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

Valid PostgreSQL CMS connection could not be established

julianncrowther — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:34:15 +0000

Last night my power went out and Daz was up. Ever since, I get this announcement. I'm on a MAC. It says check your network, anti-virus, and firewall, which I did, but I didn't find anything. Help?

Sci-Fi Warrior tutorial

noquiexis — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:55:17 +0000

I am using DAZ Studio 4.8 on a computer running Windows 7 Pro Home (64 bit, cica 2009) and another computer running Windows 10 Home (64 bit, bought in July 2017). The Windows 7 computer is dog-slow compared to the Windows 10 computer. I will be doing all my future work on the new machine.

I ran the "Sci-Fi Warrior tutorial" again to refresh my memories of how things work. The tutorial will not even get past "Set View to Prespective View" on the Hollywood Blvd layout. The tutorial stops at "Set Shadow Type to Raytraced (Software Only)" on all of the other layouts (Full Service [Beta], Self Serve, City Limits, City Limits Lite, and 3D Bridge). This happens on both machines. I clicked on everything that I could see, but the tutorial will not advance.

I re-installed the tutorial from the 18731_SciFiWarriorLessonforDAZStudio45Win_1.0_ds.exe file (from the online Product Library) with the same results. That installer put the files in "D:\Daz 3D\Studio\My Library\DAZ Studio Tutorials\Sci-Fi Warrior". Same problems on both machines.

I then re-installed the tutorial from the IM00018731-01_SciFiWarriorBundle.zip archive that Install Manager downloaded. That archive put the files in "D:\Daz 3D\Studio\My Library\content\DAZ Studio Tutorials\Sci-Fi Warrior". I am not sure where the tutorial looks for these files, but they all have the same file creation dates. Same problems on both machines.

My questions are:

1. Am I clicking in the wrong area to make this tutorial advance?

2. Is there a way to force these tutorials to advance? They seem to act like a video game which will not advance until some trigger is tripped.

Note: If you "Preview Lights" for the "SpotLight 8" that you create during the tutorial, it does nothing until you render an image. I turned all of the other lights off and the "SpotLight 8" did have an effect. The "Rim Light 1" and/or the "Back Light 2" seem to overpower the "SpotLight 8" while you are working on the scene.

MRL dForce Long Hair not showing up in render

Siciliano1969 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 04:13:37 +0000

Hello,

I am probably missing something but I can't seem to get the MRL dforce hair to show up in Iray. I just see the scalp but no strands in the render. Any ideas of what I am probably missing?

Thanks

blender modelling with symetry

sterlenejc — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:12:05 +0000

Hi guys, I cannot find a solution for my problem. I can import genesis X character in blender to model, I keep vertex order etc and it looks fine. But when I start modelling, it only does one side. Is there any way I can do both sides symetrically? I've heard adding mirror modifier won't work so I have no idea what to do

Download 4.10 - Never mind.

ArcoCreates — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:41:30 +0000

Hi there...where can I download 4.10? I have 4.11 installed on my laptop, but it will not render using the GPU.

UPDATE: I tried again, unchecking the CPU as an engine option and my scene renders fine now.

Props not working properly

nabob21 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:21:11 +0000

Hello,

I have several free props created by Mausel that have moving parts and morphs. They were created for Poser and work fine in Poser but when I bring them into DazStudio none of the morphs work. Does anyone have any idea why this may be the case and how I can fix them, and if I can?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

nabob21

Is there a problem with 3Delight in 4.11?

Drogo Nazhur — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:48:20 +0000

Ever since upgrading to 4.11, I can render anything in 3Delight. It just sort of sits there FOREVER. I let something render for a full day. We'll, almost a full day. From 10pm to 7:15pm the following day and it was a blank image. The same scene rendered beautifully in IRAY in under an hour.

Windows busy icon but windows not busy

agashwood — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:36:41 +0000

I have a recurring issue with Daz where it often freezes with the windows busy mouse icon for some time when I perform an operation like a load or mesh smoothing but none of the windows resources are maxed out. By that I mean CPU usage and disk drive usage are minimal, never more than 15% mostly 1-2% and ram is never more than 50% used system wide.

Daz does not appear to be single threading as none of my virtual CPUs are maxed out and several of them are running at 5-10% so that makes me think this is a windows tweaking issue but I have no idea what to tweak. Any ideas?

I am running the latest 4.11 beta build with a 4.2Ghz i7 4-core, 48Gb ram, 1080Ti and all files are on SSDs. Daz should be running like a bat out of hell but sadly, no.

Figure creation: Maya to DAZ studio pipeline?

Diaspora — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:29:36 +0000

Hello,

So, for my professional work and asset creation, I've used Autodesk Maya for several years. Is there a good guide out there for taking a figure created in Maya and importing it cleanly and efficiently into DAZ Studio?

In particular, what I really want is advice on getting bones and rigging weights painted in Maya into DAZ Studio.

Graininess Around Sunglasses

RiverMissy — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:43:26 +0000

Hi,

I rendered this in iray and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for how to eliminate the graininess around the sunglasses. Is there an iray tutorial anywhere? Thank you.

RiverMissy

Brighten the skin of a G8 Male character

stephangrixti — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:04:03 +0000

Hello, I am rendering a scene with some props and the G8 Male character named 'Behemoth' but the problem is that his skin is too dark in the render, while the other props and even his armor render ok. How can I brighten the character only?

Daz on a external drive

jedijudd — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:47:43 +0000

I was planning on moving all my daz content onto a external drive, just a couple questions though

1. Does it make Daz run slower on a external drive

2. is there anything else I need to do besides changing install path in DIM and Daz

if anyone has step by step instructions that would help also

Serious performance hit using dforce strand based hair

Ruris — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:31:03 +0000

Hi,

Please correct me if I understand this right. There are 2 types of 'tech' used for dforce hair. The one olds are 'cloth based' ,such as classic long hair, and the more recent one, 'strand based' like the long drape hair.

Issue I'm facing right now, loading the long drape hair into the character, and just moving the camera around (non iray preview) and dragging the animation timeline or even clicking on a specific frame requires ~10 seconds before the screen will response. Hiding the long drape hair does nothing, performance is still the same, only by removing it completely does the performance return to normal. Any advice?

Just to put things in context, the art I'm doing remains the same, I have completely isolated this issue to the long drape hair. Using a 4 series i7 with 32gbram, dual 1080.

HDRI - Help with set up.

jontaylor99 — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 08:22:13 +0000

Hello guys....

Can anyone tell me please, is there a particular method for setting up a HDRI scene ?

I've just recently downloaded a few but so far I'm not having much luck with any of them, some of the problems I'm getting are - light isn't strong enough and all my renders are coming out too dark. I've tried messing around with intensity and stuff but then I seem to get a serious loss in picture quality and the image appears kind of faded or blurry. I'm not sure whether I'm supposed to leave the settings to DAZ default or whether I have have to alter settings according to each individual HDRI.... Any advice at all will be most welcome.

Thanks...

delete bones

Anymatter — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 08:43:28 +0000

hi!

is it possible to remove selected bones at once?

i've used transfer utility to create conforming figure(target) for genesis 8 female (source). now i wish to remove the extra bones on the conforming figure but its too tedious to select, right click and remove each one of them

Simple Export of Keyframes

Doc Acme — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:36:21 +0000

I know this has to be a simple thing to do but just not finding it in Studios's UI. Searched FAQ's, Youtube, etc.

I'm revisiting the Wild West Mine https://www.daz3d.com/wild-west-mine and trying to figure out how to export keyframes for the MineCart that has a bunch of Embedded cameras parented it. Don't really need any geom just a null with keyframes. How do you go about this simple thing in DS?

TNX

Laura 3 deltas

WendyLuvsCatz — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 22:41:34 +0000

trying the Mother Pook paradigm character I get this message

this is from GenX on Genesis 1 but also on Laura applying the character

Could not locate script: /Runtime/libraries/!DAZ/Laura/Body/Deltas/InjDeltas.PBMHeavy.pz2

Could not locate script: /Runtime/libraries/!DAZ/Laura/Body/ChanVis/Unhide.PBMHeavy.pz2

I tried applying all the V3 morph injections but that doesn't resolve it

the character applies to Laura in DS, in Carrara the body goes all wrinkly on the torso

not sure yet what genX will do to genesis if it works as still trying

edit, update

utterly nothing, I just have all the V3 morphs under Laura

Poser 11 throws the error too

Reorder parameter in surface tab

timrath — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:00:58 +0000

Something reordered my parameters inside the surface tab. I only noticed it after I had already saved, so there's no going back.

Only one parameter in only one figure is affected. It's the Diffuse parameter. It used to be on the top of the list, but now it's near the bottom. How can I change the order so that it appears at the top again?

Reality Engine

vonHobo — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:14:20 +0000

I know about 3Delight and Iray render modes.

But I came across this new rendering plugin in the DAZ Shop called Reality.

https://www.daz3d.com/reality-4-daz-studio-edition

I'm a bit confused as to what exactly it is exactly...

My guess is that Reality uses the LuxRender mode instead of Iray? It boasts up to 20 times faster CPU rendering with seamless integration of LuxRender new rendering modes.

Does this mean that if I purchase this Reality plug-in my renders will speed up by 20 times?

I don't want to spend $49.95 without knowing what I'm getting into.

Body 'indentation' from AlphaKini for Genesis 2 and 3 Female(s)

Reality Hack — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:43:28 +0000

Hi. I'm having an issue with the Alphakini by Aeon Soul. When applied to the figure, it leaves an 'indentation' at the edges around the neck, chest, and waist. However, when it's removed from the scene, the indentations remain, and it just looks something like terrible fat folds, and I can't for the life of me find where I can remove the morphs left behind.

Also, it would be fine and 'realistic' if the actual cloth texture were taking up all of the surface areas, but when applying the SciPatches texture from the Future texture add-on, the rest of the material is invisible, so the folds are still there with no apparent material that's supposed to be causing them.

I could simply start over with a fresh figure, however, I've already applied a lot of morphs to this figure that I can't possibly remember, and I'd hate to have to attempt to recreate her from scratch.

Here's an image of what I'm talking about:
Image removed

Please help! I really don't want to have to try and recreate her. Thanks.

Shopping cart is not showing discount

FantastArt — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:09:12 +0000

Hello, I just wanted to buy some sale items, but in cart the discount is not showing...

covert trouble from DAZ to C4D & Blender.

vgospel — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:47:47 +0000

Product Name : GYN-01 for Genesis 8 Female(s)

License : Standard & Interactive License

My Problem is "Covert Trouble From DAZ to C4D"

Im New Starter from Korea, sorry to weak My English.

I don't know why ... Plz Help me.

Studio doesn't see 1080ti. Computer does. Resolved.

Petercat — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:27:41 +0000

Just installed 1080ti. Computer sees it, if I plug a monitor in, it works fine. I'm using onboard graphics to drive the display, though, and the card for rendering only. Driver is 4.19.67, Win7, Studio 4.9.2.70
It shows up in the "Advanced" tab, but when it is checked and CPU isn't, attempts to render fail and the log file says "Cannot render: found no usable devices."
When I have both CPU and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti checked, it renders with the CPU only. Slowly.
Suggestions, please?

DAZ Studio 4.11 MAC eGPU Support

OkrimSlava — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:21:04 +0000

Hi,

is the eGPU Support in DAZ Studio 4.11 deleted?

Need help learning how to use Graphic Art Cameras

LindaB — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 21:54:02 +0000

I recently purchased Age of Armour's Graphic Art Cameras, but I can't figure out how to use them, I seem to be missing some fundamental concept. This is what happens: I load the camera into the scene, apply a preset and render - but it's just a photo-real render, no Graphic Art Effects at all. I've used Poser for years but I'm relatively new to DAZ Studio. I've used graphic art shaders in Poser to get various artistic effects (pencil drawing, line drawing, ect.) BUT I'm totally unfamiliar with the idea of getting these effects via the use of a specialized camera. I followed the instructions on the pdf carefully, but I seem to be missing some vital piece of info, probably because I'm a newbie to DAZ Studio and to the whole concept of getting art effects with specialized cameras. I couldn't find any contact info for 'Age of Armour', on the DAZ website, either. How can I get these cameras to work? Any suggestions? Thanks

Genesis 8 Wet Body Iray strange result when not in the center

jan_8b323741 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:54:37 +0000

I have bought Genesis 8 Wet Body Iray, and have some provblems with it. After a lot of experimenting, it seems like the issue is where the figure is placed. I have saved the figures (who are both Victoria 8) as a scene preset and merged them into a new scene without environment.

It seems that when I render the scene, they turn out ugly. The figure on the right has a "DPS face sweat" preset. The figure on the left has individual drops added. Look at the first picture.

In the second picture, all I have done, is to move both of the figures to the center of the world. And now it looks fine. Or at least acceptable.

Can anyone explain this. I am new to Daz and 3D, so I may miss something obvious.

Thank you for your help.

FIle Location Question For DP SRP G3-G8f

dash2128 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 17:43:30 +0000

I tried using Content Manager to bring up DieselPunk Space Racer outfit for g3-g8 f,

But that did not place the files in a location where they would operate.

(Often enough, this method works.)

So I was wondering if I should copy and placee the files somewhere else.

...where they would work.

...and where that would be.

Dark Elf

PopTart's Gallery — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:32:53 +0000

Hey guys,

Was wondering if anyone might be able to identify the morphs or character used to make this dark elf. All I have to go off of is that it is Genesis 3

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/highcutheaven2-for-genesis-3-females/124792/

Hair breaks dForce

leonvwerneck — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 03:33:17 +0000

I'm having an odd issue with dForce. I have tried simulating a dForce enabled piece of outfit (specifically, Wise Wizard HD's Outer Tunic) and, as soon as hair (or beard) comes into contact with the cloth, it sort of pushes it into the skin, exposing it wherever it's touching.

I'm not having this problem with other outfits, so maybe that's specific to that one, but does anyone know of any tricks in order to make it work as it should?

Question About Parts of Vehicles

anthony.luigi_05ebfcd7e7 — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:37:43 +0000

I was hoping someoen could explain how one coould remove or hide specific parts of a vehicle. Big Bill Truck to be exact! I have run into this on other things so I would imagine the answer would apply to all.

I'm finding that many parts are linked together in such a way, that if I try to hide or change a material I wind up changing way more than I want. For inistance, If I click on the chrome exaust it links to fifty other surfaces, headlight trim, roof lights trim etc. Is there a way to single out just one part so it can be hidden or surface changed seperately?

Thanks In Advance!