Short reply:

None of the help files were included yet, and the quickstart manual gives you a Python error because the file still needs to be moved (@OperaIssue1).

OperaIssue1: (nice term)
From the new Inline Help popup:

Zitat

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(You need Stephanie 4 installed for this!)

As an alternative to installing the full S4 Morph pack,
you can use this icon to install a selection of the
most useful morphs.

You can also choose not to install it at all.
It won't have any influence upon SASHA's performance.

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OperaIssue2:
Unfortunately this won't work.
SR1 contains so many changes that making this an injection file would have been hell on earth, if possible at all in some cases (changed calculation orders etc.)

So what you actually load as SR1 is a new base figure.
If some of your presets have any character dialed in, or particular setting that you wish to keep:
Create a new SASHA (SR1) figure with the morphs you need.
Then load your "old" preset into the same scene, select the BODY actor and press .
Now select the new figure's BODY actor and press .
If you have made settings in the head, repeat this procedure with the head actors.

Save your new preset.


Re. "shoulder manipulation":
The "shoulder blades" are purely weight and bulge mapped, no JCM morphs either.

What I call "Collar Control" is how the "collar" is controlled by the "shoulder" (bloody DAZ terminology...) movement by a set up of dependencies to make for a most realistic bending.
e.g. when you lower the arms from the T pose the collars will automatically "sag" during the movement.
(this is also helpful to counteract the infamous "quarterback" shoulders...)
Of course you can use the term "Collar Control", but remember that it's the choreographed movement of the shoulder and collars mainly.

(I'll look at your video later because I'm currently writing the help files and don't allow me to get sidetracked

K

Thank you @Perpetualrevision,

maybe the reason I still have PP2014 running stable is because I never went beyond Poser's SR3?

About step 3 in the setup: wait until you see the Inline Help which I'm currently working on! [cool]

K

Zitat von RLOwens

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1. Shoulder movement looking good.

2. Suggestion to add the hand scaling dials into the >Body Shape / Scaling / Arms & Hands. Realize you can do it by selecting the hands, but with the feet scaling being listed in the >Body Shape / Scaling / Legs & Feet, was expecting same with hand scaling.

3. Easy Posing - Arm punch (L/R/Both). Don't know if the arms moving should be symmetrical, but one of them is out of whack, I prefer the look of the right arm myself. Anyhow one or the other is not mirroring the opposite side.

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You mean the "SCLHandsSize" dials in the BODY> +BODY SHAPE +Arm-Hand group?

I think that could be done, and it would be a logical step too.

I only need to figure out a way to translate that dial to actual "per cent" values (which I prefer over the more obscure DAZ dial settings), and the "per cent" thus prevales in most of the "+SCALING" groups.

Anyhow, this idea is just too good to ignore it, so I'll try to figure out a solution.

The "Arm Punch" dials
are relatively new and (by me) more seldom used dials, added upon a user request.
You've obviously found an error here!
I'll look into it - thank you for the heads-up, and also for the possible path to look for that error!

You see, input like yours can't be weighed in gold, because I often can't see the trees for the woods (or vise-versa? )

Thank You!

Karina

Zitat von RLOwens

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3. Easy Posing - Arm punch (L/R/Both). Don't know if the arms moving should be symmetrical, but one of them is out of whack, I prefer the look of the right arm myself. Anyhow one or the other is not mirroring the opposite side. Smile

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Confirmed!
The ForeArm dials work in inverse order.
But luckily that's quite easy to fix

K

UPDATE:

Since I'm here already anyway:

Let me tell you that you will absolutely LOVE the new "Inline Help" that comes with the new setup process (and probably will be extended to other library items as an update as well)

Without banging my own drum too loudly (a-hem...): [rolling_eyes]
But this new feature is probably the best invention for helping Poser users "on the fly" since the invention of sliced bread

(Now continuing with writing the "Inline Help" files, "Aye-Aye Sir!!")


EDIT:
Finished the Inline Help for the setup. Works like a charm!
Maybe you would like to make some suggestions on grammar and use of words later. (Ill provide the Inline Help as a separate add-on ASAP)

A tad tired now, and the vodka is also demanding it's toll :D

I'll continue with porting the (yet unchanged) "QuickStart" and "Full Manual"s into the SR1 tomorrow, creating similar "clickable" thumbnails which will display the manuals in your default internet browser.

I've already started to think about other uses for the new features, like linking library thumbnails/functions directly to the relevant paragraphs in the manual.
Still unsure how to implement this:

• An automatic popup of the manual as soon as you click a library thumbnail?
  Nah ! I guess most users will HATE this after the first try.
• An additional "Help" thumbnail à la "Setup process"?
  But this would definitely clutter up the "Toolbox" to the point that it won't be useable without wading through a plethora of "help" thumbnails.
• Modifying the script in a way that it displays a help message before applying it?
  Maybe a good solution for absolute beginners, but in the long run I think it's just another annoyance à la "Do you really want to delete this file??"
• Any ideas?

Aye, it's html and I can link because the tags were there all the time.
So I'll try how I can make best use of them.

K

Splendid!

That's what I had in mind!
I also love the little story that comes with it, and that you list the items used so people can reproduce it to see that "It's not a trick - it's SONY"

I watched it several loops, and only suggestion I could find is:
During the "transformation scene, SASHA's torso swings side-side, but her feet stay glued to the ground.
(That kind of looks like ME after the umpteenth vodka...):P

Make her move her legs to adjust to the new centre of gravity - not much, just a little step side-side with the legs, like this:


K

Tomorrow

I'll upload the final version of the SETUP process, including the latest "Inline Help" files and hotlinks to the various manuals, as well as the manuals itself.

I've also started to adapt the original manual that came with SASHA to include the latest changes and functions.
But I've already leaned the hard way that this is a massive task again, because I literally have to check every page and index of the manual for changes.
So it may need some more days to finish that.

In the meantime, you can already DELETE your old manuals, because the new ones will be integrated in the library and all files were moved to the ":runtime:Data" folder to make them accessible from almost everywhere in the library, with a simple library thumbnail.

From now on you can access the manuals by simply clicking that thumbnail!

K