Older mcjNewCastle

Introduction

NOTE:

i'm publishing the castle piece by piece

things will be added and updated

( possibly Thursday February 4th 2016 )

to do :

-The manual ( this page ) will be improved, and posted in PDF format

-There will be Door Handles and Window lock mechanisms props !

- There will be a special script that installs the door and window handles for you in 1 or 2 mouse clicks

- There will be at least one update to fix an issue with one of the main balconies (duplicate geometry)

Here’s the brand new version of mcjCastle !!!

The old castle was all welded, so the doors and windows could not be animated.

All the mcjNewCastle doors and windows can be opened, closed or even deleted

The mcjNewCastle is composed of 18 modules, so you can hide or even delete the modules that are not needed for a given portrait

The floors and ceilings are also removable

The old castle had a weirdly terminated stairs handrail, the new one has a cute violin-tail ending.

History

Installation

installing the Castle and Stair props

The files containing the castle and the stairs can be found at the bottom of this page

MCJNEWCASTLE.ZIP and MCJNEWCASTLESTAIR.ZIP

Unzip them into your daz studio content folder

typically :

C:\program files\daz\studio\content\

or

C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library

once installed the prop will appear in your library in the "Poser Formats" section

content/props/mcasual

or

My Library/Props/mCasual

installing the script that makes the castle materials look good

The file containing the script can be found at the bottom of this page

MCJNEWCASTLESETUP.ZIP

Unzip it into your daz studio content folder

typically :

C:\program files\daz\studio\content\

or

C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library

once installed the prop will appear in your library in the "Daz Studio Formats" section

content/scripts/mcasual

or

My Library/scripts/mCasual

USE

Loading the Castle and Stair props

If the installation went well, the castle and stair props will be in your content library

in a "Poser Formats" subsection, in my case the jacques/Props/mcasual subsection

but for you it will probably be something like MyLibrary/Props/mcasual.

If you are new to Daz Studio, be aware that Daz Studio only sees the folders

which you specified in Edit/Preferences/Content Library/Content Directory Manager.

When you load the mcjNewCastleStair prop, it should appear exactly at the proper location

There's a Floor "Trap" panel and a Ceiling "Trap" panel that needs to be deleted

simply select them with your mouse and hide or delete them.

Running the script that makes the castle and stairs look good

The castle and the stairs are "Poser (tm)" compatible props.

Unfortunately Daz Studio doesn't take into account the Poser shader settings like Tiling.

The bump map settings and reflection settings are also problematic.

So i made a little script that goes through the hundreds of surfaces of the castle and stairs

and makes it all good!

If the installation went well, the script name mcjNewCastleSetup.dsa will be in your content library

in a "Studio Formats" subsection, in my case the jacques/scripts/mcasual subsection

but for you it will probably be something like MyLibrary/scripts/mcasual.

If you are new to Daz Studio, be aware that Daz Studio only sees the folders

which you specified in Edit/Preferences/Content Library/Content Directory Manager.

License

License

by mCasual/Jacques 2016

You can use this models freely for personal or commercial use.

You may not sell, resell, distribute, sub-license or rent this models in any way.

you may credit this prop to mCasual/Jacques

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,

INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE

FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,

ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Suggested donation $10

It took dozens and dozens of hour to complete you know!