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

Iray product?

vonHobo — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:32:00 +0000

Doing my best to determine if a product is Iray or only 3Delight these days. Some products are hard to tell before purchase.

Like this one...

https://www.daz3d.com/around-the-campfire

Is it Iray? The product does not mention Iray anywhere in the description, but the Iray logo appears on each picture. Does that mean it's Iray?

Mimic live

westcala — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:53:35 +0000

Have installed Mimic live but when i go to about plugins this is how the plugin shows up as library could not be loaded.

If anyone could point me in the right direction ?

Thanks

S Clarke

Problem with saving new content

insensibile — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:07:35 +0000

Hi everyone. I created a scene with objects crafted in Blender. Everything works well. I created the product, the metadata and categorized everything. I zipped the product so it can be read by DIM with the product image, the .dsx and .dsa files. I deleted the asset and reinstalled it via DIM. Almost everything works well : I can see the product in the smart content, it is fully categorized, perfectly textured and I can use it but I cannot understand why the type label (scene, props, material) of every single object cannot be seen. If I open the metadata in the assets window the audience is saved but the type not. Maybe I missed something. Anybody knows a solution?

Mouse-over annoying me

MJW — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 17:54:01 +0000

Okay, I know I've seen a solution, but I don't recall how to get rid of the irritating orange/yellow toning when I pass the mouse over something. I know it can be changed to a boundary box, but how do I do it, please?

How do I update Daz Studio?

SkyrimandCyrodil — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:42:37 +0000

I have daz 4.9 and I wanted to use the new genesis 8 character, but the program is telling me I need to update to the newest version of Daz 4.9. How do I do this? I cant find an update button in the program, and when I go the the site and download daz 4.9, there is no option to update my current version in the downloaded installer. Do I need to completely remove daz from my computer to intall a new version?

Hope anybody can help

Is there a way to rearrange the order of items in the Scene pane?

nomad-ads_8ecd56922e — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 09:57:02 +0000

After looking at the list of objects in the Scene tab (i.e. the sets, props, characters, cameras and stuff) I decided I wanted to shift one of the items in the root listing (i.e. something that's not parented to one of the other things in te Scene pane) up higher on the listing. That is, I had a couple of cube prims I'd placed into the scene (then hid from scene view), some cameras, another cube prim (that I'd also hid from scene), and then some more cameras. It looked silly to have one cube prim in the middle of a bunch of cameras in the listing, and I figured there had to be a way to rearrange the order they're listed to me, in this case, to simply shift the one out-of-place cube prim out of the middle of the list of cameras and place it up where the other two cube prims are on the list. Right-clicking the prim on the listing didn't show any kind of "move this upwards or downwards in the listed-objects" option, and there doesn't seem to be an obvious indication of such an option in any drop down menus at the top. I tried left-clicking the item on the list, and dragging it around inside the Scene pane, but all that seems to do is let you drop it onto some other item IN the Scene pane... which then parents it to that, which is NOT what I was trying to do. I then unparented it and it went back to where it had been on the Scene tab, i.e. back to being in the middle of that list of cameras.... but then I found that that object had lost the coordinates that I'd earlier placed it at, and had gone to world-center. That is, all the positions and rotations had reverted to 0.

Is there an easy way to rearrange the order of objects in scene tab, while leaving them in the root of the Scene listing (i.e. not parented to something)?

infinito activation

lenjen09_a04520c3aa — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:23:41 +0000

I put in the code to activate infinito and it accepts the code and says you are set. However when I run Daz Studio it says you are not authoriized. I keep entering the code and it keeps doing the same, your activated but then when I open the program it says your not authorized. This is the first time in my life a program said ok but then later said your not ok. Anyone out their expierienced this?

Hard edges in Wings 3D

arrowhead42 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 03:22:09 +0000

Hi everyone,

Seems that wings3D is an outdated piece of software, but I use it because I'm very familiar with it. However, hard vs soft edges seems to be causing me quite a bit of heartach and I'm hoping someone can help me.

I'm modeling a simple cylinder, and notice the dark, shadowy edges on it. Seems that somewhere a long time ago I read somewhere that Wings does this because the edges are soft and I need to change them to "Hard" by using the hardness command and choosing "hard" from the subsequent menu . But when doing so, soft, smooth curves suddenly do't look so soft amd smooth. I rid myself of the shadowy appearance, but curves now have distinct lines on them, rather than a nice, smooth round cylinder for example. Please see the attached pic with before on the left and after on the right. I see other 3D models people have made, which don't seem to have this problem. Is this a quirky issue with Wings itself? or is there something I can do to eliminate the sahdows AND the lines?

Which Windows 10 will work with Daz Studio 4.12...Home or Pro?

MaidenOfDarkness — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 23:38:12 +0000

Hello :)

I am just wondering if anyone else is in the same position of having used Windows pro 7 and now must upgrade to Windows 10.

Which version of Windows 10 will work with Daz Studio 4.12 the best? Windows Home or Windows Pro?

Any ideas or thoughts?

I am a novice here with Daz Studio just to let you know :)

Multi Selection Hide

vonHobo — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 01:13:17 +0000

Is there a way to hide multiple objects from the Scene pane in one click?

I had to hide an arm on a figure that was in the way of a scene, but to do this I had to expand and click the "eye" next to each and every element in the arm, from the shoulder all the way down to the digits on the fingers. That was a lot of clicking. I did not see a way to hide all elements from the shoulder down, even when selecting all items.

If anyone knows how to do this I would love to know.

DAZ settings defaulting after upgrade?

TATSU 3D — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:51:16 +0000

Hey everyone,

After a bit of an upgrade to my PC, I have loaded up DAZ and find that for some strange reason my render settings always open to the default settings. I have to manually change the 'dimensions' settings to my preferred size (it currently always opens set to default) and I didn't have to do this prior to my hardware changes.

Also, the 'box' or 'border' that signified my render window in the main viewport no longer shows - even after I change my dimensions setting. If I open a scene that was created prior to my upgrade, I get a box of sorts, but there is no border, just outside the area is slightly darker.

Worth noting that I haven't re-installed DAZ or anything, its on the same OS installation as before, only the hardware has changed.

Not sure if PC specs are neede but in case it helps, my current Machine specs are:

Windows 10 Pro // AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core Processor (3.7 GHz) // 64GB DDR4 RAM // 2x MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Trio 11GB

Thanks in advance. It's not stopping me using DAZ, it's more of a mild annoyance!

Lock the timeline?

Seven193 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 21:07:30 +0000

Is there a way to lock the timeline? I noticed Daz Studio has created some animation keys without my knowledge, and when I try to move the timeline back to zero, objects in my scene begin to move, which messes everything up.

Is it possible to stop Daz Studio from creating keys, and also stop it from moving the timeline?

Are there any cons to darkening the base color to achieve darker skin? -IRAY

Flortale — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:24:59 +0000

I'm using Iray. I lowered the base color from RGB 255,255,255 to 65,65,65. I have translucency set to .9. Thin walled is off and I'm using Chromatic SSS.

So far everything looks fine, but I'm wondering if there are unforseen problems when lowering base color to achieve darker skin, when using IRAY?

Broken Morph - Growing Up for G8M

reptileartist — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 11:35:23 +0000

Hi there,

For several days now this makes me go crazy:

When i apply the "Youth Morph" to a new G8M it looks legit at first, but when i save the morph/figure as a scene subset and re-open that, it just looks like a deformed monstrosity.

I had several morphs installed, but deleted all of those. Now I even deleted everything and did a re-install of DAZ 4.12 and just the G8 basics and GU. It didn't solve the problem. I don't know what else I am supposed to do. The log doesn't show any problems with the morph and there are no hidden morphs shown that explain this.

Legacy UVs for Genesis 8: Victoria 4 - Prepare doesn't work right?

Aabacus — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 14:03:34 +0000

Workflow:

Open Daz 4.12 on Mac (Mojave)

Load G8F Developer load

Verify that I have selected G8F

Run the Legacy UVs Prepare script from the tool bar.

I get an incomplete character (see attached)

When I apply a texture the missing items don't get skinned.

Any thoughts on what I've done/not done?

Programming a non-blocking window in DAZ?

chrom — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:59:52 +0000

Hi,

I want to program a window in DAZ so that my window with its buttons, ... can be used and also other DAZ components while my window is open.

DzBasicDialog seems to block the rest of DAZ until it is closed.

Do I need another widget or pane or to configure DzBasicDialog?

Is there anywhere a simple sample for such a window perhaps also with communication to DAZ elements outside the window (signal, connect, slot)?

Problem rendering in Daz Studio Iray

ChrisSerket — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 13:45:21 +0000

I'm sorry for my bad English, but it's not my birth language.
When rendering in Daz Studio Iray the rendering reaches 12% and ends automatically.
The strange thing is that the interactions are far from reaching the maximum limit allowed by Daz (I put them in 15000 thinking that that was the problem).
What is the problem?
PD: I'm trying to render this scene as it comes:
https://www.daz3d.com/i13-estate-agent-s-office

I hope you can help me.
Greetings.

Problems with Gallery-upload

Eggs Actly — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 08:52:18 +0000

Since yesterday i get a 404- server not found when I try to upload an image to my Gallery?

How to make a head morph ignore the ears?

Flortale — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 09:35:38 +0000

How to make a head morph ignore the ears?

Nearly all character head morphs change the ear shape, is there anyway to prevent that? I want the head morph to leave the ears untouched as much as possible.

DS crashed when I load Noggin's Poser Crows

Hajoba — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 13:32:53 +0000

Hi, I used Noggin's Poser Crows often with DS previous versions. If I load the base figure now, DS crashes immediately. There is no problem with the second figure. To fix it I have deinstalled it and I reinstalled it but the problem persists.

I would be very thankful for any help

An Observation with setting quirkiness

Catherine3678ab — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 05:37:45 +0000

Something periodically goofs up the settings in D/S. Usually, but not always, reselecting a layout will put things right. However this evening the Content folder went in reverse! and goofy, wouldn't work right at all. Closing and opening the program solved the issue. What was in the scene was the new furry shepherd. If I recall correctly some of the other times the program's settings went goofy other furry models were in the scene, so maybe there's a connection.

dForce Floor collision

bueller1998_df4ca4b697 — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:25:15 +0000

I am having a probleng getting things like the Trumpet Dress to collide with the floor. It usually sinks through the floor like the floor isn't there. Any suggestions?

Partial selection disabled somehow

Lagrange — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:35:06 +0000

Previously I could just click on model parts and move them to pose. Some time ago I lost this functionality, I don't know why. Now If I am clicking any part, only the entire model is selected. Of course I still can select in the Scene tab but this is not comfortable. How to bring parts autoselecting back?

Tutorial ~ How to Render with the Free Octane Plugin using GPU in DAZ Studio

solomon — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:26:00 +0000

Hi Guys,

here is a new review and tutorial I have uploaded showing how to render your scenes using the Free Octane Plugin for Daz Studio.

If you are already using it, share your impressions.

re-uploading new video

Quite a bizarre error.

Cat_Dancing — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:36:28 +0000

I've been working on a 'Toy Town' military story and have come up against a very strange errror. I have attached examples below. The middle picture is the finished pic prior to render, the left hand pic is after render in Iray and it would appear that the cobbles stones have been replaced by sand and my two characters are sinking into it. The final picture is after render but in 3Delight. The images were collected via Snippit. The sand pic looks as if it has come from the beach which comes with DAZ?? Is that even possible?

I would be most pleased to receive comments from the more experienced artists and DAZ users please.

Thanks everyone, have a nice day.

Install locations

rcosu19 — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:26:04 +0000

So I've been tinkering around with this stuff for a while now (still not any good at it) but something I've noticed is that stuff I've bought over the last few years through a couple different Daz3D versions seems to have installed my items into several different areas on my computer, making some things hard to find.

I guess my question is this: Is it worthwhile to reinstall everything to get everything together, or is this kind of how it's supposed to be?

Error running RSSY Clothing Converter Genesis 3 Female to Genesis 8 Female

dougj — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:52:35 +0000

I'm getting the following error when I try to run the clothing converter script:

2020-01-17 09:48:19.692 Loading script: D:/Users/Doug/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/Content/scripts/riversoft art/clothing converter/clothing converter g3f to g8f.dse
2020-01-17 09:48:19.698 DEBUG: Found: D:/Users/Doug/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/Content/data/cloud/1_57641/data/riversoft art/common/rsconstants.dsa
2020-01-17 09:48:19.700 DEBUG: Found: D:/Users/Doug/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/Content/data/cloud/1_56469/data/riversoft art/common/rsccconstants.dsa
2020-01-17 09:48:19.700 WARNING: Script Error: Line 1
2020-01-17 09:48:19.700 WARNING: SyntaxError: Parse error
2020-01-17 09:48:19.705 WARNING: Stack Trace:
()@D:/Users/Doug/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/Content/data/cloud/1_56469/data/riversoft art/common/rsccconstants.dsa:1
2020-01-17 09:48:19.706 Error in script execution: D:/Users/Doug/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/Content/scripts/riversoft art/clothing converter/clothing converter g3f to g8f.dse

I've used the script many times in the past without errors.

https://www.daz3d.com/clothing-converter-from-genesis-3-female-to-genesis-8-female

Is anybody out there?

Kip — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:25:41 +0000

Sorry if this isn't the place for this, but I feel like I'm screaming against a brick wall here. My DAZ 4.12 isn't loading anything into the work space, after being installed in a new PC. Files 'don't exist' (even though they patently do). I've got an open Helpdesk and 8 days later (closer to 9 since I'm in the UK) I am still waiting for someone to get back to me. I totally understand that no one was working on New Years Day (except me, apparently) and I did get an autoreply message apologising about delays due to high ticket numbers, but what I can't accept is why it is taking so flaming long for anyone to actually contact me.

Is anyone else out there having this problem? If so, do you know the reason why?

Camera View Optimizer not working as intended

Loony — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:35:16 +0000

***moved to:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5264681/#Comment_5264681

Camera see through objects

hapciupalit — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:11:58 +0000

Hello guys,

I'm not even sure if what I want is possible, but if it is it will help me a lot.

Is there a way for my camera to see thorugh a certain object while rendering. I cannot remove the object or change to opacity because I need that object to be there because there is a mirror on the other side of the wall, so removing the object is not a solution and the room is too small to place my camera in there alongside the character. It's like a box with a mirror on a side.

Thank you!