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

Black Rings around the eyes

jerekick — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:27:41 +0000

Hello! I've been toying around in Daz for about a month and suddenly these rings showed up around g8f Victoria's eyes. I added a distantlight, if that changes anything, but when I removed it and put things back to normal this is still what I got! Any idea what's happening?

The viewport can go blank

Hughborgsyn_ee7d34a298 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:38:53 +0000

Many times when I am making a render the viewport will go blank. I can be moving a figure in a scene and then the viewport goes blank and I cannot see anything. Is this a graphics card issue? I am using DAZ 4.5 stndard.

Genesis8 Issus when figure has big belly

2605411590 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:39:02 +0000

During posing on Genesis 8 figure with pregnant morph, I found an issue when bending Abdomen Upper and Abdomen Lower joints. As shown in the attached image, the belly becomes quite artifact. I think it may be the problem of skinning weight. The skinning weight may not fit for pregnant morph.

Is there any easy way to adress the issue? Or is there probability that the Genesis 9 figure in the future will get rid of this issue?

Genesis Evolutions - not loading - Sorted

chp09tas — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:19:41 +0000

I used to use Daz about 5 years ago, have recently come back and am much enjoying the updates (iRay is a game changer now I have a PC with a GPU).

I have a problem with this product that I own however:

https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-evolution-body-morphs

In that the morphs are not showing anywhere on the interface. I have tried installing in the content library tab, I have also tried installing in the install manager, but no matter where I click on the genesis figure it does not show me any sliders or way to apply the morphs. I am sure these worked before?

Has anyone any solutions?

SOLVED Distortion in Render 3Delight

t.light — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 08:06:02 +0000

SOLVED (rebuild model)

Hi! Can anyone help with this problem:

When rendering in 3Delight and Iray I get half of the pic some distortion whichs looks like a plane. Any idea what´s causing the problem? The distortion happens, even if there is no light in the scene....

After Software Update Daz Studio Won't Open DUF Files

Pipefox — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 15:36:08 +0000

I am working on a Mac, and yesterday I downloaded a software update. My computer is now running Catalina version 10.15.3

Since that time Daz won't open any of my DUF/scene files. They're greyed out as though they were no longer compatible with the program.

I've tried installing the BETA public build and that didn't help either, I still can't open the files.

What can I do to solve this issue?

Thank you so much to anyone who can help.

Spherical camera option with sun/sky in iray render

silky — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 06:11:30 +0000

Hi, some help with this problem please.
I am using the spherical camera option - (camera/lens/lens distortion type) to produce 360 degree equirectangular images.

This works fine, but I want to use the Sun/Sky only option when rendering as i think the the lighting is much better.
Problem is that I need sky/clouds to be seen in the 360 degree image.

Any help appreciated.

atmospherics? Volume lights? Fog?

ItsaMe — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:48:45 +0000

Hi all

i was wondering if there is anyway to achieve this in dazStudio4 pro? i looked in the light settings, render settings and even camera settings, but i am not able to find any settings to turn on any kind of volumetrics. I hope you can help, so i can give more depth to my images.

I'm using iray

thank you

The advantages of more system RAM for Daz Studio renders?

EZ3DTV — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 01:23:25 +0000

I have 2 x Nvidia 1080ti in non SLI mode, a 24 thread i9 with 44 lanes... When I had 16GB of ram my renders would constantly run out of system RAM and DAZ would interrupt and terminate my renders.

When I went to 32GB of RAM this almost never happens.

So, it is clear to me that RAM helps the processor lanes and the graphics RAM and CUDA cores talk to one another.

It would then seem that going from 32GB of ram to 128GB would open the communication lines between

the main processor cores, the lanes, the graphics RAM and CUDA cores and accelerate my renders even further.

At what point does having more system RAM reach a bottleneck with the 2 x 1080ti?

Would there really be much more of a noticeable difference in renders with 128GB of system ram versus 64GB of ram?

It seems the more system RAM, the faster the computer could access the CUDA cores through the PCIE bus lanes...

Any thoughts/help on this?

Issue With Kyle 1.5 And Fitted Outfit

Vertigo789 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:45:03 +0000

I recently purchased an old RDNA model, Kyle 1.5. However, it seems to have an issue with fitted clothing where it doesn't properly follow the model when posed. I'm using the "fit to" function. Does that just not work properly on older figures?

iRay Addon for Game Masters Tools

mayupolo — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:11:31 +0000

https://www.daz3d.com/game-master-s-tools

I'm assuming there are no iray materials for this product since they are not listed in the files. I would really love this set but cant use it with no iray.

Ultrascene problem

gleberiksson — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:06:38 +0000

Hello guys

I'm new in Daz 3D and need some help.

I have figured out basics of the program, modelling etc.

However, I have this problem of scripts not being loaded. Sometimes it helps to reset database in Content Database Maintenance, but for some scripts it doesn't help.

For example scripts in UltraScene can't be fixed with this approach - when clicking the script it says "An error occured while reading the file"

Here is what it says in the log file:

2020-04-07 18:58:58.413 Beginning Install of "UltraScenery - Realistic Landscape System"

2020-04-07 18:59:05.321 "UltraScenery - Realistic Landscape System": Install Succeeded.

2020-04-07 18:59:05.322 "UltraScenery - Realistic Landscape System": Install Succeeded.

2020-04-07 18:59:05.330 "UltraScenery - Realistic Landscape System": Install Succeeded.

2020-04-07 18:59:12.337 WARNING: QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)

2020-04-07 19:00:26.964 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): peer performed orderly shutdown errno=0

2020-04-07 19:01:07.888 Loading script: D:/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Daz Connect Library/data/cloud/1_67835/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/resources/scriptcomponents/hf_app.ultrascenery.ui.dse

2020-04-07 19:01:07.892 WARNING: Script Error: Line 3

2020-04-07 19:01:07.893 WARNING: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: hf_app

2020-04-07 19:01:07.893 WARNING: Stack Trace:

()@D:/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Daz Connect Library/data/cloud/1_67835/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/resources/scriptcomponents/hf_app.ultrascenery.ui.dse:3

2020-04-07 19:01:07.894 Error in script execution: D:/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Daz Connect Library/data/cloud/1_67835/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/resources/scriptcomponents/hf_app.ultrascenery.ui.dse

2020-04-07 19:02:12.184 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): peer performed orderly shutdown errno=0

I run Daz studio 4.12 Pro

Any help with this will be highly appreciated as it is really frustrating when actually figuring out how the program works, but then getting these random error messages.

It should be noted that materials and props are loading in UltraScene, but the scripts are a problem.

Thanks in advance!

Putting together a new PC and would need some advice.

tiplerneck_b48f2f5b62 — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 19:53:16 +0000

I'm putting together a new PC and wanted to ask for opinions.

At the moment my plan is to get a CPU Intel Core i7-9700K 3.60-4.90 GHz with 32 GB DualDDR4 3000 MHz CL15 and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super XC Gaming 8 GB.

The scenes I usual build have 2-4 genesis 3 figures + cloth + detailed environment and I use V3Digitimes Scene Optimizer most of the time.

Would that setup be legit? Or has anyone some advice?

Unsure of installing 2 graphics cards

arest781_41ccaeceb2 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:31:09 +0000

Hello, I'm just looking for advice.
System:

Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Ram: 64 go processor 3.40GHz
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

I plan to install a second card but I do not understand well about the use of 2 cards, rendering takes less time if I put two cards to work without the cpu? (in most of the time I render heavy scenes)
The second card is a
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

I have the 2080ti card up to date but I use Daz studio 4.11
Some advices?

Strange Cracks Caused by Hair appearing in the characters forehead.

Cyberdene — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 16:56:49 +0000

I am having these odd cracks appear in my figures forehead Sometimes it wont appear at all, then other times it will especially if the character is doing any facial expressions. I still can't figure out what the hell is causing the cracks though with the hair. Its not a skin issue, but I tried rendering without the hair and it doesnt show.

Cannot save my custom morphs

ItsaMe — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:40:05 +0000

Hi there

Im using the genesis 8 starter essentials, went to brush, created a morph. Brought it back, everything works wonderfully.

Except when I go to file/save as/support asset/morph asset

I add my morph to the checkmark list(only thing I check the x) ,but for the life of me, it never saves anything. i tried saving in the 3 different paths it allows me to, but the morphs don't show up in neither of them, and in the smart content search doesn't show up either.

what am I doing wrong?

thanks in advance

exaggerated expressions

stlkr82 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:51:59 +0000

I don't know if it is right section to post this. Please admins, move it where it should be.
Some part of expressions I use, is suddenly exaggerated.

Left one rendered in december. Right one opened today, no change to slider's value.
When set at half of prevoius value - it looks normal.
in this case - from 75.34%% to ‭37,67‬%

Any ideas what could be causing this?
It's not the case of figure rigging.
Already checked it.

HELP!! Some D Force Hairs Not Rendering in Iray

maiku69 — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:13:25 +0000

I have an issue with AprilYSH Ingrid hair and Side Swept Updo Genesis 8 Female Hair

Both are visible in preview, but are not rendering in IRAY, only getting the scull cap. Is there a plug in I need?

Both of these use a different shader to the other D Force hair props

Anyone else got these issues, or is it just me?

Need help on decreasing rending time for a certain product

subtl3 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 03:51:16 +0000

Hello,

I purchased the Executive Restroom. SKU58239

Tried to render it with iray but it is taking painfully long...a lot longer than my other irays product.

Any suggestions on how to make render time faster? I turned off shadow, ray trace, reflections

Still taking too long. Please help.

How do I flush out Daz Connect stuff?

Sevrin — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 22:48:55 +0000

So when I was young and foolish and started using DS, I installed a few things with Daz Connect. One thing I installed was the Implications pose set by Ironman13. Now, that set is sitting there in Daz Connect, but not in my Smart Content. I have a couple of characters and clothing items installed there as well, but they do appear in my Smart Content.

Long story short, I would like to remove all the stuff I installed with Daz Connect, so I can load it with DIM the same way as the bulk of my items.

There are also some items I see occasionally greyed out that I suppose were available when last I connected, but didn't download at the time. I'd like to remove that, as well. I just don't like Daz Connect.

Thank you.

Styling with png

Loony — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 14:26:11 +0000

Hi,

I have some png's here and wanna style my clothes with it, but... it doesnt work. I did try it on a shirt and on underpants but always get the stuff black.

I remembered that there is something with opacity and a black/white image, if I use a transparent image.

See attachments, I arranged it so nice and now it looks wrong in iray ;(

Can someone help me, what I have to do? :<

If the clothes have a base skin, I can move it over it, without problems.

See last image, I could fit the littl tiger in the pocket without problems :)

Edit: I found now the base structur, so I could move my image over it, but it have for some reason this tiling :(

Any way to make it look like on my first pic? If I change the tiling, the structur goes ugly :/

Something I've really struggled with - viewport lighting.

Robinson — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:58:30 +0000

As soon as my scene gets to some level of complexity, with emissive surfaces and maybe lights and cameras, I often struggle to get light in the viewport. I navigate it in almost complete darkness. There's no "headlamp" option on the standard view configs as far as I can see (perspective, left, right, etc.). What I want is for it to have basic, default lighting in the scene whilst I'm posing and moving things about. When I switch out to iRay everything is correctly lit of course. It's just the viewport going black I'm struggling with.

What am I doing wrong?

Btw: As a UI developer myself, I like to think that if it isn't completely obvious, something isn't quite right.

How do I delete all my content and reinstall

TSasha Smith — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:33:39 +0000

I messed up my Daz content folder. I can probably delete it and restart, but how do I tell DIM and smart content that I deleted (assuming I can do it efficiently enough) the Daz content folder's content?

Log File WARNING woes!

pjwhoopie4801218 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 17:25:14 +0000

Greetings

I got a new puter... and have migrated to the new machine. Yadda yadda yadda...

Anyway, I decided to go for a fresh install of Daz, and I am now in the process of DIM'ing my assets back in.

I have a bunch, so I am doing a "few" at a time.

Install some (via DIM), go in to daz... load a G8F, G3F, G8M, and then close Daz and check out the log file.
So far so good... but for some reason, every once in a while, the loaded assets throw a TON of Animation warnings. And for the life of me, I can't figure out which asset is calling what asset and giving me the warnings.

Here is just one line of about 2000 WARNINGs, which I am guessing all relate to something that I don't have installed or is conflicted, but I am not sure where to start.
\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6148): Could not find property for animation: name://@selection#eCTRLFlirting_HD:?value/value

Here are a few more, just for good measure
\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6148): Could not find property for animation: name://@selection#eCTRLvEE:?value/value
\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6148): Could not find property for animation: name://@selection#eCTRLMouthCornerForward-Back:?value/value
\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6148): Could not find property for animation: name://@selection/rPectoral:?translation/y/value

I don't have enough Daz mojo to figure out where to start looking for the problem. There were about 150 assets loaded in that batch... so I'd rather not go one-by-one to figure out the culprit.

Just in case there is something else going on that is running my Daz ship aground, I'll include the log file below.

Thanks, in advance

Does Morph Loader Pro produce junk?

insensibile — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:15:09 +0000

Hi everyone. Just a curiosity. I created a lot of assets for my projects importing lots of morphs for Genesis 8 made with Blender. I was woandering if all the obj that I've imported with Morph Loader Pro are just read and not stored in the data morph subfolders or stored somewhere creating junk. If they are stored somewhere... where are they stored (path)?

WetFX Decal and Shader help desperately needed

wmiller314 — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 22:25:11 +0000

Hey all. I picked up the WetFX Decal and Shader product from Daz but the product seems broken, or I'm a complete ditz, because it doesn't work at all. Whenever I try to load the decal onto a figure (any figure) it will only attach to that figure's hair, even if I hide the hair, and it's always invisible and unable to be moved. When I try attaching it to a character without hair, it simply does not work. Anyone else use this product? Did you ever get it to work? Thanks in advance.

Copying transform limits from one rig to another?

uac9000 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:15:54 +0000

Hello. I have been working on multiple rigs recently, some of which I want to transfer over to other models of the same geometry, the problem is when I use the Transfer Utility it doesn't copy all the rotation limits over, nor does it give me the option to do so. I can't seem to copy the parameters from one rin to another either. It's tedious to have to keep re adding all the rotation limits to each new rig I copy over, so can someone tell me if there is indeed a way to copy and paste limits set in the parameters from another rig or copy the whole thing altogether?

Thank you.

animate2

mailapetur — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:11:31 +0000

Hi. I want to activate animate2, but I don't find the product to purchase, or how I can purchase the serialnumber that activates animate2

reg

Center of the scene

Elettrodado — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 17:42:06 +0000

Hello!

Please check the attachment. There is a huge space, and it shows the center of the scene, (bottom left) which is where all the props and characters are placed when you load them, and is also the center of rotation of views. As you can see I have a paperoll with a chatacter in it, is there any way to move the center of the scene to wherever I want, for istance where CJ is now, so to make much more easy to rotate camera, views, and pop up character in that place?

I have read somewhere that null prop is helping in this but I did not understand how to use it. Any help? Thanks!

Problem with Vintage summer clothing G8 Female

Philippi_Child — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:16:57 +0000

Yesterday I bought the Vintage Summer clothing for the G8 female:

https://www.daz3d.com/vintage-summer-clothing-set-for-genesis-8-females

All the content folder from the product went into the right folders data, character, support and textures ( I double check to make sure and don't blindly unzip to folders). At any rate I went to load the clothes to my figure and ran across the error pictured in the attached image. This happens with every article of clothing that came with the product.

I removed all the all the content from said folders and then manually placed each content folder into the correct folders. Went back tried the clothing again and the same issue came up.

I've put a ticket in yesterday which I have no problem waiting on. I just wanted to know if anyone else ran across this issue with the same product.

Thanks!