-============================================================- Product Name: V4 Perfect Thighs Authors: Meipe & Xameva Copyright: Dec 2011 by Meipe & Xameva Contact: [email removed] [email removed] ** If you need help with this product, contact Xameva please, as English is not Meipe's first language. Thanks. :) --------------------------------------- Description: V4 Perfect Thighs is a morph fix for V4 that works automatically as you move V4's thighs with all 3 dials - bend, side to side and twist. It will re-shape, smoothen and make V4's thighs more realistic. Less ugly joints, less post-work - the ultimate thigh fix. --------------------------------------- Requirements: - Victoria 4.2 - PC and MAC compatible - Poser 5+ - DAZ Studio 2.3+ --------------------------------------- If you have any problems with the script or anything else after reading this ReadMe entirely, please contact Xameva or Meipe. We'll do our best to get back to you within a day. We realize it may seem like there are a lot of instructions and you might feel overwhelmed, but it's actually very simple and we've done our best to explain things as thoroughly as possible. Xameva & Meipe would like to thank an anonymous scripting stranger. You know who you are. Thanks so much again, this wouldn't have been possible without you! Also a big thank you to those who helped us test this, and to Nerd3D for providing his EMC Fixer. -============================================================- [-How to Install-] Extract the contents of the .zip file into your Poser or DAZ Studio directory and the product contents will be in the Pose library under "XandM Perfect V4". -============================================================- [-The Script-] **Required step! Perfect Thighs requires you to inject our custom morph channels into your figure's .cr2 file using a script we've provided. This is not the same thing as Morphs++ for example. Our custom channels are special channels that need to be created in order to make the morphs perfect, and so they won't interfere with other products that use the same common community channels. - Your original .cr2 figure is not changed at all. The script creates a copy of it and injects the channels into that. You then use this figure to inject the Perfect Thighs fix. - You can use the script on any .cr2, including your custom characters. Be aware though that if your saved .cr2 is grouped with clothes, hair, and anything else, that the custom fix channels may inject into those items too. This shouldn't cause any issues other than your stuff having some empty channels, but if you want to avoid that, save your character to the library ungrouped, and then load the clothing, hair, etc. back onto your Perfect character after. --------------------------------------- To use the script: 1. Your scene can't be empty in Poser, make sure a figure is loaded into the scene. (in DAZ the scene can be empty) Double click the "Create Perfect V4" script, which is located in the Poses library under "XandM Perfect V4". 2. Browse to the Runtime\Libraries\Character\DAZ People folder. Select Victoria 4.2.cr2, and then click Open. (It doesn't have to be Victoria 4.2.cr2, it can be any V4.2 figure. But if you want to use the default V4.2, which is the standard, then Victoria 4.2.cr2 is the one to select.) 3. Save the new Perfect V4 .cr2 wherever you want, just make sure it's inside the character directory. If you want to keep things simple, just save it to the same DAZ People folder. 3a. In the .zip of this product, located in the Documentation folder, is a thumbnail image "Perfect Victoria 4.2.png" that you can move to wherever you save your new Perfect V4. 4. Browse to your new Perfect V4 figure in the library where you saved it, and then load it. 5. You will not have to repeat this process again. Use this new "Perfect V4.cr2" from now on when you want to use the Perfect Thighs morph fix, and for other "Perfect V4" fixes. * Script not working? This may because you are using Poser 7 or earlier, or you have a custom runtime set-up. Scroll down to the section "[-Script Not Working?-]" for further instructions. -============================================================- [-How to Use Fix-] ** Make sure you have no other V4 "fix" packages for the thigh/butt area loaded (Such as Hameleon's V4 Pretty Legs), since this will cause morph conflicts and bad results. 1. Load your Perfect V4 character from the library. (Delete the other figure from your scene that you loaded before using the script.) 2. Make sure "Inverse Kinematics" is turned off on your Perfect V4 character. 3. Make sure "Use Limits" is turned off on your Perfect V4 character. *4. Inject the "INJ Booty to Thighs" from your Perfect Booty folder. This is an essential step. Don't load the "INJ Perfect Booty". 4B. DAZ Users: Use the "INJ Booty to Thighs DAZ" in the Perfect Booty product folder, under the DAZ folder. 5. Inject the "INJ Perfect Thigh Fix" onto your Perfect V4 character. 5B. DAZ Users: Use the "INJ Perfect Thigh Fix DAZ" in the DAZ folder. 6. Load the provided bonus poses, your own saved poses, or pose V4 manually as you normally would. 7. On the "BODY" actor of your Perfect V4, you can decrease the strength of the fix at any time by turning up the "LowerFix" dial. -============================================================- [-Important Notes-] 1. Clothing: As with other custom morphs, clothing can be tricky (especially tight fitting items) and will probably need adjustments. There are a few possible solutions: A. In your Perfect Booty product .zip that you bought previously, under "Documentation" there is an easy step-by-step tutorial on how to convert conforming cloth for use in the Poser Cloth Room and simple steps to get it to fit your new fixed booty/thighs. -=====- B. There is a tool called Morphing Clothes for sale at Renderosity: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/morphing-clothes/64629 When you are happy with the way you have V4 posed, you use a free script by Dimension3D to create a FBM (Full Body Morph). Link to script: http://d3d.sesseler.de/index.php?software=poserpython&product=spawn_fbm Then you use Morphing clothes to transfer the FBM to the clothing item. Note that we have not tested this method but it was suggested by several people on Poser/DAZ discussion forums. We will be investigating this further and hoping to reveal the information to you via email and the DAZ Studio discussion forums. -=====- C. The last option is to use postwork in a 2D program such as Photoshop/Gimp. My personal technique is to render V4 in the current pose naked, then render her with the clothing visible (fit it the best you can with the clothing's built in morphs), and finally render just the clothing with V4 invisible. Then in Photoshop you blend all 3 layers together, erasing the parts that are clipping. It takes some practice, but it definitely beats having to postwork V4's default ugly joints. --------------------------------------- 2. Fix ranges: This fix works up until these values, at which point it deactivates if you push it further. It will re-activate when you return into range of the fix. These values are for the right thigh, but the limits for both thighs are identical. ** Note that the side-side and twist values would be (+) instead of (-) depending on which thigh. For example (-)40 SideSide on the right thigh would be (+)40 SideSide on the left thigh. dial increase | dial decrease Bend: 40 | -130 SideSide: 15 | -60 Twist: 50 | -50 --------------------------------------- 3. There are certain "sweet spots" where the fix doesn't look as nice. This is usually when you add a lot of twist - it does weird things to the mesh (especially outer thighs). We did our best to fix these weird issues. Move V4's thighs slightly until it looks better. 4. The poses and morphs were designed for the default V4. Changing V4's body shape, including full body morphs may cause the morph fix to look bad. Results vary. 5. The DAZ script only works in DAZ Studio 3 or later. Sorry DAZ 2 users! If you have Poser, you can create your morphed character .cr2 with the Poser script, and then use that figure in DAZ. Or you can use the same method under "[-Script Not Working?-]?" below. 6. For those who have bought either Meipe or Xameva/Meipe's morphed poses before, you will need to use the script in this product to inject the channels again and create the new .cr2. This new script is upgraded and injects new channels. 7. Bonus poses were created while using the morph fix. This means that if you use the poses without the fix, the hands/finger on several of the poses will need adjustments to match the default V4. 8. Enough technical mumbo jumbo, start enjoying your new purchase! --------------------------------------- [-Known Bugs-] Poser: - A bug where you have two V4's loaded with the fix, and moving the first V4's thighs affects the morphs of the second V4. This is called morph cross-talk. We have included a tool called "EMC Fixer" by Nerd3D that fixes this problem. In your content library, browse to the Character/Figures and under XandM there will be a folder called "2Figures". On the thumbnail images there are instructions on what to do. - If you're are experiencing crashes when trying to save your scene, make sure to uncheck the "Use external binary morph targets" option in the Poser preferences under the "Misc." tab. This option has been known to cause instability issues in Poser and is not usually necessary unless you are creating .PMD full body morphs for distribution. - The REM pose for the fixes do not completely remove all the data. The ERC tree remains. This happens with all ERC based pz2's, we've researched it heavily. This is why you can't use the Perfect Thighs on a character that had the Perfect Booty fix injected before. Even if you REM the Perfect Booty, there will still be issues. - If you delete your figure with the fix injected, and then change your mind and undo the delete, the morph fix may become bugged, even after re-loading the fix morph injection. You'll need to delete the figure, then re-load it from the library. --------------------------------------- DAZ: - The morphs in DAZ are not indentical to the ones in Poser. The DAZ ones are not as smooth in certain areas, most notibly the inner thighs. We aren't sure why this is, we tried very hard to make the DAZ version identical. However, it still is a LOT better than the default V4. - If you use the option "Zero Figure" on your figure while it has the fix injected, this may bug the fix and cause it not to work. You can use the "Restore Figure" option to correct it, or if that does not work, re-load the main fix INJ. You should not have to delete/re-load your figure. - The REM pose for the fixes do not completely remove all the data. The ERC tree remains. This happens with all ERC based pz2's, we've researched it heavily. This is why you can't use the Perfect Thighs on a character that had the Perfect Booty fix injected before. Even if you REM the Perfect Booty, there will still be issues. -============================================================- [-Script Not Working?-] The script may not be loading because you are using Poser 7 or earlier, or you have a custom runtime set-up. See below. --------------------------------------- Poser 8 or higher? Using Poser 8+ and the script won't run? It may be because you have a custom runtime set-up. You'll have to run the script manually by clicking "File" at the top right, then "Run Python Script". Then locate and open the script "XandM-CreatePerfectV4.py" under Runtime\Python\poserScripts\XandM. --------------------------------------- Poser 7 or Lower? Don't panic, you have two options: 1. Use DAZ script in DAZ Studio to create the Perfect V4 .cr2. You can then use the new .cr2 in Poser. 2. This option is a bit of a hassle, and more of a last resort. We've included a stand-alone Python script that runs outside of Poser, but requires you to install the Python software. (http://www.python.org/download/) - After installing Python, in a file browser (Windows Explorer or whatever), find your Victoria 4.2.cr2 in the DAZ People folder, and copy it. Then paste it into the Poser Runtime folder where you installed our product under Runtime\Libraries\Character\XandM Perfect V4\OlderPoser. Then, double click XandM-PerfectV4OldPoser.py. It should create a new Perfect .cr2 file instantly in the same folder. You then browse to that folder from within Poser and load it. ** Note that when you double click XandM-PerfectV4OldPoser.py, if it opens up Poser and doesn't create a Perfect V4 .cr2, you must do one extra step. Right click XandM-PerfectV4OldPoser.py in your file browser, then click "Open With". Then click "Choose default program." Then browse to where you installed Python, select the Python .exe and click OK. This associates the .PY extension with Python so that the scripts opens in Python and not Poser. ** If you're running the script on a .cr2 file other than Victoria 4.2.cr2 or Michael 4.cr2 (custom character), you will need to open the XandM-PerfectV4OldPoser.py script in a text editor. You need to change the "iname = "Victoria 4.2.cr2" field to the name of your custom figure's name. For example, if your .cr2 is named "BobsCustomV4.cr2", you'd changed that line to "iname = "BobsCustomV4.cr2" Then save the script and double-click the script while your custom character .cr2 is in the same folder. As you can see that method is clunky and we apologize if you have no choice but to use that method. You can uninstall Python after you've created your Perfect V4 figure. -============================================================- Thank you again, enjoy your purchase! :) -============================================================- [-File List-] ..\Documentation\ EndUserLicense.txt Perfect Victoria 4.2.png XandM_V4PerfectThighs_ReadMe.txt ..\Runtime\Libraries\Character\XandM Perfect V4\2Figures\ !!!EMC Fixer.cr2 !!!EMC Fixer.png !!Instructions1.cr2 !!Instructions1.png !!Instructions2.cr2 !!Instructions2.png !!Instructions3.cr2 !!Instructions3.png !!Instructions4.cr2 !!Instructions4.png !!Instructions5.cr2 !!Instructions5.png ..\Runtime\Libraries\Character\XandM Perfect V4\OlderPoser\ !!Instructions1.cr2 !!Instructions1.png XandM-PerfectV4OldPoser.py ..\Runtime\Libraries\Pose\XandM Perfect V4\Perfect Thighs\!The Fix\2Figures\ !!Instructions1.png !!Instructions1.pz2 !!Instructions2.png !!Instructions2.pz2 !!Instructions3.png !!Instructions3.pz2 !!Instructions4.png !!Instructions4.pz2 PermissionCreditNerd3D.png PermissionCreditNerd3D.pz2 ..\Runtime\Libraries\Pose\XandM Perfect V4\Perfect Thighs\!The Fix\DAZ\ !INJ Perfect Thighs Fix DAZ.png !INJ Perfect Thighs Fix DAZ.pz2 !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 1.png !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 1.pz2 !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 2.png !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 2.pz2 ..\Runtime\Libraries\Pose\XandM Perfect V4\Perfect Thighs\!The Fix\ !!!Info1.png !!!Info1.pz2 !!!Info2.png !!!Info2.pz2 !!!Info3.png !!!Info3.pz2 !!Fix Range.png !!Fix Range.pz2 !!Instructions1a.png !!Instructions1a.pz2 !!Instructions1b.png !!Instructions1b.pz2 !!Instructions1c.png !!Instructions1c.pz2 !!Instructions2.png !!Instructions2.pz2 !!Instructions3.png !!Instructions3.pz2 !!Instructions4.png !!Instructions4.pz2 !!Instructions5.png !!Instructions5.pz2 !INJ Perfect Thighs Fix.png !INJ Perfect Thighs Fix.pz2 !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 1.png !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 1.pz2 !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 2.png !REM Perfect Thighs Fix 2.pz2 Extra Note 1.png Extra Note 1.pz2 Extra Note 2.png Extra Note 2.pz2 ..\Runtime\Libraries\Pose\XandM Perfect V4\Perfect Thighs\Poses\ !Zero V4 Pose.png !Zero V4 Pose.pz2 V4-01.png V4-01.pz2 V4-01M.png V4-01M.pz2 V4-02.png V4-02.pz2 V4-02M.png V4-02M.pz2 V4-03.png V4-03.pz2 V4-03M.png V4-03M.pz2 V4-04.png V4-04.pz2 V4-04M.png V4-04M.pz2 V4-05.png V4-05.pz2 V4-05M.png V4-05M.pz2 V4-06.png V4-06.pz2 V4-06M.png V4-06M.pz2 V4-07.png V4-07.pz2 V4-07M.png V4-07M.pz2 ..\Runtime\Libraries\Pose\XandM Perfect V4\Perfect Thighs\ !!Instructions1.png !!Instructions1.pz2 !!Instructions2.png !!Instructions2.pz2 !!Instructions3.png !!Instructions3.pz2 !!Instructions4.png !!Instructions4.pz2 !!Instructions5.png !!Instructions5.pz2 !!Instructions6.png !!Instructions6.pz2 !!Instructions7.png !!Instructions7.pz2 !Create Perfect V4.dsa !Create Perfect V4.png !Create Perfect V4.pz2 !Extra Note1.png !Extra Note1.pz2 !Extra Note2.png !Extra Note2.pz2 ..\Runtime\Python\poserScripts\XandM\ mx-CreatePerfectV4.py