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So one way that I found to get a LIE preset to show up, is to apply it to the body before loading HD Nipples 2. So this is what I'd like to do:

- save 2 material presets, one with the default skin, one with the LIE preset (so after this point, I'm dealing with 2 material presets, no LIE textures anymore I think).

- on the default body, this allows me to freely switch between the two material presets.

- I would like to then apply HD Nipples 2, and still be able to switch between the two material presets.

So what I found is that while the main body gets updated with the material preset I've selected, the chest area is stuck with the material that was on the body when HD Nipples 2 was loaded in. Is there a way to load a material on HD Nipples 2?

Right now a workaround is to delete and reapply HD Nipples 2, so it uses the new material on the body. Screenshots for reference:

Body with tattoo material preset:

Loaded default material on body:

Where do I need to rename Genesis 8.1 Female so that I can create new unique nipple textures? Just renaming the character in the scene view isn't enough, and asks me if I want to recreate the textures. I'm just using Genesis 8.1 Female as a base for a new custom character.

edit: even if I save the current material as a new preset, and apply it, it still won't count as a "new" material. Usually when I apply another character's material preset, or add a LIE texture (and save that as a mat preset), I'm able to generate completely new nipple textures.

Edited by user Friday, August 19, 2022 1:44:47 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hope you're doing ok 3feetwolf!

I've looked through the script (NGV8 script, but it shares the same issue) since my last post, and it looks like in the following function, g_charName is what I would like to change for my new character (well, the name that gets used to create that string anyway).

Where can I access this property inside of Daz? I tried changing the label name of the character with Edit->Figure->Scene Identification->Node Label, but it didn't do anything, I still cannot generate new textures.

EDIT: I think I figured it out. I need to create a new head morph for my custom character, and then the script will pick it up as a new character. I tested it out on a character I created NGV8 textures for already. When I removed the existing head morph, and added a different head morph I got the option to create new textures (instead of re-creating them). It's a bit roundabout way of doing things, but if my understanding is correct, creating two identical figures, with 2 different texture sets can be achieved by creating two head morphs with different names.

Edited by user Friday, September 2, 2022 9:31:52 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

@ mstep17

Try copying the body material to the HD Nipples surface on the geoshell (not the figure itself).

For example, G8F->Surfaces->Body, to G8F->Geoshell->Surfaces->HD Breast For xxx

There are a couple HD Breasts surfaces, but they follow the above pattern. This technique isn't perfect because the area under the armpits isn't covered. Maybe with some UV editing this could be fixed. I haven't looked into that yet.

Here's my understanding as to why this issue is happening: HD nipples creates new surfaces on the figure, any geoshell will inherit those surfaces. The wet material you're trying to apply is only made for the default surfaces (body, arms, etc), it doesn't have anything that could be applied to the HD Breasts surfaces (that's why you get the white/grey material). I was able to get away with just copying materials over for NGV8, but for HD Nipples 2 it seems some UV work is needed for complete results.

Shape 01 is a flat preset so that solves my previous question. But can anything be done about these reflections? It's like there is a material mismatch between the chest and the rest of the body:

Any chance you could release HD nipples 1.0 unencrypted? I wanted to edit the script to work with 8.1, but since it's encrypted I can't do anything.

Originally Posted by: 3feetwolf

Sure, here you are. 

Thank you very much! I did a quick pass and got 1.0 to load on 8.1 (didn't get materials working yet though), and it confirmed my suspicion that 1.0 conforms better to the body shape than 2.0. It's best seen in the comparison shots below, but 1.0 works better for this character.

Would you also be able to share the unencrypted texture creation script? Without it I'll have to go through a 8.0 figure first just to create the textures, and then manually copy and rename them to create a 8.1 version.

Comparison shots:

Base figure:

HD Nipples 2.0 (a little bit of unwanted morphing of the ribs under the breast, as well as some kind of subtle ripple effect):

HD Nipples 1.0 (pretty much just conforms to the shape):

Also tested out if I can copy materials over from 8.0 and it worked well enough: