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: ?

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

How do you fix this please?

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

I have an Intel Core i7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHz, 32 GB of RAM, a Radeon RX 580 GPU, and an MPG Z390 Gaming Plus MOBO.  I am not in any way a tech person, but my various tech people (both friends and the people who installed the GPU and MOBO) tell me this should be more than enough to handle Daz.  All of this is to say, does anyone have any idea why a system with mine's specifications is having so much trouble?

What I don't understand, and the results are bearing this out, is this:  Nothing.  The hair does not blow at all.   Single frame, no problem.  I set up the animation to have 320 frames then simulate (simulation is set properly for an animation).   When I render and playback, no movement of the hair.   So, I'm thinking either I'm missing something really basic or this isn't possible?

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Scott

Did mother nature just drop a hot steamy one on my head or did it save somewhere? 

I haven't changed lighting but I did add two G8 characters.  When I zoom one of the many cameras included with the scene the scene gets very dark (camera light is on).  I've noticed this with other sets in a previous version of DAZ Studio with two characters, as well.  I've never been able to figure out what causes it (I'm in Texure Render for posing, etc., ).  

Has anyone else seen this and if so, is there a fix?

Thanks!

Scott

What I'm seeing is that when figures load, the hair (which is fitted and parented to the figure) loads hovering well above their head.  After a short delay, it then "jumps" down into the correct position.  The problem is that when I batch render, in many cases the render starts before that "jump" happens, which means that the render comes out with the hair a foot above the figures head.

The issue seems to be limited to G3F figures - I don't see it happening with G8F.  But it happens with multiple G3F figures, and also with multiple G3F hairs.  

I haven't kept track of what I've installed recently - might have to crawl through that using file dates.  But any suggestions for specific things I might look for?  Anybody else seeing this?

Why would the iray render processing box pop up when I am just working with the texture mode (and not even looking at anything textured in the viewport)?

Thoughts? 

Does Iray renders just the frame or the whole set?

Supposing I need to just render a face portrait, if I setup a whole scene with props that are not in the frame, will Iray be slower because it renders also the props not in the frame?

For istance, room parts that are not in the frame, will slow the render?

Thanks

01:17:12 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time): Copying "zoro-d_Short-Snapbutton-Gloves_G8F/Content directory/Runtime/Textures/zoro_d/SSBG_Gloves/SSBG_normal_2.png" to "D:/Daz 3D/Daz Default Folder/Daz-Content Folder/zoro-d_Short-Snapbutton-Gloves_G8F/Content directory/Runtime/Textures/zoro_d/SSBG_Gloves/SSBG_normal_2.png

But everything is going to the wrong location. I think there's something I'm missing but I'm not sure what. I can try the custom path redirects but I'm not sure I need to. 

First, let's demonstrate normal, proper hand translation movement behavior.

1. Start a new DAZ scene.
2. Load G8F.
3. Turn IK off with CTRL K.
4. Select the Translation tool.
5. Select G8F's hand and begin moving it along X, Y, or Z axis.

You should notice everything is smooth and working fine.

Now try this:

1. Select the hip of G8F and choose select children, which selects all G8F's body parts.
2. Cick Edit-> Figure -> Limits -> Limits Off , there will be a delay of a few seconds.
3. With all the body parts still selected, click Edit-> Figure -> Limits -> Limits On, once again a few seconds delay.
4. Note: All we've done is turn limits off then on, no big deal right?
5. Select the hand and try to move it via the translation tool, you're going to notice it's completely messed up now and doesn't work nearly as properly prior to messing with the limits.

Why does this happen and how can I restore G8F to it's original limit settings?  Restore Figure, Pose or Shape doesn't work. Restoring original rigging doesn't work either. I was forced to load a new G8F and transfer all my work to this new G8F, because the G8F I was working on is broken because of messing with the limits, so finding a solution to this would be great just in case it happens again. I'm worried if I turn limits off when applying poses, it's going to eventually break my ability to move the hand properly with the translaton tool, foricng me to transfer all clothing, surfaces, mats to a new G8F, which is extremely annoying.

Update: The sliders are now there. But only the forehead veins are popping, the rest remain flat. I tried it also with a simple Genesis 8 figure, and again with a Genesis 8 figure having a renderosity Falcon figure - only the forehead veins pop. :-(((

Here is Optimus when I rotate his right arm on the z-axis:

Obviously this is not how I want him to look.  Can anybody give me some guidance on this?

Why? Two reasons... having all the morphs installed adds a lot of overhead and irrelevant dials when I am designing characters. 

A couple of ideas I had...

Use DIM to install everything and then use a file filter to uninstall anything with morphs and reinstall those to a different directory. 

Or install everything and physically move the morph directory through Windows, but worried that this might have unintended consequences. 

Anyone have any suggestions?

Probably after dinner I will get back on my computer to check the settings.  It is a G8M character with no changes other than posing and the centaur geografts added.  I forgot which character but I think it is for Landon 8.

I use the fine adjustment wheels (Or on Daz the sliders) almost exclusively to fine tune my poses.  And some times I'll get this problem:  Two of the 3 axes will do the exact same thing (See attached).  Sometimes it's the X and Y Axes, sometimes it's the Y and Z axes, etc.

This has been happening since Poser 4. Naturally I have upgraded my computers a number of times since 1999, it's not limited to my "Primatives" directory (I've had arms or legs which can only "Twist" and "Forward-Back" but "Bend" is the same as "Twist")  It's moved from Poser to Daz3D, and every incarnation since then...  It's completely random (As in, it's not always the same object), but it DOES stay when the file is closed and shut down and Daz Studio is reloaded (As in: Closing the program and restarting does not solve this problem).  The only way to solve it is to delete the character or object and reload it.

Any ideas?  I mean, I've been dealing with it since the beginning of Poser so I can just keep on keeping on... but I'd love to hear if I have somehow had a setting wrong this entire time.

Thanks! :) 

any idea what it could be?

thanks in advance