Or Gloom and Aurora lolFortunately, they didn't go with L'Crepescule and L'Aube
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Dawn 2.0 Underway
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unreal
Noteworthy
OBJ not being the same as object. In blender an object is the verts, faces, etc. So what comes into Blender is a single object, with a "mesh" that's non manifold (ie: "holes" and discontinuities).
I want to say there was an export/import combination that could produce multiple objects, but that might have been something like hexagon.
Poser does that, right? The original object file is just a single continuous mesh.
I know we can't get that from Poser export. What we need is a map of the unimesh verts to split mesh verts. map with vert: [vert1, vert2] identifies a welded vert. I actually do something very similar in my full morph mirroring script. I create vert lists, keyed on xyz: [...vertnum]
xyz converted to ints, using a power of 10 multiplier which determines the precision. You can see how, using the resulting list, it's easy (and quick) to determine symmetric (to precision)
For this, you'd need to know which source OBJ vert corresponds to which split mesh vert (a map) Then you could use the original mesh in blender to morph use the vert map to apply that morph to an OBJ of the split mesh, then use that to morph the poser figure. Should be able to do most of that in Blender. It can duplicate, weld to unimesh, create a map, hide the original, change the unimesh, then use the map to apply those changes back to the original, then use that in poser.
It's rainy. Maybe I'll play with this
Of course, that puts other software project but I'm to the point I need a break from that code anyway
unreal
Noteworthy
Makes perfect sense.It's easy to forget Dawn\Dusk start with the same letter. Cath has suggested D2F and D2M, and I find that simpler to type and to remember.
Aren't they both from essentially the same mesh?
If so, D2 indicates the mesh, M is one sculpt and F is another sculpt. If someone made an alien it could be D2ALIEN or D2.ALIEN
If something has a proper name, then something like D2.Bruce. That way if there was a D1.Bruce we would know it's the same character, for the D2 mesh.
I suppose that makes D2.Dawn and D2.Dusk, but since they're the "base" F and M figures D2F and D2M work too.
It's not about changing the name , most people call Victoria 4 "V4" and La Femme "LFM" not because it is difficult name to type . Same reason we type ''OK" in place of Okay /Okey, it is simply an abbreviation of the original word , nothing more nothing less .Makes perfect sense.
Aren't they both from essentially the same mesh?
If so, D2 indicates the mesh, M is one sculpt and F is another sculpt. If someone made an alien it could be D2ALIEN or D2.ALIEN
If something has a proper name, then something like D2.Bruce. That way if there was a D1.Bruce we would know it's the same character, for the D2 mesh.
I suppose that makes D2.Dawn and D2.Dusk, but since they're the "base" F and M figures D2F and D2M work too.
Just because I use D2F and D2M don't means everyone have to do that and what you use will be your personal choice , and nothing wrong with that .
When you create tons of stuff it is just easier and quicker to label stuff for me and make labels shorter.
This time Dawn 2 is the original new base and the "mother" of all future character creations to come including Dusk2 , with a true meaning of her name .
I believe the original Dawn was also the mother of all other figures, even the animals. I assume it will be the same with D2F.
Yes she was, which always amazed me. I can see using her to create Dusk and Luna, but using her to create the 4 legged animals just boggled my mind completely. Now I'm so used to it, I just take it for granted.
Not talking just about the geometry but the whole main figure . Geometry and rigging together , the main mother base .
unreal
Noteworthy
I've been thinking, should she be dawn 2 or "mid-morning" since she followed dawn. Or are we on a new day, completely?
Or with dusk being the male (appearing) version, should gender neutral be "noon"?
It's thinking like this that kept me out of the better schools.
And my therapist on "danger money".
Or with dusk being the male (appearing) version, should gender neutral be "noon"?
It's thinking like this that kept me out of the better schools.
And my therapist on "danger money".
I just looked back in this thread and saw that my last comments were in late October.
Time for an update.
I told Cath yesterday that I've been saying for so long now that we are very close to having Dawn 2 ready to create for in the world of Rendo. It turns out that time waits for no man, and that it just keeps on flying by for some reason. I just sent to a small group of creators here an update on Dawn 2 files. I strongly believe this version is the last before we open things up to Rendo artists if they desire to create for Dawn 2.
Our small team is so happy to have Cath back creating for our Dawn 2 base. She is creating her texture set that we will release with. It will NOT be a merchant resource set and will only be made available to artists a few weeks before Dawn 2 releases, so they can use them for there product renders. We aim to have Dawn 2 looking her best on release and minimize the backlash she received on our initial Dawn release years ago. We will make available a merchant resource texture set that our talented friend Virtual World has created for us. Paul has updated those maps and material settings to be optimal for the latest Studio and Poser versions.
Paul has all the rigging completed for Poser and Studio and its working very well. He is finishing up the textures on our Bun hairstyle, and new bikini that will release with Dawn 2.
We are very confident that our Dawn 2 will be worth this elongated wait. Dusk 2 has been created from the same geometry as Dawn 2, and Luna 2 will be created from the same mesh as well.
Getting more excited now!!!
Time for an update.
I told Cath yesterday that I've been saying for so long now that we are very close to having Dawn 2 ready to create for in the world of Rendo. It turns out that time waits for no man, and that it just keeps on flying by for some reason. I just sent to a small group of creators here an update on Dawn 2 files. I strongly believe this version is the last before we open things up to Rendo artists if they desire to create for Dawn 2.
Our small team is so happy to have Cath back creating for our Dawn 2 base. She is creating her texture set that we will release with. It will NOT be a merchant resource set and will only be made available to artists a few weeks before Dawn 2 releases, so they can use them for there product renders. We aim to have Dawn 2 looking her best on release and minimize the backlash she received on our initial Dawn release years ago. We will make available a merchant resource texture set that our talented friend Virtual World has created for us. Paul has updated those maps and material settings to be optimal for the latest Studio and Poser versions.
Paul has all the rigging completed for Poser and Studio and its working very well. He is finishing up the textures on our Bun hairstyle, and new bikini that will release with Dawn 2.
We are very confident that our Dawn 2 will be worth this elongated wait. Dusk 2 has been created from the same geometry as Dawn 2, and Luna 2 will be created from the same mesh as well.
Getting more excited now!!!
Well said Chris , it is New Year and New Dawn and I am very much excited about as everyone else here .
As Chris stated above I will provide the final visual aspect and presentation of Dawn 2.0 with PBR Texture Set /character material presets , ready to render with best settings . Including also my PBR eyes that you loved so much in my early posts that I made for the main base and Paul rigged it together with eyelids for natural automatic movements and realism so not one future character will miss it ever again. It all looks great ! And I would not expect less from the great and humble team that put love in this creation . There is of course a lot more but I don't want to be a spoiler , I have to zipp my lips for now or I get in troubles..
Thank you and you more than welcome !
It is a pleasure to working with you and Paul as always .
I am sure Ken.K will have lots of things done as he is very busy finishing stuff for his D2 collection and of course others as well from what I saw around . It's gonna be a great and creative 2022 for us all !
eclark1894
Visionary
Great ! I don't know about you, but for me and most of us here it will be " Dawn of a New Year " definitely ... some may say " Don't price the Dawn before the Day " but I am confident ..I liked that. Make sure when she's released, you call her the "Dawn of a New Year!"
Janet , once everything is packed and ready Rendo's vendors will have enough time until the release to make and test own products .Chris will announce release data when it is 100% clear without any unexpected delays and everyone is in synch with the deadline.
Thank you.