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Issue with rendering clear glass - Solved

dragotx — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:33:34 +0000

For some reason whenever I try and render a scene with a glass helmet, the glass renders as solid black, no matter what glass shader I use. The reflectivity is right, but it's completely opaque. Does anyone have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Exporting OBJ to Blender with seperate groups

Bradmc — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 07:25:14 +0000

Hi, I originally had Daz and Blender setup so I could export OBJ files into blender with clothing and body parts as seperate meshes. The character you have seperate legs/face/ears/eyes/arms etc and each peice of clothing was seperate. I have switched to blender 2.8 and can't seem to get the setting correct. Anybody have any idea how to do this?

Thanks

Some tech-help seriously needed! (Solved, sort of...)

reserv888 — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 19:17:34 +0000

Today, suddenly, Daz Studio crashed and the computer froze. After eight hours non-stop working, I've managed to get the computer to work again (not only in safe mode).

I can start DS and load a scene, but i can't render. There seems be a similar problem as in the thread "Recent problem: Iray not using GPU".

When I hit the render button the processor runs up to 100%. That's normal. But then it stays at 100% even when the render process has begun. That's not normal.
It renders for about 20 seconds and then the computer freezes and I have to shut it down manually.

I have tried to use the nvidia driver Richard Haseltine suggests in the above mentioned thread. I have also tried the latest drivers and a few others. No difference.

So either there is something wrong with my graphics card (or its drivers), Daz Studio or something beyond my understanding.

Help really wanted!

Computer specs are:
Windows7 (64-bit)
Titan X graphics card
64 GB RAM
Intel i7

Reinstalling/Locating after resetting Windows

meganjonesisland — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:40:09 +0000

Due to poor performance recently on my PC, I had to reset it and reinstall Windows. I knew going in that I'd have some issues with getting Daz set back up, but it's truly being a pain. Is there a good way to handle this to get everything back to where it was? Should I use the install manager to uninstall everything, and then put them back on? Should I go into my folders and just delete everything with "Daz" in the title and then install fresh? What's the best way to go about doing this?

CDPUserSvc remains turned ON cunsuming CPU

tomdzia — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 20:03:04 +0000

Hi

Im using Windows 10 version 1903 with NVIDIA drivers 436.48 and DAZ Studio 4.12

So, when i'm launching my DAZ Studio, this proces is starting up too

In English - it's called "Connected Devices Platform User Service" (CDPUserSvc). To kill it, i must go to the windows services manager, and manually stop it there.

I can't change the startup type to any other, cuz i'll see "Invalid parameter" error

So i tried to change startup type in regedit and it worked, but after reboot and another DAZ Studio launch - service changed it's ID (at the end of it's name) and...

Any solutions? Do you have this problem too? (inform me, if you can't see images in this post)

DAZ resetting local settings

paul_ae567ab9 — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:50:13 +0000

Daz is a resource hog. We all know that.

When I start DS first thing I do is open task manager and set affinity to release one or two processor cores which actually makes everything much faster.

Problem is a bug in DS allows it to make changes to my settings recapturing those released cores. Sometimes. Sometimes not.

How can I make sure DS leaves me choice of affinity alone?

Main gallery image not appearing

Hatsune Miku — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:34:25 +0000

Just posted a pic but not appearing at main gallery, I click on new, also I check mark for it to appear at main gallery. Just reporting a bug.

Issue with Room Creator Exteriors Window Piece

notretsam — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:47:44 +0000

So am hoping someone can help me here, I been using Room Creator Exteriors and Room Creator 2.0 to build a large house, it was going well until I discovered this black on the outside wall and no idea what could be causing it

Trying to think of the information you need to be able to help me figure it out, sorta hope someone has had same issue at some point.

it appears on every single window piece and I have increased the width of the window via xScale
I have been through all the surface options for exterior and removed any black colour.
I am using sun-sky only dome and Environment Intensity is 0.50
The black on left of the window goes from the edge of the piece right to the window, so it's not the whole window piece, which is odd.

At first, I thought it was kitchen items on the other side of the wall that was causing it, as when I move the piece away from the overall building, it disappears, so maybe something to do with lightning? I hope not, as that be very tricky to resolve I think.

Is dForce the same as dynamic clothing using Optitex?

IsaacNewton — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:57:48 +0000

I see references to dForce start to pop up. As I have not heard of this before, despite reading the forums regularly, I have a question or two about it.

I watched a DAZ video on dForce and it looked very similar to normal dynamic clothing (using the Optitex system). Apparently dForce requires clothing to be dForce-compliant. So, is dForce just another name for Optitex based dynamic clothing?

If not, could someone please explain the difference?

Thanks in advance.

BVH import problem

sk916 — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 08:32:56 +0000

I am using 4.12 pro version. I imported some BVH files, but the figure doesnt adapt the BVH. I tried different BVH files, but still facing this problem.

[SOLVED] Internet doesn't work while rendering in Iray

Cherubit — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 03:33:19 +0000

Hi,

I've noticed recently my internet does't work when i'm rendering with Iray, in the viewport nor in the outer Iray actual render.

By that i mean that if I try to open any website in my browser or make any search, nothing returns, and the browser ends up saying it couldn't load the page.

I've updated my Daz Studio version recently, but at the same time updated my nvidia GPU driver.

How can I test if the problem is with daz iray rendering or with the GPU or its driver? I'm almost sure it's the GPU or driver because it renders fine with 3Delight (it seems it only uses CPU am i right?)

rendering in iray slow

ItsaMe — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 08:52:14 +0000

Hi everyone.

I have a beast of a machine(desktop, 64gb ram, RTX2080TI), which usually means its lightning fast on arnold or redshift in maya, but using Iray inside daz studio..its taking forever to render a simple scene(2 very simple characters, no clothes, no background) and its taking like 30 minutes. I am not sure whats going on, not even if my gpu is being used. Anyone has any ideas on whats going on?

Alternatively, I was trying to export my characters from DAZ using FBX to maya, trying to render them there, but my characters (they have animation) "explode" limbs become "monstrous like" very scary stuff...

if anyone can share their thoughts on how to solve either one of them much appreciated.

Parameters search results not showing in the root

Cherubit — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:20:04 +0000

Hey,

I've been having something happening with my daz that it wasn't like this, maybe some settings changed. When i'd use the search in Paramenters, it would show me all the results in the root, but now, i have to navigate to where the property is located. How can I fix this?

Curious observation... Advice requested.

Jason Galterio — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:13:04 +0000

I was flipping through the new conversations here and noticed a referenced to the GPU-Z software. I haven't been having any issues, but thought I would take a look at things.

My system has dual GeForce GTX 970s. Both were bought at the same time and installed in my desktop since day one.

When I ran GPU-Z I notied that the results weren't the same on the two cards:
BIOS versions are different,
Memory type is the same, but manufacturer is different...

Is the different memory is a surprise. Which might be why the BIOS is different. Or is that an incorrect assumption?

Mining dedicated graphic cards

Iendn — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:17:53 +0000

Hey, recently I have found auction with mining dedicated graphics card it's called P106.And there is my question if it's possible to use this card to render in irey? It's much cheaper then normal 1060 6GB.This card would be used only to render Thanks for answer,and sorry for my English :D

Daz default install location?

ohirris — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:34:56 +0000

Hi Im trying to figure out what Daz's usual default location is. Im trying to use daz to blender importer. Blender asks for library path but I've installed Daz on a D drive instead of C. So whenever I try import it just gives me an error. By the way this is from Diffeomorphic.

Merge Problem

FGt — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 09:20:53 +0000

Hello,

I have a problem with merge option.

I had a custom morphed G8 character (Version 1) saved as a scene. Then I updated this character (changed some morphs, pose etc.) and saved it again (Version 2). After that, I opened another scene and tried to merge that character into it. When I did it Daz for some reason loaded into my new scene Version 1 of character (Which technically does not exist, because I overwrote it with Version 2). I tried to save my character as a new file but it didn't work it still load Version 1 of character when merging. If I just open it or merge it into empty scene everything works fine all my morphs and poses are in place.
Also, Daz resets positions of pros to 0,0,0 when merging.

WARNING from Daz studio log file?

Kharma — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 17:34:35 +0000

Can anyone tell me what this means? It shows in the logfile at the end of every render and I have no clue how to get rid of the warnings ...

2019-11-16 10:09:22.244 Finished Rendering

2019-11-16 10:09:22.285 Total Rendering Time: 17 minutes 34.97 seconds

2019-11-16 10:09:22.308 Loaded image r.png

2019-11-16 10:09:22.362 Saved image: AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4 Public Build\temp\RenderAlbumTmp\Render 1.jpg

2019-11-16 10:10:37.881 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:14:58.015 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:19:39.488 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:24:46.957 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:30:13.419 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:35:57.964 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:41:57.441 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:47:51.189 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 10:54:02.649 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 11:00:24.164 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 11:06:46.660 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 11:13:20.131 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054

2019-11-16 11:13:52.072 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Device statistics:

2019-11-16 11:13:52.072 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 970): 1800 iterations, 5.227s init, 1044.410s render

2019-11-16 11:13:58.095 WARNING: Object::disconnect: Unexpected null parameter

2019-11-16 11:13:58.095 WARNING: QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver

2019-11-16 11:13:58.204 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Tcp shutdown called on a Tcp connection without a shutdown

2019-11-16 11:13:58.750 Iray [INFO] - IRT:RENDER :: 1.1 IRT rend info : Shutting down irt render plugin.

2019-11-16 11:14:20.095 *** Scene Cleared ***

Where is the Layered Image Editor in 4.12?

onimusha — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 03:04:10 +0000

When I right click a node in the surfaces window, it's not there anymore.

Send to zBrush [solved]

gulyo — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:31:49 +0000

Hey All,

I am strugling with GoZ - Bridge between DAZ and zBrush. After updating DAZ to 4.12 the 'Send to zBrush' menu item disappeared.

What I did so far (After searching the net):

- Emptied zBrush cahce (Preferences/GoZ)

- Re-set the paths in zBrush

- Re-installed goz plugin in DAZ

- Re-installed DAZ

- Re-installed zBrush and Goz in zBrush

Nothing worked :(

I don't see 'Send to zBrush' even under Window/Workspace/Customize/Bridges.

Do you have any idea what the problem could be?

Thanks in advance,

Adam

Black render in Sun-Sky, but not Dome or Scene

guru20 — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 03:20:47 +0000

I have a character I set up and rendered in Sun-Sky no problem (see attachments);

I saved and went back in later to add a shield (from OBJ), and then when I tried to render with the exact same settings... nothing. Black.

The kicker is... even if I DELETE the shield, it still renders black! Even though it is now back to where the original successful render occurred

But... if I try to render with Dome or Dome+Scene, it works just fine (but does not provide the lighting I need for my project)

Any ideas why the file would essentially stop rendering when I reopen it, even though it used to render fine??

Make wardrobe to a prop

Lothar Weber — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:04:51 +0000

Anyone ever made a wardrobe to a prop? I want to move and rotate a pair of shoes separeted from a figure and without rigging... like a bunch of shoes laying on the floor. Or more complicated: a dress with Dforce that falls on the floor without a parent figure.

The Universal Weapons Prop and Poses, where are the poses ?

xavierator — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:27:45 +0000

Dear,

I just purchased this reference:

https://www.daz3d.com/the-universal-weapons-prop-and-poses-for-genesis-3-and-8

, sorry, but I can't find the poses for light sword and staff

Thanks, Xavi

nm

Catherine3678ab — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 05:27:55 +0000

Lost Genesis Male Figure

budrudesill — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:42:34 +0000

Documentation Center won't recognize my user name which is my email address. When I hit enter my email address is changed from an @ to an _. The real proble is that I suddenly lost my Genesis Male figure, but when I try to search for help on DAZ I get the above problem. The DAZ website recognizes me.

A4 Cross-Eyed -- I thought there was a fix for this?

stephendsullivan_8d05b15f9d — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:45:25 +0000

So, I'm using a partial A4 (50%) with a base V4 character, currently loaded with morphs++ etc. -- a basic rig I use all the time in Poser Pro 14.

The body and head shapes work fine, and even look the way I'd like.

But there's something wrong with Aiko 4's eyes. It's like they didn't adjust to the new shape along with the rest of her head or something -- so they're too close together (or too small?) and she looks cross-eyed.

(See attachments.)

I _thought_ there was some kind of simple morph fix for this, but I can't find it anywhere in with the A4 stuff, nor has searching Poser turned it up.

How can I fix this? Should the eyes be scaled or moved somehow?

Or is that easy "fix eyes" dial somewhere that I can't find it?

Please help!

Thanks.

-- Steve

BEO2K10 hands and eyes lights

xavierator — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:44:30 +0000

Dear,

BEO2K10 has lights on hands and eyes, but after render the lights disappear, only the chest light remains.

Examples attached.

Thanks, Xavi

Sci-Fi Assault Armor + Wise Wizard hooded cloak

xavierator — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:01:30 +0000

Dear,

I just make a test with this 2 references (see the attached images), but it doesn't works:

https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-assault-armor-for-genesis-8-males

https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-wise-wizard-hd-clothes-for-genesis-8-males

Is possible to adapt the hooded cloak of Wise Wizard to Assault Armor ?

Thanks, Xavi

How to install/use Stephanie 4 (S4)

rirvinmoore_bce34b999f — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:51:03 +0000

I'm having a devil of a time getting S4 to work properly and I'd love some help. I think I got her working yesterday, but today I can't figure out how I did it. Here's my (failed) workflow:

Open Poser 9 -> open "Figures" menu -> double-click "Stephanie 4" to load figure into the scene. The figure ("Victoria 4") loads with her feet sticking through the ground plane. I go to the Victoria 4 -> Parameters menu and try the morph dials under "Other." I move the dials back and forth, including seemingly appropriate ones like "Stephanie (Body)", but none of them have any effect. I think it's safe to say that this doesn't work.

Seeing morph injections in the pose menu... Load Victoria 4 -> open Poses menu -> INJ Stephanie 4. No new morphs appear. So this also doesn't work, apparently.

What do I do? V4 and Morphs++ seem to work fine, but Stephanie (which apparently requires direct use of V4) does not.

Put on a character as a cloth (crazy idea)

Lagrange — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:50:03 +0000

I have a standalone character who is not any Genesis. Any poses in the collection works for him but always wrong as his default pose doesn't suit any existing. Then I had a crazy idea.

Is there a way to make Daz think this is not a character but a full body suit? Then I could put him on Genesis 2 and make Genesis itself invisible, then all the poses will work properly. Is this a good idea or I am thinking wrong?