Aery Soul's Classic Fantasy for V4/Aiko4 and Alice 2.0 - copyrighted by Aery Soul 2001-2008 ~ June 2008 Created by As Shanim & Siliphiel of Aery Soul (www.aerysoul.com). To contact us, and for product support please use the following address: or leave a message on our forum: http://www.aerysoul.com/board/ Any feedback, suggestion or whatever you may be willing to tell us will be appreciated. For any problem, please, don't hesitate to contact us via e-mail, IM (Aery_Soul on Renderosity) or leaving a message in our product support forum, we'll try to solve it as soon as possible. Thanks for purchasing an Aery Soul product, we really hope you'll enjoy it! To learn out more about our products and projects visit our website and forum section where we post freebies, previews and tutorials. ****************************** Where to find "Classic Fantasy" files in your Poser: Character --> AS-ClassicFantasy: clothes Pose --> AS-ClassicFantasy Pose/AS-ClassicFantasy --> Fake Reflection: wire metal materials with fake reflection Pose/AS-ClassicFantasy --> Jewel: Jewels materials Pose/AS-ClassicFantasy --> Leather: panty and bra leather styles Pose/AS-ClassicFantasy --> Real Reflection: wire metal materials with real reflection Props --> AS-Classic Fantasy: Classic Fantasy staffs (also available as standalone, free download) The complete product is split into 2 different products zips, you must install both in order to use it. NOTE to users of pre-5 Poser versions: Classic Fantasy package takes advantage of P5 and higher folder structure, in order for the files to display correctly in previous versions you will need to move them to the main folder/directory. NOTES/INSTRUCTIONS -IMPORANT - READ-: - Load Victoria 4 and load the clothes, conform the clothes and use the V4 magnet fit on the clothes to add the JCM magnets/morphs to them. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you have VICTORIA 4 SELECTED before loading each piece of clothing in order for the various JCM morphs to work. - ALWAYS USE THE MORPHS in the BODY part of any piece of clothing, not in the single body parts (such as shin, shoulder etc.), always SET the MORPHS on the BODY. - There are several helpful morphs (Move top/bottom up/down, enlarge etc.) for the various clothing pieces to help with poke-through and similar issues (especially with Alice and other custom characters). If you run into any poke-through please remember to check and use these morphs or, in case they are not enough, use custom Poser magnets. - All pieces MUST be CONFORMED to VICTORIA 4 in order for the MATs "ALL" to work. It's a python script and it requires all pieces being conformed for working properly! - TEXTURES: Please note: wire metal nad jewels are POSER MATERIAL ONLY, the only textures included are for the bra and panty pieces. D|S users can check this thread for a good list of free DAZ Studio materials they can use alternatively: http://www.aerysoul.com/board/showthread.php?t=1757 - If you want to use Alice INJect the morph into V4 and set the Alice fitting morphs to 1 for each piece of clothing. Alice shape is very different from V4 default one, this means some poke-through may happen more easily, simply use the included morphs to correct it when it happens or custom magnets, you should also check Alice fix morphs because she has several that are useful to adjust poke-through (for example for the front thighs when the legs are bent, Classic Fantasy fits Alice 2.0 just redownload her from your account history page on Renderosity if you haven't done it yet) - Classic Fantasy material files are optimized for Poser 7 (that is 5 and above), the clothes include a material shader that may need tweaking in previous versions. "ALL" MATs: the material poses folders for metal (fake and real) and jewels include both simple mats (you have to select each piece and use the mat on each one after the other) and ALL mats which set the material for all the pieces at once. These "ALL" mats work through a python script which was tested in Poser 7 and Poser Pro. In case you are using previous versions or you have run into any problem using python scrips before we suggest to save your work before using these MATs so you won't lose any data. _________________________ Hide Morphs (a nice feature to speed up your scene!) Rather than including MATs to make some parts of the clothing disappear by becoming transparent we included HIDE morphs for the leather parts. This makes the clothing much more versatile as you can easily customize them and create your own style, moreover: - rendering times are much faster. By making clothing parts transparent the render slows considerably down because transparencies are very "heavy" on 3D tools resources. By using the hide morphs you totally avoid this drawback. - you don't need to reapply the textures via the MATs or the material room, in fact the hidden parts will keep all shader/texture information, once you reset the hidden morph to 0 the piece of clothing part will render perfectly with no further tweaking needed. - to make sure the hide pose work correctly always select the reference figure when there are armor props attached (leather glove for the glove part, metal shoe for the shoe part) _________________________ ******************** RENDERING TIPS ******************** IMPORTANT: always remember that the final outcome heavily depends on your lighting and render settings. To P5/P6/P7 users we strongly reccomend the use of the Firefly engine for your final renders, as the result are far better than with the P4 and because it exploits the shaders included in the package; it is also more precise by and large and allows the use of other important features such as raytracing and displacement maps. We also suggest to not use Auto settings but custom Manual ones, for a good outcome of any texture (clothes, skin, hair): - the min shading rate should be set to anything near 0.2 - the pixel sample should be set to at least 6 - the irradiance caching should be set to anything between 75% and 100% (the higher the better) - always leave the USE DISPLACEMENT MAPS CHECKED - always check both the cast shadows and raytracing boxes. ******************** RENDERING TIPS ******************** This product was NOT TESTED IN DAZ Studio, we do not support DAZ Studio at the moment therefore cannot assist with it, some features may not work so if you only use D|S be aware of this and that the product may not be fully compatible (jewels and metals are Poser materials only, see this thread for D|S shaders downloads:http://www.aerysoul.com/board/showthread.php?t=1757). These notes should clear most of your doubts or questions about "Classic Fantasy" and its features but should you run into any issues or have any doubt and/or suggestion don't hesitate to contact us, we'll be more than glad to help out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of this product's content was created by As Shanim & Siliphiel of Aery Soul (under the name Aery_Soul as merchant on Renderosity) using the following merchant resource: Texture resources available at cgtextures.com personal resources The included python script to change the material for all the metal pieces and jewels at once was created by Basil Gass aka semidieu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open the zip file with WinZip Click EXTRACT Verify that All Files is checked Verify that USE FOLDER NAMES is checked Extract the folder to your Poser directory and Winzip should create the path to the files or \AerySoulInfo\ AS-ClassicFantasy_README.txt license.TXT Runtime\Geometries\AerySoul\classic\ cf_bra.obj cf_l_forearm.obj cf_l_shin.obj cf_l_shldr.obj cf_l_thigh.obj cf_pantie.obj cf_r_forearm.obj cf_r_shin.obj cf_r_shldr.obj cf_r_thigh.obj Runtime\Libraries\Character\AS-ClassicFantasy\ Bra.cr2 Bra.png ForeArm_Lft.cr2 ForeArm_Lft.png ForeArm_Rgt.cr2 ForeArm_Rgt.png Pantie.cr2 Pantie.png Shin_Lft.cr2 Shin_Lft.png Shin_Rgt.cr2 Shin_Rgt.png Shoulder_Lft.cr2 Shoulder_Lft.png Shoulder_Rgt.cr2 Shoulder_Rgt.png Thigh_Lft.cr2 Thigh_Lft.png Thigh_Rgt.cr2 Thigh_Rgt.png Runtime\Libraries\Poses\AS-ClassicFantasy\FakeReflection\ !-Crystal.png !-Crystal.pz2 !-DarkShiny.png !-DarkShiny.pz2 !-Gold.png !-Gold.pz2 !-Metal.png !-Metal.pz2 !-MetalDark.png !-MetalDark.pz2 !-MetalRuined.png !-MetalRuined.pz2 !-Platinum.png !-Platinum.pz2 ALL Crystal.png ALL Crystal.pz2 ALL DarkShiny.png ALL DarkShiny.pz2 ALL Gold.png ALL Gold.pz2 ALL Metal.png ALL Metal.pz2 ALL MetalDark.png ALL MetalDark.pz2 ALL MetalRuined.png ALL MetalRuined.pz2 ALL Platinum.png ALL Platinum.pz2 Runtime\Libraries\Poses\AS-ClassicFantasy\Jewel\ !-JewelBlue.png !-JewelBlue.pz2 !-JewelDouble.png !-JewelDouble.pz2 !-JewelGreen.png !-JewelGreen.pz2 !-JewelIce.png !-JewelIce.pz2 !-JewelJet.png !-JewelJet.pz2 !-JewelSunshine.png !-JewelSunshine.pz2 !-JewelViolet.png !-JewelViolet.pz2 !-JewelsRed.png !-JewelsRed.pz2 ALL JewelBlue.png ALL JewelBlue.pz2 ALL JewelDouble.png ALL JewelDouble.pz2 ALL JewelGreen.png ALL JewelGreen.pz2 ALL JewelIce.png ALL JewelIce.pz2 ALL JewelJet.png ALL JewelJet.pz2 ALL JewelRed.png ALL JewelRed.pz2 ALL JewelSunshine.png ALL JewelSunshine.pz2 ALL JewelViolet.png ALL JewelViolet.pz2 Runtime\Libraries\Poses\AS-ClassicFantasy\Leather\ Bra_Leather.png Bra_Leather.pz2 Bra_LeatherSimple.png Bra_LeatherSimple.pz2 Bra_Light.png Bra_Light.pz2 Bra_Red.png Bra_Red.pz2 Panty_Leather.png Panty_Leather.pz2 Panty_LeatherSimple.png Panty_LeatherSimple.pz2 Panty_Light.png Panty_Light.pz2 Panty_Red.png Panty_Red.pz2 Runtime\Libraries\Poses\AS-ClassicFantasy\RealReflection\ !-Crystal.png !-Crystal.pz2 !-DarkShiny.png !-DarkShiny.pz2 !-Gold.png !-Gold.pz2 !-Metal.png !-Metal.pz2 !-MetalDark.png !-MetalDark.pz2 !-MetalRuined.png !-MetalRuined.pz2 !-Platinum.png !-Platinum.pz2 ALL Crystal.png ALL Crystal.pz2 ALL DarkShiny.png ALL DarkShiny.pz2 ALL Gold.png ALL Gold.pz2 ALL Metal.png ALL Metal.pz2 ALL MetalDark.png ALL MetalDark.pz2 ALL MetalRuined.png ALL MetalRuined.pz2 ALL Platinum.png ALL Platinum.pz2 Runtime\python\poserScripts\ShaderWorks\Characters\Aery_Soul\Classic \FakeReflection\ Crystal.pz2 DarkShiny.pz2 Gold.pz2 Metal.pz2 MetalDark.pz2 MetalRuined.pz2 Platinum.pz2 \Jewel\ JewelBlue.pz2 JewelDouble.pz2 JewelGreen.pz2 JewelIce.pz2 JewelJet.pz2 JewelSunshine.pz2 JewelViolet.pz2 JewelsRed.pz2 \RealReflection\ Crystal.pz2 DarkShiny.pz2 Gold.pz2 Metal.pz2 MetalDark.pz2 MetalRuined.pz2 Platinum.pz2 Runtime\Textures\aerysoul\classic\ cf_bra.jpg cf_bra2.jpg cf_bra2B.jpg cf_bra3.jpg cf_bra3D.jpg cf_bra3b.jpg cf_bra4.jpg cf_bra4B.jpg cf_braB.jpg cf_braD.jpg cf_pantie.jpg cf_pantie2.jpg cf_pantie3.jpg cf_pantie3D.jpg cf_pantie3b.jpg cf_pantie4.jpg cf_pantie4B.jpg cf_pantieB.jpg cl_reflective.jpg ŠAery Soul 2001-2008 www.aerysoul.com