is this if you only have the pipeline version of cc3 I purchased the iclone 7 pipeline when it came out so apparently we don't get the pipeline version of cc3

Hi... Yes you require the Pipeline version you use this feature. You can see the differences between versions HERE.




                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

This alone almost made the pipeline upgrade worthy


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I have been playing with the Daz -> Character Creator import via Transformer workflow for a while now and am still quite confused about what is going on with the various texture import options. Hoping someone could answer the following questions:

• What is the difference between "transformer -> import Basic -> Bake textures -> with INI file and texture path" and "transformer -> import Advanced -> Bake textures -> with INI file and texture path" Do these two options do exactly the same thing?

• In the manual at point 13 here: http://manual.reallusion.com/Character_Creator_3/ENU/3/Content/Character_Creator_3/3/09_Transformer/Advanced_Conversion.htm  it says "All the textures ever applied to the character in DAZ will be auto-loaded." What does this mean exactly? As far as I can tell the only texture channels that ever load are the diffuse and opacity channels from the embedded .fbx, spec, bump tex are never loaded. The manual then goes on to say that textures  "that have the strings listed below " will be automatically imported. Where is it looking for these textures exactly? In the .fbx textures folder? In the DAZ library somewhere? This part of the manual is quite unclear.

• The manual and various tutorials say to "turn embedded texture export off in DAZ." Why? This is never explained.

• In this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1IzuPx8cg. It says that using the "basic->bake texture" import option, once the character is imported, textures can then be saved to disk. Then, you can manually copy the various DAZ roughness and bump textures to the relevant folders. However, it doesn't seem like this actually works - When I "bake textures" It looks like Character Creator repacks the textures to create new texture files. e.g the new faceDiffuse texture from DAZ has the various parts of the face placed in different locations in the texture file once it's "baked" by Character creator  (e.g mouth is moved down a bit, ears are in a different place). So when I manually add the Spec and bump textures to the saved textures folders from DAZ, they do not line up with the baked textures that Character Creator generated on import. Is this expected? 

• When I use the "transformer -> import Advanced -> Bake textures with INI file and texture path" workflow and specify greyscale image files for the bump textures, character creator does not use them and instead inserts blank normal maps into the bump slots. This seems like a bug, is this expected? The spec textures appear to be correctly converted to roughness maps. 

I have foolishly bought the pipeline as well I-Clone 7 and CC3 and after staring at the impossible looking user interface, I thought I would try the how to video, where is the T-Pose duf file????? 
if I have to buy this I will not be happy as I cannot find any content I have bought for CC3 so far.
As for Iclone i have given up on that completely as the content I bought never loads and there are no details to the content maker to ask how it loads and works.
Really beginning to think I have wasted so much money on all of this software, I bought it so I can create clothing or use existing clothing to fit genesis 3 & 8 ?

All the issues you mention sound like teething problems due to inexperience with the software. Everything will be fine once you get used to where iClone and Character Creator install and store content.

For the first problem with the T-Poses, you will find them in the folder below if you used the default install locations. Just use Windows File Explorer to locate them.

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Reallusion\Template\Character Creator 3 Template\DazResource\T_Pose

For the other issues finding content, please explain more about what you can't find. If you have received any error messages when installing content please post a screenshot so we can see what the problem is.



                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

thanks for the reply, I found the T-Pose file myself and loaded a daz character into cc3 with an item of clothing to remodel, the tutorial does not tell you how to lower a bump or smooth it, so gave up on using it. The other problem regarding iClone I have found the files of the model I purchased, but apart from loading it I want to transfer it to Daz which is where Pipe line is supposed to come in? However there is nothing but another complicated program ExChange? 
1 what did I have to purchase Pipeline for when all it does is exports it as FBX? please point me to a tutorial or information that explains how to do this. 
I have spent a considerable amount of money on buying everything Real Illusion have asked me to buy to enable me to bring something into CC3 and iClone and then connect it to daz3d, which I thought Pipeline was supposed to do?
Sorry if this sounds so negative, but I am so disappointed at purchasing something that is so complicated and has cost so much? 

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