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I am inviting the LAMH guys to maybe help explain things
Rawn
It is not so much a limitation of LAMH as it is that there is little to work with in that region for guide control. The sparseness of the mesh there coupled with the stretching that can occur can indeed lead to artifacts. Very similar to texture map stretching.
With that being said, it is possible to compensate for areas such as that. One can allocate a shavegroup specifically for the knee area to specifically allocate a number of hairs to the region. This would keep the haircount from decreasing over the expanded surface. One could also increase the random roots in that area so that the randomness keeps the pattern caused from the mesh from showing through.
There are a number of exciting developments coming for Look at my Hair, many of which will allow for easier manipulation so that this kind of thing is less likely to be an issue.
Kendall
What version are you using that is crashing? If you experience a replicable crash situation, please report it to devel (at) look-at-my-hair.com , krsears (at) trdc.biz, or report it to the LAMH forums so that we can track down the origin of the problem.
Kendall
I would have, but for some reason, it stopped crashing and i can't reproduce anymore.
Successfully saved, managed to reload.
It crashed once just now, but when i've tried to load again, it worked.
It's just a hunch, but i think it's something geograft related.
I've removed the geografted tail, re-added it, then tried saving and it worked.
Similarly, when loading the preset failed, i've deleted the geografted tail and LAMH object, re-added the geograft, created a new LAMH object and reloaded and it worked.
Might just be a coincidence, though, as - like i've said - i can't reproduce it anymore.
Ditched LAMH (for now), fooling around with Garibaldi's marschner shader...
Okay, I am getting a lot of confusion and hopefully someone can help. I got Cat Regenesis to use the LAMH presents as well as the skins, but not for the shape. So, I have my own cat-morphs applied to Genesis but it seems the LAMH group from Cat Regenesis refuses to go onto Genesis. It will only seemingly load another figure with the LAMH group already on it... what gives? I want to use the hair group with my own Genesis but I can't figure out hair, and experimenting causes DAZ to crash ~_~
Before anyone asks--I use DAZ Studio 4.6 and yes I bought and have used LAMH previously.
the lamh for catworld is made with the geograft tail applied. If you do not have the tail on, it will not read the preset.
Hello,
one stupid question! What is the best/quick way to suppress the hair on the body and keep only the hair on the face for catpeople wearing clothes?
I own the LAMH plug-in but I didn't found the way
Thanks
Creating a custom density map that clears the areas that you don't want furred is currently the quickest/easiest way, unless you are using DS 4.6.3.50. In the latest version of DS something changed and we are tracking it down.
If you don't need "fine grained" control, you can change the visibility of the parts in the scene control.
Kendall
In the "scene" tab you will see a drop-down arrow on the LAMH figure.....in the dropdown you will see the various parts to the LAMH figure. If you click on the "eye" icons for the various parts, it will turn off the visibility of that part.
Rawn
One way is to load one of the Cat Regenesis figures. Go into the Shaping pane and find the slider for the Cat R. figure. Set it to zero. Turn up your cat-morphs. That should do it.
In the "scene" tab you will see a drop-down arrow on the LAMH figure.....in the dropdown you will see the various parts to the LAMH figure. If you click on the "eye" icons for the various parts, it will turn off the visibility of that part.
Rawn
Thanks for your answer. I didn't give enough precisions: even If I hide some group in the scene tab, the fiberhair export use all the group defined in LAMH. I render in octane so I want to have only the face group to generate the fiberhair (less memory, no poke trough) That's why I was thinking of something in Lamh plug-in.
Sorry, I dont know anything about octane...maybe Kendall Sears answer would help you better for that then.
Rawn
Thanks for your answer. I didn't give enough precisions: even If I hide some group in the scene tab, the fiberhair export use all the group defined in LAMH. I render in octane so I want to have only the face group to generate the fiberhair (less memory, no poke trough) That's why I was thinking of something in Lamh plug-in.
OK. For the fiberhair output you will need to create a custom density map. The 3d paint area is where you would do this. A word of warning: in DS 4.6.3.50+ the 3d paint facility and DS do not get along. A new beta is imminent that resolves that problem, but for the current store version you will need to use an external 2D paint program to create the necessary map then import it.
You may contact me at krsears (at) trdc.biz and I will help you along if you need it.
Kendall
Thanks for your answer. I didn't give enough precisions: even If I hide some group in the scene tab, the fiberhair export use all the group defined in LAMH. I render in octane so I want to have only the face group to generate the fiberhair (less memory, no poke trough) That's why I was thinking of something in Lamh plug-in.
OK. For the fiberhair output you will need to create a custom density map. The 3d paint area is where you would do this. A word of warning: in DS 4.6.3.50+ the 3d paint facility and DS do not get along. A new beta is imminent that resolves that problem, but for the current store version you will need to use an external 2D paint program to create the necessary map then import it.
You may contact me at krsears (at) trdc.biz and I will help you along if you need it.
Kendall
Thanks! If I well understand I must create a new density map from start. I can't create one from the provided file from Rawart and then delete the body part just to have only the head part. Yes?
It's time for me to take the plunge in the lamh Plugin!!
I am trying to figure out what uv map this texture uses. I am trying to use this on Genesis 2 male creature creator set and I was wondering which uv set to make it work.
Edit: I restarted dS and now it looks better.
The males were based on M4's UV's
Rawn
The males were based on M4's UV's
Rawn
Thanks so that means I needed Micheal 4 for Genesis 2 and I just installed that which explains why it now works.
I have had problems with Cat World Regenesis HD since I bought it. I CANNOT get the LAMH to work. Instead, every time I go to click on the LAMH load icon, all it does it load a second Genesis figure with the hair (and if I go to delete it or move it, DAZ crashes). This really sucks. How can I load JUST the hair by itself, and onto my current figure? Any time I go to People-->Genesis-->Cat World and load any of those icons, it just loads yet another Genesis. Like what the heck is the use of that?
Sorry but after months of trying I still can't figure it out!! >.>
Previously, someone also said just load one of the Cat World Regenesis Figures... No, that didn't work. When I go to click on LAMH, again, it just loads yet another figure. Besides, I already have a character made, I don't want to start from scratch! Shouldn't have to!
If you click on the LAMH icon it is supposed to load the genesis figure with the hair. It is a full character preset, so it is working exactly as it was designed to.
If you want to load the hair on a different character, or a genesis already in the scene you will have to use the LAMH tab.
Select your genesis figure in the scene, open the LAMH tab, and click on "Attach LAMH preset"..then you will have to sort through your library and find my catworld folder and choose the appropriate LAMH preset from there (the different cats have different presets)
Rawn
Thank you for the suggestion. I went to try this, however, apparently there are only 3 available lmh files:
Cat World Regenesis HD - Lion LAMH
Content :
/General/Look At My Hair Presets/RawArt/CatWorld/Raw_CWFurTail.lmh
/General/Look At My Hair Presets/RawArt/CatWorld/Raw_CWFurTailF.lmh
/General/Look At My Hair Presets/RawArt/CatWorld/Raw_CWTailMane.lmh
All three have to do with the tail, but I know one exists somewhere else. It's the one that loads with the figure. How do I figure out where it is? Searching my entire DAZ/content folder brings up nothing except those three files.
Alternatively, I have tried to see if I can just "steal" the hair group from the extra Genesis figure and place it on my character, but I haven't figured out if this is possible.
Those ARE the files.
The first is "Cat World Fur and Tail"
The second "Cat World Fur and Tail for female"
The Third " "Cat World Fur with mane" for the male lion
There is nothing else to look for.
Rawn
Okay, I guess the names just confused me! Thank you. I think when I clicked them nothing happened, but I'll try again.
Have you ever thought of making a tail for genesis 2 that would take textures from these sets?
Nope, because the textures for the tail would not make sense without the body textures.
Rawn
Nope, because the textures for the tail would not make sense without the body textures.
Rawn
Hmmm but with M4 for g2m I can use the textures on genesis 2 but I do not have a way to use the tail on g2m. I understand that out of the box the textures won't work on g2m. Wonder if I could figure out how to use Photoshop to texture g2m creature creator tail to work with these textures. I know I cannot use your textures if I want to redistribute the tail textures.
In Hinduism Narasimha Deva is the fourth Avatar of Lord Vishnu. Nara means Human, Simha means Lion and a Deva is a divine entity.
Namaste Narasimhaya
Very Cool!
I know this might have been asked somewhere else, but... is there a way to simulate a nice huge lion's mane for the lion morph? Might there be a LAMH setting which does this, or maybe an existing hair prop which can be resized for a proper leonine look?
Thanks!
The mane should have a separate hair group, so with lamh you should be able to adjust its length. If you have the full version you could also style it to a different look too if that is what you want.