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DazCental's SDK for plugins?

Sensual Art — Sat, 23 May 2020 18:40:32 +0000

Since DazCentral is built on Qt5 and has its own lifecycle, I am assuming its SDK would not be distributed as part of the existing Daz Studio SDK bundle. When can we expect its SDK to be publicly available?

Is it safe to delete my cloud data?

klubbvisuals — Sat, 23 May 2020 14:25:54 +0000

If I delete the files in C:\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud, will I regret anything?

I'm assuming it is all cache, is that right?

Also I've been making video renders, using MD garments. Although my process has been the same, there seem to be way more glitches than when I started, I assume it has to do with the cloud folder.

Laser Sword and Staff from "Universal Weapons Prop and Poses" pack?

AbrahamRockwell — Sat, 23 May 2020 15:57:48 +0000

I may be totally missing something, but for the life of me I can't find where the Laser Sword and Laser Staff from "The Universal Weapons Prop and Poses" pack is located: https://www.daz3d.com/the-universal-weapons-prop-and-poses-for-genesis-3-and-8

I have the "Laser Swords and Poses 2 for Genesis 3 & 8" pack and the sword from it, but can't find the others.

Any help would be appreciated.

Can Pose and Material .duf files be applied directly to a figure from the source directory?

CA415 — Sat, 23 May 2020 19:34:18 +0000

The new DAZCentral application reset my CMS database during setup requiring a full CMS re-build.

Unfortunately, the most recent backup of User Data is a week old and dozens of subsets, materials and poses could not be restored into the new CMS database structure.

They exist in the source directories as .duf files, but are not referenced in CMS.

Is there any way to open DAZ Studio, load a figure and apply poses and materials directly from .duf source files 'outside' of the CMS structure?

Scenes created under BETA 4.12.1.117 no longer load under Production version of 4.12.1.117

CA415 — Fri, 01 May 2020 23:14:18 +0000

Last week, I created a number of complex scenes under the Beta version of 4.12.1.117, and now, using the new Production release 4.12.1.117, the scenes no longer load. They originally loaded under the Beta version of DAZ Studio in about 4 minutes, now DAZ Studio just sits there for hours trying to load the scenes.

Has anybody elese noticed serious memory management and file I/O problems with the new version 4.12.1.117?

HELP! Visible in Raytrace, but invisible in camera?

lowtech — Fri, 22 May 2020 23:52:32 +0000

Hello All!

How would I make an object, say in this instance a wall, be invisible to camera but included in light an raytrace calculations? I want it to block light, cast shadows, and appear in reflections but not block the camera view..

Yet another Q about asset organization in folders on Windows

lamoid_5f20d3e469 — Thu, 21 May 2020 19:38:12 +0000

As I've acquired numerous assets for daz studio I have noticed the directory structure become filled with differently named folders that contain some of the assets of one type. There might be 5 or 6 directories within different subtrees that together contain all the assets of one type. Since I use the content library pane to do most selections, it had become time consuming and tedious to find a specific asset. For example, shaders. There were several directories of shaders in different subtrees under my Daz 3D Library directory. I used a windows file explorer to move all of them into DAZ 3D Library\Presets\Shaders. Now, of course, Studio cannot find the surfaces under the surfaces tab. They are still listed there. But the links to them are broken. I did this with most of my assets so that under DAZ 3D Library\Presets I have consolidated cameras, characters, dforce, lights, materials, poses, shaders, shaping, and wearbles into similarly named directories.

Here's an example: Under the surfaces tab the presets (sub-)tab lists "Shaders" and under that "Iray." If I select "Concrete" I get a list of three specific shaders with icons indicating that they cannot be found. I've atached a screen capture that shows them below. If I right click on the icon and select "browse to file location", it does nothing. If it knew where the asset is, the program would open the file exporer at that directory. But it does not let me browse like I would if it simply opened a file requester to let me select the file's location.

My question is, how can I get studio to repair the broken links? How can I inform the program of the locations of the assets it now can't find?

The content db editor appears to be able to do that for indivdual files. But not for directories or subsets of files. Invoking "scan known directories for files" under the content library pane does not fix the problem.

I appreciate any help or suggestions.

Power Pose not showing correct template

Those Things — Sat, 09 May 2020 19:13:38 +0000

I just installed Daz Studio on my second PC. Everything is fine, except Power Pose is showing the basic male default template no matter what figure is selected. I have Charlotte 8 loaded currently, and she should get the Power Pose template with all the bells and whistles, but no dice. I have my content folder on an external drive, which means Genesis 8 starter essentials is also on this drive. What am I doing wrong?

Daz over Remote Desktop - Crash on Figure Load

TDBAGZ — Thu, 14 May 2020 08:28:38 +0000

So Im trying to run Daz remotely on my desktop to an obsolecant Laptop over Windows 10 Remote Desktop.

I can use it fairly well if Daz is open and the scene is preloaded on the remote machine. Keymapped the widgets and still mindful of some sliders. Functional though.

Loading a fresh instance caused problems.

First error was the GPU OpenCL recognition error window crash, which I bypassed using the remote switch shortcut method. It shows OpenCL GPU warning but opens after.

However, loading an asset into the new scene causes a crash with error message saying authetication restriction at 0.33 or some such.

Is there a fix for this?

I prefer not to use a 3rd party remote software such as TeamViewer at this time.

Importing .OBJ model

thefett — Fri, 22 May 2020 03:00:41 +0000

Hi,

I have a 3d model I'd like to import. It's a .OBJ file with colour but whenever I try to import it to DAZ, the colour is lost. I've tried converting to .DAE, and the colour remains intact, but then is lost on import to DAZ. Is there a program to convert OBJ files to a DAZ compatible format that retains the surface face/vertex colours when it's imported?

DAZ studio 4.12.1.117 on a mac w. Mojave

Dual GPU: RTX + non-RTX combo?

mazinkaiserzero — Fri, 22 May 2020 21:11:35 +0000

Hi, I just got a RTX 2060 Super and I'm currently using a GTX 1070 with 8gb of VRAM. Since both have the same VRAM I was thinking about using them together but I have been told that way Daz wouldn't benefit from the new RTX stuff. Is that true?

New Body Morphs not showing up in Shaping pane

ggrussinger — Sat, 23 May 2020 00:12:30 +0000

Just purchased these morphs: https://www.daz3d.com/ej-body-shape-and-detail-morphs-for-genesis-8-female-s

I have an icon in Smart Content with some preset body shapes but no dials in the shaping pane or even parameters.

I have a feeling it has something to do with file paths. Although, I installed face morphs using the DIM not too long ago and they appeared with no trouble. Not really sure what i'm doin wrong here!

How do I import an object into Daz at high resolution

infinitetofu — Fri, 22 May 2020 18:08:48 +0000

I'm trying to import an item of clothing I made in Marvelous Designer into Daz, but I notice there doesn't seem to be any option to change the resolution from base to high resolution. Looking at other items of clothing from both the Daz store and Renderosity, I notice that all the clothing is in high res. At what step, or what is the process for making the clothing item high res?

Problem Exporting Daz Animation To FBX

sebasxpm — Fri, 22 May 2020 08:57:37 +0000

hello everybody i was hoping someone here could help me with a problem in daz

im trying to export an animation to fbx but i cant get it to export correctly

here is what happens

https://puu.sh/FNeLu/7a01c8ed5e.mp4

when i try to export just a pose it works fine

Is there a way to make pants fit more naturally?

john_antkowiak — Wed, 20 May 2020 04:49:15 +0000

Hi. This is a different aspect of the same problem I just posted in a separate thread. I enjoy working on comics characters. But I have a deep-seated distaste for spandex so I try to make clothing that a character might actually wear on the street. This is DC's Hawkman character. His physical proportions are pretty much the same as Superman's and everyone else's. If he were wearing cargo pants that fit properly, they'd be somewhat baggy and hide the leg muscles. The G3M Sword of Time pants are the right choice on several counts, but do appear shrink-wrapped. I'd like to find a way to adjust the musculature on his thighs independently of his overall shape, if possible.

Does anyone know of a workaround?

GPU -> CPU -> CPU -> GPU -> CPU -> CPU ->... Strange render pattern!

dudeness — Fri, 22 May 2020 14:06:57 +0000

GPU -> CPU -> CPU -> GPU -> CPU -> CPU ->...

GPU -> CPU -> GPU -> CPU -> GPU -> CPU ->...

Hi everyone, I am sure many of you have noticed or experienced the problem of GPU render falls back to CPU in the past. Same here! But the titled issue is rather new to me.. normally if GPU dies it doesn't revived..

I have 2 PCs one with 1080 and the other 2070, both experienced the same issue occassionally. Both got Daz 4.12 pro installed (with CPU fall back unticked) and newest GPU drivers.

What happen?

So I am creating an animation with 80 frames, (and with post denoiser on after iteration 30, mithcell 1.1) Before rendering the file series i rendered the first frame just to be sure the Vram is enough to render the pic. It worked well. I also got the GPU-Z (for those who doesn't know it's a software help to check various status of your GPU) to monitor the usage of the GPU. It was 100% so I feel it's safe. Each frame is limited to 10 minutes (which normally will have the iteration reached 100+ so the post denoiser would surely have kicked in).

Then after one day I've noticed the titled CPU fall back pattern. (one time i experienced alternative pattern). So i think the CPU fall back is still an issue. And to summarize, i've seen 3 types of GPU failures as follow in the last 2 years since Iray kicks in:

GPU failure cases

Case 1) GPU failed from start -- too large scene with tonnes of geometry / CPU fall back from previous session, and without restarting the PC / in this case GPU-Z also showed NO GPU usage

Case 2) GPU was used for the first few frames during animation, but then fall back into CPU indefinitely -- which seems to be the most common case

Case 3) the funny pattern metioned in title -- can also be GPU -> CPU -> GPU -> CPU -> etc

Bonus Case) GPU fully loaded, BUT post denoiser not activated -- now this is a strange one. Eventhough the GPU is shown as 100% usage (GPU-Z), the post denoiser was not activated and thus your image will look noisy. From some previous threads it was mentioned that actually post denoiser will only function with GPU render. So if CPU falls back then no post denoiser will take place. But this might not be the only cause.

I've been using Daz for 5 years now and very happy to see how it developed. Especially it's a free software. If this long lasting issue can be fixed as well then it'll really be perfect..

I have contacted the tech support already. Have you guys experienced this too? or have some thoughts of the cause? (for the pattern case i suspect it has something to do with each render not freeing up the vram.. or something similar..)

p.s. attached with a screencap showing the pattern.. it seems that when denoiser got activated then the file size would also be smaller...! interesting...

IRay renders retroactively added textures (to imported .objs) purple

71Schroeder — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:26:04 +0000

Anyone have any idea why that is? For regularly loaded Daz Studio items (like e.g. G3F or V4 models) everything renders just fine...but any .obj I import to the scene refuses to render anything but purple. IRay simply refuses to work with the textures I load into the "Diffuse Color" tab.

Everything works with the 3Delight render, but I would prefer using IRay if possible.

Splitting Morphs - Possible?

Alien Alloy — Fri, 22 May 2020 19:25:04 +0000

Hello good people.

I was wondering if there is a way, script, plugin, product, anything that would allow me to split morph from a model.

For example https://www.daz3d.com/wynnter-elf-for-genesis-8-female-s <- This one.
The model has an incredible body, but there is just a single slider that applied the head morph as well.
What I would like to do is find a way to actually apply the physique but then use my own custom face morphs, etc.

Is it possible?

Lagging reaction time on WSDA camera moving

schumilex123456789 — Fri, 15 May 2020 10:16:23 +0000

Hi. Im having issues i didnt have at the beginning, such as experiancing huge lags between pressing a camera control button on the keyboard, and the actual movement on the screen. At first i didnt have this problem, so i tried a clean uninstall (removing the programdata/appdata files as well) and the problem is still here.

It is quite annoying to be honest and i dont know how to get rid of it. I tired to look it up on goole but (maybe i just didnt use the right term) didnt find any meaningful help. I wonder if one of the recently installed contents may be the cause of this. I hope its just a setting toggle :)

I couldnt attach the video file but i uploaded it as unlested video on youtube if you want to see what i mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=namsld64uzw

Thanks in advance.

Unable to save animated morphs

ZappaFan — Fri, 22 May 2020 13:58:51 +0000

Hi guys. When I animate morphs, the only morph shape saved is the last shape set on the time line, so when I reload there is no animation of the morph. This has only happened since software revision 4.12.1.117.

Example: I load Gen 8 Male at frame 1. At frame 20, I increase the character scale, and also add bodybuilder morph to 100%. I play the animation and the character grows and becomes muscular over 20 frames. I then save the animation, but when I reload it retains the scale anim, but only remembers what shape the body builder morph was at when I saved and keeps that for the whole animation. i.e. if the playhead was at frame 0 when I saved then the bodybuilder morph remains at 0% for the entire animation. Likewise, if the playhead was at frame 20 or higher then the body builder morph remains at 100% for the entire animation.

This has been driving me crazy since the update and I have been waiting on Daz for an answer since 6th May. Please can anyone help??

Many thanks

Sphere around imported .obj

singletonstudio — Fri, 22 May 2020 13:52:27 +0000

I imported an .obj from an outside vendor and when I import it into a DAZ scene, it comes in with this huge sphere around it. I have to zoom way in to see my object. Can't see the sphere listed separately in the tab. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, I'm a newby sooo I'm still figuring out everything.

Creating a mission impossible/scooby-doo style mask

supercarter — Fri, 22 May 2020 09:02:53 +0000

Hello I was wondering how I might be able to achieve an effect in my renders that makes it look like one character is peeling off a mask or suit of another character? I'm still newish to Daz, so I'm not exactly sure what the best approach may be. Essentially I'm trying to make something look kinda like this:

The only thing I can really think of is somehow splitting the geometry of a character and making liberal use of dformers...

Query - Log shows RGB error

aograi — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:32:27 +0000

In the log files I noticed this error when trying to load Greeble City set... it indicated error and unable to find some items... but the props showed up... just not sure if there was anything missing. Could anyone please advise me if there is anything I can do?

2017-08-29 14:26:36.033 Building Scene...
2017-08-29 14:27:22.041 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.041 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.042 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.044 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.045 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.046 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.047 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.048 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.049 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2017-08-29 14:27:22.050 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile

remnant metadatas

aograi — Fri, 04 May 2018 02:30:04 +0000

I have a lot of ghost metadatas hanging around my system and appears in the Smart Content.

For example, I bought Proxy by AeonSoul and there were product updates... but as soon as it was updated I had inside blank metadatas relating back to the product atleast 5 extras... without the metadat pict along with the 2 that are with pictures.

How do I clean this up as I need only the 2.

One more thing - I have already tried the uninstall and reinstall product. Does not clear it.

Now I tried uninstalling Daz Studio and all of my thousands of products...

Even after reinstalling the just the Daz and SQL the metadatas appear... see attachment.

Daz3D 0% Gpu

robbie7013 — Thu, 14 May 2020 09:32:51 +0000

Hi, i'm just started learning how to use daz3d and it came to my attention that daz is using 0% of my gpu, when i tried unchecking my cpu in advanced it didnt render at all, anyone knows if this is normal?

Moving to new computer, how do I move my Daz content?

mark_z2487 — Thu, 21 May 2020 21:27:31 +0000

Old and new computers Windows 10

Can I just copy the folder with the content?

Is there a link to an official Daz page?

Thanks

Geograft + Geoshell Texture Questions...

Saint — Thu, 21 May 2020 19:36:47 +0000

Still getting the hang of Daz Studio but I haven't been able to find an answer to this problem. I've got a few geografts on a character, as well as some geoshells for makeup and other overlays, when those are visible, the geoshells lose their textures. Any ideas why? Included some pictures for reference. Thanks in advance!

Saree Problems

Savoy — Thu, 21 May 2020 21:24:38 +0000

https://www.daz3d.com/saree-for-genesis-8-female-and-victoria-8

Am I just doing something wrong here?

I see there's a lot of adjusters under the Shaping tab but it would be nice if the skirt would

automatically try to conform to the body the way most skirt items do.

Is there a setting I'm missing here or is there a way I can add this option?

Even better if I could convert it to a d-fore item. Is that possible?

Waqas

Sci-Fi Kit 2016 3DL Lights?

brainmuffin — Sun, 17 May 2020 17:06:21 +0000

I want to do an animation with Stonemason's Sci-Fi Kit 2016. I was first setting the scene with the Iray version, but have switched to the 3DL as a 13 second animation will take my computer the rest of my life to render. I cannot find the lights, however. I did a single frame test render and the only like are the small rectangle ones in the hallway. Do I need to add my own lights?

Bryon

DS 4.11.0.383 - GPU 1 with CUDA compute capability 5.0 cannot be used by iray photoreal

tomdzia — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:41:59 +0000

Hi.

Just installed the most recent version of Daz Studio (4.11.0.383), and latest GeForce drivers (430.86) aaaand...
... i can't render anything

Long story short, the log says:

1.1   IRAY   rend info : NVIDIA display driver version: 430.86

1.1   IRAY   rend info : Your NVIDIA driver supports CUDA version up to 10.2; iray requires CUDA version 10.1; all is good.


1.1   IRAY   rend warn : CUDA device 0 (`Y{): compute capability 513.0: unsupported by this version of iray, please look for an update with your software provider.


1.1   IRAY   rend info : Using iray plugin version 4.8-beta, build 312200.3564 n, 23 Feb 2019, nt-x86-64-vc14.


1.1   IRAY   rend warn : GPU 1 (GeForce GTX 960M) with CUDA compute capability 5.0 cannot be used by iray photoreal.


WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(302): Iray WARNING - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.1   IRAY   rend warn : There is no CUDA-capable GPU available to the iray photoreal renderer

on ds 4.10, and drivers 416.x everything worked fine...

I know that, iray 2018.1.3 needs at least Kepler class GPU, but GTX 960M is Maxwell, so it's higher class

Any ideas?