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

Query over THANKS-JW coupon

SimonJM — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:55:22 +0000

I have a query over the use of the THANKS-JW coupon - it work sif I have the required product (the clothes pack) in my cart, but if I add another item to get the benefit of the extra 10% off for buying 2+ items the coupon is no longer valid - is that correct?

Help. Hair simulation not working.

nsk001 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 06:26:52 +0000

Dforce hair does not work in version 4.11, in version 4.10 there were no such problems.
I add dforce dynamic surface to hair (for example, Nina's hair), but when the simulation starts, the program freezes by 1%, then nothing happens, the program does not respond, you can wait as long as you like.

I recorded a video of this process

Can I disable light and shadow effects completely?

ats3717 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:03:36 +0000

I'm trying to write comics with Daz because I have zero drawing ability. I'm using 3delight and I have a filter on filter forge that does a pretty good job of making the images a cartoon but the shadows in it look look like mud, and the hard light just turns into yellow splotches. This creates a lot of postwork, and I'm just wonder if there is any way to disable light and shadow effects completely. (Even getting rid of the headlamp without making the render come out all black). I'm just trying to get a simple 1970's comic book look. Please let me know.

Tenshi for Cyborg Generation 8 - Missing textures

EC3D — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 16:48:22 +0000

Hi. I could not find a thread on this and so I can only assume that no one has bothered to bring it up. On DzFire's lovely product Tenshi for Cyborg Generation 8, they include two katana props for the figure. What they did not include is the textures which are clearly called for as seen in the screenshot below. The product is 100 percent installed correctly, in the right folders. I've double checked by manually downloading the product from daz and can confirm the textures simply did not get packed in the file.

Can someone kindly relay this to DzFire? I'm capable of making my own textures but that kind of defeats the purpose here.

Thank you! :)

https://gyazo.com/234158dd230d73e228ec916701b640f5

Edit: Fixed a typo.

Problems with DS4.12 smart content (DS4.11 is fine)

Xyetzt — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 15:27:22 +0000

I have a particular problem with the DS4.12 beta that is not occuring with DS4.11. Nothing is shown as installed with DS4.12. I know that 4.11 has a freebie content folder but that is all I see that is different I think.

Breathing in and out, pulling belly in, flexing muscles...

depretmarc — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 02:15:14 +0000

I am a newbie and I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question.

In my project I will have to highlight details such as pulling the charatcer belly in, lifting its chest up, stretching up, flexing some muscle, etc...

I am looking for ways to do this

I have found the Alive series by SimonWM, which will be quite helpful - does anyone know if there are comparable other products? I assume it will work in DS 4.9 - do I need a special version of aniMate for this?

Also if I wanted to create some of my own, where would I start (I just need a couple of pointers)?

Thank you very much for your help!

Marc

DS 4.12 Beta keeps changing the layout

Blind Owl — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:49:26 +0000

I have a preferred custom layout, but lately DS 4.12 Beta has taken to changing it without warning, often several times a session. This is getting to be a real nuicance, so I'd like to know if there's a way to lock in my custom layout so DS won't reset it.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Premier or premiere?

SimonJM — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 12:19:21 +0000

The new entry on the slaes page advertises an 'Annual Premier Artist' sale, take the link and the 'breadcrumbs' say it is the 'Annual Premiere Artist' sale, and the window title agrees. To paraphrase Shakespeare: "two 'e's or not two 'e's, that is the question"

Specifications to look for when Buying a new laptop

PFA — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 11:59:19 +0000

Hi guys!
I'm currently looking for a good laptop that renders images faster then my current laptop it's is a G771JW :

Processor

Intel® Core™ i7 4720HQ Processor,

Chipset
Intel® HM87 Express Chipset
Memory
DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM, 2 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 16 GB SDRAM
Display
17.3" Auto IPS FHD (1920x1080)/Wide View Angle
Graphic
Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M with 2G/4G GDDR5 VRAM
Storage
2.5" 9.5mm SATA3
- 1TB HDD 5400 RPM
- 1.5TB HDD 5400 RPM
- 2TB HDD 5400 RPM
- 500GB HDD 7200 RPM
- 750GB HDD 7200 RPM
- 1TB 7200 RPM
- 128GB SSD
- 256GB SSD
PCIE x 4 256G / 512G

It takes hours and sometimes nights to render an image properly, which really slows down my work.
I would be really thankful if someone could let me know good specifications to look for when buying a new laptop.

Re-installing Daz Studio 4.11

Random — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 11:31:05 +0000

I've suddenly begun getting lots of 'fatal errors' with 4.11(first time was when I was doing an all night render so I've no idea of the cause). It was originally installed with the Install Manager. If I do a manual re-install will that be the same as the IM instal did, or not? Then how would I go about doing it so that everythig remains the same?

Strange behaviour during rendering

Imago — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:22:11 +0000

Until now, when rendering in 3DLight, the timelime moved frame by frame and the viewport showed the frame that was going to be rendered.

Now, the timeline moves forward but the viewport doesn't change, it shows always the same frame. It behaves like if I'm rendering in Basic mode.

The output images and videos have no problems, they look exactly how I expect.

I tried updating the video drivers and changed every graphical option, it still shows always the same frame during rendering.

Anyone else is experiencing this?

IRay not rendering

LawmanHK — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:00:33 +0000

Hello. I have been using Daz for several years now, I've never had a problem. Today I was using DIM to download some new content. There was an update for Daz3D, after the download my cameras fouled up. My renders were washed out. I saved my work closed out and restarted my computer. After restart I couldn't find Daz 4.11. No desktop icon, not in my start menu, not even in program files. The only things showing were DIM and Hexagon. I had to go into AppData, Daz3D, and started the ScriptStartup. IRay would not render at all. I went to the website and reinstalled DAZ3D 4.11. Unfortunately, IRay is still not working. 3Delight renders fine. IRay I get a blank render. I've tried everything I can think of. I have a project due and need IRay up and running, any help would be greatly appreciated. Computer stats are: Windows 7, Asus Ramage4 Black, I7 3930K, 32 gigs ram, R9 290X pushing monitors, Dual Asus GTX 660TIs for rendering, 8TB storage.

I3 9100f vs I5 8400

Da_green1977_aa156fc426 — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 05:59:34 +0000

Hello all,

I have today a I5 8400, 32 GB ram, 2080ti and 1080ti.

Use it only for iray render.

Will build a gaming computer for my sisterson and to save money i’m thinking of give him my I5 and by a cheap I3 9100f.

Will that impact the render preformence?

BR //Daniel

how do i make the dials in the shaping tab not boxes but a lines

kobefiverr — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:01:18 +0000

its really annoying when going into the diffrent tabs and having to scroll a lot

DAZ 4.11 Single and Multicore activities - CPU Performance

luisk_tovar — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 10:44:03 +0000

Hi Everyone, i am about to build a new PC mainly to work with DAZ. Searching about which could be the best CPU selection, i could not find a definitive response specially in the aspect of the frequency and core/threads quantity. I found some reviews talking in general about 3d Modelling and animation and they said that for this use the most important is the Clock Frequency, because the vast majority of 3d programs function on single core basis.

As i could not find anything specific for Daz3d i made some test by myself that i wanted to share with you if you have the same doubt

DAZ3d use the CPU in different ways depending on the actions executed, below a list of the multi core and single core use according each activity.

Multi core calculations:

Geometry Modifications (like deformers and posing)

Grouping and hierarchy changes

Save the scene

Load a new scene

Adding new figures (in this case there is a mix because one core gets more load, but all the cores works to some extend)

Mainly Single Core

Lights Changes

Viewport: Changes (Zoom, rotation etc)

Surface Changes (materials and Shaders)

User interface (menus and Panels).

In this test i did not include the Rendering because rendering in Iray use mainly the GPU, even if you select the CPU as rendering device it not contribute considerably to reduce the render times. in the case that the CPU is used for rendering it is a Multi Core task.

Hope you can find this info useful!

[Solved] Ongoing Lighting Room Problem (Getting Crystal Clear Renders?)

mwokee — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 15:06:50 +0000

Recently purcahsed "Autopsy" which is essentially a room. When I render the surfaces of everything is a bit fuzzy and grainy. This isn't a problem with the product, it's me, because the promo images are crystal clear (https://www.daz3d.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/1/01-autopsy-daz3d.jpg) and I have the same issue with all products in rooms. So I'm not understanding something with lighting, any guidance is appreciated.

[Resolved] Iray Alpha Channel Transparency with billboards?

S.Caron — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:03:05 +0000

Hello all,

Picked up a few of DM's props with the latest V4 & M4 sale however I don't seen an option for alpha channel maps so I'm seeing the black billboard when rendering using Iray. Right now all the textures have been converted over to Iray and I have the flame texture set in the Emission Color Slot, is there a better way of doing this?

The Diego 8 HD Add-On

inquire — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:52:39 +0000

If I buy this product, will it work not only on Diego 8, but also on all of the chracters that are made for Diego 8? For example CC Rafael for Diego 8?

Need help with the UI...lost products.

hansmolleman33 — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 14:08:14 +0000

For some reason in my Smart content panel every products are put together.

For example I want to use a pose, I click on Poses on the menu then I see every single poses that I possess.

I want them to be sorted by products that I bought, not a complete list ! ( see attached screenshot) How can I fix this ?

Updating an old scene with a model with more bones...

Zai — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 13:52:29 +0000

Does anyone have a good trick for making an updated model (additional bones/rigging) pick up when opening an older scene file? When I do this it loads the old one without the new bone, even though it's been saved over in the data folder and shouldn't technically exist in that state any longer. When it does this, it doesn't pick up the new rigging and it also does not pick up the new surfaces. I compared the files in text to see if I could just swap the prop out that way, but there's a lot of IDS in there and I suspect it will conflict somehow.

I'm wondering if I need to restart Daz, clear a temp file, etc. to make it pick up the newly updated rigging. Because it's already in a posed position, it's not so easy to just reload it. It's too bad there isn't like a quick right click thing that forces it to "reload from current" or something.

Can't render animations with 4.11 (or 4.12 beta)

mumia76 — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 20:19:35 +0000

I have a huge issue with 4.11:

Rendering falls back on CPU only after rendering just 1 frame. It uses GPU as it should for frame 0, but every frame after goes cpu only.

So the first frame is rendered in like 40 seconds, then the second one takes 3x the time.

If I cancel the render then set start frame to frame 1 or 2 or anything, it again renders the first selected frame on GPU, then falls back on CPU rendering for every other frame.

This never happened with 4.10

How, why?

Nuovo canale youtube con tutorial specifici in italiano su Daz

allyxp000 — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 11:23:49 +0000

Salve a tutti! Volevo annunciarvi che ho da poco iniziato a registrare video tutorial in italiano, un po' alla volta vedrò di toccare più o meno tutti i temi ( che non mi sono sconosciuti).

Faccio questi video perché quando avevo bisogno io di capire come fare qualcosa mi toccava faticare un sacco passando da guide strane in italiano e un'infinità di guide in inglese che magari non capivo neanche del tutto e non soddisfavano la richiesta.

Attualmente ho spiegato come creare un proprio personaggio modificando i parametri della forma e del materiale e come salvarli come tali.

Ho spiegato il render fotorealistico, ciò che c'è da sapere fondamentalmente e cosa scegliere fra un windows 32 bit e 64 bit prima di installare il programma o se eventualmente è il caso di aggiornare il vostro win come io ho fatto.

Spiegherò come creare vestiti, capelli, contenuti, prodotti ... Ma per avere un canale guida completo ci sarà un po' da aspettare, sempre che qualcuno lo guardi, altrimenti ovviamente non proseguo!!

Fatemi sapere se avete bisogno di qualcosa in particolare e lo aggiungo in lista ai video da fare!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJjwsb2OcmJNItQ-h_gu6xPYBHWOUPYZd

dForce execution kernels ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Blurst of Times — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:02:26 +0000

Is this normal?

Is there a way to clear out the kernels that are already processed and force Daz to recompile?

I'm doing something wrong with the lighting settings in Iray

snapdragon6967886 — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:56:21 +0000

I've been having an awful time getting Iray scenes properly lit. I have to literally put a point light on top of a character's nose, and set it to 3,000,000 lumens before there's enough light to see their face.

As a test, I loaded the Enchanted Forest default set, and rendered it. I realize that it won't look as perfect as the product images on Daz, but it should be better than "Midnight in the Enchanted Forest". The attached image has 7 distant lights loaded, believe it or not.

What setting have I inadvertently messed up, or not tweaked to work properly? It can't default to these ridiculously low levels of light, can it?

Thanks!

Timeline help

tdc — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:04:24 +0000

I was kit-bashing an interior scene and at one point, draped a curtain using D-Force along a timeline animation. Once it finished it landed on frame 30 and stayed there while I worked another 4 hours placing objects. But now frame 30 is my final set up and I didn't notice until I wanted to drape another cloth over a table. All the furniture gets scrambled to default load of z=0, y=0, x=0.

How do I cut out the previous frames and make frame 30 - frame 1?

How to set Camera with 1 point perspective?

useless_1975_837db407db — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 07:30:49 +0000

What do I do to set the camera to 1 point perspective?

http://imgur.com/a/fBqEF

The pic above are random cubes/primitives.

You'll see that the vertical lines aren't parallel with each other. If you'll draw a line and extend them, there's a vanishing point down below. I just wanted all vertical lines to be straight. I've been doing some trial and error with the camera settings: Frame Width, Focal Length, Focal Distance etc. (I don't even know what they are for)

Torprin Tower, flat aspect

xavierator — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:26:41 +0000

Dear,

I recently purchase this reference:

https://www.daz3d.com/torprin-tower

The aspect of all renders are flat, the stones don't have relief as in the promo images.

Maybe the problem is the light ?

Thanks, Xavi

Daz Model - Export Help

jeremynumbertwo — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:27:56 +0000

I've making a custom morph in Daz 4.11. I've used the Joan preset for Vic 8 as a starting point and completely customized the avatar. For some reason this avatar doesn't want to import to any software. I've gone and tested both default and morphed versions of Vic 8 and the Joan preset with Marvelous Designer, and they import with no issue. The only differences with my custom avatar is that there's the Teena hair and a RenderCam in the sceen.

I'm using all the same import/export settings from the same location on my PC. Any ideas?

My mac doesn't run Daz as smoothly

miguel13_d — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 08:23:23 +0000

Hello, I have a macbook pro, here are the specs:

- Processor: 2.5 ghz intel core i5

- 16GB RAM

I also have a windows pc with an intel core i3 processorf 3.9ghz and 8GB RAM. My windows desktop runs daz very smoothly and with almost no problems. However, my macbook pro has a lot of problems running the program. Even when I have the model (just 1 model) on texture shaded mode, the mac lags very much. The fan isn't even on so I know that it's not like my mac can't handle it. My partner has a macbook pro with less ram than mine and he is able to produce two renders at once! I don't know if there is a way to allocate more RAM to the program so that the program runs smoother. I know that RAM has nothing to do with the render itself, I just want the program to run smoother. Does anyone know of a solution for this? Thank you in advance for your responses.

Xeon good for Daz?

DelanRivals — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:30:48 +0000

Hey guys im looking for advice on Daz3d And Iray Perfomence, so im thinking of getting a dual Xeon x5675 Setup with 24gb of ram, becuase the x5675 is insanley cheap right now!

and i have an GTX 980 4gb which is not enough memory but it gets the job done.

so im wondering if this is a good combination? are xeon's great for Daz studio?