Digital Art Zone

Reaper,
Maybe time to switch to another anti-virus?
Never had any problems with AVG, or NOD32 with downloads/installs, slow downs, or other annoyances…...no viruses as far as I know.

I stopped using Norton at least 15yrs ago as it was invasive and slowed my computer…..but that was then, and can’t say it would
be the same today. But tagging C8 as a threat is a major pita. 

Roygee,

liked your caustics test method mate, but I’d be seeing stars by #3. 

But a glass of Penfolds Tawny helps steady the hand and clear the mind…..good for the heart, too.

Had to have a go at caustics and did this Dark Crystal.  I had to bump the intensity to 500, and photons to 70k to get enough caustics. Just an experiment.

“All good fun” -bwtr

Mcafee was worst, but norton hasn’t ever done this before. I’m not changing anytime soon I guess I wait norton out then try a different one. Besides there isn’t much of a difference between 8 and 8.5 for now.

I changed to Avast, after being reccomended to it by several people. It has the advantage that you can download the free version and use that, if you like it then you will get an option to upgrade to the paid for version.

DUF problem…

I loaded everything from “Sacrament” (http://www.daz3d.com/shop/sacrament) into DAZ Studio 4.5, saved the scene as a .duf, then tried to open it in the current C8.5 beta.  I just get the dreaded “An error occurred while executing Open.”  Any ideas?

P.S.
Also tried creating a new Scene and using Import.  I still get the same error, but all the items show up in the scene list but they aren’t really there (invisible).

(If you’re wondering why I bothered opening Sacrament in Studio at all it’s because the preload doesn’t work in Carrara.)

yeah, I preloaded sacrament in Poser and opened the pz3 in Carrara for that reason.
Jack does not use Carrara.
I did at the time of it’s release when I bought it suggest an optional full scene for that reason but he was uninterested.
oddly the Dream house loads correctly.
(including all the furniture, yes I have a fully furnished 1Gig .car file that takes 10min to load)
importing it as an obj might be the only other way.

So, if I remember correctly, if I’m getting “Error: File Cannot be Found” errors, I need to refresh and re download for Genesis items? Is there a list anywhere for this or is it all “hit and miss”?

Also, I was under the impression that materials were now to show up (and work) in C8.5
If it’s not, am I to reset/redownload everything? Do I need the latest DS if I’m NOT using Smart Content?

chohole - 17 August 2012 09:50 AM

I changed to Avast, after being reccomended to it by several people. It has the advantage that you can download the free version and use that, if you like it then you will get an option to upgrade to the paid for version.

Avast very hard to uninstall and they keep sending emails despite my unsubscribing 3 times.

Now switched to Commodo ( again ) as I had used it a long time ago - free and very happy with it.

I use the Comodo Firewall / Defense shield.. I dropped the AV part and went back to AVG Free for that.  Comodo needs to get the Itunes thing figured out though LOL

Here is a silly question.  How do I get a basic Genesis figure in the Beta?  I can’t seem to find where to create one.

you need to have Daz studio 4 installed and it in your smart content first.
Then it will be in your Carrara smart content too.

My Serial CDZCPRO-085-0031100-RLS-001-EBTQFSA

Stopped working today 01/Sept/2012

Is there going to be a new serial or perhaps another build ?

so has mine.. it was supposed to last till the 15th September according to first post!

The previous serial number (CDZCPRO-085-0000026-BLW-001-EBTOLPQ ) was set to expire August 31st.

Since it is still August 31st here, my Carrara 8.5 is still working. But I suppose tomorrow when I plug in the newer serial number (CDZCPRO-085-0031100-RLS-001-EBTQFSA ) it will fail too.

And since DAZ always arranges for serial numbers to expire just before the weekends, I suppose we’ll all have to wait until Monday before the issue is fixed.

Edit: Oops, I forgot, Monday is Labor Day, so we wait until Tuesday.

Sorry Folks - False Alarm.

CDZCPRO-085-0031100-RLS-001-EBTQFSA is still working preumably until 15th Sept.\\

I realised I had the previous serial for activation which did expire 30th August. This confusion probably because I have been installing/uninstalling differwnt versions both 32 and 64 bit ( all because I couldnt get certain things to work )

Using 5.5 build 149 because latest has serios flaws.

Apologies if I panicked you

funny, I had to put in the latest serial yesterday too!
I had already on the latest build which I replaced with the previous one, just thought it must have used the serial previously associated with it so re-entered it without much thought on the matter!