1) How do I get the program to look to E:/users/My DAZ Library instead of to C:

2) How do I get the install manager to install futures to the new location.

Thanks in advance.

I do see them in the Content Library and in the Install Manager

Should I use the Download Manager to Uninstall them, and then reinstall?

I'm able to download directly from the website via my account page, but Install Manager reports download failed, and DAZ doesn't show my recently purchased content.

Now I am running it on an i7-7700 and an RTX 2060.

I also did a complete system restore with a new 1tb SSD and reinstalled DAZ studio on that drive.  I'm running version 4.10.  The content library is on a separate drive.

It feels like it's running "clunkier" than before. When viewing scenes in texture shaded mode there is a stuttering of frame rate when rotating cameras and the such.  It seemed smoother before.

Technically Nvidia does not support 8.1 with drivers for the RTX 2060.  But I found a Reddit page which discussed the Win 7 version being identical and providing full functionality for Win 8.

Am I doing something wrong?  Is there a way to make Daz studio talk to me hardware better?  Am I imagining  things? 

Would upgrading to Windows 10 help?

Thanks for any feedback you guys might have, this community has always come to my rescue in the past.

I really don't like Iray. As a result I have not purchesd a lot of products because of the fact render times are way to long. You can adjust your settinjgs. Really, you think. I'm beging to think it would probably best to cut my loses and go with another 3D art program any suggestions?

Edited for language

it was not visible on the daz ui but when i went to render she has a weird gouge in her forehead.

https://aws.amazon.com/nvidia/ 

I noticed when I got to https://www.daz3d.com/soldier-2-0-for-genesis-3-female-s that the mask wasn't in my product folder (the materials were). It's in the mapped folder, but I am unable to add it to the product (by selecting "Create a product from..." and entering the original product). I changed the metadata, used the content DB editor and categorized it, but it still won't show up in neither the product folder nor the smart content, nor will it show the materials in the smart content when I have the mask selected.

Is there something I missed?

I am more and more creating simple props and simple clothing to import as OBJ into Studio. I am getting usable results with Transfer Utility, changing textures, adjusting material settings etc. So, not a total noob anymore.

Question:

Are there official guidlines or best practices from DAZ available about how to model, UV and texture for Studio?

I bought a tutorial, but that unfortunately contains endless talking about "I do this and that" but does not clearly explain the why. I am hoping for a more clear and concentrated technical explanation. For example, in the tutorial I bought, the tutor is reading out a list of numerous surface names which is wasting so much time but does not explain why the surfaces are grouped the way they are. So, in the end I was constantly forwarding the video to find the real information. Maybe there is something in written form available that avoids this endless fill talking that sometimes plaques video tutorials?

To not sound negative, I watched a lot of good videos (youtube) that helped to understand numerous of those little things in Studio. And the forum is also a big help.

This used to work... stopped working about a month ago with 4.10.  Still not working with 4.12.  Any suggestions?

I may have to run the comp for hours from time to time (animation job). But mostly I don't think it will be exceed 10 mins per still image job. Till now never heard of hard-working fans. I think of buying new 1500W but I have to re-assemble everything again all day long (which cost more than a PSU). Thank you very much.

1) First, I used my first iRay skydome recently, or at least tested it in a scene. NOT one that I made but was bought as part of a scene on the DAZ store. Well, a long time ago I made an hdr image in Vue Complete 2015, to import into DAZ. Since using it in the Environment slot of Render Settings either, a) makes the image too washed out but gives good light, or b) makes the background image way too dark and it's still washed out, I realized, hey, I can put my own image in this skydome!

And to be honest, it worked! I mean, it's gorgeous!!! However, there was one severe problem: the skydome was only half of a sphere and I needed a full sphere. So, no problem, right? Cause I just saved the settings with my image as a shader, which would then be applied to a newly made sphere primitive.

Well, like all things that SHOULD work without issue, it didn't quite work. First, I had to turn on two-sided light, which made no sense to me. After all, the original half Skydome showed the light inside, so why didn't this one? It was then I learned about flipping normals with the geometry editor, which brings me to my next question:

2) Did DAZ Remove the Ability to Flip Normals in the Geometry editor?

I looked at an unforgiveably-long tutorial from 2017 on how to flip normals because I need light shining inside the dome, not outside (If I do just enable two-sided light, aren't I adding to rendering time for calculating light that won't even be in the image?) Anyway, I could not find this option in the right-clicked menu where it previously was, and neither does it appear anywhere else. I'm REALLY hoping DAZ didn't remove something so useful and I'm just missing it.

Secondly, no matter how huge I make this Skydome my full 360 degree image won't stop curving.

But, I still have my main problem: making a working Environment-tab HDRI. I cannot for the life of me figure out why my Vue render did not work how it's supposed to in the environment tab. I checked all the right boxes, so what's going on? I mean, using the huge .png version of the same render in the skydome looked GORGEOUS, so what possibly is the issue with the HDRI I made? After all, a lot of working HDRIs for 3D renderings have been made in Vue.

I do want to specify the main thing is that it is essential to be able to use my images in the Render Settings-->Environment slot, becuase I need an Infinite Sphere with ground. That's the ONLY way it'll do what I need it to do.

I messed around with my G8F character's surface properties, particularly with the reflection/translucency weight measurements and now my character has white eyes while viewing it cartoon shaded despite trying to reset it by applying its original MDL base. What am I missing?

Thanks.

my G8M has a boofy coat on as I posed it well flared and cloth ready

I retargetted him in iClone 3DXchange to add some animations

it has some spring too you see

but my cloth painting does nothing, I checked collision capsuals too reducing size of  legs and deleting ones on coat bottom

video

hoping somebody else uses UE4 and done cloths

Water plane deformed as expected but the wave didn’t move (the figure and spheres stayed at the edge of the plane). Is there a setting to animate the deformation?

Running Daz Studio 4.12.0.86

Like, I like getting new shaders, but I only buy them from the Daz shop, because I know they'll be in one place. But now I found some good ones elsewhere, but at some price points I'm a scared I'm going to forget that I have them because I can't easily find them.
 

Thanks!

I just got started with Daz3D and just bought my first products. One of them showed up and is working fine. The second, an environment found here, comes up as missing when I find it in the content library, it also does not show up in the smart content tab. I bought this from the Daz3D store, AND used Daz Install Manager to install it. I recently uninstalled and reinstalled the entire program.

I believe all the Content Directory Manager is set up fine (see attached), but from other forums I've read this setup might be incorrect. The error message I got is also attached.

Forgive me if I've made a beginners mistake, and if there is a clear solution on this forum that I haven't found or just blissfully missed, please direct me in the correct direction. 

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out!

I needed to buy a new machine, however Apple disappointed yet again with offering no new iMacs or even Mac Pro's that support let's say a Titan or 1080's. It seemed that I had to switch to windows, which to be honest if I had to choose, I'd rather switch back to my ex-wife, and she was a monster. With windows out of the question there was one option that only a few people considered wothwhile - buy an old Mac Pro, replace all the old parts with new parts, and make it almost as fast as the current mac pro - for a quarter of the price and with full CUDA support for any nvidia card. Well, it worked. 

Here is a list of steps I did - feel free to write in the thread if you have any questions or need help. 

1) i got an old Mac Pro 4,1 (one cpu, not dual) for roughly $200 - the configuration didn't matter, as I would change the parts anyway
2) I first replaced the CPU with the fastest [for that motherboard] 3.46 6-Core Intel Xeon - about $120
3) I got 48 GB (4x12) 1333 MHz DDR3 Ram - used for roughly $50 
4) That being done I flashed the Firmware of the Mac to 5,1 so it can use the configuration to it's fullest
5) I added a 512GB SAMSUNG MZVKW512HMJP-000 NVMe SSD in order to achive 5GB/s speeds - paid roughly $240
6) Last but not least I've found a second hand Geforce Titan-X 12GB for roughly $380 

The whole setup didn't cost me even $1000 in total, but the increase in speed is just enourmous. Not just that, but I can freely add hard drives or SSD's, 
I could even install a second Titan-X for more rendering power. The only drawback for some users would be that you can use everything up to High Sierra - there
is (at least curently) no support for Mojave or Catalina. However, having my system stable is much more important to me. 

So if you're looking for a budged solution to render, definatly keep an eye out for this option. Just google "upgrading old mac pro" and you'll see a lot of information. When 
you come to the point of fixing power drain from the video card send me a message, there are very easy solutions. 

Cheers,

George

I'd like to create my own word TAG- so if a product is called "Awesome poses for fighting" I can add my own word like "Martial" or "Combat" and have that product show up in Smart Content when I search using...."combat".

Is this even possible?

I see changing tags in the metadata editor, but that seems to be on a per item basis.

I want to create a keyword for an entire product.

I'd even look into changing the name of a product so that is was called "Awesome Poses for Fighting Combat"

Lol. I'm sure not. 

I uninstalled and re-installed and the problem persists.

This is the screen shot.

And this is the error from the log file.