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Mehrloc Hair for Genesis 8 and 8.1

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Product Name: Mehrloc Hair for Genesis 8 and 8.1
Product ID: 82084
Published Artist(s): Daz Originals
Created By: AprilYSH
Release Date: 2021-07-23

Product Information

  • Required Products: None

Mehrloc Hair is a morphing, polygonal model of waist-length “locs” with morphs to resemble dreadlocks. The hair is fitted for Genesis 8 and 8.1 Males and Females (.DUF) with auto-conforming custom morphs for Daz Original characters.

The hair's sections have an articulate rig consisting of 24 custom bones. The Easy Pose ERC dial/sliders help fit your figure poses beyond the 15 sample pose presets.

A dForce weight node is included with the hair so you may opt to use dForce Cloth Draping simulation to help settle the hair pose. Users may modify these dForce simulation settings in the Surfaces pane.

The hair beads or rings are accessory props that may be moved or removed.

Iray and 3Delight diffuse color presets are included. You may modify the tints by changing the diffuse color of the hair.

The characters, clothing, and environment are not included. Please see the notes below for “Additional Products used in Promo Images.”

Product Notes

Installation Packages

Below is a list of the installation package types provided by this product. The name of each package contains a Package Qualifier, which is used as a key to indicate something about the contents of that package.

  • 1 Core 1)

[ ] = Optional, depending on target application(s)

Not all installation packages provide files that are displayed to the user within the interface of an application. The packages listed below, do. The application(s), and the location(s) within each application, are shown below.

Mehrloc Hair for Genesis 8 and 8.1 (Core)

  • You can find new icons for loading this product in the following DAZ Studio Folders:
    • “People:Genesis 8 Female:Hair:Mehrloc Hair”
    • “People:Genesis 8 Male:Hair:Mehrloc Hair”
    • “People:Genesis 8 Male:Hair:Mehrloc Hair:Materials 3Delight”
    • “People:Genesis 8 Male:Hair:Mehrloc Hair:Materials Iray”
    • “People:Genesis 8 Male:Hair:Mehrloc Hair:Styles and Poses”
  • You can find new icons for this product in the following DAZ Studio Categories:
    • “Documents”
    • “Hair:Long”
    • “Materials:Accessories”
    • “Materials:Hair:Hair Colors”
    • “Materials:Iray:Accessories”
    • “Materials:Iray:Hair:Hair Colors”
    • “Poses:Hair”
    • “Simulation-Settings”

Additional Details

  • This product contains scripts that include source or derivative code from the following Scripting Samples:
  • To use the hair:
    • 01. Load your human figure then load the hair. (See note below regarding using the hair on incompatible figures.)
    • 02. Apply preset materials and/or modify them for your own use.
    • 03. Apply preset poses and/or dial style and movement sliders.
    • OPTIONAL dForce Simulation – Single frame method:
    • 04. Apply “Simulate Single Frame” preset provided.
    • 05. Make sure the hair is not intersecting shoulders, other bodyparts, clothing, or furniture.
    • 06. Click “Simulate” to drape dForce Hair.
    • 07. Use hair morphs/poses to further enhance final drape movement.
    • OPTIONAL dForce Simulation – Timeline method:
    • 08. Apply “Simulate Timeline” preset provided.
    • 09. Go to frame 15 and apply a pose to the figure. Make sure the hair is not intersecting shoulders, other bodyparts, clothing, or furniture in any frame between frame 1 and 15, or else add intermediate poses in between the two frames to move the hair away.
    • 10. Click “Simulate” to drape dForce Hair. You may need to extend total frames to 90 or longer to give hair time to settle.
    • 11. Use hair morphs/poses to further enhance final drape movement.
  • Usage Tips:
    • Apply the Posing Mat so you can see the hair easier while posing.
    • Pose the hair using “Style & Move” ERC sliders in the Parameters or Posing panes
    • Use hair's custom fit dials if necessary to fit your custom character's head, such as hairline, crown size and temples.
    • You can easily modify hair colours by selecting your own diffuse colour settings for the hair.
    • You need at least one light in the scene that will provide the specular highlighting!
  • Please view Usage Tips PDF regarding using the hair on incompatible figures.
  • Copyright Information:
    • Mehrloc Hair for Genesis 8 & 8.1
    • Original models and textures, commercial product
    • copyright April Hermans
    • May 2021
    • All of this product's content was created by April (aka AprilYSH)

Resolved Issues

  • 2021-09-24 - Fixed a metadata issue with Connect.

Known Issues

  • None

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The contents of this package are in DAZ Studio Native formats