DS Users, read page 23!

Page 23

The DS version comes with a script that slaps your Lalified V4 together, but it needs to know where your Victoria 4.2.cr2 is at. Make sure both the Lali Bits contents AND your Victoria 4.2 is under 'My Library'.

Read page 23 of the manual for more details, that should help you get going!

If you're a DS veteran and you have files ALL OVER THE PLACE, make sure all your V4 installations, morphs, initializers, etc are in one place, preferablely 'My Library'. Go to http://artofdarkness.nfshost.com/vbAOD/showthread.php?p=189207&posted=1#post189207 for all the gory details!

More details tomorrow, off to bed!

X&M Morphs

Preliminary advice (seems to work): First make a Lali V4, export her as a CR2, then run the X&M Perfect script on her. In more detail:

Quote from Sol (member @ Affect3D):

"I do believe injecting the channels into Lali might work, as long as you don't use the the booty fixes, they will probably fight Lalis own stuff.......... Well, it worked! Got a Lali injected with M ++ as well as most of the Perfect V4 fixes, most of them worked, including the shoulder fix, the booty fix messed her up a bit, looked like she had been rammed by a dumpster. But the fixes are all optional so you can just pick and choose anyway. So far there are no problems what I can see. "

A message from Poison about DS3

"The opinions expressed in this post are solely those of the author Poison and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Erogenesis or Renderotica."

To all DS3 users :

Do you know what is Lali's Bits ? It is the most complex thing that has already been created using the conventional Victoria 4.2 as base, a true work of art that brilliantly uses the most complex and powerful resources available on Poser, allowing the amazing interaction between the figure and the prop. So it is not just another morph, it is not just another figure, it is much more than that, it is an extremely complex SYSTEM. There is an incredible net of dependencies between V4 and the prop, I counted over a hundred MCMs and JCMs throughout the system that interact with each other. For me it was a great challenge and a great pleasure to work with Erogenesis and bring Lali's Bits System (LBS) to DS4 users.

I wrote the preceding paragraph primarily because I was fascinated with LBS. Is it strange to speak, but she revived my passion for conventional Poser figures. The second reason is to justify my statement that DS3 is not fully capable of handling such a complex system.

DS3 is an dead and deprecated app, it uses an outdated file format within an old and inefficient internal architecture. Just the ruins of the DAZ's attempt to create a "Poser-like" app. DS 4 ( now 4.6 ) is a completely different program, much more intelligent and efficient, with much better file formats, architecture and workflow, being perfectly able to support (and even improve) the LBS, quickly and cleanly. Now DAZ, with DS4, is trying  to create a "better-than-Poser" app, with success on some aspects. As everyone can see, Poser 2014 finally brought some improvements that were clearly motivated by the competition with DS4, this is great for both programs and wonderful for us, the users.

In other words, you can try, you can insist, you can struggle, you can get any relative success, but using DS3 you will never have LBS running at its fullest huge potential. Install and enjoy DS4.6, it's free and it will allow the unprecedented LBS full experience.

Poison

DS Version is OUT!!!

BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!

Here it is!!!

Ok now let's hope all goes well!! Thank you Poison, Arcas, Apocalypse, Ken, John, Supro, and all you other DS crazies that helped out.

Tests went very well and thanks to Arcas, the installation script is now bulletproof. Let me know a.s.a.p if you run into trouble.

An early customer just told me that if you've got a little bit of experience in coding, you can change the path to your V4 in the script to a V4 of your choice, it seems to work, he says. (but off course back the original up first!!) Thanks Peter!

Cheers!



PS: it NOT for Genesis, sorry. Its for Victoria 4!!
PSS: Erogenesis has nothing to do with DAZ's Genesis figure. The confusion is understandable, but I made up the name Erogenesis long before I even heard of DAZ Studio or their Genesis Character.

DS Version Uploaded... waiting for Q&A

Pray for me, because my internet has been utter shit the last few days (Been trying to download my recently purchased Poser Pro 2014 for the last few days!! Their Download Manager is not Africa Proof... grrrr). 

Uploaded! :D

Ok now we wait for Q&A, and I'll write a blurb for the product. Not sure if we're going to lump it under one product, or as a separate one.

Getting all excited with the new Poser Pro! And can't wait to get to work on comics again. Don't worry, don't worry... the update with materials and poses comes first!

Poser Update #1 and the DS version

Hey fans, users, customers, peeps, 

Just a quick note. DS version is sorted (confirmed for DS4.6 too), but being delayed due to another possible breakthrough (just a day or two... don't worry its coming! I'm waiting for permissions, confirmations etc... long story)

Since February a handful of people have reported problems with cross-talking and save failures in Poser Pro 2012. For a long time I was rather clueless where this problem came from, especially since most customers didn't really seem to have problems, and I couldn't reproduce the problem. 

But, a couple of Lali Bits customers, a Poser tech and I seem to have found a solution now!!! I say 'seem' because it has only been confirmed by two people. A third seemed to have the saving issue sorted out, but still suffered from cross-talking. We're checking into his runtime structure now (you'll probably need to have M4 in the same runtime as your V4).

So anyway, this will thus be Update #1. Update #2 with the poses, extra materials, etc, will come later some time. 

If you have similar problems, and you wanna test it, send me an email with a title: "Me want update!" incl your order number, and I'll send you the new injection version. I can start sending by tonight.


PS: if you get an autoresponder, no panic, that's just because inbox has been going nuts lately.

PSS: please pass this news on. Copy paste the text if you want. This will get announced on Rotica as soon as I have 100% confirmation that it works.

DS4.5 is a go! DS3 is a no

Because many eager Lali Bits fans still use DAZ Studio 3 (DS3), I tried my best to find a way to get LB's to work for it. But alas, none of my testers can get it going properly so I hope DS4 will suffice. 

There seems to be an unwillingness to migrate to DS4 or 4.5 by the old DS users, so I'm sorry if I am forcing you down that road. Since I don't use DS I wouldn't know what the issues are. I do remember having to deal with 'improvements' on new versions on software packages that were basically utter hinderances and an insult to good software design, I don't want to mention any names like zBrush for example... so I can understand it. I also hate to have to re-invent a workflow that worked for several years...

ANYWAY, DS4 is working! We're still fidgeting with the script, but if all goes well, I can send it off tomorrow for Q&A.

Testing testing 1, 2, 3? 4.5!

Just letting ya'll know that the DS version Poison put together is in testing. So far it seems to work solidly for DS4.5 but the port to DS3 is still an issue. My current proposal to do it through a CR2 export routine from DS4.5 to DS3 isn't working for one of the testers. Hopefully others have better results.

PS: someone mentioned setting up a dedicated forum for Lali's Bits. I think it would be a good idea. However, many people say it would be best to keep it associated to Renderotica, like the current support page. Affect3D also has a good page going.

PSS: while most users are experiencing no problems, there are a handful of users coming in with strange problems I currently have no answer to. In one example, a user seemed to have an almost identical installation as I have and still he couldn't get Lali's Bits to work alongside conforming clothing... while I have no problems at all. However, in the new manual I've set up some tips in an attempt to eliminate them. I'm going to have to find (perhaps even hire) an expert to solve it. - If anyone has any info on this problem, please let us know!

PSSS: update update update update update update yes I'll be on it as SOON as this DS version is out.

PSSSS: AoD pals, last installment of the TexBoy series is almost done, rendering cumshot scenes now ;)