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Hair Doesn't Show in Iray preview

Db3d — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:27:54 +0000

I just purchased MRL dForce Long Morphing Hair for Genesis 8 Female(s) and went to use it an it isn't showing up in iRay preview mode. I've attached the iRay and texture shaded version. As you can see from the latter, the hair is there, but when I look at it in iRay, the only thing that shows up is the hair cap.

I've attempted everything I can think of such as applying the iray textures manually, deleting and re-adding the hair, deleting everything BUT the hair, etc.

Any ideas?

Lost "Uber Iray Shader" - how to recover it?

Ptrope — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 04:58:58 +0000

I had a hard drive failure, taking out all of my Studio library assets, and after spending several hours reinstalling hundreds of products, I find that my Daz Uber Iray shaders are also gone. I don't see these amongst my downloads (which were, thankfully, on another drive); short of reinstalling Studio, is there a way to reinstall just the uber iray shaders?

"Enter" key not working anymore when saving a render

Ark Thompson — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 17:48:16 +0000

Hello,

I apologize in advance if the issue has already been reported somewhere but I've been searching for a good hour an answer on the Internet and didn't find anything satisfying.

It's been a few days since I've been unable to use the "enter" key after a rendering has finished. Usually after writing the name in the corresponding field, pressing enter = clicking on save like on most software. And yet, now whenever I press enter, the arrow of my cursor turns into that red circle (see attachment). If I press enter again, it turns back to an arrow and vice versa. It's kinda making me mad cause when you're rendering quick things, taking the mouse back to click manually on save feels like going back to the stone age.

I already saw about using the Save Last render shortcut through F3 but it doesn't solve the problem, it's just a work around that adds an extra step. Is there a way to make it work back normally?

Thanks

SBH white hair is rendering far too grey

nonesuch00 — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:15:28 +0000

SBH white hair is rendering far too grey. It's like 255 255 255 white on all iray surfaces channels but still a deep smokey grey when rendering even in Sun-Sky Noon Summer Solstice lighting!

What can be done to fix that? That means eassential 1/2 the hue saturation range is gone when pure white renders middle grey. The other end, pure black of 0 0 0 renders 0, 0, 0.

Attached is eg render.

Thanks

Can someone please add these features to the current Preset Save Options system?

Flortale — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 22:06:40 +0000

Can someone please add these features to the current Preset Save Options system?

DAZ is too busy to add these features, but maybe one of you guys could write a plugin that adds the following features to the Preset Save Option menu:

- Check Only Modified NoAutoFollow - Only checks modified value settings that are not the result of auto follow.
- Load existing preset - From the Preset Save Option menu, you can load an existing preset and it auto fills whatever settings were checked in the preset. This will allow a user to rapidly edit existing presets in case they forgot to add one setting, or just need to add or remove a few settings, or you can simply right click an existing preset in the content library and select Edit, which simply opens the Preset save options menu and auto fills it with the settings from the preset.

I consider the above two features CORE functionality, which is vital to making the Preset Save Options more convenient and easier to use. These aren't small features, but VITAL ones IMO.

If not, maybe you guys can point me in the direction of writing a plugin that modifies the Preset Save Options. If you could link me to a script that could get my foot int he door, meaning a script that gives access to the Preset Save Options API functions, then maybe I could write it myself.

Pugsy the Toon Pug was harmed! Call PITA!

Granville — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:12:40 +0000

When I loaded in Pugsey the Toon Pug from 3d Universe, I hoped for cuteness. Instead poor Pugsey has had his legs broken. What horrible monster has done this. Better yet, how I can heal him?

Tagging multiple items in content library?

KINKYGR2014 — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:54:20 +0000

In content library i started taging stuff,i ctrl+A then write a tag and apply changes,yet from the 10 items only the first gets the tag. What am i doing wrong?

Morph does not update

paul_42391e8ba7 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:03:30 +0000

[Morph does not update] usual way (set rigging, freeze, then save as a new morph asset). I usually delete the previous morph character (or, actually, save it as a "backup", since this never works). The character that I use to make these modifications looks great - just what I want. But when I export then load as described above, the character that I apply the updated morph to does not change - it remains exactly the same as before I made the changes. I know I must be making some obvious mistakes that everyone knows how to avoid but in all my search of the forums (DAZ forum search feature isn't very good) and Google, I haven't found anything. Please help!

My Content library is empty

Zatetic — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:24:29 +0000

My content library pane is completely empty. The smart content pane is still populated and I have not made any changes to my data directory settings. I checked the content manager and all the directories are all linked correctly.

what gpu do i save for?

Sonnyschenkels — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:54:01 +0000

hi, i have a question for everyone here, i am saving for a new gpu to use the iray appication. currently i'm doing renders with my cpu ( ryzen 5 2600X 4.2 ) i wanted to save for a nvidia gpu and i thought i would ask what you guys reccomend me.

the choices i want to save for are ( MAX 300 EURO, i'm no rich boi :D )

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

768 Cuda Cores

4 GB

price

141.5 Euro

Inno3D GeForce GTX 1650 Compact

896 Cuda Cores

4 GB

Price

154 Euro

Inno3D GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Twin X2 OC

1280 Cuda Core

4 GB

Price

174.90 Euro

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 OC

1408 Cuda Cores

6 GB

Price

236.5 Euro

Inno3D GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC

1536 Cuda Cores

6 GB

Price

290 Euro

or save for this beast ? will take me a long time.

Inno3D GeForce RTX 2080 Ti iChill Black

4352 Cuda Cores

11GB

Price

1370 Euro

or just continue doing cpu renders and save for a RTX 2080 ti when the 3xxx Series releases?

converting 1080 to 720

Midyin — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:25:08 +0000

So I'm using photoshop to reduce my "Full HD (1920 x 1080)" down to "HD (1280 x 720)". I'm doing this because I been told that reducing the image scale like this will make it look smoother/better..

My question is, What should I set the resolution to? (the defult is 300 pixles/inch)

Will the image look better if i increase that number, or change it to pixels/cm? (I assume cm = centimeters)

If I set that number too high will it make the image look worse?

Content not working

dennisgray41 — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:35:56 +0000

I have several items in my inventory that have stopped working. Most of these are gen 8 items including gen 8 male. When I click on these items I get a dialog box that asks if I want to save before opening a new scene. If I do not click cancel, I get a box that says that the file I need does not exist. If I go to the file in explorer, It is there and does work.Any idea how to fix this?

Can't start using Daz Studio

mattiabuccarelli87 — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:49:05 +0000

Hello Everyone i'm New here.

I just installed Daz Install Manager and when i run Daz Studio the pop up attached appears:

A VALI VALID POSTGRE COULD NOT BE ESTABILISHED. CHECK YOUR NETWORK, ANTIVIRUS, AND FIREWALL SETTINGS FOR CONFLICTS.

Somebody know what should i have to do?

Thanks in advance.

Daz Studio crashing computer, anyway to stop it?

Daventaki — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 02:23:11 +0000

I know that this is a problem across the board and something to do with iray and all that but what I want to know is there anyway to stop it froming crashing the computer? I have tried different settings within DS but sometimes it will crash the whole system without any notice and nothing appears in any log files as to why it is doing it. I know it has to do with probably the cpu and ram and possibly the gpu but there has to be some way to keep it from shutting down the whole system.

Migrating to a new Hard Drive

kwannie — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 04:43:05 +0000

Hello,

Can anyone tell me how to migrate my DAZ library to a new hard drive. I know I need to change the location in DIM and in the Content Directory Manager. If I simply copy my entire content directory from my current hard drive to the new one and point DS to the new hard drive what other considerations are there? Do I need to do any prep with starting and stopping CMS, or reimporting metadata after the move, restarting CMS..?

I have many free items that installed over the years which will not be loaded if I just tried to migrate using DIM only, so just wondering if maiking an exact copy of the content directery will work.

Thanks!

Dforce Magnet crashes

Loony — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:52:39 +0000

Hi,

I wanna use the Dforce magnet, but... it like to crash when I try to rotate the magnet.

This window like to crash the complete engine, it close the complete Dazstudio :( Now I tested it just with a raw object that worked, but on a person with clothes... it laggs and then crash.

for some reason at clothes it does not be where I made the point :(

Skydome wont show up, and Lighting problems.

Midyin — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:26:43 +0000

I have it set in my render settings, but out my windows is just the grey and white checker pattern..

considering it takes 5 hours for my renders to even look half decent, i dont appreciate having my time wasted on a render i cant save/keep...

i so miss the 3Dlight days... :(

JCM Linear Transition

Frinkky — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:06:47 +0000

I've tried googling for this, but it seems my googlefu is failing me.

I'm setting up JCMs for thigh bend -90. I've got the thigh XRotate (Bend) in the Controllers > 1st Stage (Add/Subtract) with a Scalar of -0.016666666. There is a controller in 2nd Stage (Multiply/Divide) to tie the morph to a specific character.

This ensures the JCM is at max at no less than -90deg. Ideally I want the morph at 50% when the rotation is at -45deg. However, the morph is actually at 75%. There's clearly something here I don't fully understand about this.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks in advance!

Importing FBX files into Daz Studio - Parts scattered everywhere

wintoons — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 08:17:01 +0000

Hi guys,

I wanted to know, I've been playing with Daz Studio and I was importing some free FBX 3d models into DazStudio, but everytime I import them

all the parts of the model are scattered everywhere.

This is really annoying!!! Is it because the model where it come from wasn't exported properly, or has Daz Studio still hasn't quite fix this?

Thanks Winton

Image background

dennisgray41 — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:24:18 +0000

The back ground of my image that does not have an object in it used to be blank on the render image. This allowed me to put in a backgroung using gimp. Now my backgrounds are black. What have I changed. Images saved as .jpeg. I cannot find any of the old files but this is a new one.

Ponytail problem

jari_e41bb06d70 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:21:35 +0000

Maybe someone more advanced could help, prolly simple to solve;

I have a dual side ponytail object with morphs. I want to make it an loadable item so it parents it automatically to the G3 head without manual work. Skinning is out of the question, as the tails are really long. How can I create this (save->prop/asset)...

Is there any way to pipe music into DS 64-bit, Mac?

mavante — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 13:45:48 +0000

From all I've read so far, I think the answer is likely to be a resounding "no" (with or without a stifled laugh), but I'm hoping some technical maven has a secret magic formula.

I don't need to do lip-syncing, per se. I just want to be able to put downbeat markers as a guide to which I can animate some subtle dance/gesture movements. So I need to somehow match the music to the DS timeline.

Given too many reasons to go into here, I think launching the 32-bit version is not a working workaround for what I need to do.

Reinstall DIM and Old Content Directory

MelissaGT — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:56:59 +0000

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but sometimes finding stuff on the forums is...not fun.

So I had to do a full reinstall of Windows. Daz was installed on its own drive, but apparently I have to reinstall as the executable no longer works. Anyways, this question is around DIM. I didn't lose any of my 1TB of content for Daz. It's always been on its own drive. But upon opening up DIM, for whatever reason it's not recognizing all that installed content. I found a page on Daz's help pages but the screenshots it goes through for DIM look a bit different so I'm assuming it's old. Any help in getting DIM to not want to redownload 1TB of content would be lovely.

It seems to be looking for something called the Manifest Archive and I'm not seeing that anywhere in the old InstallManager folder.

Critique my new computer build specs!

Danielfisherart — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 07:05:45 +0000

Hey there friends, I've been a mac guy past 20 years and a daz user the past 5 and it's time to finally upgrade my computer and I have decided to give windows a try as it simply seems the smarter option for a daz user...

It was initially going to be just a daz render mchine and I was thinking to still use mac for my other workflows, but if i can get along with windows??? I might just migrate my workflows back over to windows also, video, music, photography etc. And just have my ipad pro as my apple workhorse to continue to use the apps i like.

Digital painting is part of my proffession so I can justify spending whatever is needed also but as Im unsure if this will become my main computer vs just a daz machine i dont want to go overboard either.

So I have a friend put together a windows build and was wondering if the skilled brains here could just give it a second set of eyes and see if there is anything we missing or areas that could be refined?? I don't want to stuff him around to much either with going to far down the worm hole making lots of changes where possible but if things are off be cool to know!

Also I have an Eizo Sx2762w monitor and wondering how much speeds of monitors effect things as never thought about any of this stuff before.

Any advice much appreciated thank you! :)

Option 1:

Mid Tower Case with Side Panel Window

750 Watt Gold rated power supply

Asrock Gaming LGA1151-CL Motherboard

Intel Core i5 9600K 3.7GHz (6 Core, 6 Threads) CPU

16Gb DDR4 - 2400Mhz Ram

1Tb M.2 SSD

Professional Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Acer KG271A 27" 1MS Gaming Monitor (Full 1080P)

Windows 10 Pro - 64 Bit

Internal SD Card Reader (3.5" in 5.25" Adapter)

Cooler Master RGB Keyboard and Mouse Combo (USB Cabled)

GeForce GTX1650 Overclocked 4Gb Video Card

2 x 120mm Semi Clear Cooling Fan's in case

Price: $2429

Option 2:

Mid Tower Case with Side Panel Window

750 Watt Gold rated power supply

Gigabyte Aorus AM4 mATX Motherboard

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6Ghz (8 Core 16 Thread) CPU

16Gb DDR4 - 2400Mhz Ram

1Tb M.2 SSD

Professional Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Acer KG271A 27" 1MS Gaming Monitor (Full 1080P)

Windows 10 Pro - 64 Bit

Internal SD Card Reader (3.5" in 5.25" Adapter)

Cooler Master RGB Keyboard and Mouse Combo (USB Cabled)

GeForce GTX1650 Overclocked 4Gb Video Card

2 x 120mm Semi Clear Cooling Fan's in case

Price: $2579

What is the "lBreastPush Zone' suppose to be and how to get rid of it?

evilcho_ — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:56:04 +0000

Hi. I've noticed certain characters when clicked on any part of the body and then select "point at" from the parameteres, it shows an insane number of these "lBreastPush Base", "lBreastPush Zone", "lBreastPushWide Base", "lBreastPushWideZone"

I don't know what that is but only a few characters have that and I can't see it in the scene or used morphs or anywhere really. And it's making my scene with 1 character load very long time until it finally does load. What is that about? How do I get rid of it and what causes it?

Re Light Dome Pro-R Mastery

Prince Wao — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:57:16 +0000

Already having 'Light Dome Pro-R' I purchased 'Light Dome Pro-R Mastery' which contains 4 x MP4 & 4 x WMV files, but where do these files download to? After a lot of searching I found their folders in the 'General' folder under 'Dreamlight', but all of the folders arre empty.

camera

granny — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:00:11 +0000

I have a character loaded the cameras aren't moving her where I want her . . . new to DAZ Studio; the camera that looks like a magnifying glass is not working; the camera that looks like a mover tool was only moving fraction at a time so I finally used posing to raise the character . . .

when I opened the camera pane, it shows no cameras at all and tell me to add one but I haven't had to add one before and the tools worked fine. I am looking for a screen to move them by typing i a number but can't find it and 'help' is no help.

Where is the pane for the default cameras . . . there surely must be one?

Disc space problem :(

KINKYGR2014 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:04:30 +0000

Hey guys, so i bought some stuff and now am having disc space problem. whole daz is getting around 80gb on my c drive and i use that drive only for windows and some programs(firefox,7zip the basics). Now im left with 15-20 gb free space.

should i delete uninstall daz and go to my non ssd hard drive which is 500 gb and free? IF yes can i just copy paste the daz folders and just change the directories from c:\ to f:\? or will it not work? Or must i unistall reinstall everything D: ?

Luminosity problem

maki2859 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:21:31 +0000

Hello.
I have been experiencing this problem for some time now. But that hadn't been a problem in the past ... Today, it becomes annoying to have to cancel a twentieth image for a problem of brightness.

As if our sight released a very powerful luminous spot ... Like the gorgon in image 1.

How do you fix this please?

Is there an easy way to edit or modify an existing content library preset?

Flortale — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:51:56 +0000

I made a material preset, but I forgot to include a texture for top coat weight. This means I have to make a new material preset and re-select all the other surface settings all over again which is a very tedious process.

Is there anyway to edit or append extra surface settings to an existing preset, so I don't have to re-select all the settings already present in the preset? Keep in mind the keyword EASY, because I understand I can edit the duf files in notepad++, but sometimes that's very complex and I dont' want to waste time doing that, because I already have an long list of things I need to do.

Is there something like this:

1. Select Material Preset
2. Click Edit
3. Add the surface setting you forgot to add
4. Click Save