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Could someone please help me out? I downloaded Meipe's updated Golden Palace assets for Genesis 8.1, but when I run the script I'm still getting this result: 

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Originally Posted by: MidnightWatcher

Originally Posted by: Casps

Could someone please help me out? I downloaded Meipe's updated Golden Palace assets for Genesis 8.1, but when I run the script I'm still getting this result: 

 

Click on the shell and then parameters tab, turn off Body, Head.

 

This easily fixed everything for me thank you!!!!!

Originally Posted by: matt

A question for those of you that dove in and installed 8.1, does it create a separate figure, or does it replace G8 entirely? The reason I ask is because I have a ton of premade 'ready to go' figures saved as scene subsets with hair, gens, clothing, etc, and if I install this and it breaks all of them, well...that's a fresh hell I don't feel like descending into. 

The 8.1 is installed in addition to hte 8.0, so you have both. What is great about 8.1 is that using the head with Power Pose you can get all sorts of expressions, eye positions, mouth settings, super easily. You simply move the mouse and you actually can see the change instantly. It's so much better than anything in the past.

Go ahead and update, you will still have the old 8.0.

Originally Posted by: matt

Originally Posted by: DEstey

The 8.1 is installed in addition to hte 8.0, so you have both. What is great about 8.1 is that using the head with Power Pose you can get all sorts of expressions, eye positions, mouth settings, super easily. You simply move the mouse and you actually can see the change instantly. It's so much better than anything in the past.

Go ahead and update, you will still have the old 8.0.

Thanks! One final question if you don't mind. I have a ton of assets for G8. Do they transfer over to 8.1, such as character morphs, body shapes, musculature? I don't need a new base figure that I have to start buying assets for once again, I'll wait for G9 for that. 

Most G8F stuff works fine with G8.1F the exceptions are some G8 expressions, some scripts if they are looking for G8F won't recognize G8.1F, Most of the grafts work fine, but material copy scripts require/required updating as 8.1 got rid of  the torso surface and split the maps to body and head surfaces (However a G8F UV is included so G8 textures can be used with G8.1F)

Originally Posted by: matt

Originally Posted by: BrotherHades

Originally Posted by: matt

Thanks! One final question if you don't mind. I have a ton of assets for G8. Do they transfer over to 8.1, such as character morphs, body shapes, musculature? I don't need a new base figure that I have to start buying assets for once again, I'll wait for G9 for that. 

Most G8F stuff works fine with G8.1F the exceptions are some G8 expressions, some scripts if they are looking for G8F won't recognize G8.1F, Most of the grafts work fine, but material copy scripts require/required updating as 8.1 got rid of  the torso surface and split the maps to body and head surfaces (However a G8F UV is included so G8 textures can be used with G8.1F)

So you're saying that the morphs are already loaded on 8.1? The data files transfer over?

Never mind, I just answered my own question. I downloaded and installed 8.1. Everything is there. Thanks!

For those following along this thread I was doing custom material and shader work using face transfer and found that Golden Palace had given weird results with any UV selection.

As it turns out creating a custom material preset from the G8 figure and applying to the G8.1 and GP add on had somehow messed with the GP Addon so my solution was to create a custom Shader Preset (As Blake noted in the list) from the torso of the G8 figure, along side my existing Material Preset from the G8 figure. Applying both of these and ensuring I followed along the Blake_Strong walkthrough on page 2 of this thread has fixed any issues with this add-on.

Update: Found I was still trying to use the G8 script when there is a new section for the updated material script under a new G8.1 section in the GP folder.

Thank you Meipe, OP and Blake_Strong for all of the tech support you deserve high praise.

Edited by user Saturday, February 27, 2021 1:40:26 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Originally Posted by: PredatoryBeasts

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

Followed everything suggested and not sure if the update will help but before I do that, I just want to see if anyone else has an issue like mine.

 

 

Looks like it might be a shader mismatch issue. Is this with V8.1?

I would check out the surfaces tab (You will have to look under the Editor sub tab) and see if the Golden Palace shader is set as Iray Uber or PBRSkin. Then compare to the base figure shader setting if there is a difference then change shader on GP to match the base figures shader.

I have noticed some of the updated scripts, while now doing a good job recognizing G8.1 based characters and surfaces, they are not scripted to update the shader, so you would need to change shader manually (I have set up the PBRSkin shader under the scripts menu to make things quicker) and since Victoria 8.1 uses the new PBRSkin shader, if the script is copying the materials from the body surface as an example it won't necessarily change the shader settings. So the shader may need changed manually. 

Another thought, if you changed Translucency on the figure after the material copy script was run, it can also cause a similar mismatch. If so you will need to rerun the material copy script

Edited by user Sunday, February 28, 2021 11:22:00 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Add further information

Did you try post #54 ?