ADDENDUM:

Refined the eye movements (as described in my previous post) a bit today and found out two more things:

1. The eyeballs move completely independent (e.g. don't influence the eylid movement (which was of course intended because this feature was intended from the beginning as being a measure to set eye anomalies per character)

2. Though the eyeballs are now completely weight mapped (and the eyes have 2009 vertices each) it only needs ONE SINGLE weight map per dial (xROtate, yRotate, zRotate) because all have all vertices set to 1.000.
You just need to hook up that single weight map manually to each dial, then you can discard the other ones.
You also can weight map the smoothScale (to avoid strange scaling effects to the head), but then simply delete the weight maps in the head and you're fine.

All in all, this new feature cost me less than 500 MB in file size, including weight maps, master parameters, dependencies etc.

If you're interested in rigging and weight mapping, then just look at the cr2 file to see what I've done:
A code line says more than a thousand words

K


P.S.:
I think this little trick of using one single weight map for several purposes could be applied to other purposes as well. I'll experiment more with it in the future.
On thing that particularly intrigues me is the undocumented parameter "flipped" in the weight maps.
Maybe that would make it practical to re-use weight maps on the other body part side (e.g., chest left/right)?
We'll see.

PROGRESS REPORT:

The extra "Fingers Easy Pose" dials are working fine now, and I tested the enhanced eye movements and didn't find any errors yet.

So here we go for the last BIG challenge:

- Make the KV and the Butthole a separate injection for those who don't want/need those.

I've already created a "crippled" version of SASHA without a KV:
Unfortunately I can't eliminate the KV completely, so I renamed the KV and it's parts to "- not active-" so you won't see them in the hierarchy editor by their true names.

I also renamed all morph connected to the KV to "EMPTY - not active" and set them to hidden.

In the next step I removed ALL relevant KV parameter groups and their revealing names, so when you click on that "- not active -" actor, there are no dials to be seen at all.

FINALLY:
I had to write another INJection file to restore the KV into working state, similar to the other INJection files from the SETUP folder.
That also works now and gives you an extra notification in the BODY actor that the "KV is activated".



REMARK:

Boy oh boy!

I thought that this was a job that could be done in a day or two. How wrong I was:

I never figured how many morphs and master parameters there are just for the KV (in BODY, hip and the KV itself)!
It seemed like 1001 (morphs, not nights!):P, and each one had to be manually adapted:
Adjusting the "groups" channels, setting the individual dials as invisible, removing the dependencies, and last replacing the morph data with zero data!

I certainly won't venture into this for a second time, even if threatened by a T-80 at point-blank range.


ACTUAL STATE:

SASHA by default loads without any visible traces of the KV at all, unless you go hunting for them in the figure's "innards" (figuratively)..


NEXT STEP:

I removed the KV relevant weight maps from the figure because if there's no KV, there's no need for them.
I can inject them later when they are needed, and I'll also spare some 3MB on the base figure by not having them.

Just one "slight" problem which is still to be resolved!
When I re-inject the weight maps, they are reversed in the hip:
What is supposed to move to the left moves to the right, and vise-versa.
(Maybe weight maps have a "processing order" too, like morph channels? I'll have to find out.)



Sorry for all the technobabble, thank you for reading it anyway.
Just wanted to keep you updated.

K

Thank you @RLOwens!

I know I sometimes do go overboard with my explanations, making them overly complicated.:(

The more I appreciate it if someone takes it's time to read my lengthy posts and tries to understand what I'm talking about.
So if there is ever something that you don't understand but want to know, please don't hesitate to ask!

It's the way we all (me in the first place) learned all the tricks to make us Poser "experts"!:P

Karina

@Wickerman:
In fact that's exactly the way how I learned!
I can't recall how many hundreds of hours I read the relevant Poser forums, read tutorials, etc...
K

DAY NINE:

I didn't find any bugs in the enhanced "cross-eye" movements, so I think it's ready for release.

I also reworked the "Shoulder Blade" weight maps, fixed the "spikes" shown in a previous post, and improved them a tad more.

As per @Perpetualrevision's suggestion:
http://sasha-16.forumprofi.de/showthread...&pid=829#pid829

I also made a new BASE figure which comes with minimal hints that the KarinaVagina even exists (as far as possible without having to provide two different figures, WITH and WITHOUT the KV)

Which means that from now on the base figure will load WITHOUT the KV active, and mostly hidden from view.
To use it you have to click another step during the setup process: "KarinaVagina INJection".

If you don't opt in for this injection the KV (and the butthole) will be mostly hidden, as well as the morphs and dials connected to it.
So it's kind of "family-friendly" now.
It also saves some 3 to 4 MB on figure size if you load SASHA without the KV.


I'll check the new functions again tomorrow, and then start bundling up the new files for the final BETA test.
I hope everything goes well...

Karina

Well that's what I feared - things got wonky again:

Yesterday evening I had it all working, but when I tested it again today, it wasn't working anymore.
So back to the drawing board.
I discovered the mistakes I made and fixed them.
I hope they will still work tomorrow!

But removing the KV from the base figure and then making it an extra injection was a larger task than I imagined...

PLEASE!

run SASHA through the test, with and without the KV, and check for any errors!
With all those hundreds of code lines I had to change for this, it is almost IMPOSSIBLE that there are no errors!
I'm relying on you to test that - I can't see the trees for the wood any more...

Thank you for your support!

Karina

ALL right, I'll upload the next BETA version tomorrow (Monday).

While I bundle the files, here's some reading for you to get updated on the latest changes:

(Sorry for bad formatting, but this is my draft as i copied it from NotePad)

You'll find this text also in a text file in the ZIP

Zitat

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Most important ERROR FIXES and NEW FEATURES:


(you probably won't notice some of them because they are part of the new base figure already, or they are too minute to mention them here)


SASHA-16 BASE FIGURE:__________________________________________________________________



- Whole base figure file replaced with a fresh version, so you won't have to inject the separate fixes one by one.
Check for figure name: it is simply "SASHA-16" now.
Detailed instructions see below in LIBRARY FILES___ section.




- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The KarinaVagina is now a separate injection!
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So if you want to use it, you'll have to click the extra thumbnail "29 KarinaVagina INJ" during the initial setup process.

I added this feature due to a request, for people who don't need it, or don't want to see the (often quite explicitly named" morphs) when working on "PG13" (or what it's called in the USA?)

It also spares you some 4 MB in figure weight if you don't load/activate the KV.
That's because all the morphs and weight maps are zero size.
SO if you only render clothed people yo have a benefit.

NOTE:
Due to Poser limitations it is NOT possible to discard the KV and it's actors completely:
They are still visible in the hierarchy editor and the "Body Parts" list, but I changed their names to "-not active -", locked them, renamed all (external) morph names to "-" and set all to invisible too.

So only if yo explicitely apply the new "29 KarinaVagina INJ" during the initial setup process the true nature of the "Beast" will be available.

- the asymmetry in the "Side-Side" dial is intentional > Use the old "395" file if you still need it for pre-SR1 figures. Otherwise you should delete it
because using the wrong file on the wrong figure will result in groups duplication.
For SR1 figures please ONLY use the new "396" .pz2 file!


- Pose: !## KARINA'S TOOLBOX: SWITCHES:
Thumbnails #305 and #306 showed the wrong images.
"runtimelibrariesPose!## KARINA'S TOOLBOXSWITCHES*.png"
* replace thumbnails with the new ones *


- Pose: SASHA-16 INJECTIONS: SASHA Teen character:
Fixed problem with wrong head scale value in the REM pose.
"runtimelibrariesPoseSASHA-16 INJECTIONSSASHA TEEN characterSASHA Teen Face REM.pz2"
* replace old REM pose file with the new one *


- Pose: !## KARINA'S TOOLBOX: PYTHON SCRIPTS:
Added new script "Repair Morph Trap" which will place the two Morph Trap channels "-Morph Trap; MUST be 666 :"
and the invisible "Morph Trap Channel" right on top of the channels list again, e.g.like after you injected new morphs
which use Poser's ability to create new morph channels "on the fly".



PYTHON SCRIPTS:________________________________________________________________________


NOTE: For faster execution all Python scripts should be copied to the runtime in Poser's Program folder!


- [POSER PROGRAM DIRECTORY]runtimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenuKarina
The "ZERO All Rotations Any Figure" script now detects rotation dials by their internal names to eliminate the
chance of malfunction because of odd external naming in other figures.
"[POSER PROGRAM DIRECTORY]runtimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenuKarinaZERO All Rotations Any Figure.py"
* replace file with the new one *

- [POSER PROGRAM DIRECTORY]runtimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenuKarina
The new "ZERO Collars Only" script is intended to quickly fix the collars when "Collar Control" is on,
yet the collars were posed awkward by an injection pose.
"[POSER PROGRAM DIRECTORY]runtimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenuKarinaZERO Collars Only.py"
* copy file to the directory *


=========================================================================================================================



NEW FEATURES:


SASHA-16 BASE FIGURE:__________________________________________________________________


- New markup for morphs that should be copied into clothing (experimental)
When it comes to copying morphs into clothing it's a real PITA to search the endless list of morphs for the ones
which are relevant.
So to make these more easy to spot I added an exclamation mark (!) to the external name of each morph that should/could be
copied into the clothing.
So look out for morphs starting with ! or -!

RIGHT NOW I ONLY implemented it on the SASHA morphs so you can check out the functionality without messing with
the DAZ morphs.

Also added two master parameters to the BODY called
! ### SASHA JCMs - HIP AND UP ###
and
! ### SASHA JCMs - HIP AND DOWN ###
You can find these in the "General/Deformers/Master Parameters for 'Copy Morphs'" group.
By default these are preset to 1.000 so when copying the morphs into the clothing Poser will copy the SASHA JCM in the body parts too, for better fit
of the clothing.



HANDS:________________________________________________________________________________


- Added three new "Easy Pose" Dials upon user request.
- Knuckles Bend I
- Knuckles Bend II
- Knuckles Bend Opposite


EYES:________________________________________________________________________________


- Added two new helper bones to the head: "rEyeAxis" and "lEyeAxis"

These are intended to let you adjust the eye axis for each eye separately (e.g. for anomalies), or to override the normal eyes movements alltogether, and completely independent from the normal eyes rotations.
Think of it as a second rotation dial for only this eye, and for the eyeball only, because it doesn't influence the eyelids as the normal eye rotations do.
So this is great for individual tweaks.

The "EyeAxis" rotation dials are linked to their correspondent dials in each eye in the new group "EYE AXIS OVERRIDE".

You can control the rotations from either the actual "Eye" actor or from the "EyeAxis" actor. The corresponding dial will follow suit automatically.


##############################################################################
UNFIXED ERRORS:
##############################################################################


The "wobbling limbs"!

Load SASHA, pose your camera in front of it, and the move one of her thighs ALL the way to the side.
DO NOT use the dials - use the mouse instead!
Once the side-side dial approaches 90 degrees the thigh starts to "wobble"
- This doesn't happen if you only use the dials.
- Yet the same happens with the collars once the value approaches or exceeds 90 degrees.

I haven't found a way yet to fix this, but now you know about that caveat:

Either use the dials, or better avoid rotation values near or exceeding 90 degrees in thighs and/or collars altogether.
For your consolation, remember how awful those extreme bendings would have looked like in the original V4...

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K

Aaaand:

UPLOADED!



LINK: http://dl.free.fr/rYHsIoW4R

Password as usual...

Zitat

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NOTE:
This is for registered BETA testers only!
Please wait until next week for the final SR1 release.
Thank you.

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Karina

First of all, thank you for your quick responses and feedback.

Of course you should post your critique here in this thread so that others can see it too and also comment on it.

The SETUP:
You wouldn't have needed to copy the figure's cr2 into the setup folder: Simply double click the "02 S-16 WM (BASE) LOADER" and the figure will load from the DATA folder.
I chose this scripted approach over a directly loadable cr2 because like this people can't accidentally overwrite or delete the original figure cr2.
It is also useful for updates because I wouldn't have to guess the path to the setup folder in case people would have moved it to a different location.

But your ways are OK too, it doesn't make any difference. And loading only the essential morphs from the DAZ packages is a good idea to keep your figure light-weight.


The EyesUp-Down and Side-Side dials are without function on purpose, because they wouldn't have worked with the synchronized eyes.
In fact, I find it much easier to select an eye in the scene with the mouse than to select the head (you often end up selecting the hair or whatever else, or you have to right-click and search in the "Select Actor" menu).
And after you had the head selected, you still had to hunt for the dials in the long list. In the eyes they are right there on top of the parameters.

As I often move the eyes with "The Looks" on, and I also frequently make the eyes slightly cross-eyed (like when focusing on a close-by object), I thought it is a good idea to have all these dials in one place.

I left the original dials in the head only for compatibility with a few expression injections that use them.


The CDI morphs must be visible because of the way you get the morphs into SASHA:

Load "Morphia" into the scene, select SASHA and then click the menu "Copy Morphs From...".
Unfortunately this doesn't copy the "visibility" flags, so the user would end up with working morphs but invisible dials.
But maybe it's a good idea to add a subfolder with a notification.


By all means, please go ahead and test the Bejeezus out of her!
Once the SR is out, it's out.

(just yesterday, after I had already uploaded this current BETA version, I found a grave error simply by luck: During "Operation Hide KV":P I had accidentally deleted the scaling zones for the hip from the KV and it's actors, which resulted in a broken mesh as soon as the hip was scaled)
(it's fixed now in the version you have)


Karina

Zitat

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I figured out to click on an eye, exposing the up/down/right/left function.

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Yes that's the correct way to use SASHA's eyes.
Besides that you can also drag the eyes' rotations with the "Translate/Pull" tool, which I prefer for quick adjustments. I use the dials only for fine tuning.

Zitat

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I think having the other dials exposed but not working will generate error claims. Is there a way to remove them?

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Yes that would be pretty easy; I'd only need to set them to "hidden".
But when you load the Morphs++, they are "unhidden" again by the DAZ injections.
Maybe it would be a workaround to hide them again in the "33 S-16 Morph Fixes"? I'll try that.
(and as I said, it would in no way interfere with SASHA's functionality because those dials are dummies anyway)

Zitat

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What are "The Looks?"

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"The Looks"*1 are the red "beams" and the two "diopter" style disks which you can switch on and off to show you where the eyes are looking to.

K

*1:
The name was inspired by Pop singers "Roxette":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlVI7ZNiFlI
The plural "s" I added with tongue in cheek to distinguish it from "the look", and also because there are two beams...