Hi all.
don't want to get anyone's tech hair up in knots over this but I am curious and frustrated and need enlightenment! :D
I use a lot of hair (not having much myself) in my renders but I love hair props to be .hr2 file types instead of conforming. Conforming hair can only be used with the figure they are supposed to conform with whereas the .hr2 can be used on everyone.
Why content creators create ONLY conforming hair (well the best create the regular .hr2 version in my opinion) is beyond me. You get more use out of poseable/morphing .hr2 hair and I am willing to spend the extra money when I find it well made.

What does it take to create .hr2 files as opposed to conforming hair? Isn't the .hr2 version easier to create? I would think so (though I am honestly not a modeler myself).

Is it difficult to convert a conforming hair prop with lots of movement dials to a regular .hr2 file with the same dials or similar dials that move the hair the same way?

Oh and anticipating this response from some well meaning user....Please, don tell me I can just parent the conform hair to the figures head and I am fine. Doesn't work that way with long morphing hair. You parent the hair to the head and try posing the tips and the crown lifts off the head. Try it before you suggest that please...it really is a frustrating phenomenon! :?