Technical Help (nuts n bolts) - Daz 3D Forums

Anderson Hall Iray Addon

JustBirch — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:30:46 +0000

Hello, I recently picked up the Anderson Hall and the Iray addon for it. With dome & scene lights on, I have loaded up the provided promo scene and tried to do a quick test render and I am getting almost no light in my render. I can make out the faintest bit of light, perhaps coming in through the windows? I have tried everything I can think of and I'm at a loss. I even tried adding a massively bright point light in the middle of the room just to test things and it's acting like its not even there. Just the same near pitch-black render.

Has anyone used this product and come across the same problem? I'm almost certain I'm missing something incredibly obvious but I'm stumped. Thanks!

Filament gpu minimum requirements

RemiliaSutton — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 15:40:09 +0000

What is the minimum system requirements for gpus for filament rendering engine?

loading a workspace layout threw all my bookmarks out the window

pixelquack — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 23:49:52 +0000

Messed up my windows. Everything in turmoil. Loaded Workspace layout I saved weeks ago. Loaded ok.

All Bookmarks created with MF's Bookmark plugin gone. They are all in customactions.dsx but won't show up.

Lighting Products for Dim Renders - Suggestions?

Gemini Queen — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:13:42 +0000

I'm aware that there are a bunch of different lighting products that are available on the store and that's a good thing cause lighting is not my strong suit. However, recently, I decided to work on a side idea of mine that takes place for the most part in dimmly lit rooms (picture below for examples). And the lighting just isn't hitting the way I want it to. It doesn't have that "wow" effect that I'm looking for. Here's my thought on why it doesn't have the "wow" factor:

The bottom half of the image isn't as well lit as the top half. There's a chandelier that's not visible that's creating the light, and this is supposed to be like a victorian day (candles) and age where cellphone lights don't exist. So I end up with this lightbulb style lighting that look instead of a candle flame look. I did have an image that had a more "flame" lighting look to it, and it looked like there was a full on house fire in the room or it looked like you'd need a torch just to see in there. I finally decided that maybe it's time to look into some lighting products that have presets done, but there are so many to choose from that I'm just kerfuffled. And while I'm sure there's some post work that might make this a little better as well, I figured I'd get as much done in program before I start spreading out to GIMP/3D Paint or anything else. Thanks in advanced.

Odd render artifact

Riggswolfe — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 19:31:52 +0000

As you can see, around this model's wrists it looks almost like she has bracelets or Frankestein scars. The odd thing is I've used this model over and over in other scenes and this hasn't happened. It's onlty in this one render. Any thoughts on what might be causing it?

GPU still at 0% while rendering

RobertDy — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:45:25 +0000

It used to be that my CPU would be at 100% while GPU is at 0% while Iray rendering, so I unticked the Allow CPU option to make sure that only the GPU is working. Still though, now the CPU shows 30% while GPU's still at 0% (though the rendering's sped up and the CPU is less hot). Is there something I'm missing out? Thanks!

GenX stopped working in 4.12.1

Lagrange — Wed, 20 May 2020 22:29:12 +0000

Nothing to add here. GenX stopped working in 4.12.1. I tried reinstal, no result. Did everyone notice that? I need GenX now and it just doesn't work. Not the first time this happens, a couple of years ago there already was a version with same problem.

Saving multiple objects problem

BradCarsten — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:39:00 +0000

If I have a prop like MICK (medieval construction kit) that is made up of many base parts (walls, windows, fireplace)

I then use those parts to build a kitchen, and a hall etc and now want to save it.

If I save it as a scene subset, the geometry isn't saved in the data folder, and so it will be rejected by the store.

If I save it as a support asset/scene asset, it adds a user-facing folder in the same directory full of all the items that the prop is referencing. (See attachment) there will be an icon-less file for the wall, for the fireplace etc.

Is there a third option that I've missed? How do you save a multi-object prop so that it used the data folder, without creating all those icon-less user-facing files?

Gpu is not being utilised

pritam9224 — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:49:16 +0000

As you can see in the image when I am rendering, cpu is being utilised completely but main gpu only uses GPU memory but 0-1% utilisation as power! Please help as I am new with daz and iray

Delete transformation (hair)

leon — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:48:07 +0000

Hello!

I bought BuggaBoo because I want to create a child. Then I bought a hairstyle. Now the hairstyle is transforming together with the BuggaBoo Slider.

Is there a way to remove the hair from the BuggaBoo slider/transformation?

I'm very new to DAZ, so I think there is an easy way and I'm just too blind to find it.

Thanks in advance!

Attached a picture for better understanding.

Greetings

Alpha maps with the new "Daz Iray PBRSkin" shader?

Pinkus — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:35:50 +0000

I've been testing the new shader that comes with the 8.1 version of Genesis.

It seems it does not include a Geometry/Cutout option for alpha maps.

Is there a way to accomplish the same with the new shader, or it is necessary to modify the shader itself?

Thank You

Choosing hardware for a computer for larger scene rendering

RemiliaSutton — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 10:51:23 +0000

I have an hp proliant dL 360 g7 server with dual x5660 hexacore Xeons a quadro 600 1gb I wanna put about 32gb ddr3 ram (it takes 192gb max) and an ssd boot drive and upgrade the to a quadro 4000 2gb after I get the auxiliary power cable to hook it up to the server motherboard it comes with. But is that setup enough?

Looking to manage (and cleanup) the Daz Studio Database (it's a mess)

kgreggain — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:27:58 +0000

I find that many artists use various naming conventions, and I have purchased a large number of Daz models. At this point, my model list is like blended spaghetti.

I am interested if there is any way to clean this up. I'm very savvy about folder structures. Can I just move things around in the directory or will that blow things up? Finding decent documentation is difficult I find, but at this point, finding things has become an onerous chore I wish to try and optimize.

For example, in People, I have - Genesis 8 Female, Genesis 8 Females, Gensis 8 Female, Genesys 8 Female, Genesis8 Female -- Ugh

DaztoMaya error

champx2345 — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:27:24 +0000

Hey guys I was wondering if I could get some help with DAZtomaya plugin. The plugin works for me but I receive this error (the skeleton definition is invalid and cannot be locked) so Iam unable to use the skeleton properly. Could you please help. Im using Maya 2018.

Using Dawn assets on Genesis 2 Female?

Diaspora — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:45:32 +0000

So I bought the Hula for Dawn outfit at rendo and the bracelets and anklets are fine and easy to adjust because they're just handled as smartprops.

Where I'm hitting a bit of a brick wall is the skirt and the lei.

The Skirt, for example, wouldn't be too much trouble if I could just translate z it back into position and then zscale it up a bit but those controls on the root node do nothing. What's the best way to just sort of get these kind of assets into position?

New install

csbond2 — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:34:53 +0000

I wanted to take a minute and get some input from some of you who have used this program longer than me right now I'm getting error messages telling me that I have multiple instances of assets installed and it is on some of the Genesis 3 morphs which I have it wasn't a problem at first but now some of my sliders are not working correctly so I plan on completely redoing my setup and starting from scratch is there a way to download all of my files from Daz website manually without having to do it one at a time and also if I just use Daz install manager without the other parts of it and I also use another program called Daz installer well that cut down on some of my problems so that I don't have multiple installations again at this particular time on my main computer the install manager doesn't even work properly it says it installs it but when I go to use it it's not there I have to manually put it in any help on this would be fantastic if you need any more input please let me know thank you ahead of time.

Daz to Maya - Instances found. They need to be replaced before export. Replace them?

adrian.z_b2e803a09e — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 18:31:25 +0000

I tried exporting to Maya using the bridge and get this error [: Instances found. They need to be replaced before export. Replace them?]. I don't know how to replace them? Instances of what exactly, anyway? There is no information to help with this message. Anyone have a clue what I am supposed to do to correct this? Same character exported via FBX results with multiple skeletons in Maya. Is that the instance problem? Trying to get Zuna into Maya so I can use Advanced skeleton to rig her. As of now anything attached to the model gets exported with it's own skeleton. I just want one skeleton for all items attached to her with proper skinning.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated in fixing this or just getting me in the right direction to fixing this.

Thank you!!!

Iso values between 200 and 380 increase VRAM use making render impossible

BlueFingers — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:20:02 +0000

I am working on a dark scene with some dimmed lights, and in order to make a good render I started to use different ISO values.

I can render up to ISO 200 with no issues, I can render with ISO 380 or higher with no issues. But with ISO value in between 200 and 380, I run out of VRAM, which is I think strange. I am working with only 4GB of VRAM, but it still makes no sense to me.

Does anyone now what this is about?

Selecting figures

scienceofspock — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:52:12 +0000

Howdy everyone,

I recently built a new machine, and reinstalled everything, and I have noticed a difference with selection now when working in Daz Studio. Previously, if I clicked ANYWHERE on a figure in the scene, it would select the figure itself, ie. the root node, FIRST. Then if I clicked a part on the figure it would select that individual part. On the new machine, clicking a body part now directly selects that body part. I want the old behavior back, but I don't see anything in preferences that sounds related. I don't remember having to change anything in the first place to get it to select like this, so I'm not sure why it's behaving differently. Any help would be appreciated.

Q: How to Fit in Place.

Blackbirdx61 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 17:25:47 +0000

Is there a way to fit a clothing item without it moving. I have been trying to adapt a G3F item to a G1F Charactor. As there is nothing like it in the G1 or V4 Library.

I have turned the object to a prop, Adjusted the Mesh so it fits perfectly. Transfered the G1 Rigging to the adjusted Object. Which follows the movements pefectly,

but the movements have to be done seperately as it is parented not fitted. I have followed this video on how to fit almost any clothing item in Daz with mixed results

https:// ; www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugdhxgo_wGU&t=363s

But whenever I try to "Fit" the resulting item, the Pelvis shifts to about a +18Bend. And now the Genesis Figure, not the BodyStocking Distorts massively when moved.

Is there someway to Fit in place and Object the same way we can Parent one in place? If not there should be. BB.

The G3 Nox Hair Morphs don't work with G8 --- fix?

Darktoz — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:43:14 +0000

I am a huge fan of extreme and gothic style hair. There is no hairstyle that combines what I like better than the Nox hair.

https://www.daz3d.com/nox-hair-for-genesis-3-male-s-female-s

I have tried to get the nox hair to work with g8. Normally this isn't a problem, all the other g3 hairs conform well.

The Nox hair does fit to the head, however you cannot use any hair morphs once the hair is fitted to a g8 figure. You can still drag the sliders like "top hair to side" and such, but nothing happens.

I have tried many things, like loading it to a g3 figure first, change up the hairstyle and then fitting it to g8...or loading the hair as a standalone figure first, load a hair morph and then loading the g8 figure and fit the hair to it...but that doesn't work either. Once I fit the hair to g8 the hair resets back to the basic preset.

Is there a fix for this?

Odd seams on planes. Edited and Updated with new Scene File [Work around found]

AbnerK — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 01:26:37 +0000

Hi,

I've noticed this a few times now but it's usually been the least of my problems so ignored it. I get odd seams on planes. I've attached a screenshot. This may look like shadow but I've had this exactly same 'salvage edge' patten in parts of a scene which should have had even light. This one uses a bump map but the same things has happened many times when I've used nothing but diffuse colour. What's going on and how can I stop it happening? On the right is the torso of a figure and there is a shadow running parallel to the chest/back however the vertical lines are what I"m talking about.

Thanks.

Is the eyedropper in surface tab working in DS 4.15?(solved)

almahiedra — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:47:13 +0000

Is the eyedropper in surface tab working in DS 4.15? all I get by cliking ALT+left_cick is the simple color picker, and what I want is to pick colors from a photo and not only select colors from a palette.

Applying Partial Morphs from one figure into another one

roatherino — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 21:31:13 +0000

Hello All,

Is it possible to apply, for example, the morphs of a hand/claw of one G8 figure into another G8 figure?

Thank you in advance.

is submitting to zendesk working?

Cliff Bowman — Mon, 31 May 2021 21:15:39 +0000

I'm trying to report an issue:

According to WinRAR the IM00013668-01_Android.zip manually downloaded (twice, to make sure) is corrupt.

and I'm not getting any feedback that the process of submitting has worked - the web page just refreshes. Is this normal? Is the problem being sub,itted?

Donor rig: how to use it?

Jimbow — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:32:04 +0000

So I extracted a donor rig with the intention of applying it to a weightmapped model, and I can't find how to for love nor money. Is this one of those deep mysteries of the universe that only a chosen few have the knowledge for, or am I missing something really simple?

Crashes on login (DAZ studio, DIM)

claycomix — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:31:21 +0000

I bought a new computer. One of the first things I did was install Daz on it. Although it works if I choose online, logging in through DAZ studio or through the DIM just crashes the program. I deinstalled everything and deleted the roaming directory, reinstalled again and same thing happening. I read a few other threads that were similar but there were no resolutions that I could use. Any help deeply appreicated.

Did they ever get the Daz to Maya bridge working?

Zuntaras — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:25:27 +0000

Just checking to see where this is at. Whenever I try to check the "loaded: box in the Maya Plug-In Manager I still get this error message.

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2022/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: (DazToMaya)

I have done countless re-installs and have just basically given up. Has there been any progress or any new ideas about a fix for this? Thanks.

Daz Studio Install Issue

sporkmanstudios — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:06:11 +0000

Hopefully someone can give me some guidance.

I did an install of daz3d the other day and today i wanted to install some of the content that I purchased. Originally I had the install of the daz program and central on the c drive. Today I uninstalled everything for Daz as I wanted to move everything including the install files to 2TB Drive. I did the uninstall viz Daz Central and then I uninstalled DAZ central. I noticed that all the install directories were still on my system. So I wiped everything for Daz off my PC to do a fresh clean install. Rebooted my system and redid the install moving everything to the external drive. The install went fine and daz and Central reinstalled fine.

Here is where the trouble started, So I started to redownload the assets in central and I open daz with no issues but I noticed that none of the assets were installed. But in central they showed open. So I clicked open and I got the error message resource error could not open file (path name appdata/roaming/DAZ3D/InstallManager/LaunchStudioProduct.dsa) File does not exist. I did change my content manager because I have 3party asset on the e drive that i purchased for my project. I tried to add the asset in to the directory and it did not show up so I removed the line for external drive, I have it set back to default. In Searching the forums for the error message I download DIM to see if I can install them that way and I kept getting file could not be installed. So I figured I would wipe everything again and leave it as default and try and still running into the same issues. I am not sure why a company would not allow for a clean up of all it assets. I really want to use Daz as I will be looking to create the characters and then plan to import into Unity once I have the look of my characters.

I have attached all screen shot of where all the directories are pointing to, the only program right now that installed into the correct place is Daz Central, all the files are showing on the E- Drive. I want to get everything onto the E-Drive as that is what I plan on using this includes all assets. any help would be great.

Hard Drive is Getting Full

BHawk — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:14:29 +0000

I have a computer which is for Daz Studio. I am running out of room on the hard drive. Any suggestions on what I can do? Other than stop buying 3d models, of course.