Hello again,

and thank you for forgiving my slightly grumpy mood yesterday evening.


So I'll start with @ operaguy who brought up the idea about a gallery.

Incidentally I did think about this just today, when I visited the deceased "Syltermermaid"s gallery to see whether she used SASHA (because she used to use V4 as her default figure).
Unfortunately, she did not, and it becomes very obvious in some renders, especially in the (usual) terrible bending of the thighs, knees and elbows.

SO if we, in one way or another, should start a gallery, then it should focus on her bending, because that's what makes SASHA superiour at first glance.

Also, we should make sure that only top notch renders are posted .
See this discussion here:
https://forum.smithmicro.com/topic/9466/...mage-gallery/24

However I'd like to postpone (not abandon!) this matter until SR1 is finally released, because I'm already behind schedule once again, and I couldn't actively spend time on this.


@ Perpetualrevision:

The option to click on a folder or thumbnail to open the folder is P11 only.
It didn't exist in former versions.
That's the reason why you often see the (GO TO FOLDER) thumbnails in my runtimes, because for PP2014 and earlier this was a workaround (actually a simple Python script).

I'll follow your idea about making a new "SASHA-16 SETUP" folder.
I think this would probably be the most straightforward solution, because all the other changes which you suggested would have been bloody hard to achieve with a simple update.

I'm currently working at new thumbnails for the injection process, trying to heed most of your suggestions and our discussion.


KARINA's TOOLBOX:

I think it's a good idea to release it as a separate product (less the few SASHA-specific files).
In fact, I still have fragments of a manual sitting somewhere from a former release, at a different place.
So I'd just have to update those and bring them to my new standard of "html" clickable manuals (we discussed that already during my other freebies, some time ago: html vs. PDF)

But for the time being, I'll just leave the Toolbox in SR as and where it is (with updated scripts where necessary, of course).



@ BOTH:

As I said, right now I'm working on a more streamlined setup process.
I'll try to incorporate as many of your suggestions, as best as I can.
Can't say more yet because it's a WIP, but I'll post a screenshot ASAP.

The idea of a video is really nice, but I actually think we're a bit over the top here.
--> Because I never have had any complaints that SASHA caused problems during her setup.[cool]
In fact there more threads in other forums regarding problems with standard V4 and M4(morphs not working).
So I don't think it would be necessary.

However, what actually would be great would be a promo video which would show how well SASHA bends, and how easily she can be posed even with the mouse.
But from what I already know, this would be a HUGE project, and certainly would exceed my abilities and my spare time.


I'll be back soon with first screenshots of the new setup process!

K

(oups! crosspost!)

Welcome back!

Good to see you again.
The hip scaling problem is just another example of how easy it is to royally FU in such a big project. Thank you again for bringing this to my attention!

Re. the "exploding/imploding hip":

I HOPE I have finally found out what caused it:
If you did use my Python script "Lock/Unlock Figure", then it will not only lock the morph dials, but also the SCALE dials.

That caused some weird effects when you applied a LEFT hand pose (for whatever reason, and it only happened with a LEFT hand pose). Read more here:
http://sasha-16.forumprofi.de/showthread.php?tid=94

I left that thread as it is because it's not yet definitively confirmed whether the problem is definitively solved in SR1, but from my latest testing, it seems to be gone.


The graph crashing Poser definitively was a bug in Poser, and it reaches back to P8 already.
However, it seems it was fixed in P11 (can anybody confirm this?)


Meanwhile, happy tinkering , and if you run into any problems just let me know!

Another update (with the new SETUP process) will be available before the weekend, so watch this space...



Karina

Now that's weird!

I have version 11.0.6.33735 and it didn't happen there.
But to be precise, I didn't load the older version with the sensitivity set to 0.
Instead I used the latest version and set the sensitivity to zero manually (double-click on the dial).

Poser always was a funny program... [rolling_eyes]

K

Hmm...

I guess many would prefer a SFW version, for many different reasons.

But how about using a second skin, like I did for the poses thumbnails?
It mustn't be in blue/yellow by any means (that's only a little eccentricity of me to sport the blue/yellow flag of my country...)

But I think I could draw you a mask for some sort of "leotard" (or whatever you call this), so that the limbs can be seen and it's still "PG13".
Just a random example grabbed from Google picture search (sorry for it being for the "G" thing)
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/...body/2676439/?p

But first let me finish the reworked "Setup" process.
I'll try to take into account as many useful suggestions you all made, then post a preview, and then the final version of SR1 BETA for you.
This weekend, I promise! [rolling_eyes]

Karina


P.S.:

B.t.w, just added another dial to each eye which I hitherto missed many times already:
-> EYE CLOSE - OPEN
Technically it's just a synchronized "repeater" dial of the same dial in the head: +EXPRESSIONS +EYES -EyeOpenCloseR/L, and it leaves all other functions working as they are.
But I think it's very practical to have this dial in each eye too so you can open/close the eye individually without having to go hunting through all the expression dials in the head.

K

After two day of experimenting, countless procedure and thumbnail designs and other considerations, I think I've finally created a setup process that is simple, clear, and straightforward.
And I've tried to heed as many of your suggestions as possible too.

Look at this:



In the upper part you see what the user sees in his library when he first goes to the "Figure > SASHA-16" Library.

As you can see there are three "new" folders:

• 1 - The SETUP folder name was changed to not interfere with the original setup folder (which can be deleted)
• 2 - Folder 2 will hold all other DAZ injections like AIKO, S4 and whatever, which are now relocated to this folder.
• 3 - Folder 3 was added for the P9/PP2012 fix so those users can rebuild the SASHA-16 groups after the DAZ injections nuked SASHA's groups.
• - The other folders remain as they were in the original setup; any presets stored there won't be affected.

Sorry, only a short reply because it's close to midnight here...

Ignore the upper part of the picture - it'll become clear once you have the new setup.
Just look at the lower part:

Step 1 to 3 load the base figure and inject the DAZ morphs
Step 4 tells you to save a preset of your current work
Step 5 lets you
- activate the KV
- "Inject Latest Updates" injects the "FIX" morphs (as they were called in the previous setup; you advised to omit the word "fix")*1
- inject the former "S4 Essential Morphs" (NOW: "Selected Stephanie4 Morphs")

"Save Another Preset" just hints you about that: to save a copy of your current work, as another preset!

See you tomorrow - good night!

K

*1
I did it this way because it's also a convenient way to serve later updates: just one file for all, multi-purpose!

So here's the (hopefully final) BETA version of SR1.

This time it's a rather sloppy bundle because in the new setup process many files aren't set to read-only yet, and the brand new help functions aren't available either because I still have to write them .

But this I can only do after the final setup process was agreed upon by us.
(The only help file which is already working is in the "3 - FIX for {P9}+{PP2012}" folder - click the "ReadMe" thumbnail)

Note that - apart from the new setup folders - I've also added a new function to the eyes (each/either):
"CLOSE - OPEN" which is a repeater of the same dial(s) in the head, just named inversely for reasons of dial spinning logic (the DAZ dials closed the eyes when you spun the dial to open and vise-versa).


Also some more insignificant work "under the hood" *1 again, but nothing worth noting.

Oh - just one, maybe:
Please turn SASHA around 180° and move her collars front-back.
I've improved the weight maps again for a better simulation of the "shoulder blades". Your opinion?

Download:
http://dl.free.fr/gDzzGbTyM

Password as usual.
Installation as usual too, just remember to delete the now derelict "0 - SASHA-16 SETUP" folder from the Figure library tab.


Karina [cool]


*1
"under the hood": shouldn't that rather be "under the bonnet" in British English?

In case you want to know what I aim at with the new help functions, just have a look at this thread:
https://forum.smithmicro.com/topic/9488/...-the-box-s-size

Something like this will pop up every time you click on a thumbnail with the question mark in the lower right corner, giving short help messages (instead of a full-blown htm help page opening in the web browser).

I think this is a most effective help system.
I just need the code...

K