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This is a video and a webplayer demo (Click the Image above for the webplayer) of a little Avatar or character customization demo we have put together to show the new Daz3D Poser direct morph import system extension to our MegaFiers system we are working on and to show the wrapping system in proper use. The main character is a Daz3D character that has been decimated to a lower poly count to make it more suitable for games, and then exported to an FBX and imported into Unity. Then using our new Daz3D to MegaFiers to connection you can just point the system at any directory that holds .dsf morph files for the character and the system will read in all the available morphs, you can then choose which of those you want to apply to your character and hit load. The system will automatically match the morphs to the Unity character regardless how much you have reduced the poly count from the original.
The clothes in the demo have no morphs at all they make use of the Wrapping system in MegaFiers so you just need to select any item you wish to fit your character, add the wrapping component and apply it, once applied the clothes or other items will conform to whatever morph the main character is performing so you need not worry about creating loads of morphs for your clothes etc. The items to be wrapped do not even need to be rigged to the bones to work.
We will be doing a video showing how this demo was put together and the workflow for the new Daz3D connection. And the webplayer demo of this will be uploaded shortly.
The flags in the demo are animated using the MegaFiers point cache system and the trees blowing in the wind are done using the Waving modifier.
I develop my own character with DAZ pro CCT .I do not use orginal DAZ figures but I use DAZ Studio pro for rigging and morphs creating. If I understand your posting right, I could use your megafiers now with a directly export from DAZ studio to Unity ?
if yes that is great, until now the only reason why I have not buy megafies is necessary blender or max for the export.
It will be an extension to the MegaFiers system so that indeed you will not need Blender etc to get your Daz or Poser characters and morphs into Unity. The system will need a copy of MegaFiers installed to do the morphing side and wrapping, this system will be a bridge between MegaFiers and Daz. We hope to have the first release available early next week once some more testing has been done. Poser cr2 file support will follow soon after as an update.
You still have to license DAZ models used in deriving the character (morphing and retexturing does not make the model your original under terms of DAZ licenses) unless you imported the meshes that you created yourself from Hexagon, Blender, or other 3rd party 3D Modeling app. The cost of a license is $500. You can ask DAZ directly for allowed content and terms.
Don’t forget the Unity Avatar system is coming to Unity 4.2 in about a month. The MegaFiers does have other non-character generator uses too though.
This looks pretty cool. Been looking for better options for changing outfits with my figures at runtime. Now, I export an entire outfit and then parent it to the corresponding body parts. Hopefully, this will make that process unnecessary.
Will this also work for lip sync morphs?
edit: @Goat you can also use a “Blank” rig (which is the figures’ skeleton with no morphs or polygons attached to it). They made them so 3rd party developers could make clothes for their figures and can be redistributed freely. Doesn’t really help much, but it’s nice that you can use a premade skeleton on a figure.
Looks awesome. One of the biggest problems using Daz3D models in games is that cloth overlaps with the body polygons, since it’s separated. Does the plugin take care of this? Or is there a technique to avoid it?
There are numerous ways to fix poke through like that without needing this. Of course, like you I hope this fixes it so I don’t have to use a work around! PM me if you want to know some of the methods I have experimented with. Don’t want to hijack this thread.
I’m a passionate 3D Modeller and love to bring my modells to life:smile:
I wrote, I develop my own modells, of course that meaning mesh from scratch !
I think you do not know that DAZ Studio CCT is a Tool and has absolutly nothing to do with orginal DAZ figures .
CCT has professionals Bone,weight, and morphing tool. That mean also not only bone attaching (transfer utility tool)
You can rig, weight, grupping, and morph your own Mesh in DAZ in similar way how in a 3D Application , and store this in this DAZ or Poser file format or you can export as fbx.
I love to rigging in DAZ because the workflow is awesome for me .
Also I have no interest to use a Unity Avatar system. I like only to use my own modells .
A couple of params in the Wrapping system are ‘Gap’ and ‘Shrink’ the Gap value allows you to move the wrap mesh away from the main mesh a little if you are getting poking through of polys underneath, the Shrink value will attempt to conform the wrapped mesh more tightly to the base mesh. The amount of gap could be increased as a morph value is changed to get the best scenario.
Hmmm, I’ll have to try DAZ myself after modeling a mesh in Blender with shapekeys I didn’t think DAZ was easier based on limited trials but I’ll give it a go now. Did you import your meshes as FBX files into DAZ?
This video shows the workflow of getting Daz3D characters and their clothing into Unity complete with morphs and with clothing that will deform along with the base mesh as it does in Daz.In this example we use FBX files and the megafiers exporter for Maya but Maya could be replaced with Max or Blender. The character in this demo has also been loaded into Mixamo to add an animation to it.
I’ve been putting off buying MegaFiers for to long. When do you expect to release this piece if awesomeness and will it be separate in terms of purchasing? Can we use any mesh that uses blend shapes? Example I have my own character I designed and modeled much like daz I have morphs for gender and body styles. Using this plugin will my custom clothing after being rigged and weight mapped be able to take advantage of this tool in the same way the daz models are? Or does this just work with daz / poser?
@Venged - The functionality in the video and demo above is available now in MegaFiers
@ForceX - It has already been released it is part of the MegaFiers package now, you can wrap any mesh onto any other deforming mesh, it does not need to be a Daz or Poser character, it could be a simple bending cube or anything.
Thanks for the info. This is absolutely next on my list. The prospect of modeling once and being able to retarget with out having to recreate the blend shapes for every body style is going to be a huge time saver.
Thanks, so I can bring my Daz3D Character into Unity and use it just like in the video? Sorry for trying to clarify. It just seems too good to be true. I’m so glad I came to Unity and that you made this asset.
