Thanks for the explanation
DuckSwim. I get it now as I was the one who inquired about Natasha some time back and the answer was somewhat similar if memory serves. Forgive my ignorance as I'm no dev/asset/model expert, but I suspect an "Ivy-esque" overhaul was not technically feasible, different assets, futuure upgrades, etc. yes?
Hm,
In reality yes, correct.
In theory, there is always a maybe somewhere.
If you are stubborn, skilled and have the time (a rather lot of it) it is ultimately doable within some tolerance.
The tolerance will depend on a lot of things but in short,
- The less customization used the better
- The less special face the better
- The less generation gap the better
- "Before or Victoria 4" to "Genesis 3 or later" being absolutely huge gap
Technical
Faye is custom V4 mix pretending to be Genesis 3.
She has a fairly special face and lot of custom things too.
Thus her technical tolerance is very poor (so the girl produce d is unlikely to ever be "her").
Content
To this comes she has a lot of content, so she will take an ocean even if a remake model proves possible.
So she is a real poor fit for a remake.
Conclusion
So Faye? Not really possible.
Taking some modern asset base ex. my Cthulhu girl (a 2022 ultra base) and then making a new girl from the modern asset base would almost always be superior (and work)
Edit 10.12.2022
An update (a minor fix/small upgrade) of her could potentially work, since that could squeeze around the content redo (none would be done) and not get into too much trouble on the technicals (since it is fixed up Faye).
The catch is, of course, that it would at most be another life exention and run with a lot less quality and core fixes than a remake/upgrade would. So it would come under pressure immediately from any newer and modern girl, and be subject to tech obsolescence again.
But, if life extension is the only goal, it is an option.
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Note
The Cthulhu example is
not to be confused with the actual girl I use, this is assets we are talking about, she is not a suggestion, I use her as an understandable example of an modern asset base's outcome.