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

The Two CMS's

Doc Acme — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:33:10 +0000

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Since I'll be away from my main system for a few months, I installed Daz 4.12 onto a new laptop. As such, I'm taking my time & selectively installing things & getting "Lost & Found" items Catagorized, etc. It took me a couple install attempts to get the pathing correct but finally Daz and the PostgreSQL CMS installed onto D: & under the same folder.

Once that was working correctly, I got snooping around & notice that there's also a "C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\PostgreSQL CMS".

What is that one's purpose?

If I move or rename it, then the CMS tab in DS shows none & I get the No CMS warning. If I F2 & point to the D: one, it won't stay set; if I Accept & Apply that path, close the panel then open & check it again, it's set to None. If I restore the C: one, then it all works again and Daz uses the D: version of the CMS.

I only have DS installed; no other Daz product. Is the C: one sort of a Master or ...?

Yule Cottage

nonesuch00 — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:50:43 +0000

Hey,

How do I get the Yule Cottage scene from Howie Farkes from Carrara to DAZ Studio? Everytime I try to navigate in Carrara to find that product so I can make an attempt to see how to get it into DAZ Studio, Carrara locks up & I can't do anything.

Thanks.

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OK, I got it loaded (via open & naviagting with the browser dialogue to the location of the YuleTide .CAR scene) but how is the best way to save it for use in DAZ Studio & the scene be intact?! There is DAZ Collada, FBX, 3DS, OBJ, and other formats.

Ugh! I wouldn't have bought had I know it was Carrara only.

Also, why does Carra lock up whenever I switch to the 'Smart Content' tab?

Install Manager Problems?

Ch1ggs — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:40:50 +0000

Hey, folks. Anyone having Install Manager problems today? Been trying to login for the past hour. No success. Tells me I have the wrong username and password (I don't). Other times it just hangs. Not sure what's going on.

need help to get my motivation back ;-)

McRenArt — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 09:42:49 +0000

I ^_^ I have been a big fan of 3d studio for years but it's really getting me down now , I keep it updated and I find that I can't use it as good as before .... well I got the new 4.12 pro and it should have bundled Genesis 8 ; I was very anxious to see the new product and see what was different ;-) but it won't show up when I look for it ... and there some more issues on other files that don't work :-( :-( are you guys all ok ? I seem tohave lost interest in using Daz studio ;-( anyone elese had the same problem ? .... mind you I'm not using it professionally so I'm dedicating too much time , tried with the tutorials but that won't help ... Thank you very mich in advance for any hint ot help :-) :-)

4.11 Cannot Dock Panes to Right hand Side of Window

neverstoplearning — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 21:26:54 +0000

I was messing with layout, I thought I would make some minor changes. I got myself into a weird setup where the Right Hand Side (RHS) of the viewport was locked to the RHS of the main window, ie under the docked panes on the right and therefore the widgets were inaccessible. I tried to drag it away but nothing worked.

I was able to get back my normal set of panes (Parameters, Shaping, Posing, Surfaces) in a single floating window but still I could not dock it to the RHS of the main window.

I tried various methods including setting the layout to default settings using Edit--> Preferences--> Interface--> Restore Factory Defaults. This did NOT actually restore to default settings at all.

I reinvoked my normal panes from Window-->Panes. I was still unable to get them to dock to the RHS of the main window, and the RHS of the Viewport is still locked to the RHS of the main window.

I cannot currently use Daz Studio.

Genesis 8 Characters and Unreal 4

giuseppemastrangelo — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:19:53 +0000

Hello everybody,

Do you know how to correctly import a Genesis 8 Character (with animation) inside unreal engine 4 ?

Thank you in advance

How to apply a keyframe range from one character to another?

dennis.d.t2972686 — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:50:54 +0000

Hi All,

Is it possible to apply an entire keyframe range from one character to another WITHOUT converting the keyframe range to aniblock first?

Iray rendering with CPU in 4.12

OVD — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:37:29 +0000

I thought I was imagining it at first, but it felt like rendering in Iray in 4.12 was taking longer than it used to. But now my other computer tasks are choppy while renders are going on, and I'm looking at the render script and seeing this:

Rendering in NVIDIA Iray

Compiling Shaders - 0/1

Rendering image

Rendering...

Iray [VERBOSE] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.7 IRAY rend progr: CPU: Processing scene...

Iray [VERBOSE] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.9 IRAY rend stat : Native CPU code generated in 0.387s

I don't know a tonne about CPU and GPU stuff, but it seems to me that this is rendering with my CPU rather than my GPU, even though I have it set to render with GPU only.

Can anyone give me some advice about what's going on?

Left eye crumple up when rotated downward

TheCediz — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:34:39 +0000

Hello.

So I checked all eye morphs by zeroing them one by one. I also checked the rotating bone and it doesn't seem different from the right eye one (mirrored it so I can confirm). I don't know what's up with the iris section of the left eye mesh. Any idea?

thanks

It's possible to use different UV-mapped textures on same figure?

riceballsengine — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:44:36 +0000

I have a genesis 8 female figure with a genesis 2 female skin mapped onto it thanks to the useful Legacy UV tool.

I'd like to apply a tattoo from one of the new Inked sets, one which uses the genesis 8 UV maps.

Is there a way to accomplish this? Or, if not, how can i convert a genesis 2 texture in a genesis 8 one?

Thanks!

Delete This

mwokee — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 21:45:06 +0000

Delete

Genesis8 Female allways open with Alexandra 8 Morph

contie_b81e40caa2 — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:11:24 +0000

Hello Forum.

All Caracter that I try open have also Alexandra 8 Body and Head on 100%.
Also if I open a saved Scene, all used Genesis 8F Models have the Alexandra 8 slide back on 100%.
How I can set Genesis 8F back to zero, ore how to reset to standrat.

Best Gregards.

Iray SunDial

roberthutchinson — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:12:14 +0000

For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to move the dial other than azimuth and elevation. I try using the axis control, but nothing will move. If I want the sun to come from another direction, I cannot do it. So what is the secret?

Help Please!! My interface is weird

datzeekaleek1_c7b41dd763 — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 12:58:10 +0000

Help please. Why does my interface look like this instead of grey and looks like (shot 2) when I move around in the scene?

GPU only renders every other frame in an image sequence

Puddles — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:01:34 +0000

I am rendering an animation in Daz 4.12.0.86 (Pro Edition - 64 Bit) in Windows 10. I have a Titan X GPU with the latest Nvidia Drivers (436.30).

Despite having only the GPU selected (and OptiX Prime acceleration deselected) in Render Settings>Advanced, the GPU fails to render every other frame when rendering an image sequence. The CPU takes exponentially longer to render frames (44mins for CPU, 6 mins for GPU - for 200 iterations).

The GPU succesfully renders every odd frame (1st, 3rd, 5th etc.), but the system falls-back to the CPU for every even frame (2nd, 4th, 6th etc.).

The scene is large, GPU shark reports that the GPU is using 9 GB of Ram when rendering, however I have a Titan X GPU with 64 GB of available Ram. The CPU also has 64 GB of available Ram.

Although 'OptiX Prime Acceleration' is un-checked in Render Settings>Advanced, the log shows the following errors during both GPU and CPU rendering:

2019-09-29 15:24:49.451 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00161 iterations after 345.154s.

2019-09-29 15:24:49.474 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

2019-09-29 15:25:08.752 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Received update to 00171 iterations after 364.454s.

2019-09-29 15:25:08.774 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : The 'iray_optix_prime' scene option is no longer supported.

When the GPU fails to start rendering a new frame (and falls-back to CPU), the log shows the following additional errors:

2019-09-29 15:27:03.761 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering with 1 device(s):

2019-09-29 15:27:03.761 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX TITAN X)

2019-09-29 15:27:03.761 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering...

2019-09-29 15:27:03.762 Iray [VERBOSE] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.2 IRAY rend progr: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX TITAN X): Processing scene...

2019-09-29 15:27:04.250 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend info : Initializing OptiX Prime for CUDA device 0

2019-09-29 15:27:04.251 Iray [VERBOSE] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend stat : Geometry memory consumption: 745.17 MiB (device 0), 0 B (host)

2019-09-29 15:27:04.407 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend error: OptiX Prime error (Device rtpModelUpdate BL): Memory allocation failed (Function "_rtpModelUpdate" caught exception: Encountered a CUDA error: cudaMalloc(&ptr, size) returned (2): out of memory)

2019-09-29 15:27:04.408 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.2 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX TITAN X): Scene setup failed

2019-09-29 15:27:04.408 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.2 IRAY rend warn : All available GPUs failed.

2019-09-29 15:27:04.408 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.2 IRAY rend warn : No devices activated. Enabling CPU fallback.

2019-09-29 15:27:04.408 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(305): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.2 IRAY rend error: All workers failed: aborting render

2019-09-29 15:27:04.409 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : CPU: using 12 cores for rendering

2019-09-29 15:27:04.409 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering with 1 device(s):

2019-09-29 15:27:04.410 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : CPU

2019-09-29 15:27:04.410 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering...

2019-09-29 15:27:04.410 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.4 IRAY rend info : Initializing Embree

2019-09-29 15:27:04.410 Iray [VERBOSE] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.2 IRAY rend progr: CPU: Processing scene...

Any ideas?

Unable to complete New Yeti Download

sypeck — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 12:48:02 +0000

Has anyone been able to download and install this figure?

Any way to disable skirt bones?

Karibou — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 23:43:09 +0000

Let me start by saying I know zero about rigging. I do, however, know that my dForce dress is being unnaturally pulled by the figure it's fit to -- because if I drape it without fitting it, the skirt looks natural. Unfortunately, the dress's top doesn't do well (at all!) without being fit to the figure. I want the dress to conform through the waist and have NO idea about the figure's pose below it. Is there an easy way to do this?

Duplicate Formulas & extra Morphs installed and in characters - how to clean up?

Gator — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:00:33 +0000

I started getting the "Duplicate Formulas found in files" error, and it's killing me because scenes take forever to load, and the killer that the pop-up breaks batch rendering.

Looking in the logs I see the source of the error is this particular Genesis 3 Morph directory.

I think at one point I messed up installing or saving a freebie character morph. It duplicated ALL the Genesis 3 morphs and is over 1 GB in size.

I want to clean this up, but am scratching my head how to do it. If I delete the directory, I see which morphs fail to load. I put the files back, and copied the values from those morphs. I deleted the files again, then dialed the morphs back (except fbmvictoria7hdlv4, I couldn't figure out which one that was).

Loading the character after deleting the files. The offending morph directory is below, p3d tara:

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/2 move side2side opposite.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/beauty toe hd.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/beauty toe.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/bodythin.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/fbmthin.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/fbmvictoria7hdlv4.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/pbmlunenailssquare.dsf

data/daz 3d/genesis 3/female/morphs/p3design/p3d tara/pbmwaistwidth.dsf

I saved it (in the state with offending morph files gone), loaded up on the other computer and still get the same error.

Then with the offending files back I tried saving the character uncompressed so I could look at the dsf file in notepad. I don't see the morph file names in there at all.

How can I clean this out of my characters so I can nuke the files and then hopefully get rid of the error too?

ETA: Thinking about it, I did leave Daz Studio open when deleting/restoring the offending Morph files. Only opened/closed the character file. That seems like a mistake.

Hair converter

dcardone1986 — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:23:46 +0000

Ok, so I'm not tech savvy when it comes to directories and what not. I bought Genesis 3 to Genesis 8 hair converter and haven't been able to successfully use it at all. I'm sure it's my ignorance but if it's more complicated than select your figure and double click run script I'm lost. I tried reading manual but it assumes I know more than I do about files and directories. Can anyone give me a simple step by step?

Daz does not export animation

Horizon — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:55:50 +0000

I can export animation with skin, but without skin, I cannot :/

Unreal Engine do not detect any animation track.

Material Problem

nelsonsmith — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:59:17 +0000

Just purchased the Sienna figure. When I installed her using the Install Manager she looked like this. I uninstalled deleted the package and reinstalled and got the same results. I've manually downloaded the file on another computer and compared all the files and nothing is missing. Also no other figures I bought in that particular order had this issue. Has anyone else had this problem with a character and how did you fix it?

Want GPU only rendering DON'T INSTALL 4.12

dragoneyes002 — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 20:20:19 +0000

4.12 has removed the function of hardware selection it will run your CPU up to 100% with CPU completely de-selected either its a bug or intended makes no difference that is what 4.12 delivers

so should you want to do more than lock your computer down to just rendering a scene then 4.12 is not for you as it stands!

Texture Atlas help...

Marmalade Boy — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:57:57 +0000

Hi all,

I am using Daz3d 4.10.0.123 pro (64). In the past, I was able to export any map I wanted with the texture atlas. However, with this new version, I cannot export more than the diffuse, and bump maps. Does anyone know if the Texture Atlas on longer exports all maps? All the options are there but only the diffuse and bump maps are exported, even when I select specular and opacity. I even tried closing the program and going through the process and selecting only the two missing maps but it just won't export the specular & opacity maps. I tired with Gen 1, Gen 2 Gen 3 and Gen 8 but nothing. Once, with genesis 2, I was able to export the Opacity map.

Am I doing something wrong? Did anyone experience this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ps: For genesis 3 & 8 I used this process to get a single map first before tryin to export...

1. set G3/G8 to base resolution

2. export as obj with collapse uv option selected

3. load uv set from the surface pane menu

4. use and apply texture atlas (commit to figure)

Daz Studio Does Not Load Properly.

pacificripper — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 08:11:59 +0000

I recently encountered an issue with Daz Studio not loading up at all except for the splash screens. I have tried everything from uninstalling/reintalling both with DIM and manual install, I've upraded my NVidia drivers and I even removed all instances of Daz in regedit.Does anybody know how to fix this issue?

Catalogue Program

drafter69_696b99e42b — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:50:23 +0000

Is there any program that can catalogue the assets of poser and daz3d so I can find things? I have reached a point where I have so many resources that I have forgotten that many exist.... Thanks

Daz Mimic Live

Bootwink — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 03:07:05 +0000

I use to use MImic before the Gen Figures Does it work with the new Gen Charachture including up to Gen 8?,

Renders Only Using CPU

JamesDeal1982 — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 10:27:03 +0000

I have an i9 9900k, 64 Gigs of Ram and an RTX 2080.
My GPU Drivers are up-to-date and I'm using the latest version of Daz, 4.11 (Post Beta).
I have USE CPU turned off and USE GPU on but no matter what the settings, my renders ALWAYS only use my CPU. Which hovers around 18% in the Task Manager.
I don't know what to do and the forums/every website I've seen doesn't help.
This same thing was happening when I was using GTX 980's SLI and 32 Gigs of Ram so I'm pretty sure it's a Daz setting or a Daz thing and not my PC.

If someone could help me utilize the power of my GPU that would be GREATLY appreciated. I feel like Daz is extremely poorly optimized but maybe I'm just an idiot and have something turned off somewhere.

Render image different from view port

Marmalade Boy — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:24:08 +0000

Hi there,

Can anyone tell me why the viewport image is dramatically differnt from the rendered one ( viewport on the lfet and render on the right)?

I am using iray sky and dome with no additional lights.

Thanks

Nvidia options for eGPU for Mac?

Aabacus — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:10:10 +0000

Looking to build an eGPU solution for my Mac. Is there a guide or site or recommendation for which card and enclosure to use? (New 2019 iMac with USB-C/T3)

thanks!!!

Import .OBJ or other formats to DAZ Studio?

vonHobo — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:59:08 +0000

I purchased a skull on Sketchfab.com (see attached) which I really like.

However, I'm confused as to what the easiest method is to import other models into DAZ Studio.

The skull is in these formats:

Collada (dae)
Generated gLTF (gltf)

Can these formats be imported to DAZ Studio?

I must be lousy at this because I haven't even been able to import .OBJ files to DAZ Studio... I guess I'm doing something wrong.

Once imported, can I simply save the item as a .DUF file for future use in DAZ Studio?