After a quick test drive it seems Carrara doesn't like your scaling, the third leg is broken. I can probably fix this by zeroing the figure in Poser and resaving.

I wish I knew how to set up IK as that would make posing somewhat easier, it would have to be done in Poser and I'm not conversant enough with the rigging stuff there.

For those who'd like to make morphs for unwelded meshes, you can use the free Morpher available in the freebie area here.

Edit: just tested in Poser 8 and apparently IK is set up, but for some reason the figure falls apart in Carrara if I try to translate body parts.

Edit 2: Okay never mind, this is what I get for not having my coffee before testing :-] IK works with feet but not with hands, same in both Carrara and Poser.

Quote - Sooner or later the issue will be resolved by either by SM, Daz3D or both. My only concern with the K4 figures is the lack of body Morphs. It appears there are 2? If that is the case how in the heck am I supposed to create a scene with  Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Stymie, Darla, Chubby, Butch, Porky and Foggy? :b_sad:

Morphs for V4 and M4 also work with the kids (with the usual obvious caveats), that might give you some more options.

You seem to assume that this is a help desk. It is not. People help others voluntarily, which means that some degree of common courtesy and patience is expected.

You're certainly not inviting much hospitality with that kind of attitude.

Quote - OK I did some research, here is the location of the script, it is by Dimension3D and it is free. www.contentparadise.com/productdetails.aspx

With that script the Toddler works in Poser, as does The Freak 4 and Apollo. (Some other neat scripts in that package too. )

The scaling issue affecting the toddler is not the same as the issue with scaling and conforming clothing.

Quote - Choose "DAZ Studio" as the install type to avoid the unecessary (and pointless) check for Poser.exe in the Runtime you're trying to install into.

For close fitting clothes you must magnetise them using the poses supplied with M4 (so that the M4's JCMs are applied to the clothing).

Vicky 4 has magnets, but Mike 4 does not. There is no magnetizing with M4.

Quote - Actually, I was being sincere. But I see now you're baiting. I'm done.

You know what I wrote after that smiley emoticon, but edited out?

"Please don't take this seriously"

Sometimes I hate forums and the lack of cues for meaning and intent.

Quote - Don't apologize. You're certainly entitled to your opinion, just like everyone else.

Right, well excuse me for wanting to be civil. I can see how this must seem very unusual behavior around here.

See, I can do this too ;)

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - I thought EVERYTHING Daz makes is the best thing since sliced bread? You mean it's not???!!!

Every new product is the best thing since sliced bread according to the marketing department, no matter who is selling and what. It's their friggin' job.

If you must insist on trolling, at the very least you could put some real effort into it.

Oh, apparently you just haven't been around as long as some of us, or you'd recognize sarcasm.

I did recognize the sarcasm, otherwise I wouldn't have had any reason to react to it. I just saw it as flame bait. It's just all this accusatory nonsense getting on my nerves.

Anyway, it was an over reaction on my part, and I apologize.

Quote - I thought EVERYTHING Daz makes is the best thing since sliced bread? You mean it's not???!!!

Every new product is the best thing since sliced bread according to the marketing department, no matter who is selling and what. It's their friggin' job.

If you must insist on trolling, at the very least you could put some real effort into it.

cobaltdream, that all makes sense.

One thing to consider is how long the shader builder and the SDK have been free. What is it, less than a year? With Poser on the other hand we're talking about years of accumulated experience. Given time I'm pretty sure some progress will be made in this area.

Quote - I was given some advice - I suppose - with the intent to convert me over to DS:

"And to Poser users... if I can learn Poser, then I KNOW you can learn DS"

...to which I responded:
*I will have to take issue with you on that... talk about a closed shop! I tried to get some information on Shader Mixer: the information I was -- seemingly reluctantly -- doled out was anything but helpful. All I was told was that there were no tutorials. Sadly. :glare:

There is a world of difference between this forum (DS) and the Poser forum. The atmosphere of exclusivity reigns supreme here: whilst sharing secrets about how to generate genuine materials in Poser ABOUND in the (I'll let you guess the name) forum, it seems that someone wants to keep the inner working of the Daz's equivalent of the Poser material room a secret reserved for their select group of PAs.

I bought DSAdv with the express purpose to learn and develop shaders for Daz Studio. Based on the answers I've gotten, I feel completely distanced from this community: held at arm's length. I am accustomed to receiving respect and honest answers in my other community. Those-That-Know actually want to see people create something new and different and use Poser's wizardry in the material room and the cloth room to show it off.*

I can't be bothered to learn a programme where when I asked for help on THE reason I bought DSAdv -- Shader Mixer -- the only answer I got is: "there is no tutorial" when it is perfectly clear people are developing sophisticated shaders so someone knows something... they just ain't telling.

---Still Fuming over a monumental waste of time---

I assume you've read what was written after this post of yours.

To suggest that DS users are somehow more selfish than Poser users does not make sense to me. Honestly, how would such a situation come about?

I wish we had more bagginsbills, the Carrara camp could certainly use more of those as well :)

Quote - You can't even scale it up manually after unhiding the scale dials (Which are STILL hidden by default) because the basic rigging is so messed up.

Scaling is always a BAD idea to incorporate in a morph, but as shown by Apollo and others, it CAN work quite well in Poser if the figure is PROPERLY RIGGED.

Sorry DAZ, but these Kids deserve an "F".

I only hope the Poser users will let the merchants know what they think of non-working figures, and don't fall for DAZ' usual spin that "Everything's fine but sadly Poser is broken".

What Poser users NEED instead of "one size fits all" "versatility" Morphforming is a baby, a toddler/preschooler, a gradeschooler/preteen and a teen figure, all with their own dedicated rigging.
(It would still be easy enough to convert clothing between them with joint injection poses)

Obviously DAZ is unwilling to deliver, so hopefully someone else will.

But this will only happen if Poser users make it clear that they won't accept excuses anymore.

If DAZ wants to keep seelling their stuff to Poser users, they better make sure that it actually works in Poser.

Even if that means offering a mesh with multiple rigs.

Or just be honest enough and admit that you won't support Poser anymore.

But you can't have your cake and eat it, too.

The problem is really rather simple: DAZ chose to implement scaling differently (in both DS and Carrara).

Go ahead and try loading Apollo in DS to see what your "proper" rigging does there. It doesn't work. Apollo's scaling also doesn't work in Carrara.

Still with me?

So now, if DAZ had chosen to implement your "proper" rigging which would be compatible with Poser, the kids would no longer work in either DS or Carrara. Do you seriously expect them to do that?

Then you go on to suggest that they should provide separate rigs for their own apps and Poser. Really? Given how small the market is for this kind of stuff, do you think this would make any sense?

Now, one might ask why DAZ chose to implement scaling like they did, instead choosing the method used in Poser. I don't know. There may well be sound technical reasons behind the decision. Has anyone asked them? I know, such a silly notion. A fanboi (whether for DAZ or Poser) isn't interested in the truth, where's the fun in that?

Finally, this isn't any different than what SM did with Poser 8, when they introduced the new rigging features. Maybe DAZ will incorporate those into DS and Carrara, maybe they won't.

With all that out of the way... I'm not all that impressed with the new kids for various reasons.

Quote - Timberwolf, Madbat:
Great work guys! So far C8 is shaping up to be one of the fastest renderers around!
On the negative side, I'm running into some stability issues with it now; lock-ups during the pre-render calculations. This IS a beta build, so hopefully DAZ irons out the bugs!

Apologies if this is obvious, but please remember to report bugs as you encounter them :)

jersonsy, are you spamming the forum? (check the post he linked to)

This is very basic and a bit slow for my taste, but you might like it:
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ciccone_paolo/blender-survival-guide-1/video-tutorial.php

Quote - Thank you very much for all that input.
The question was about Poser only, I'll always put in special ds materials so the compatibility matpose <> DS isn't really an issue.
I don't know about Carrara, that was a very valuable input, Klebnor. Does Carrara read the DS materials or is it absolutely dependent on pz2 poses?

Carrara doesn't support DS material presets.