I have a lot of Genesis 3 zombie poses and weapons products that I purchased that are absolutely wonderful except for one problem I am having.

I am using only Genesis 8 characters in my scenes.

Converting the G3 poses to G8 is not an issue, I just use the G3 to G8 Pose Corrector script on the fly. It works perfectly.

However the wearable props, like guns, swords, etc. do not go into the hand of the G8 figure, they appear further up above the hand. It doesn't matter if I convert the pose first, or after loading the weapon ... the weapon always goes above the hand instead of in it.

If I try to "Fit" the weapon to the figure it does even stranger things. Sometimes it puts the weapon at the characters feet.

My question ... Is there a good rule of thumb or series of steps I can use to make sure the G3 wearables fit the G8 character?

I have the pose conversion figured out, now if I can only get these wearable weapons to fit properly would save a lot of time.

Please help. 

https://www.daz3d.com/army-uniform-for-genesis-3-male-s-and-genesis-2-male-s

After I installed it via Install Manager, it appears in the "Unassigned" category of Smart Content.

Weird thing is that it also appears under "Wardrobe" as well.

Is there a way to clear out the "Unassigned" category of the Smart Content tab? It's the only item in there, and I don't want to have categories that list the same thing twice. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I've brought Genesis 2 Female to ZBrush and subdivided it a few times and sculpted it using the move brush. I didn't change the vertex count.

Then I exported the subdivided model as an obj.

I've left the Resolution Level at "Base".

Now when I bring up Morph Loader Pro and load the new obj using the "Choose Morph Files..." button, it reads the obj.

This works work.

But when it the 2nd step ("Loading Morphs..."), DAZ tells me "Loadi morph model_hi... Warning: Geometry did not matched, failed to create morph.".

As I explained, I haven't changed the geometry.

What might I be doing wrong here?

Thank you for the help.

i was wondering, i have sculpted a figure using the Genesis 1 model but that's a long time ago. and i was wondering if it is possible to somehow convert the mesh from 1 to 8?
like i would like to keep everything from my Genesis 1 and move it to Genesis 8 male, i have a few reasons why i wanna do that, like the UV, rig and what not.

is it possible to do that process?

Thanks! C:

The attached file is what I get on a render.  

Anyone got a clue on how to make it work.

Thanks,

Kent

Even if I go into the Preferences menu, CMS tab, and set the directory and the port number to the default (17237), click 'Apply' and then restart, the changes don't save.

I'm on Mac OS Mojave, Daz 4.10

Can someone tell me what my cmscfg.json file should look like?

Mine is:

{

"PgBin": "/Applications/DAZ 3D/PostgreSQL CMS/bin"

}

Shouldn't there be a \ between the spaces?  Should I specify the port here as well?

thanks

A little while back my rendering computer died and today I am finally getting around to getting the data off the old laptop and copying it over to the new one. On my new laptop Install Manager shows that I only have a handful of items installed even though there was no change in my library (which is on an external drive). If I copy the manifest files off the old harddrive and drop them onto the new one will IM then "see" that all those files are installed, or will that cause issues? Or do those files not do what I think they do at all?

Thanks for any help!

Mark

I tried moving Genesis, Gen 2, and gen 8 from DAZ to Hexagon. Hexagon to DAZ worked just fine, that's why there's that sphere in the screencap.

I created multiple poses with puppeteer and animated it in timeline. I want to add other animation to it (from another tab- like : he look other way + smile + opening his mouth)

When I hit "create antiblock from studio keyframe "it works fine only If I put them side by side.I can't combine it using sub track.(it extremes the morph...)

Ay Idea?

Thank you

One question: this hair has several braids each of which has a single bone, so can be "moved" using bend forwards/backwards, side to side or twist. The bend movement causes the braid to curve up rather than just pivot from the point where it joins the head, making it look very unrealistic. Are there any other ways of controlling the braids? A single bone for each braid seems to be insufficient to achieve realistic positioning for various head/body positons. Do these braids have morphs to control their positions/length? I haven't found any.

I am attempting to add Michael 4 to my scene and I am receiving a critical error that says his support folder cannot be found.  Victoria works for me so I dug into her files to see how the path went and the Michael 4 Base file that I downloaded is the exact same.  I went into the support folder and was able to locate his files as well.  I do not know what is wrong or how to fix it; is anyone able to assist or shed some light on my problem?  I have been away for 5+yrs so I am still in the process of relearning everything, so please bear with me and any confusion that might crop up. =)

Thank you!

~Bree

Edit: I probably should have mentioned that I am attempting this inside of DAZ 4.10 Pro, in case the program matters.

 Alas no matter how many times I try nothing happens.I am using Version 10.10 but I have tried to do this is 10.9 and the same problem exists in both versions.

 Questions are. Is this because the .obj model created in another 3D program is faulty in some way ?

                         Is my Wacom pen and tablet faulty in this particular instance? It is working normally in all other programs.

                         Is there something in Daz Studio that is not functioning as it should ?

                         Am I missing some vital piece of information that will allow me to perform what should be a very simple task ?

Of course moving on to the next step is impossible and extremely frustrating until I resolve this problem. Any guidence or suggestions will be very much appreciated.

 Thanks

Limey

video

I was slowly creating a bigger mess here, ended up closing it for another day 

I was using duplicated subtools moved using deformation and the move brush on each at a time

the groom brushes just toss it into haystacks!

I recently subscribed to Octane Render with the wish of eventually trying to render animations via their cloud render.

I initially tried the trial version of Octane and was able to see images rendering in the viewpoint. Now that I have the "paid" version, I am unable to get an image to render/appear in the OctaneRender Viewport (see attachment).

I've installed according to the directions, to include uninstalling, rebooting and then installing again with no luck. I've studied the manual provide by OTOY and all it does is tell each setting is and what it is for.  I've yet to find a step by step to get out of the gate. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm sure I am missing some important step, but I can't find a guide or figure it out.

Thanks in advance!

• Parent folder
  • Data (autogenerated so nothing about it, morphs, materials and UVmaps appear here)
  • People / Props / Animals / Whatever
    • Here go the folders as they appear in Daz's content tab
  • Runtime
    • Textures 

(Feel free to correct any of the above!)

Now, how should that go if I wanted to publish Poser compatible stuff? I think everything should be on Runtime, but I quickly get lost among Geometries, Data, Libraries and so many other arcane folders.

Also, which formats should I save in? I'd like to produce stuff usable both for Daz n Poser. I guess that means some duplication within the ZIP, or is there any good cross-format?

Thank you :)

Is there a tutorial that show how do you import figures and basically make them G8? I saw tutorials starting from the bare OBJ and rig it into DS; although I hope there is something faster, because it would take me 2 lives to rig all the models I want to use.

The final objective is to have the easiest project possible, to import figures, make them like if they were official G8 figures, so I can leverage on all my collection of assets in DS. Is this not realistic at all?

I'm wanting to reconfigure my Workspace Layout, but don't want to loose the Scripts Tab in the upper most menus. I'm not sure how I got that added (see above), probably from something I read here but it's been there for awhile, and none of the other layout presets seem to have menu.

I'm only assuming that there's something with the F3 key to bring up the Customize Daz Studio panel, but of course there's no readily available documentation on this either.

In short, where/how does one find out about this sort of stuff with Daz Studio?

Now I see that the dogtags get distorted when put on figure with a more muscular build.

Attached is a screenshot of the dogtags on a G3M figure with the "bodybuilder" morph turned to 100%.

Seems like a pretty fundamental flaw to me...

Is there something I can do about this?

Thanks!

Thanks in advance for any help!

-Inky

For one, I cannot run clothing converters. Genesis 2 to 8, genesis 3 to 8. Genesis to Genesis 8 never did work properly, even when the interface loaded. (I'd point it to the Daz Connect folder, and after waiting FOREVER, it would then tell me that there was nothing to convert.)

Some items, though installed, show an odd icon on their thumbnail, with a "U" on it. I can't uninstal it. I can't install it.

I load a Genesis 8 female, load a Genesis 8 Male dForce wardrobe item, hit fit to, and it crashes to desktop. It fits regular gen8 clothing items. I can load the Gen8 Male dforce item to the scene just fine. But when I click "fit to" it crashes. I tested Gen8 female dForce items, and they work just fine.

I keep getting the "update" icon for products that are installed. I click update, it takes a while to process, and then nothing happens. Stil says there's an update.

I've posted about bugs before. This is getting old, fast. I've spent a lot of money for these products, and I can't use them. Understand my frustrations. I've reloaded the database. I've reloaded metadata. I've reset defaults. This shouldn't be so damn hard. If I uninstall a program, it should be eradicated from a system, and a fresh install should be free of any glitches caused by a previous install. Instead, I keep getting the same ones back, and then some new ones. If I reload database, for instance, it loses a bunch of stuff that I then have to reinstall.

It's very frustrating.

Now I've gone and bought an nVidia video card to speed up renders. Only I'm trying not to feel as if I've just been wasting money because crap don't work. I can understand maybe old genesis stuff failing, or victoria 4 crap, but no. The three different dForce items are less than a year old. The converters are all new. I've had good luck witht he gen3-gen8 converter on my laptop. I just got the gen2-gen8. The genesis-gen8 doesn't work no matter where I try it.

On top of that, certain utilities don't show up. LineRender9000, for instance.

Do I have to reinstall Windows to sort this problem out? What the heck is causing it? And please, some simple answers would be just great. My previous post on bugs after the last hard drive move got a bit cluttered up with "advice" that wasn't helpful. "Reset the CMS?" WHERE?!? Shouldn't it reset when I reinstall the damn program?

I've lost days trying to sort this crap out. I just want to sit at my computer and make some art. I've got a new book cover to do, a webcomic I'm trying to get done...

Attaching the log file. Also going to submit a report. I just want to get some work done.

2019-03-01 23:47:10.709 Loaded file: genesis 8 basic female.duf
2019-03-01 23:47:11.032 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudstorewgt.cpp(1054): https://www.daz3d.com/skin/frontend/enterprise/daznew/groups/embeddable_scripts-918eab20546d8226ed168dc037883c8c.js(33): primaryNodeSelectionChanged
2019-03-01 23:47:11.032 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudstorewgt.cpp(1054): https://www.daz3d.com/skin/frontend/enterprise/daznew/groups/embeddable_scripts-918eab20546d8226ed168dc037883c8c.js(33): lastSearchChanged
2019-03-01 23:47:11.032 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudstorewgt.cpp(1054): https://www.daz3d.com/skin/frontend/enterprise/daznew/groups/embeddable_scripts-918eab20546d8226ed168dc037883c8c.js(32): new filters are
2019-03-01 23:47:11.048 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudstorewgt.cpp(1054): https://www.daz3d.com/skin/frontend/enterprise/daznew/groups/embeddable_scripts-918eab20546d8226ed168dc037883c8c.js(32): filter-picker len
2019-03-01 23:47:11.048 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudstorewgt.cpp(1054): https://www.daz3d.com/skin/frontend/enterprise/daznew/groups/embeddable_scripts-918eab20546d8226ed168dc037883c8c.js(32): triggering query
2019-03-01 23:47:11.282 Loaded image g8fbaselegsmapd_1003.jpg
2019-03-01 23:47:11.360 Loaded image g8fbaseeyes01_1007.jpg
2019-03-01 23:47:11.548 Loaded image g8fbasearmsmapd_1004.jpg
2019-03-01 23:47:11.642 Loaded image g8fbasemouthmapd_1005.jpg
2019-03-01 23:47:11.845 Loaded image g8fbasefacemapd_1001.jpg
2019-03-01 23:47:12.063 Loaded image g8fbasetorsomapd_1002.jpg
2019-03-01 23:47:12.126 Loaded image g8fbaseeyelashes_1006.jpg
2019-03-01 23:47:20.067 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2019-03-01 23:47:20.067 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2019-03-01 23:47:23.645 Loading script: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_55959/scripts/riversoft art/clothing converter/rssy clothing converter g2f to g8f.dse
2019-03-01 23:47:23.660 DEBUG: Found: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_53295/data/riversoft art/common/rsconstants.dsa
2019-03-01 23:47:23.692 DEBUG: Found: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_54451/data/riversoft art/common/rsccconstants.dsa
2019-03-01 23:47:23.707 WARNING: Script Error: Line 1
2019-03-01 23:47:23.707 WARNING: SyntaxError: Parse error
2019-03-01 23:47:23.707 WARNING: Stack Trace:
    <anonymous>()@G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_54451/data/riversoft art/common/rsccconstants.dsa:1
2019-03-01 23:47:23.707 Error in script execution: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_55959/scripts/riversoft art/clothing converter/rssy clothing converter g2f to g8f.dse
2019-03-01 23:47:46.937 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): peer performed orderly shutdown errno=0
2019-03-01 23:49:03.140 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): peer performed orderly shutdown errno=0
2019-03-01 23:50:28.373 WARNING: cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): recv failed errno=10054
2019-03-02 00:18:30.233 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2019-03-02 00:18:30.233 WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2019-03-02 00:18:31.796 Loading script: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_55959/scripts/riversoft art/clothing converter/rssy clothing converter g2f to g8f.dse
2019-03-02 00:18:31.796 DEBUG: Found: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_53295/data/riversoft art/common/rsconstants.dsa
2019-03-02 00:18:31.796 DEBUG: Found: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_54451/data/riversoft art/common/rsccconstants.dsa
2019-03-02 00:18:31.796 WARNING: Script Error: Line 1
2019-03-02 00:18:31.796 WARNING: SyntaxError: Parse error
2019-03-02 00:18:31.796 WARNING: Stack Trace:
    <anonymous>()@G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_54451/data/riversoft art/common/rsccconstants.dsa:1
2019-03-02 00:18:31.796 Error in script execution: G:/My Daz 3D Library/data/cloud/1_55959/scripts/riversoft art/clothing converter/rssy clothing converter g2f to g8f.dse