There shouldn't be any problems using the assets on this site. I created a new folder where I download and save the assets from this site, to keep them separate from my legitimate assets. I also go offline when I install them, although I'm not sure that is even necessary.Just started with Daz, am I good with using all the asset in F95zone? should I go offline or something?
If you manually install them it doesn't matter; if you are using the auto-installer just check "work offline" option.There shouldn't be any problems using the assets on this site. I created a new folder where I download and save the assets from this site, to keep them separate from my legitimate assets. I also go offline when I install them, although I'm not sure that is even necessary.
This is a stupid question, but the whole naming/version/numbering in Daz3D is just confusing to me.
Genesis is a figure platform, and Genesis 8 is the newest one, but Genesis 3 seems to have a lot of content.
Victoria is a popular 3D female model, and a lot of 3D female models use it as a base.
Victoria 7 is for Genesis 3, and Victoria 8 is for Genesis 8, but they don't look exactly the same, and of course have different bases.
So if I find a specific character model I like that is on the Genesis 3 figure platform, and uses Victoria 7 as a base 3D figure model, but I would rather use Genesis 8, I have to see if the artist has updated their specific character model to Genesis 8/Victoria 8? Or is there really no reason I should try to stick to Genesis 8 just because it seems newer to me?
Edit: And once I buy a specific character I like that is built on Genesis 3/8 and based on Victoria 7/8, I have to also buy Victoria 7/8, *and* figure out which hair the character has in the shots if the artist hasn't bothered to list the assets they used for their photo gallery?
You can update previous generation assets to work with Gen8. Clothes, hair, poses... Just search google for it.But there are still good assets for previous gens, so you'll have to make your own decision on that.
Thanks! Holy crap, lol.About the names of the models in Daz: In the beginning was Poser.
If you decide to try and make stuff for daz you can submit your sample work and wait for approval or rejection. Often the rejected artists offer their work toOn a related note, I'm guessing that the level of customization/ease of modifications depends almost as much on the specific 3D artist as it does on the base figure model/character base? Some of the individual characters look like they have a ton of options, and others seem more basic in what you can change easily.
All updated characters have been renumbered to match, so Victoria 8 is for Genesis 8, etc etc. So just stick with the 8 stuff. 8 is mostly backwards compatible, meaning daz runs a script to clothing to make it fit, there are a few problems with it though, skirts get kinda messed up. Old poses won't work for G8, but there are a few scripts you can get that will convert them to G8, and these work great. Hair is kinda messy if it isn't G8, but it can work if it isn't long and comes with proper adjustment sliders. There is a script to convert clothing to Genesis 8 which should fix issues with things like skirts, capes, etc.This is a stupid question, but the whole naming/version/numbering in Daz3D is just confusing to me.
Genesis is a figure platform, and Genesis 8 is the newest one, but Genesis 3 seems to have a lot of content.
Victoria is a popular 3D female model, and a lot of 3D female models use it as a base.
Victoria 7 is for Genesis 3, and Victoria 8 is for Genesis 8, but they don't look exactly the same, and of course have different bases.
So if I find a specific character model I like that is on the Genesis 3 figure platform, and uses Victoria 7 as a base 3D figure model, but I would rather use Genesis 8, I have to see if the artist has updated their specific character model to Genesis 8/Victoria 8? Or is there really no reason I should try to stick to Genesis 8 just because it seems newer to me?
Edit: And once I buy a specific character I like that is built on Genesis 3/8 and based on Victoria 7/8, I have to also buy Victoria 7/8, *and* figure out which hair the character has in the shots if the artist hasn't bothered to list the assets they used for their photo gallery?
Not only this - from this tab you can make your own poses. Somewhere in the upper comments I posted a link to PDF tutorial explaining dumbproof how to make own poses including and how to use Inverse Kinematics (IK) - it is a lot of fun!Just found the Parameters Tab that lets you morph/combine features amongst the Genesis characters you have installed to personalize your own and my mind is blown.
at the cost of having the same old ugly CG looking characters spat out in overused tropes and themes. I look forward to the day actual artists invest their time...the ability to get acceptable results in a moderate time frame with software that has a far more friendly learning curve than the alternatives, frankly Daz has democratised 3DCG games, can't say that about very many pieces of software.
Some of the female characters are really ugly, as the most of the male characters, agreed. But you still can morph nice (and different) looking heads from the existing heads. As for the props section there are a lot of very serious items.at the cost of having the same old ugly CG looking characters spat out in overused tropes and themes. I look forward to the day actual artists invest their time...
I'm not all that worried by Daz's inherent look, i don't consider it ugly per se just stylised and as such you pretty much have to take it or leave it. The repetition annoys me though, i hobby around in Daz a little and it's not hard to get hold of some decent slider packs and construct a character or two, Zbrush original characters are a different thing entirely, any dev who puts the time in to sculpt from scratch deserves a good helping of praise in my book.at the cost of having the same old ugly CG looking characters spat out in overused tropes and themes. I look forward to the day actual artists invest their time...
LOL... The "Latest Updates" page is full with games version 0.001, 0.02 etcYeah plenty of money grabbers crack out a few meh renders,
I remember playing GoblinBoy's meteor for the first time which had old Gen 1 Daz images, looking at them now they aren't much but at the time they were the first images i'd seen in an AIF and frankly i was amazed, it's all relative, which i guess means all the shoddy CG makes the good ones look even better.LOL... The "Latest Updates" page is full with games version 0.001, 0.02 etc
But yeah - the best you could get before was softcore ports of japanese games like Knights of Xentar and such.
I consider it playing with ugly dolls, zero artistic skill required. I can't fathom why anyone would support games on patreon that use it, its cheap, lazy, bad bad bad.I'm not all that worried by Daz's inherent look, i don't consider it ugly per se just stylised and as such you pretty much have to take it or leave it.
If that's how you feel then fair enough, however most of the community on here is at least apathetic to Daz, generally Ok with it or in favour of it to a degree, i know plenty prefer drawn art to Daz art but i think you may be in the minority on this one.I consider it playing with ugly dolls, zero artistic skill required. I can't fathom why anyone would support games on patreon that use it, its cheap, lazy, bad bad bad.