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GPU option not available on render?!

ameliajanemurph — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:34:24 +0000

Hello! OK, so first off, I am pretty new to all this so if you can answer my question please lay it out as if you were talking to a three-year-old because that is my level of understanding on all this. I have been having trouble with renders lately, anything with a scene to be precise. It takes ours and comes out extremely pixelated. I have been doing some research and one of the things I seemed to come to understand if that it is important to use GPU and not CPU for your renders. But GPU is not showing up as an option on my DazStudio. See image. Yet, I have a GPU. I am using a

macOS High Sierra

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB

Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

I have also noticed that most everything I read is about PCs. Are MACs useless for DAZStudio? Or is my computer useless? I would like to know as I have dropped a significant amount of money on products that now seem to be useless.

Thanks!

"A valid postgres whatever" is only the beginning of my woes

wiz — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 02:10:38 +0000

Sometime in the last 10-15 day (yes, I was away from DS for a bit. It happens) I lost just about every bit of usability, both in 4.12.0.86 and in the 4.12.1 public build.

Started getting that infamous CMS error.
Loading existing scenes is glacial. One of my quick test scenes took 10 minutes, instead of 30 seconds.
Same with adding a character.
Can't search, either in Smart Content or Content Library.
Listing are only partially complete, like if I hit sort "A-Z" I might get "A-J" or "Z-A" might give me "Z-R"
Can't render. Click render, the window pops up, and does nothing.
I don't remember simple scenes or single characters using 4gigs of RAM before.

CUDA & GPU Rendering - Status?

Alien Alloy — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 11:28:20 +0000

Hello good people.

I've been digging around the forum here and there to try and find some information about the IRAY engine combined with the GPU rendering and anywhere I read, it seems that it works once and then nothing more.

I've been experiencing issue like that for a while myself.
Loading now Daz, with a single figure, no lights and just hair, if I hit "RENDER" without touching anything, the process flies via GPU and it takes mere seconds to produce the render up to like 89%, then it commit suicide and falls back to CPU to finish.

If I do again a render in the same window, it won't even bother to look for the GPU, it goes directly in CPU mode and use all the 8 cores to do the job.

Granted my videocard is an old 1080 Strix with merely 8 gigs on board, while my system has 32 *shrugs*

I've been reading all around trying to find a solution for this plague, it's like having the "Ludricous Speed" but not being able to use it properly, not even once.
I've tried the Nvidia Control Pannel Physix to CPU trick (no difference). <- Is this actually worth? I play with this machine, sometimes :D
I've changed the Texture Compression Threshold to 512 (Medium) and 2048 (High).
Unchecked the OptiX Prime Acceleration.
Unchecked the CPU boxes.
I am running the latest drivers ofcourse.

Is there anything else that can be done to try and make this work or the CUDA thing is just your "average" badge of premium that it's not even worth the time to fiddle with?

I've also notice using GPU-Z that apparently DAZ doesn't "dump" memory: during the first render that it seems to barely complete with a single figure, the video ram usage goes from 400mb up to 4 gigs, then when I close the preview windows back down to 2-3 gigs.

Indeed it is a partial rant, for a free product I know
But I would like to know from users that have more experiene than me on the matter if they have found some tricks to optimize the thingy or if there are some hidden stuff and know-hows.

Thanks in advance guys!

Merchant Resource Stardust Glitter Fantasy Makeup

Nelmi — Fri, 31 May 2019 20:10:12 +0000

Hello,

I want to purchase the above product but I am unsure about the usage. It says that it is a Merchant Resource. Can I use the product to create a new character? I specifically want to know if the product can be used "as is" without any modifications?

https://www.daz3d.com/stardust-glitter-fantasy-makeup

Thank you so much.

Can I crush G8's skin , make some "sunken" effect ?

kyoreona — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 01:54:50 +0000

Hello everyone

Can I make some effect like push,crush into G8's skin,

some kind like hands on face , arm , to make face and arm's shape change ?

Someone told me to use "goz for Zbrush", but my needs is so simple ,I don't want to study Zbrush...

Can DAZ do it itself ?

Do I need to open a support ticket for problems with prices in cart?

Wanderer — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:44:03 +0000

Does it help at all to post in the forums that an item isn't receiving the discount it should in my cart, or do I need to open a ticket just for that? Victoria 8 and one of the still new releases are in my cart together, but she is not free as advertised.

Messed up saving a character

AbnerK — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:57:21 +0000

Hi,

I made a character a few months ago, when I came to save it I, saved a folder in the wrong place and some how managed to save loads of characters' folders within that folder. Naturally now if I delete all the character folders that are duplicated in the wrong place my character doesn't work. So, is there a simple way to fix the problem without losing my character and without having all those duplicated other characters, some of which don't even seam to be used or referenced?

Thanks

How to set up DAZ after hard drive failure

starforge — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:50:52 +0000

My external hard drive failed now I have to reinstall DAZ but DIM is failing and I don't know to set up my pathes for my folders

Default Directory Paths in DIM

qert — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 04:40:09 +0000

Does anybody know the default directory paths in DIM for

Downloads

Package Archive: C:/

Thumbnail Archive: C:/

Installation

Manifest Archive: C:/

Content Database base: C:/

Which character/model is it ?

AdeleAdventures — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:29:49 +0000

Hello guys,

I was scrolling, looking for items then I say this homebody, but that this model in particular that is interesting me. Anyone know which character is it ?

Here: https://www.daz3d.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/f/dforce-homebody-for-genesis-8-females--00-main-daz3d.jpg

Thanks for your help :)

settings in DIM to delete d/led zips

FSMCDesigns — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:06:25 +0000

is there a setting in DIM that will delete the d/led zip files after they are installed. I just checked and i have over 300 gigs of d/led files. I thought about just deleting them, but didn't know if that would mess up any DIM settings.

CPU running too hot with 4.12.0.86 and Iray

Siciliano1969 — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 02:35:11 +0000

Hello,

My CPU is running about near 90 degrees celcius when rendering in Iray. In the Render settings tab I have CPU unchecked in Advanced tab Photoreal devices and Interactive devices. I am checking my 1070 GPU. OptiX is checked and checked or not I get the same issue. My CPU is doing most of the rendering work despite what I am asking Studio to do for me. I have all other windows and tasks closed....any ideas?

Daz3d & System Shutdown

magog_a4eb71ab — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 21:36:27 +0000

I added a primitive to an empt scene and was playing around with some of the surface settings and tried to do a spot render of the primitive and after around 15 seconds my system just shut off without any warning. Here's what I recall I did:

Added a sphere primitive to the scene: Diameter 9 cm, Segments 72, Sides 144. Parameters --> Scale set to 300% to make the primitive bigger, and y-Translated it to around +95 from its position of origin.

Applied the Iray Uber base shader to the sphere's surface and made the following changes in the surface settings:

Base Color 0.15 0.0003 0.0 (or 109 6 0)

Dual Lobe Specular Weight 1.00, " Reflectivity 1.00, " Lobe 1 Roughness 0.40, Lobe 2 Roughness 0.30

Refraction Index 1.385, Refraction Weight 0.25

Thin Walled OFF, Transmitted Measurement Distance 0.5, Transmitted Color was NOT set( 0 0 0), SSS Mode Mono, Scattering Measurement Distance 0.2 ?, SSS Amount 0.5 ?, SSS Direction -0.3

Environment: Draw Dome OFF, Environment Intensity 1.4, Dome Rotation 45.

DAZ Version used: 4.10.0.123 Pro-Edition 64-bit

I know I must have set something incorrectly with one of the above surface settings AFTER applying the Iray Uber base shader, but I'm not sure what. If I have a question mark after it, it means I'm not 100% certain if that's what I had the parameter set at. Everything else was left as-is. All I know is when I tried to spot render the primitive in the viewport in Perspective View, soon after my system just shut down, kind of like what you would get trying to render iray material in 3delight if I recall correctly. Any ideas? My system renders fine with the GTX 765M and I even tested it with Daz after restarting following the shutdown, so it must be something I did in those surface settings.

A valid Postgre SQL CMS connection could not be established - HELP PLEASE!

JENR8 — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:38:11 +0000

Error Message: A valid Postgre SQL CMS connection could not be established. Several Daz Studio features that require a valid PostgreSQL CMS connection, such as context-aware content views and loading content installed using the Daz Connect service, will not be available. Check your network, antivirus, and firewall settings for conflicts.

I have deleted Studio/Install Manager/reinstalled.
I have checked and called my Antivirus company - Virus Software (McAfee Total Protection) has been disabled and deleted and reinstalled. I installed Daz Install Manager and Studio and still get the same error.
I have added the software to my antivirus.
I have checked my network which is a mesh network (Netgear Orbi) and nothing.
I have also gone into Daz Studio CMS info and changed it to 1024 as recommended.
I have ALWAYS installed Postgre.

The thing that gets me is this. The program was running great until there was a crash. Then it stopped. I have other 3D programs and graphic programs and they run flawlessly. I am concerned this is a buggy build.

Specs: Surface Book 2 i7 processor / 16 GB of Ram 500 Gb hard drive with an external 400 GB card / Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060.

At this rate - is there anything I can do to achieve even faster renders? Using an i9 and 2080ti

Usernamenottaken — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:42:05 +0000

I decided to go big and upgrade from a 7700 to an I9 9900K and an RTX 2080ti. I know this is a great combination but the issue is that even when I render a large scene - My I9 goes NUTS and hits 90C. I am waiting on an AIO watercooler that I've managed to fit into my case, it seems it does a great job of keeping the I9 at bay.

My problem is that multiple cards (NvLink, Sli, or even Non-sli... it doesn't matter) don't seem to be the answer. I am very VERY happy with the CPU as that seems to be a monster when rendering my scenes, but am I capped out?

If I am, that is totally fine. The renders are lightning fast, for me it's about doing animations and how long it's drawn out - not just needing it as fast as possible for the hell of it. I want to speed up any animations that I have been working on.

If it matters - 32 gigs of ram as well, before it was 16 and let me tell you - H U G E upgrade!

Indoor / Outdoor Lighting

roezaka — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:05:14 +0000

Is it possible to make the lighting outside the building the same inside the premises? How to make the walls of buildings let this light in? I like my street lighting but in the building everything becomes dull and not beautiful. I use uber environment 2

Upgraded to RTX 2080 Ti. Now unable to render in Iray???

mikethe3dguy — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 05:36:39 +0000

Previously, with my GTX 980 Ti, I had no problems with Nvidia Iray viewport preview or Iray renders, just not fast enough for my needs. Now I seem to have lost the ability to see ANY Iray output at all. When I select Nvidia Iray preview in the viewport, I just get a constant "preparing scene" on the lower left, and all I get is that in-between view of the scene when the GPU is working on generating Iray. If I try to do a render a simple scene, it processes so quickly I can barely see the render progress window flash, and it's finished in milliseconds or less than 2 seconds, but the render is blank, no image.

What the heck is going on?

Running DS 4.12.1.16 Pro Beta at 64 bit on Win 10.

I'm trying to convert a Genesis 8 Female foot morph into a Genesis 8 Male morph?

kimmeey — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 07:35:44 +0000

I know It's probably extremely difficult, but I want to give it a try, because the foot morph I have for the female G8 figure is so much better than the Male one and with some tweaking I can make it look like a male foot more. Everytime I load it into the morph loader pro it says "geometry did not match, failed to create morp."

So, is there something else I could try? I would really appreciate anything that anyone here could help me with or some ideas at least. Thank you!

Missing Texture File

Platnumk — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:09:03 +0000

I have the following product "Myriel for Teen Raven 8" by @Jessaii - https://www.daz3d.com/myriel-for-teen-raven-8 but I can't apply the 2nd blush as the texture file is completely missing (myrielfacemeblush2_1001.jpg). I've double checked the DIM Archive and its definitly missing. I've put in a support ticket 5 days ago and haven't heard back from anybody.

Is there a way of contacting the vendor themselves so that I can ask for help directly.

Q: Time Limit in 3Delight?

Blackbirdx61 — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 11:28:10 +0000

I recently began doing progressive renders in 3Delight; and I've come to realize that I have an acceptable image for my purposes in 30 minutes or less, pretty much every time; but when I use the save button on the rendering image, it only occasionally opens a new window of the current render for me to save. 4/5 time it just throws an error and keeps going; for a another 90minutes or however long the render wants to take. As there is no timeout button for 3Delight on my Daz Client (4.7) I was wondering if there is a script available that would set a max time for the 3Delight render, or if it would be possible to write one; as I have no experiance with DAZ scripting, but I have written some simple code in my life so thats not totally out of bounds.

I hope this is the appropriate forum for this question, but I really cound not think quite where it should go as it is a little outside of the box. TY BB.

Are my Pear Figure / Voluptuous JCMs messed up?

hookflash — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 22:32:10 +0000

I'm getting bad distortion with both the Pear Figure and the Voluptuous morphs when rotating the thigh, presumably due to the way these morphs' JCMs are set up. I'm not sure whether this is simply a limitation of these types of morphs, or if I've screwed things up somehow. I've attached a very extreme example to make the problem obvious. Any ideas?

My Daz Connect Library to new computer.

sydgrl3d — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 22:31:54 +0000

I have a moved the "My Daz Connect Library" to a new computer, however, none of the content is showing as installed. What step have I missed?

Thanks

DAZ 4.12

Mac OS 10.14.6

How to reduce rendering times when using "IDG Iray Gel Lights and Gobos"

chachah — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 09:02:45 +0000

I do not know if this is really the place to publish this, or even if someone has not already done so. But anyway I think that my trick could help to restore all its interest to a product that deserves it.

I took advantage of the last PC+ annual sales to get some products among which "IDG Iray Gel Lights and Gobos" by DestinysGarden and InaneGlory. At first, like many others probably, I was quite disappointed by the excessively long render times.

For my rendering tests the light is directed towards a matt white vertical plane. The environment mode is set to "Scene Only".

As the first screenshot shows, after 7 minutes the progress bar has not even taken off yet!

This is because the light rays emitted by the 5 light sources bounce against the white walls inside the projector almost indefinitely before eventually exiting through the aperture. To prevent this the solution is really very simple: select the projector > open the "Surface" pane > select "Gel 1" and "Shell" > assign black to the "Base Color" parameter. The black will absorb the rays thus ending their race, and computation times will be considerably reduced as shown in the screenshot 3

DestinysGarden and InaneGlory could publish a patch to their product to correct the inconvenience, and give it a second youth at the same time. Thanks to them.

Autofit Genesis assets to Genesis 3

knuckledusterharris_b01188de76 — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 15:19:34 +0000

Does Daz have a product for the auto-fit system that smoothly and accurately fits Genesis wardrobe items to Genesis 3? The "unsupported" fitting option isn't always very precise.

On 4.12, is RTX 2070S with 2560 cores faster than Titan X with 3072 cores?

iSeeThis — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 11:37:26 +0000

I've learnt from somewhere here that RTX is more significant than amount of CUDA cores when run on 4.12. Is that true? I'm considering replacing my slow Titan X with 2070S. If this is a dull decision, please let me know. Thank you!

Daz: Please fix Install Manager ASAP!

Xanathon — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:44:08 +0000

Since installing the latest version of DAZ Install Manager (64bit 1.2.0.52) it is a mess. It takes ages to show content to be installed. Sometimes downloads constantly fail. ATM downloads are extremely slow and stop continuously, I have to resume or they are shown as "failed" and download has to start again, even if it was at 99 or 100%.

With the previous version everything was fine, this new version is obviously highly buggy.

Where can I download an earlier version to install it?

Help with Layering

RavenHawk — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 03:59:53 +0000

I'm attempting to create a storyline that has characters using form fitting scifi armors that have fantasy armors layered on to provide a certain look, but I have to constantly adjust sections whenever I adjust the skeleton. Is there a way to fit the outer layers to the inner?

Venesia Suite skull prop

vonHobo — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 05:30:06 +0000

https://www.daz3d.com/the-venezia-suite

Does anyone know if the skull pictured in the Venesia Suite interior is included with the product?

I looked through the list of items in the description and it does not list a skull. However, it says that there are over 80 items for the room, including candles.

I need a realistic skull and the one picture here is perfect, so if is not part of the product I would like to know where it is from.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Emissivity, over-exposed? Help :p

Robinson — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:20:29 +0000

So I wanted some light in my hallway. I imported a light mesh obj and then set one of the materials (the "bulb") to emissive. The emissive settings are as follows:

Emission Temperature: 6000
Emission Profile: None
Emission Colour (RGB): 1.00 1.00 1.00

Luminance: 2500.00 (kcd/m^2)

My problem is I don't think it looks quite right. The falloff seems wrong, i.e. very, very bright right near the bulb and then kind-of dim bounces off the walls. Should I choose an emission profile for this and if so, which one? Other than that is there a way to change the falloff so it's more even and brighter at a distance? The bulb looks over-exposed to me. I had to ramp up the luminance in order to get a reasonable amount of light on the walls but it seems way too high.

Here's a picture showing what the model and scene look like:

Refresh DAZ database(??)

larrygilman — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 20:40:31 +0000

I'm not sure of the proper wording, but I completely rebuilt my PC so I have all SSD's. Before the rebuild I had installed all the DAZ files on a 2T SSD.

Once the system was stable I installed a new dim on my C drive. Looking at "Smart Content", everything came up OK, but are showing as black and while icons that require installing (using the Right Click option), before working. The "Content Library" is all color. My newly purchased stuff is coming up in color in Smart Content".

Since I know DAZ worked perfectly before the rebuild, isn't there a process available that will refresh the database