Tutorial [ILLUSION] HS2 Studio Neo|Chara Maker - (Help & guides Thread)

[Sepheyer]

Het guys(and maybe girls), got another problem.

I'm trying to implement colliders. I tried the dynamic bone capsule collider on the vag, and that seems to work. But now i need the boobs to move while touching them, and they dont move. i see my model has the correct thinghy over her boobs(out of the box) but this time it doesnt respond to dynamic bone capsule collider i put in place on the hand.

What could cause this?

Doesn't really work. The collider can't be parented to the woman's hands in order to move that woman's tits: https://f95zone.to/threads/illusion-hs2-studio-neo-chara-maker-help-guides-thread.66252/post-7523157

 

[tazthecat]

Hi!
Something like this?? View attachment 3359977

Yes, just a little jiggle would be fine(for now).

 

[tazthecat]

Doesn't really work. The collider can't be parented to the woman's hands in order to move that woman's tits: https://f95zone.to/threads/illusion-hs2-studio-neo-chara-maker-help-guides-thread.66252/post-7523157

I really dont get why it couldnt work. its his hands that should jiggle her breast, not her own.

 

[AmaNo04]

Het guys(and maybe girls), got another problem.

I'm trying to implement colliders. I tried the dynamic bone capsule collider on the vag, and that seems to work. But now i need the boobs to move while touching them, and they dont move. i see my model has the correct thinghy over her boobs(out of the box) but this time it doesnt respond to dynamic bone capsule collider i put in place on the hand.

What could cause this?

Make the collider bigger. Or maybe you haven't ticked the "use alternative mode" in chara HS2PE Adv > boobs. Though I'm not sure if this is the cause.

 

[tazthecat]

Make the collider bigger. Or maybe you haven't ticked the "use alternative mode" in chara HS2PE Adv > boobs. Though I'm not sure if this is the cause.

I think I found something. First i tried to do your suggestions, and Use alternative mode was not selected. so i selected it.

What i found out that it works when i put it in my scene, but when i parent it with the hand, it stopped working again?
Now i used node constraints instead of parent, and it works.

The strangest part is that parenting worked on the one i used for the vag, but not on the boobs... weird.

Thanks for your help (again). getting the hang of it somewhat, but also started experimenting with DAZ now, but that is not easy at all.. But the models are that much nicer. Maybe one day.

 

[tazthecat]

Doesn't really work. The collider can't be parented to the woman's hands in order to move that woman's tits: https://f95zone.to/threads/illusion-hs2-studio-neo-chara-maker-help-guides-thread.66252/post-7523157

Thanks. I didnt read this well apparently, and figured it out myself. exactly as your advice said. 1 problem solved, a million to go.

 

[genericNeet]

Hi, guys. I've been trying out using VNGE to make animations. I like it, I think it could make the process a lot faster than with Timeline, but I have a couple of questions.

How do I animate faces with blend shapes? I think the one in this screenshot is supposed to be that, but there is no smooth movement, it just jumps over to that expression for one frame.



Another one is if there is a way to export video like with timeline where you can select the amount of warm up loops and loops to be recorded on the video export window (Very good to get nice loops).

And the last one is if there is a way to animate rotation separate from position for things like hands and feet. I guess I could set a sphere or whatever item as parent and do it like that, but I'm sure there must be a simpler way.

 

[AmaNo04]

How do I animate faces with blend shapes?

Before adding an item to the clip, go to scene helper, there is a configuration place where you can set what child properties that can be changed.
Or you can change the config file manually, go to bepinex/plugins/console/lib, find for vnactor.ini

Another one is if there is a way to export video like with timeline where you can select the amount of warm up loops and loops to be recorded on the video export window (Very good to get nice loops).

Pretty sure no. That's why I've been setting up a macro just for recording.
Spawn a piston gimmick, set the speed at 1.6666.
Set the video export record animation while selecting the piston.
Set prewarm count as you want.
Set the recording time in seconds (1.6666x piston equals as 1 second)
Play the clip and record. You'll get a seamless loop if you did it right.
The only issue here is, the loop won't always start frame 1.

That's why I'm also using meina's pause anim toggle and set the clip play shortcut.
So my macro contains 1) play the clip, 2) unpause the gimmick, 3) click reset anim button to start video export prewarming

I just found it few days ago though so I'm also still figuring out but I always get a same starting frame.

 

[genericNeet]

Before adding an item to the clip, go to scene helper, there is a configuration place where you can set what child properties that can be changed.
Or you can change the config file manually, go to bepinex/plugins/console/lib, find for vnactor.ini

Pretty sure no. That's why I've been setting up a macro just for recording.
Spawn a piston gimmick, set the speed at 1.6666.
Set the video export record animation while selecting the piston.
Set prewarm count as you want.
Set the recording time in seconds (1.6666x piston equals as 1 second)
Play the clip and record. You'll get a seamless loop if you did it right.
The only issue here is, the loop won't always start frame 1.

That's why I'm also using meina's pause anim toggle and set the clip play shortcut.
So my macro contains 1) play the clip, 2) unpause the gimmick, 3) click reset anim button to start video export prewarming

I just found it few days ago though so I'm also still figuring out but I always get a same starting frame.

Thank you.
That solution for creating loops is very creative. I'll try that (or something similar) in the future.

I can't get blend shapes working. It's probably something vary simple that I'm just missing. Maybe I'm creating the keyframes for the wrong property? I tried just selecting everything for the character and the same happened.
This is how the edited file looks and how the "Animation" ends up looking. Maybe sharing how the configuration file and timeline looks for you would help, but I get it if you don't want to do that.

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[AmaNo04]

I can't get blend shapes working. It's probably something vary simple that I'm just missing. Maybe I'm creating the keyframes for the wrong property? I tried just selecting everything for the character and the same happened.
This is how the edited file looks and how the "Animation" ends up looking. Maybe sharing how the configuration file and timeline looks for you would help, but I get it if you don't want to do that.

Usually that happens if you change the mouth pattern type in anim menu. So just ignore the whole facial expression there. Including eye pattern.
The thing you want should be done in HS2PE Adv > Blend Shape.
BTW this thing also can be used to make cumflation effect if you did it right.

Actually I never tinker with facial expression in all of my scenes. I could, but it's just a hassle. The stuff I said is based on an experiment I did in the past when I was thinking to make my scene looks nicer.
Also I just remembered there is a basic guide for VNGE.

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you go.
Go to /keyframe animations folder. There is a tutorial for blend shape.

 

[genericNeet]

Usually that happens if you change the mouth pattern type in anim menu. So just ignore the whole facial expression there. Including eye pattern.
The thing you want should be done in HS2PE Adv > Blend Shape.
BTW this thing also can be used to make cumflation effect if you did it right.

Actually I never tinker with facial expression in all of my scenes. I could, but it's just a hassle. The stuff I said is based on an experiment I did in the past when I was thinking to make my scene looks nicer.
Also I just remembered there is a basic guide for VNGE.

You must be registered to see the links

you go.
Go to /keyframe animations folder. There is a tutorial for blend shape.

I did it with HS2PE without touching the face options form the anim menu. Outside of being from another version the video on the mega doesn't look that different from what I did other than the old UI.

I guess I'll just keep moving things around until something works. It isn't even that important, my animations are pretty basic and I should focus on making them better to start, but for some reason it really bothers me. Also I think facial expressions help make the animation a little better, it's one of the things that is not directly tied to the repetitive movements of sex, so it helps it look like something more than just a repeating pattern.

Thank you anyways. If I find what I'm doing wrong I'll post it in case it helps somebody else.

 

[Zeroheros]

Is there a way to change the studio plug in window size such as VNGE SSS, pose loader, etc? I changed to a higher resolution and they are pretty small when I open them up in studio now.

 

[genericNeet]

I did it with HS2PE without touching the face options form the anim menu. Outside of being from another version the video on the mega doesn't look that different from what I did other than the old UI.

I guess I'll just keep moving things around until something works. It isn't even that important, my animations are pretty basic and I should focus on making them better to start, but for some reason it really bothers me. Also I think facial expressions help make the animation a little better, it's one of the things that is not directly tied to the repetitive movements of sex, so it helps it look like something more than just a repeating pattern.

Thank you anyways. If I find what I'm doing wrong I'll post it in case it helps somebody else.

I couldn't make it work, but I saw that you can add Timeline to the scene properties that you can edit, that way you can add a point where timeline starts and one where it ends, you set timeline and VNGE to the same length and use timeline for blend shapes.

It works, but since they are not synced (VNGE only knows when it pauses and when it resumes) you can't really edit both at the same time efficiently. Also there is a small delay between the two.

This isn't the best, but at least it works. I'll try to find out what I'm doing wrong, but for now this will do.

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[cptboofy]

Hi, guys. I've been trying out using VNGE to make animations. I like it, I think it could make the process a lot faster than with Timeline, but I have a couple of questions.

How do I animate faces with blend shapes? I think the one in this screenshot is supposed to be that, but there is no smooth movement, it just jumps over to that expression for one frame.

View attachment 3369916

Another one is if there is a way to export video like with timeline where you can select the amount of warm up loops and loops to be recorded on the video export window (Very good to get nice loops).

And the last one is if there is a way to animate rotation separate from position for things like hands and feet. I guess I could set a sphere or whatever item as parent and do it like that, but I'm sure there must be a simpler way.

Dunno if it'll help with what you're doing but I asked something similar regarding animations a while back. Follow this link to my question, the associated scene that I thought was brilliant and Kaseijins kind answer. https://f95zone.to/threads/illusion...-neo-scene-sharing-thread.85125/post-11031515

 

[Livingaddress]

and done! View attachment 895201
hopefully i will be able to add/share more guides soon. now it is your turn to run the studio and start working on some projects!
do not hesitate of asking questions or seeking help

the penis size always shrinking whenever i added dick navigator and cant go back to its original size, how to fix this?

 

[AmaNo04]

the penis size always shrinking whenever i added dick navigator and cant go back to its original size, how to fix this?

Set the benis scale in item+ menu.
It will always return to the value set there.

 

[Livingaddress]

Set the benis scale in item+ menu.
It will always return to the value set there.

still doesnt work, "the s dick track nearest" still wouldnt change size

 

[AmaNo04]

still doesnt work, "the s dick track nearest" still wouldnt change size

Weird.
It should change as long as there is a navigator present in the scene.

 

[Livingaddress]

Weird.
It should change as long as there is a navigator present in the scene.

ooh it work now somehow thanks!!! btw know how to set a belly bulge? (i am a newbie pardon for asking a lot)

 

[genericNeet]

Dunno if it'll help with what you're doing but I asked something similar regarding animations a while back. Follow this link to my question, the associated scene that I thought was brilliant and Kaseijins kind answer. https://f95zone.to/threads/illusion...-neo-scene-sharing-thread.85125/post-11031515

Not really what I wanted, but still very interesting scene. Very cool way to animate it, I have no idea how they keep track of so much stuff.

Checking it out blend shapes wasn't used, there is only one keyframe at the start of the timeline that I guess is setting the initial expression and then nothing else. I tried adding another one to see if the configuration of the scene would make them transform smoothly, but it didn't.

In the scene the eyebrow, eye and mouth patterns change from one from to the other abruptly (Just like in my case with blend shapes) but mouth and eye open are smoothly animated.

I think I'll just say it's an unfinished/buggy part of the mod that doesn't work in HS2 as cope, but I will keep trying and trying permanently delaying actually learning to animate cool shit in the search for a smooth ahegao.