Answered Any guides or tips how to import a self made model too VAM?

[seventhofapril]

Hello, I have been creating ( morphing) my own models in VAM for a while but I want to create more "anime" models. I have Maya and heard of DAZ, but I have no idea how to import them into VAM. Do I need to rig the characters? How do I import textures? That kind of stuff.

Do you guys know any guides or tips to follow?

Thanks in advance.

~Seventhofapril.

 

[urukyay]

Hi! You can look up guides on making daz morphs, specifically for genesis 2 figures. That's the only way to use your own custom shapes for characters. You don't need to rig anything, it's basically just shape keys (i think the maya equivalent is blend shapes?) over a rigged model.

https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/how-to-use-blender-to-sculpt.2302/

In short, you export an obj of the model from daz, you edit it in your 3d editor of choice, you load it back in daz with a specific utility, and do some procedures there to save it as a daz morph. Then you just copy it to a folder VaM recognizes and it loads it up. The guide obv has it in detail

I don't believe any other daz models will work as characters, nor will any custom rigged characters. There are ways to convert morphs for other daz base characters like genesis 3 or 8 to genesis 2, but I've found the process very hit or miss.

Also, there are ways to import custom props like furniture or other objects (but not characters) through unity. There's guides for that too, it's not too bad, but it requires a specific version of unity.

Oh there's also this guide, for wrapping a custom model to a genesis 2 character so that it can be used as a morph: https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/porting-blender-models-to-vam-wrap2020-tutorial.3312/

 

[PASSENGER]

any guide how to convert genesis 8 model into genesis 2 model?

i tried this https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/import-genesis-8-character-to-vam-with-scale-100-in-daz.5776/

but didn"t work especially on uploading morph section..geometry doesn't match..failed

 

[Damodar]

Hi! You can look up guides on making daz morphs, specifically for genesis 2 figures. That's the only way to use your own custom shapes for characters. You don't need to rig anything, it's basically just shape keys (i think the maya equivalent is blend shapes?) over a rigged model.

https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/how-to-use-blender-to-sculpt.2302/

In short, you export an obj of the model from daz, you edit it in your 3d editor of choice, you load it back in daz with a specific utility, and do some procedures there to save it as a daz morph. Then you just copy it to a folder VaM recognizes and it loads it up. The guide obv has it in detail

I don't believe any other daz models will work as characters, nor will any custom rigged characters. There are ways to convert morphs for other daz base characters like genesis 3 or 8 to genesis 2, but I've found the process very hit or miss.

Also, there are ways to import custom props like furniture or other objects (but not characters) through unity. There's guides for that too, it's not too bad, but it requires a specific version of unity.

Oh there's also this guide, for wrapping a custom model to a genesis 2 character so that it can be used as a morph: https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/porting-blender-models-to-vam-wrap2020-tutorial.3312/

Hi, what about importing locations from daz to vam, has it been covered somewhere? To import clothes from Daz to VAM I have seen 2 tutorials but they are outdated since the 1.20 version of VAM, not working! Before you could import .dson files through the clothing property panel, but it does not exist anymore.

 

[ej222]

Oh there's also this guide, for wrapping a custom model to a genesis 2 character so that it can be used as a morph: https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/porting-blender-models-to-vam-wrap2020-tutorial.3312/

Hey, necro, but do you have a mirror for this?

Seems it has disappeared, and I'm having a hard time finding *any* info on importing rigged .blend characters into VAM.