For some reason I can't set a top coat bump map for Genesis 8 Female's Lips surface.  It doesn't have the drop down arrow so you can specify a map.  It only allows me to put a value in.  Anyone know how to fix this? 

I never saved my scene even but it has overwritten my original

how is this even possibe?

I will reinstall it with DIM I guess to fix but this is baffling

Hey all,

So I'm fast becoming one of those Daz users who is dang near possessed by the quest for photorealism in their human character renders (if there's a support group out there for people like me, please let me know. It might be time, haha). I've come across N..S. Anagenessis 2 - Revolution. It looks and sounds pretty impressive! However, I gather from the description that it's from the pre-Genesis 8 era of Daz. Can anybody tell me if it works on Gensis 8? And can I canvas opinions on whether this product is worth the price tag today (not a comment on the quality of the product, but just how far things have come since it's release)?   It's March Madness after all, so the perfect time for a big spend, but I don't want to take the plunge without knowing more about the product.

Thanks so much to you all :)  

So apparently, this product has gotten scrambled since its release.

a) A store search will bring up the full product's name as soon as you type enough letters, but then goes to a Leisa 8 Bundle, which does NOT include this product.

https://www.daz3d.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Kiss%20the%20Girl%20Poses%20for%20Genesis%203%20and%208

I assume that this was originally included in the bundle, but then taken out- which broke this product.

b) It doesn't show up in smart content- everything else purchased with it, does.

c) DIM install installs, but the product has the missing image icons and all the files are empty in content library.

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Is this a me thing, as in database needs something or is this product bonkers?
Has anyone else tried to install this yet?

Before I do a ticket, I'll ask because I already have a ticket open over another product doing the same thing.

I find it more and more common that products are starting to break in my library.

More and more missing items and products that won't update.

Could not open file : /People/Genesis 8 Female/Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf 
File does not exist.

I tried reinstalling through daz and even manually installing. Does anyone have an idea of how to fix?

I've got a problem with custom presets I save using DAZ. When I try to load them, they aren't seen anywhere (as far as I know they should be in "saved files" folder associated with certain prop).

I've attached my Content Manager, maybe it'd help.

My saved presets are in: G:\DAZ_Content_library\Studio\My Library\Presets\

If anybody would have any ideas I'd be really grateful.

I have the problem, that my Dual Screen workspace/layout is making problems ;(

Video ↓ (click it)

It worked all days fine, but today... game over.

The content Library window is gone always now, even with a new designed layout.

I like to make them into window mode called "undockable", it worked fine, but when I restart Daz Studio or switch the layout, the undockable Frame is gone (I mainly make the content lib undockable, so i can move it easy over both screens to see it better.

This is HOW it should look.

in undockable mode it looks like this:

Rendersettings are mostly defult except for the following

I'm rendering Full HD 1080,

minsamples =100,

Max samples =1500,

max time (secs) =295200,

Instance Optimization =Speed,

irefly filter =Enabled, 

My render cooked for 2 hours.

I recently made a 120 frame long animation using key frames. It turned out pretty well and I have some audio I wanted to layer over the top of it. Some of the speech didn't match up with a Genesis 3F character so I need to tweak the mouth open stats so it more closely alligns with the audio.

The problem is it seems I can't edit this character at all. For example,  if I change her mouth open pose from 0% to 100% it will show but the second I click to the previous frame it will return to 0%. I've tried adding it as a key at 100% but it still makes no differene. It doesn't affect the other character in the scene who is Genesis 3M. It's driving me crazy and I'm about ready to throw in the towel.

Any ideas?

I'm sure I've just hit some strange button/key command/unintentional mouse gesture/etc etc.. But out of the blue, and I don't think I clicked anything - but you know how that is - the tabs on my left pane vanished! I can still switch between the things I need using the drop down menus at the top, but that's a hassle.. Wondering if anyone can tell me how to remedy this issue (like Shift+Ctrl+Y+M+Q+N+Up arrow while facing exactly 23 degrees north and hopping on one foot).

Here's a pic to show you what I'm talking about:

Please help.

Thank you.

For the record, I've already bought the license for genesis 8 starter materials. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I already have DS 4.12 installed and I don't understand the starter G8/G3 stuff is there new meta data involved concerning the starter G8/G3 stuff. 
 

I don't want to install things I don't need or will mess things up. Thanks

While genuine DAZ content is easy to locate in the smart content pane, locating third party poses/wardrobe/props in the content library is much quicker with the search function.  I really need it to work, is there a fix, or must I reinstall Daz studio?

I'm having a bit of a nightmare with Studio 4.12 atm. I booted up my render PC this morning, and upon launching Studio, I was greeted with the following error box:

I found a post on the forums regarding this same error, and the advice ranged from restarting the PC, to uninstalling PostgreSQL in DIM and reinstalling, to even uninstalling and reinstalling DAZ itself.

I have tried all of the above.  I have:

• restarted the PC - didn't fix the issue
• uninstalled and reinstalled PostgreSQL & PostgreSQL CMS from Valentina CMS Conversion via DIM - didn't fix the issue
• tried installing only one of the PostgreSQL types (standard and the Valentina one) at a time via DIM - didn't fix the issue
• Completely uninstalled Studio and reinstalled via DIM - didn't fix the issue
• Completely uninstalled and reinstalled Studio *on a different drive altogether* - didn't fix the issue

This was this morning, and now some 12 hours later I have tried again to make sure it wasn't just a glitch on DAZ's end. I still cannot get Studio to load.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I've maxxed out the sum of my technical knowledge.  Short of installing on a completely different machine I can't think of any options that I haven't already tried!

Not sure if these will be needed, but just in case - these are my render PC's specs:

• Windows 10 Pro
• AMD Ryzen 9
• 64GB DDR4 RAM
• 2X nVidia RTX 2080 Ti (Not SLI'd)

Thanks in advance

John

When I click on the character in the content pane I don't see any body or head geometry, just materials are located one step down.

I wonder if I am missing something here?

P.S. very little experience (as in zero) with G8 series characters up until now.

I'm making some tries about the toon rendering process on daz, and instead burnign my head in finding complicated solutions, I decided to discover the Daz Defaults Shader , and precisely the Toon one. 

I put the Grim armor on a Genesis 8 male (too much poses content for this character , to help me in my project). I follow a tutorial to use these shaders. So I select the part of the armor , go to suface tab , double click on the shaer while maintaining ctrl key, and choose the mode "Ignore", like said. 

Launch a render. 

TADAAA ! 

As you can see , the part appears black. 

So , I disable the lighting mode for shadow process of the distant light , from deep shadow to nothing. Same. 
Instead of using the distance light , I put a spot on the scene, same tries whith the different shadow modes. 

K. Same. 

So , I decided to not load a the complete figure, with the armor sets on its. And it's rendering properly. 

If I'm asking some help , it's because I newer saw this case. The part doesn't render if it's parented ? Oo 

Could someone help please ? Thanx a lot !