Version 1 - Basic
Please note: This is NOT the final version of the Character Editor!
This is "Version 1", a somewhat simplified and basic version that does not have all the features enabled. While we were polishing our Makeup and Tattoo systems, we discovered a brand new asset on the Unreal Engine marketplace specifically for converting Daz3D textures for use in UE. The product is amazing, and we will definitely be integrating parts of it into our own material systems. But this will take time. Rather than delaying the release of the CE demo, we decided to release a "basic" version now, with certain features disabled, and then release the updated full version sometime later.
This current version allows you to change your Body Type, Genitalia Type, and test out the hundreds of advanced shaping options. The full version, which we'll release later, will include all the features related to materials, such as - Skin Texture/Color, Eye Texture/Color, Hair Color, a few Clothing options (with Texture/Color settings), Nail Color (and possibly Texture), and other minor things.
For now, please play around with the huge amount of advanced shaping options. Your feedback is very important when it comes to these shaping options.
While testing, please think on some of these questions:
- Which options feel like they don't have enough of an effect and you think could be removed?
- Which options are hard to understand based on their name?
- Which options should have their min/max limits adjusted?
- Which options seem to break things when used with another option?
Known Issues
Below is a list of currently known issues, which will be fixed in the updated full version.
- Some of the shaping options in the Waist section break the genitalia. - This is an easy fix, just tedious, which is why we didn't do it for this demo.
- The eyes vanish when rotating the character to the left. - This is due to some occlusion setting in the eye material, and will be fixed.
- There's a delay when changing Genitalia Types. - This is due to the widgets being destroyed/created when changing Genitalia, and will be fixed when we reformat our code in the full version.
A Note on Performance
Please note: There is absolutely no performance optimization in this demo! We want to see how this demo performs on various PC specs without any optimizations, so we can get a rough idea of how much optimization we'll need to do in the future. It seems to run fine if you have an nVidia 2070 or better, but if you're using a 1650 or something lesser, then you should expect it to lag a bit. If you do experience performance issues, please let us know what your hardware specs are!
Most of the performance drain comes from the ultra high quality hair we're currently using. This hair, known as "Groom" hair in UE, is notorious for being bad on performance, but it looks amazing. We plan on using this type of hair through Alpha 1, and then we may need to change it for something else if it proves to be too much for performance.