Guides Import genesis 8 character(only morph) to vam(with pictures)

[Sally Whitemane]

as shown here this is up step to 10 and before exporting the character as an obj
and clearly has eye morph issues and top of the eyelids.

Have you ever figured out a workaround for the 'deformed eyes issues?
I run into the same problem. There are a bunch of characters that I tried to port and this is the main thing that stops me.
On some models it does not happen (or is acceptable) and on others it's a horrorshow.
The way I see it, the root of the problem is the fitting G2F to G8F is just not good enough.
Maybe they are better methods for this step in Blender.

 

[Saglinger]

Have you ever figured out a workaround for the 'deformed eyes issues?
I run into the same problem. There are a bunch of characters that I tried to port and this is the main thing that stops me.
On some models it does not happen (or is acceptable) and on others it's a horrorshow.
The way I see it, the root of the problem is the fitting G2F to G8F is just not good enough.
Maybe they are better methods for this step in Blender.

You can exclude the eyeball vertices from the morph in DAZ and re-export it, and alter the eyes with eyeball specific morphs, but I typically use this program that @VamTastic posted:

Eye and Jaw morph fixer 1.12 - Morphs -

Eye & Jaw Morph Fixer v 1.12 by Highlander As many users may use Facegen and find the eye balls are messed up i decided to upload the file to Mega ,as some users have trouble accessing it from Sharecg just put the file in the folder where your...

hub.virtamate.com

The eyeballs will be reset to the default, and no longer filling their eye sockets, but they will also no longer be distorted, and a lot easier to edit to fit into the sockets properly.

 

[Sally Whitemane]

The tool is great to fix the eye deformation.
For my remaining problems on the base mesh I ended up fixing it in Blender.
With default OBJ import / export settings this will fail.

Here is what I used - these settings worked for me without Morph Loader complaining about the mesh.
Obviously you cannot do anything destructive in Blender. I just only moved some vertices from bad fitting around the eyes.

Spoiler: .obj from DAZ to Blender to DAZ

1. OBJ export from DAZ:

2. OBJ import in Blender:

3. OBJ export from Blender back to DAZ after edit:

 

[VamTastic]

The tool is great to fix the eye deformation.
For my remaining problems on the base mesh I ended up fixing it in Blender.
With default OBJ import / export settings this will fail.

Here is what I used - these settings worked for me without Morph Loader complaining about the mesh.
Obviously you cannot do anything destructive in Blender. I just only moved some vertices from bad fitting around the eyes.

Spoiler: .obj from DAZ to Blender to DAZ

1. OBJ export from DAZ:
View attachment 145948
2. OBJ import in Blender:
View attachment 145949
3. OBJ export from Blender back to DAZ after edit:
View attachment 145950

I use that method too ,as you can go in edit mode of blender with the character selected .Alt+A to deselect all vertices
use as the vertex icon , type in eye Select leye , reye or both and go on select .
then its just a matter of fine tuning the eyes to fit .

 

[matthouss]

i can not find T-Pose-Gen2.zip
google and daz 3d can not find T-Pose-Gen2.zip
how can i get it?

 

[Sally Whitemane]

Here it is.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

I've tried this on two different G8F figures and I got the destroyed face both times. It happens when I do the Fit To. Select G2, Fit To G8, set to G2, Full Body, and then the chin is shoved up into the nose. Any cure for that? Works fine for G3.

 

[ouroborolapse]

is there a guide for fixing joins curving instead of bending ?

 

[ShiRO]

hello can u import a gen8 cartoon/anim character to vam, with clothes hair etc ???

 

[void]

hello can u import a gen8 cartoon/anim character to vam, with clothes hair etc ???

No, just the figure in base resolution. Cloths have to be done differently, hair most probably can't be transferred.

 

[geny]

You get that message if you don't change Resolution Level to Base before exporting.

Check that the exported .obj is smaller than 4mb before proceeding to the next step.

do you have any idea how to decrease obj file? Have same problem with 4.7 Mb model

 

[SlimerJSpud]

Step 11 in the original guide.

 

[Steve45]

Even if this tutorial is great, personally, I haven't found how to solve the problem of eyes coming out of their sockets when my character follows me with their gaze in VAM. None of the proposed solutions work... So, if anyone has an answer, I would really appreciate it.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

Even if this tutorial is great, personally, I haven't found how to solve the problem of eyes coming out of their sockets when my character follows me with their gaze in VAM. None of the proposed solutions work... So, if anyone has an answer, I would really appreciate it.

Try adjusting the Eyeball Depth_DD morph. It doesn't take much.

 

[Steve45]

Try adjusting the Eyeball Depth_DD morph. It doesn't take much.

This is a problem when converting from G8 to G2 model. Thank you for the information, which I was already aware of, and therefore already tried, but without result.

 

[vvs123]

Hello everyone, I have a problem, I successfully converted G8 to G2 according to the tutorial, and also did rigging to shape and ERC Freeze in Daz, there is no problem with Tpose in VAM, but once the joint is bent, there is a very exaggerated deformation in the picture.Am I doing something wrong?

 

[DorianD]

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Import genesis 8 character to vam(with pictures) - genesis2 genesis8 import



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Hello Donkilluminatti,

Thank you for this very detailed tutorial but something seems to go wrong in my case.
I guess that after step 10 ("fit genesis 2 to..." complete) the Gen2 should match the Gen8 character.
In my case the body of the Gen2 match perfectly the Gen8 but the head remains unchanged.
For information, my Gen8 is just coming out of "Head Shop 2024" Addon before starting your procedure.
Should I perform some additonal operations after exiting Head Shop?

 

[namor]

hello all and thanks, body works fine but if i use the morp in VAM i have a problem with fingers and the eyes are open abnormaly.
https://gyazo.com/66d6a3e530e65e11b1ba27170b848168
many thanks for help

 

[void]

Most likely a rigging problem. Did you match G2 and G8 poses before parenting? There's a script for it, as G8 uses A-, G2 uses T-Pose (or vice versa) and both have to be the same pose. Did you "Adjust Rigging to Shape" and "ERC Freeze". Eye / Jaw problems occur most of the time when head sizes change. There's a morph fixer for that.

In case you already knew all that and still the fingers are wrong, I can't help. Otherwise I could did a bit into the depth of my HDDs to find and post the scripts.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

The morph fixer only operates on the head. Still valuable to have.

Eye and Jaw morph fixer 1.12 - Morphs -

Eye & Jaw Morph Fixer v 1.12 by Highlander As many users may use Facegen and find the eye balls are messed up i decided to upload the file to Mega ,as some users have trouble accessing it from Sharecg just put the file in the folder where your...

hub.virtamate.com

 

[namor]

Most likely a rigging problem. Did you match G2 and G8 poses before parenting? There's a script for it, as G8 uses A-, G2 uses T-Pose (or vice versa) and both have to be the same pose. Did you "Adjust Rigging to Shape" and "ERC Freeze". Eye / Jaw problems occur most of the time when head sizes change. There's a morph fixer for that.

In case you already knew all that and still the fingers are wrong, I can't help. Otherwise I could did a bit into the depth of my HDDs to find and post the scripts.

i have done how in the pdf is writen, is G3 to G2.

 

[void]

The morph fixer only operates on the head. Still valuable to have.

Eye and Jaw morph fixer 1.12 - Morphs -

Eye & Jaw Morph Fixer v 1.12 by Highlander As many users may use Facegen and find the eye balls are messed up i decided to upload the file to Mega ,as some users have trouble accessing it from Sharecg just put the file in the folder where your...

hub.virtamate.com

Yes, that's why I wrote "Eye / Jaw problems occur most of the time when head sizes change. There's a morph fixer for that."

i have done how in the pdf is writen, is G3 to G2.

You can send me the .duf (G8) and I can try it if you want. You got both G2 and G8 at same size and as close matching as possible? Usually a slight difference isn't a problem. Did a G2 to G8 "full body" parenting. Both are really in zero pose? Some G8 models got some twisted hands, even with rotations at 0,0,0 they are off. Perhaps match the hands by readjusting them? Model creators do quite some erorrs, if you take a closer look.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

The T-pose duf file posted on this thread is slightly off on the foot position. I made one that matched better. The forum software doesn't like duf files as attachments.

 

[namor]

hello i got it right, fingers and eyes fit. the problem is, both figures have to be the same size.
my G3 was -25% at the height, set that to 0 then everything works thanks and have fun

but pls what do i do with the T-Pose-Gen2 ? i dont understand this
4) GOTO "Posing" -> "Presets"(NEAR CHARACTER "Parameters") AND APPLY "T-Pose-Gen2" FROM "Saved Files"
merge into scene as new Gen2female? or apply to existing G8 figure?

thanks so much

 

[void]

From what I remember... this is a pose you apply to either G2 or G8, I think the latter. Just do trial an error. It's either made for G2 or G8 and should work on just one.

Load G2, load G8, apply the T-Pose-Gen2 to G8, parent G2 to G8. This should be the usual workflow.

my G3 was -25% at the height, set that to 0 then everything works thanks and have fun

Well, a "thumbs up" on the approbiate posting that helped... helps others with similar problems to find the solution adhoc.