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Originally Posted by: evacyn

Looks great - I'm having fun playing around with it the past few days :)

I'm not sure if it's a bug or something I can't figure out, but on G9 there seems to be a conflict between OOT hair caps and the decal. At least that's what I think it is. With the hair on, it looks like there's a shadow/outline for the hair cap, but it disappears when the hair is removed. I haven't checked other hair, but I know OOT hair sometimes needs tweaking for poke-through.

I love OOT hairs, they're my favorite.

However, I run into the same issue. I fix this by selecting the hair and increasing the head size slider to around 10% and the forehead depth to around 5%, that usually fixes it.

Originally Posted by: BigBlueProstatePoker

Any timelines when other add-ons like baby oil and what not will be out? I like this new version a lot, but would like to see the full range of add-ons upgraded to the new version.

I'm submitting a pack this morning that adds Fades to the shell droplet patterns, more info coming shortly :)

Once that is done I'm getting to work on sweat and baby oil :)

Originally Posted by: Thunder-3D

Originally Posted by: BigBlueProstatePoker

I'm having an issue using this with the last Daz official release: 4.21.0.5.

When I load the shell on Genesis 8 Male it's not loading any of the maps. If I change any of the settings for gloss and drop type, it doesn't change anything. Opacity and refraction does work. The decals work, but the shell does not. I also do not get an error message.

Works fine when I tried it on Daz beta 4.20.1.58.

Any thoughts?

 

I've been working with that version developing the drop fades pack, no issues that I can see. Are you making sure to use the correct shell/material folder set for the character?

It appears to be when I load an existing scene and then apply USM to it. It's something in the script that's unhappy.

I found a workaround where I saved a material preset with a loaded USM on it from a new scene. I then went back into the saved scene, loaded USM, it still loaded incorrectly, but then applied the material preset to it that I saved manually earlier.

When I apply that material preset to the USM shell in the scene, the maps load correctly, and then loading one of the scripts to change the drop type works.

It's a workaround, but wouldn't mind knowing what happened.

FADES submitted! This Add-On pack adds chest and hip fades to your CORE Soaking Wet Water presets to give you more control over your figures wet appearance! COMING SOON!

Originally Posted by: BigBlueProstatePoker

I seem to have found a common connection. If I apply USM to a figure in an existing scene it's loading the shell and the settings, but not the maps. This holds true for the current release and beta. I've had this now with every scene that I've loaded and applied USM G8M to.

When you apply the shell, it has no maps by default. The maps are loaded when you apply a material preset. :)

Are you selecting the G8M figure before you apply the Shell?

Are you applying the G8M shell to a G8M character?

Are you applying material presets from the G8M folder?

Are you getting any error messages?

Are you viewing the figure in IRAY preview?

Edited by user Wednesday, January 11, 2023 1:16:26 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Originally Posted by: BigBlueProstatePoker

Any news on updates or add-ons? I've like the new version a lot and have the fade add-ons, and surprised there hasn't been more released.

Would love to see the baby oil add-on and would be great if there was like foam and soap add on to go with the wet pack. Like someone washing the car or taking a bubble bath type of deal.

I read previously that he was going to add those. Not sure when they will be released though. I am looking forward to them as well the soap one for sure XD.

Originally Posted by: Thunder-3D

 but for some things like sand and suds/soap, there's already some great products out there that are decal based and I don't "think" I could improve on them. That's not a no, just an "I'll try it and see".

Regardless I still hope that you will take a look into it as I never found any convincing soapy or sandy shell, even less as flexible as your USM products

Done some experiments and the decal tool works extremely well with the wetFX decal and shader kit. Its not perfect but it's still a good workaround if your getting soap on your characters. Add that along with the USM shell and presets plus the soap suds iRay for the face arms and legs you'll still get a good image from them. The only real issue with the wetFX kit is that you have to re-size and rotate quite a lot to get a realistic look to it. Couldn't get the decal tool working with futalicious though sadly. wouldn't mind getting some more soap presets assuming you can get it to work hopefully whether its decal or shell.

Edited by user Wednesday, February 15, 2023 11:04:25 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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Hey guys and gals, just want to point out as you play with the new Displacement settings, remember the old saying "Less is more" because you can seriously overdo the displacement 

Also any of the displacement settings, opacity, refraction strength etc. can be manually adjusted in the materials tab. Experiment and have fun!