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Why aren’t some morphs showing up in the Shaping pane?
In DAZ Studio 4.5 the way that the Shaping pane handles morphs without a region assignment has been made consistent (before it was sometimes showing the morphs, sometimes not). As a result, until the morph sets are updated some of them will not show in Shaping - they will be available in the Parameters pane, under the main Genesis node for shaping morphs and on the relevant body part for “posing” morphs” (e.g. expression morphs will be on the head node).

Why are some of my morphs and shapes missing from the Shaping pane in DS 4.5?

There was missing information in some Genesis morph sets which meant that they would not appear in the Shaping pane in DAZ Studio 4.5 until an updated version of the morphs was installed. DAZ 3D is in the process of updating the affected morph sets - those which were affected and have been updated are listed below:

12994 Genesis Evolution: Body Morphs
12992 Genesis Evolution: Expressions
13033 Genesis Creature Creator Bodies
13048 Genesis Creature Creator Heads
14203 A3 and H3 Shapes for Genesis
14199 Stephanie 3 and FREAK Shapes for Genesis
13147 A4 and H4 for Genesis
13148 G4 and F4 for Genesis
13895 Ethnicity for Genesis: Asian
13896 Ethnicity for Genesis: African
13898 Ethnicity for Genesis: Native American
12993 Genesis Evolution: Expressions
13374 Genesis Evolution: Muscularity
14198 V3 and M3 Shapes for Genesis
13079 V4 and M4 Shapes for Genesis
13034 Reby Sky for Genesis

Why does DAZ Studio 4.5 ask me for a file name every item I save a scene?

When saving a scene DAZ Studio 4.5 now looks at the user information entered in the application (Edit>Preferences>General) and compares it with the information in the file. If they match (and aren’t both empty) then the save will not ask for a name, if they don’t match (or are both empty) then you will be asked for a file name every time you try to save the file. This was done to reduce the chances of accidentally overwriting content files, while allowing the user’s own files to be saved with a key press.

To enter user data go to Edit>Preferences>General and click the Edit button under the Authorship Information box. This information will be added to all files you save, so if you plan to share scenes or presets (especially with the public at large) make sure you are entering only the details you are willing to make public.

Why am I being asked to save my current scene when I double-click a new scene to add in DAZ Studio 4.5?

With the introduction of the ability to save a Scene subset as well as a full Scene, DAZ Studio 4.5 now has two different default actions for scene-type files - anything saved as a full Scene (File>Save or File>Save as>Scene) will by default Open, closing the existing scene (which is why you are asked if you want to save your work, should the scene in the viewport have been altered) while a Scene subset will by default be merged into the current scene. Files will show their type (scene vs Set) via an overlay on the thumbnail in the content pane. You can still merge a full Scene into the current scene, or open a Scene subset in place of the current scene, by right-clicking on the file in the content pane and choosing the appropriate command from the context menu - the change affects only the default action, the result of a double-click.