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

A basic question about saving files.

firethorne1 — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 16:59:08 +0000

I'm a newbie and I was hoping to use Daz to make short animations which I could post on youtube. While I've managed to get to grips with some aspects of Daz, and I really like it, I can't work out how to save my scenes/animations in a format that can be uploaded onto youtube or similar sites, which are as follows:

.MOV
.MPEG4
.MP4
.AVI
.WMV
.MPEGPS
.FLV
3GPP
WebM
DNxHR
ProRes
CineForm
HEVC (h265)

I can't find any of these formats in the Daz ' File: save as' options, and those are mostly .duf options , which (obviously) won't upload to a video site, which is to be expected given the nature of the files.

I must be making a basic error, surely, as Daz is a prmier animation tool, there must be some way to save files in a standard video format?

1. Ae there options in Daz to save in video-format, any of the above?

2. Do you need to buy an exta piece of kit to convert .duf files into, for example MP4?

How do you save your own Daz scenes/animations before you export them to video editing/web?

Thanks in advance.

DS automaticly rerendering (unintentionally)

Daventaki — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 03:07:56 +0000

Sometimes when I am doing test renders and hit cancel to close out the current running render DS will automatically open a new render process without me hitting anything. Its quite inconvient since I have to wait several minutes through the initial start before I can cancel again. Is there anyway to stop this?

Odd issue with Iray Rendering not using GPU

Xenos666 — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:53:43 +0000

Hello, I've recently have an odd issue where the GPU isn't being used to render at all.

Seems i'm getting errors with GPU but have no idea why it's giving the errors.. it worked just fine in the past, and it works for everything else.

Going to try a clean re-install of the driver and see if that fixes it, any ideas would be great beyond that

2020-06-05 23:37:38.332 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Emitter geometry import (1 light source with 2 triangles, 1 instance) took 0.000s

2020-06-05 23:37:38.332 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating environment.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.340 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating backplate.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.341 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating lens.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.341 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating lights.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.341 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating object flags.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.341 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating caustic portals.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.341 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating decals.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.342 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.344 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Allocating 1-layer frame buffer

2020-06-05 23:37:38.346 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Using interactive scheduling, caustic sampler disabled

2020-06-05 23:37:38.346 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Initializing local rendering.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.346 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER): invalid program counter (while allocating host mapped memory buffer)

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER): device cannot be used as it does not support mapped memory (canMapHostMemory)

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : All available GPUs failed.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : No devices activated. Enabling CPU fallback.

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering with 0 device(s):

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering...

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: No worker to render with: aborting render

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : CPU: using 24 cores for rendering

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering with 1 device(s):

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : CPU

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering...

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [VERBOSE] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.65 IRAY rend progr: CPU: Processing scene...

2020-06-05 23:37:38.347 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.42 IRAY rend info : Initializing Embree

2020-06-05 23:37:40.464 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.42 IRAY rend info : Importing lights for motion time 0

2020-06-05 23:37:40.464 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.42 IRAY rend info : Initializing light hierarchy.

2020-06-05 23:37:40.465 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.42 IRAY rend info : Light hierarchy initialization took 0.001s

2020-06-05 23:37:40.499 Iray [VERBOSE] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.42 IRAY rend stat : Native CPU code generated in 0.031s

2020-06-05 23:37:40.557 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.65 IRAY rend info : CPU: Scene processed in 2.210s

2020-06-05 23:37:40.559 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.42 IRAY rend info : CPU: Allocated 7.73644 MiB for frame buffer

2020-06-05 23:37:40.641 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - POST:RENDER :: 1.0 POST rend warn : renderer iray has no more devices available. Postprocessing falling back to CPU.

2020-06-05 23:37:40.646 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00001 iterations after 2.293s.

2020-06-05 23:37:40.648 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:40.649 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering...

2020-06-05 23:37:40.801 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00003 iterations after 2.444s.

2020-06-05 23:37:40.802 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:40.949 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00005 iterations after 2.593s.

2020-06-05 23:37:40.950 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.128 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00007 iterations after 2.772s.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.129 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.271 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00009 iterations after 2.915s.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.272 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.405 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00011 iterations after 3.049s.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.406 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.548 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00013 iterations after 3.192s.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.549 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.705 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00015 iterations after 3.349s.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.706 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.851 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00017 iterations after 3.495s.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.853 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.997 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00019 iterations after 3.641s.

2020-06-05 23:37:41.998 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.154 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00021 iterations after 3.798s.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.155 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.311 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00023 iterations after 3.955s.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.312 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.447 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00025 iterations after 4.090s.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.448 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.614 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00027 iterations after 4.258s.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.619 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.772 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00029 iterations after 4.416s.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.773 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.930 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00031 iterations after 4.574s.

2020-06-05 23:37:42.931 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:43.076 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00033 iterations after 4.720s.

2020-06-05 23:37:43.077 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2020-06-05 23:37:43.220 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Device statistics:

2020-06-05 23:37:43.220 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : CPU: 33 iterations, 2.217s init, 2.521s render

Displacement high memory usage.

Theme3D — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 07:08:34 +0000

I trying to use subdivision to get displacement to work, or even HD details, but I only have 16gb ram.

Trying to go with subdiv beyond 2 makes my computer hangs, all the memory is rapidly consumed by DazStudio, and the computer gets super slow and HD swapping.

Is there any techinique to get displacement or hd subdivion that don't consume too much ram, or do I need 32gb of ram to work with subd beyond 2?

Felidae by AM

efron_24 — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 22:09:16 +0000

I can't find the face morphs

and the eye textures...

Where to search in DAZ lib.

Smoothing Modifiers and Convert to SubD options missing now

glitchobby_38e6d72a20 — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 22:21:18 +0000

I'm not sure what happened to cause this, but recently when opening my Daz Studio program the menu bar had completely changed. The order of the "File", "Edit", "Window", etc options had changed, and notably I am no longer able to access the Geometry Editing options under the Edit drop down menu anymore.

Please see the attached pictures for this. Did anyone else experience this? Is this the result of a recent update, and if so, where can I access the smoothing modifier and subD options now?

Loading a new UV Set - Daz combining two separate uv's into one uv map

MeneerWolfman — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:14:58 +0000

Hi,

I have some questions loading a new UV set to an object. I had two different props (one an old version, one is a new version) that shared the same geometry for all of the face groups except for one. I wanted to copy/paste the old version's uv onto the new version that matches the same face groups. I was able to do this in Blender and then export that object. I inspected the exported from Blender object's uv and two surfaces in Daz and it looks perfect. However, when I take the new version of the prop and "Load UV Set" the imported object from Blender's UV. Daz superimposes the the new version's uv on top of the old version's uv. Instead of two separate uv's, I get one smooshed one.

I have screenshots to share, however the issue is the prop in question is a male "anatomical element" so I'm not sure if posting screenshots of the UV map is going to get me into trouble.

Can anyone help?

iMac with External Nvidia?

brainmuffin — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:37:22 +0000

I am wondering if anyone is using external NVidia cards with an iMac? I'm on a mid-2010 iMac (yeah, still) and may be out of luck, but I'm wondering if anyone is running an external NVidia box of some sort for better Iray support. I understand that some Hackintosh setups use NVidia cards, but I'd rather not travel that road, if I do not need to.

Gremlin clothing.

Cat_Dancing — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 15:48:43 +0000

I am considering featuring Gremliiiin (SKU 268) in a childrens book but I want to cloth him/her/it even if only partially. Has anyone got any ideas how to 'fit' clothing to the figure. Something like Snuggles the Bear's dungarees would be excellent. Anything a bit scruffy please.

Thank you.

Wearable Assets (pz2) not Importing Into Scene

rohanstevenson — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:53:22 +0000

I am new to DAZ but not to this kind of program. I purchased the "Steampunk Lady" bundle and installed it, and also bought the Victoria 4 model that it's compatible with, but try as I might I cannot get the assets to load into the scene. It is this item:

https://www.daz3d.com/steampunk-lady-bundle

I have downlaoded it, installed it, uninstalled it, installed it again, installed it manually. I have tried importing it, dragging it into the scene manually, as well as the standard method of selecting the model and attempting to apply it. I have tried dragging directly in from the finder, every permutation of everything I can think. It will not load. I can't get them into the scene on it's own. I have tried selecting the whole model, just the area of the model the asset is supposed to attach to. I have tried all other models than Victoria 4.

Nothing.

Please someone take pity on me before I go mad. I have raised a tehncial support ticket - a few days ago. No response. I have purchased other things that have worked perfectly - notably the Steampunk Man...Cogsworth.

DAZ Central is bad

DefaultName — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 05:54:56 +0000

One of the things I need to do frequently is uninstall and then reinstall content via the DIM so that I can manage space on my hard drive.

I decided to download Daz Central today, and not only is it a sluggish, advertising nightmare for a platform I've already spent thousands of dollars on, but it auto-installs content without warning.

Some hair props alone take up about 2GB of space, when I'm not using them for a scene, I uninstall them.

And I absolutely loathe the idea of Daz Store advertising to me when I run it's applications. I uninstalled Daz Central immediately, and if I'm ever forced into it, I won't be giving anymore business to Daz3D, that's for sure.

Horrible idea.

70s Makeup for G3

D Ov — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 15:42:54 +0000

Can anyone suggest where to find a 60s/70s style makeup (lipstic colors, eye shados etc)? somthing of this sort https://60s.blogberth.com/2018/07/04/vintagefashionandbeautyingrid-boulting-by-d/

Shape Splitter help

Ravencrest — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:32:15 +0000

I have purchased Shape Splitter and used install manager to install. I can not find it on DAZ Studio. According to the instructions it should be located under utilities but I have no utilities selection under content library. The istructions show it under smart content but I have never been able to get smart content to work. Do I need smart content to use this utility?

Bend of the River Seasons

Greybro — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 02:04:39 +0000

Has anyone else had issues with the season including a bunch of instances that cannot be turned on? They literally load in with the eye off and then unless removed from their groups cannot be turned on. Wonder if this was a rougue update at some point because this product used to work for me as expected.

Where to find Genesis Generation X2 In Daz 4.12?

AngelikM — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:20:06 +0000

Hi, everyone.

Just bought the whole package of Genesis Generation X2...with the addons for G2 and G3.

Now...I cannot see them in the Content Library neither in Smart Content. I also run the search engine. So I cannot install them using connect.

There is nothing in Utilities nor in Scripts, nor in Shaping nor Lost and Found btw...wondering, where to find them?

I tried using DIM and it is there...already installed, but after opening up (closed Daz and reopened it) DAZ I still cannot find the plugin not the addons...

Any suggestion and help will be so much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I'm in a Mac (desktop) 2.5GHz intel core i5 using macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Exporting hair issues

eande — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:54:35 +0000

I am new to Daz Studio and have been playing around with exporting models to render in my scenes in Keyshot. When I export, the hair looks very chunky and loses the individual strands that I see in Daz. So far, I have only played with the included Genesis 8 hair Toulouse Hair. When I search on the forums for a fix, several posts have said something like "enable Preview PR Hairs in the Line Tesselation group in the Parameters pane". But with Toulouse Hair, I don't see that option. One post even went as far as to show a screen shot and I noticed my parameters pane is missing the Tesselation option.

Are there different kinds of hair models in Daz?
Is Toulouse Hair limited?
What kind of hair model should I be using if I want to export and OBJ file to use in Keyshot?

Thanks for any help!

How to restore library after HD failure

Mendoman — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:23:11 +0000

Hi, one of my harddrives recently died, and I have a little problem how to restore my library. Daz Studio is installed in a different drive ( C: ), which is working just fine, but my personal "My DAZ 3D Library" folder was in that malfunctioning drive ( D: ). I bought a new drive, and installed it as a D: -drive again, so that my duff files etc. would work if there's paths to assets or something, but when I launch install manager, it thinks that I still have all my stuff installed. I have not launched Daz studio after my drive died so that I don't mess it up or anything, but is there a way to somehow make install manager to understand that I need to re-download everything, since my new D: -drive is completely empty.

CMS Cluster Directory

lawlaw86 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:35:33 +0000

Hi!

Newbie here with a silly issue of my own doing!

Installed some bought content and I couldn't locate it, so after looking at some forums on here, I followed what I *though* were the right steps... but what I actually did was change my Cluster Directory.... now my CMS won't work. I remember the path being something like 'apps/roaming' but I cannot find this on my computer at all. I have windows 8, which i hate and just cannot use for the life of me, I haven't given myself chance to learn my way around it yet.

Can anyone please help me set-up or restore my CMS Cluster Directory so it locates the right folder again? If not I think I am just going to have to uninstall and start afresh. I can see my content in the library, but not the Victoria 4.2 model I purchased.

Just to clarify.... I am going to Edit>Preferences>CMS Settings. Then under 'Basic: Cluster Directory'

Everything worked fine until I changed this!

Thank you in advance :)

Laura

DazStudio and DazCentral and PostSQL and who knows what else

lumiasart — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 03:58:34 +0000

Not sure if this is the right ploace ot post this question (please let me know if not or move the thread).

I had to do a clean install of Daz becuse everything was going insane (lagging, couldn't find the products, randomly changed the render settings of my saved profile, etc...) so I decided to use the new DazCentral that, for some reason, kept saying I didn't hjave daz studio installed nor any of my products. Now here's what's important to know:

1. I have my daz 3d library on a different path/folder
2. I didin't want daz installed in the regular path (programs x86) but in programs only instead.
3. I didn't want to loose my daz library assets and workplace so I copied both folders to the dektop before deleting everything.
4. Yes, I had to DELETE everything MANUALLY because there was NO uninstall ANYWHERE! I had hidden folders active and got rid of everything.

Now... After installing daz central I tried installing daz (after changing the path in the little gear icon) and got the weirdest message saying someting about settings, download folders and dialogs (apologies for not rememring but it was yersterday and I didn't take a screenshot). I checked the path again and it had changed back to default so I reinstalled DC and decided to let it install whatever it wanted WHEREever it wanted - I figured I could just move the folders after.

So DC created a folder on my desktop called Applications/64bt that was basically the installation of daz studio and (also inside Applications) called Data/Daz3D/Install manager/Downloads. I moved both folders to my own programs path but for some unknown reason (and I really don't know how this keeps happening) the Data folder keeps going to C:/ - it's just there Applications/Data/Daz3D/Install manager/Downloads
I don't even know where to place it to be honest so should I leave it there? I'm a bit of a organization freak so Ilike my things in their rightful place -.-'

Anyway, I installed all my purchased content and then moved it all to my daz library folder (the one in another path) and replaced everything. I didn't delete the folder and replaced it with the new one because I have some third party content that was installed manually and didn't really have to do it all again.

After everything is installed and moved correctly I open Daz and get this message! (attachment) so I looked online as usual and found no answer to my predicament - since I do have PostSQL installed (attachment).
After that I saw that the daz help centerk, documentation, thingy said to go to DIM and reinstall PostSQL so I opened daz central to see if that was possible and what do I find?! According to it nothing is installed! absolutely nothing! I changed the paths, thinking it was trying to find the programs in unexisting folders and still nothing! I logged out and in again and nothing! Back to square one! (attachment)

So far Daz seems to be working and I'm even able to load in my characters without having to merge them (which is a step forward) but I have yet to try anything dforce related or actual posing and creating.
Does this PostSQL message and Daz Central being blind influence the studio's work?! If anyone knows how to just get things working and not having to google a problem evey 5 minutes I would really, really appreciate it!

Thank you =) and sorry for the rambling (quarentine is getting to me -.-)

Daz Studio is reporting missing files, but they're there

brian71_us_5e91777928 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 12:00:04 +0000

Daz Studio is reporting that it can't find tis file... Could not open file : /Light Presets/Easy Portraits/Helper files/Easy Portraits Render Quality Better.duf

However, the file is indeed there in the location where DS says it should be.

At one point my content was on a secondary drive. The C: drive has since been upgraded to a 1 TB drive and DS was uninstalled then reinstalled.

Looking at the Content Directory Manager it looks like the paths are all correct.

This particular product had been working prior to the reinstall.

Daz 4.12 GPU Rendering Issues

Vertigo789 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:28:18 +0000

Been having issues with certain scenes that render fine in 4.10 and 4.11, but suddenly have memory allocation problems in 4.12, and so revert to CPU rendering. I'm using a GTX 1080 on the latest drivers, so I'm unsure why this is happening. Initially thought it might be a driver problem, but I did a clean reinstall, no change. Reinstalled Daz 4.10, exact same scenes rendered without any GPU problems. Reinstalled 4.12, renders have GPU memory problems.

2019-11-09 22:38:49.797 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): Scene processed in 36.766s
2019-11-09 22:38:49.826 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): out of memory (while allocating memory)
2019-11-09 22:38:49.829 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00001 iterations after 36.794s.
2019-11-09 22:38:49.837 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): Failed to allocate 447.7 MiB
2019-11-09 22:38:49.842 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): Allocated 7.99328 MiB for frame buffer
2019-11-09 22:38:49.845 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): Used for display, optimizing for interactive usage (performance could be sacrificed)
2019-11-09 22:38:50.895 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): out of memory (while allocating memory)
2019-11-09 22:38:50.899 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): Failed to allocate 170.625 MiB

Can't load any g8....

raceresq — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:35:36 +0000

Will not load any g8 figure g3 and g2 are fine

I started a ticket, but they haven't answered me in two weeks, must be busy

all content is kept on a WD 4tb hard drive,wgich is less than half full.

log is attempt at loading basic g8

thanks in avance

Daz suddenly not responding at beginning of renders.

dyersevedave — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:22:40 +0000

Hello,

Just recently when I begin a render I've been having a recurring issue. The program will lock up and both the Render preview and Daz itself will become completely unresponsive. I've tried loading previous scenes that did work and am having the same problem. I've included a screenshot below. I'm unsure as to what I can do about this as I've tried reinstalling/rebooting/resetting to defaults - everything, and nothing has helped.

Kind regards.

Multiple PostgresSQL Servers running?

Mouser — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 08:36:15 +0000

Is it necessary for x8 PostgresSQL Servers processes to be running to use DS?

Key framing animation

dmetreeus — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:16:14 +0000

I have used key framing and animation in general in other programs so I know what my problem is, but I'm not sure the easiest way to fix it.

So lets say im animating a figure. I move the arm, then move forward 30 frames and move it again and this time i also move the leg. Now if you watch the animation the arm will behave the way I intended it to but the leg will begin animating from the start rather than from 30 frames in because its basically doing what it's told. To fix this I could maybe copy the keyframe from the beginning and past it at the 30 frame mark or maybe I could just move the leg then move it right back to create the same position. But is there an easy way to fill all these possible moving parts with their current poses at each point I change something to keep them from animating from the beginning?

LoveChild - Photo Morphing Software crashing issue

sjjesso_78ca0e6d0c — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:50:36 +0000

Just bought this program to try it out but it keeps crashing on me. When I check for a solution it tells me that Morphing failed on python side, whatever that means. Here's some further details:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
Application Name:   faceMorph.exe
Application Version:   0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp:   5d24a292
Fault Module Name:   dlib.pyd
Fault Module Version:   0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:   59a362a1
Exception Code:   c000001d
Exception Offset:   00000000001a2709
OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID:   1033
Additional Information 1:   b8b2
Additional Information 2:   b8b2d4db20fd052f372bd7eea79962b4
Additional Information 3:   a900
Additional Information 4:   a900be5ab634e965906d846437c43f36

Has anyone else had a simular issue? Any help would be appreciated.

CTRL-Shift-A

JB007 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 12:54:05 +0000

One of my most used actions in Daz is to click on a item in the scene window and then CTRL-Shift-A to focus and aim the camera on that object ..

Now I've upgraded to 4.12.1.117 .. that doesn't seem to work anymore .. well .. it does .. but it doesn't ..

SOMETIMES it works as it did before .. yet sometimes - and I've not worked out the reasons as to why - sometimes, it selects all objects in the scene instead .,.

There doesn't seem ryhme or reasons to it .. I automatically out of habit hit CTRL-Shift-A .. and sometimes it does exactly what I've had it do for years .. sometimes it just selects all items in the scene and no amount of pressing will get it to target what I want it to targer.

I've gone into Window>Workspace>Customize and the keyboard shortcuts .. CTRL-Shift-A is assigned to Aim At Target (as it should be and as been for years) and Select All doesn't have a shortcut .. I figured I'd redo the shortcut thinking it had got messed up somewhere ..

But no .. it still sometimes does Aim At Target .. and sometimes Selects All in the scene ..

Anyone know what the hells going on??

Thx in advance

Shader Mixer Previews (MDL)

algovincian — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:38:34 +0000

I've been recently dipping my toes back into the water with Shader Mixer and MDL, and have been wanting to use the previews on some of the bricks to test some logic, but they always render white. I came across some references here in the forums that said the previews did not work for MDL bricks. This was 4 years ago when Iray first came out and was just wondering if this was still the case?

Thanks in advance if anybody can confirm.

- Greg

what does this mean (see pic) -- did something get installed wrong?

Mister Daddy Longlegs — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 06:02:23 +0000

I'm not sure if this is normal, I don't remember seeing this before recently, maybe a few days ago. Or maybe I just never noticed it before. Not sure if I installed something that is causing this condition or i made some change to some global setting that is causing it. I'm referring to the red sliders that are inoperable, i get this with all figures now it seems. If I click on general, under the figure in parameters, its back to normal though.

Forced Reinstall of Install Manager....

Iaconagraphy — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:03:52 +0000

I was forced to reinstall Install Manager, and now none of the files I purchased today will show up in DAZ AT ALL???? I've been fighting with it for two hours. I do NOT want to reset the database AGAIN. Any help appreciated. Refresh in the right side content panel does NOTHING. Thanks.