, especially not on the DS side of the fence.
Oh and btw I also explained how to do this over on the old Hivewire site (before they got hacked) for Dawn 1.