Is the "little gear" you're talking about supposed to be in your PrintScreen image above somewhere?

Because I'm not seeing it.

Hi Richard,

Yes I have. I applied SubD early on. It helped with some things, like giving her breasts a smoother, more natural symmetry for instance, but there are poses I run across occasionally that twist & mess with her body's natural shape so it has that kinda scrunched up or slightly mangled look. I can clear that with the Zero pose of course, but then if I try that other pose again, the problem resurfaces. That's why I was hoping the Smoothing Modifier if it could be applied selectively would fix those problems. It would be cool if a future version of DAZ Studio could have a feature like that.

:-/ Hmmmm, that's too bad. Smoothing Modifier has the potential to be very useful for characters if implemented right. I'm sure it does help with clothing. I just wish DAZ gave us the ability to use it on character's bodies by allowing the selection of a specific part of the body, and only that part like the abdomen, shoulder, legs, arms, etc. That would work wonders! 

I need to correct something above. When I apply the Smoothing Modifier, the overall effect is more problematic then I first thought. I've experimented with it some more and found that it almost completely removes her nipples. If all I need to do let's say is smooth her abdomen, it effects not only her abdomen, but also her facial expression, and significantly changes the shape around her breasts and on her breasts. Or if I select her shoulder & collar area, it once again smooths out her entire body. Is there a way to limit the Smoothing effect to just the selected area? 

Quote - Yes,... The Hibiscus flower add-on flower and some minor updates were added to the HW store copy a couple weeks ago.  If you are asking about the additional crown items that " I might always create more on a whim, but no promises."  I wouldn't look for those any time soon.  I haven't had any free time yet with feeding friends and family for Thanksgiving and gearing up/working on my 4 volume Geese, Ducks and Swans set.  The creation of those 4 sets will take my into 2014, though there's a slim chance one of them might appear around Christmas.  As I said earlier, my bird projects are my main focus.

Hi Ken,

Thanks for your reply. The reason I asked is that I've been to the HW site a few times & looked over the Gen 4 Hula page and have not seen any updates to that page or any indication that that product has been updated. It only shows the flower crown with those little (Ohi'a?)flowers, but doesn't show anything of the Hibiscus flowers being included. And I am looking at the right page, Gen 4 Hula page, correct?

http://hivewire3d.com/big-kahuna-bundle.html

Quote -  I probably should have added the Hibiscus flower to each of the other sets as well (and in fact, that will be my project today as well as converting the older DS4 files to the newer .duf format).  That should be ready and in the HW store in a week or so.  The small flowers you see in the headress are Ohi'a Lehua flowers, which are a mainstay of Hawaiian culture. As far as additional headresses with Tiare flowers or other items-- I might always create more on a whim, but no promises. I did the Hawaiian clothing/weapons/plants/outriggers soley as a backdrop and support for my Hawaiian bird set.

Hi Ken,

Have you had time to work any on getting that Hibiscus crown, etc updated & ready for Gen 4 Hula? You mentioned that you were going to do that a few weeks ago.

OK, thanks Ken. I'll wait a week or so until the Hibiscus flower equipped Gen4 version is ready and get it then. I'd like to use them for Victoria4 and also the white flower lei.

And if you ever do decide to update or expand the Hula product with new flowers as a new product or expansion pack, that would be cool.

Here's what I was hoping for. Something very much like the crown & lei this girl is wearing on her Tahitian honeymoon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qXkUSEJYo4

You can see it best @ the 2:35 mark. Choose 1080p for best video quality and full screen.

Thanks KenG.

I have a question, I was looking at your Hula products for both Dawn & Gen4 and noticed that the Dawn version shows several colored Hibiscus flowers which the Gen4(Victoria 4?)does not.

Someone on the DAZ forums showed me what he did adding those Hibiscus flowers to the crown alongside those small Baby'sBreath type flowers. Adding some larger flowers helps the appearance a lot. I was also hoping for those six-petaled white Tiare flowers to be available since they're indigenous to the South Pacific, particularly Tahiti.

But does the Gen4 version not come with anything other than those little flowers and the green leafy stuff? 

Quote - Could it be True???

It seems that the arrival of a Daz Studio User Guide could be available within the month.

Any indication of when in November? 

An extensive/comprehensive DAZ user guide is waaaaay past due! 

Thanks for that link.

Thanks. Went there & looked at it & it does look promising, but there's no indication in the info there that it will work with Victoria 4. 

Will do. Thanks! 

It's not showing up under File.

Below "File" on the far top left, what I have is:

Open

Merge

Save

Save As

Save Last Render

Import

Export

Send to Bryce

Send to Hexagon

Exit

I know I've seen it installed into DAZ sometime in the past, and I haven't done anything to delete it. I haven't uninstalled anything. Certainly not Bridge.

Quote - I haven't seen this much hype leading to this much disappointment since The Dark Knight Rises.  

Here's my first Dawn render.  And after this I'll probably lock her in the basement with Stephanie.  Used the ACSEL shaders. but turned the skin glossiness down to 6000. 

 

More like the hype many years ago leading up to SW: The Phantom Menace. Ugh!

Now, I liked TDK Rises, couldn't quite compare with TDK, but still pretty good. 

Anyway, back to work. My breaktime is over.

Quote -

Just a real basic test run with the base Dawn figure and texture. Yes, V4 clothes don't readily fit without major mesh smoothing trickery (don't even bother with autofit--it won't recognize her anyway and makes a hash of things). It's taken me about a half hour to get a shirt, undies and a hair piece on her. Nice figure, but its an awful lot of work without upgrading to her own wardrobe, and that's the kicker.

At least she was free to evaluate... 

Looks like Dawn's legs got badly sunburnt.

Anyway, I've been looking at all the pre-release previews for several weeks now, and then finally tonight all the official stuff. And I gotta tell ya, fwiw, she's just not doin it for me. I'm a bit, well, unimpressed. Today's official unveiling has done nothing to change my mind. A few renders have made her look somewhat attractive(a few but mostly not), but she has absolutely nothing on V4(or 5 or 6). And I'm still with V4.

The vast majority of all the vendors' custom V4 characters look way more beautiful. At least those that are meant to be beautiful. Of course there are many characters made for the purpose of being some evil, grotesque, monstrous or demonic type creature, but with those unfortunate exceptions, all the rest are much more attractive.

Supposedly Dawn is engineered to have several advantages, but realistically, it will take a while(who knows how long?)to get all the bugs and kinks worked out. Victoria 4 has the advantage of being a very mature product that with the aid of all the fixes by some talented vendors here at Rendo has reached her true potential. What can be accomplished by V4 alone is now amazing! And that is why I'm still working with V4 and have had no motivation or incentive to move to anything else. I can't remember the last time I dloaded anything new from DAZ. And with all the bugs & not ready for primetime status of 4.6, and the infamous DIM, forget it!