Anyway, here's the issue.  I saved a pose of a character that I had worked pretty hard on.  To my chagrin, and completely inexplicably (to me, anyway), the pose was saved on a timeline at frame 30.  What?  I wasn't even animating anything.  I had done a DForce simulation with memorized pose turned Off and the option for the Current Frame selected.  I hadn't even played with the timeline at all.  I don't go anywhere near that thing 99% of the time, because that way madness lies.

So, I selected the character (which I've saved in a group that includes her hair and etc, which is how I always work with her) and saved the group as a scene subset, after I had successfully saved the pose and the varioius shapes that I wanted to keep.

I reloaded the original file, deleted the character out of it, and loaded the scene subset of the character I had just saved in exactly the position and with the accoutrement I wanted.  OMFG!  Half the props in the scene, which had nothing at all to do with the character,  were in places that I had never even contemplated putting them, the model was in the pose from the original file (even though I had saved her as a subset, and ONLY her - meaning the hair, clothes, etc and NOTHING else), and it's a big mess. 

I've been fighting with this issue since last night and it's a render for a promotion that I want to get out.  This is costing me money.

How do I save out the pose and shapes to be in the place I saved them without rebuilding the entire ^$$#%$^ scene?

Thanks

Usually, I solve this by moving the wall backwards, so it no longer blocks the camera, and then scaling it up and positioning it in such a way, that it more or less appears as it should in the reflection. However, I do this manually, and the positioning isn't exact. The lighting on that moved and scaled wall usually isn't entirely correct either. So, I was wondering what other tricks people use when they're in this situation.

Are there perhaps tools or tricks to make walls transparent only on the outside, but not on the inside? Or are there maybe tools able to calculate (to some degree) how far the wall needs to move and scale, based on (for example) the walls position relative to the focal point and the camera? (that still wouldn't give an exact result, but probably be more than good enough as a blanket solution)

What would the steps be to setup the non-dforce underclothing? I don't need the clothing under the dforce one to be fully simulated, just that it gets treated like the main figure

Quick question, say you're in a middle of a marathon render, now going on past 5 hours, and you make a change to the original scene, ie. you cancel the render, alter the work, then resume the render -- will the change take place?  Or will the render continue with its original unaltered version?  If it won't, how could you make the current render take the change without starting over again?  Thanks in advance.

Any help with this, please?

I recently bought Zola HD for Genesis 8 Female, I have downloaded it with the Install manager and when I try to add the Zola Actor in my scene, I get this message (screenshot attached).

What does it mean? It says something about Victoria 8. I haven't downloaded Victoria 8, and in the required products section it doesn't say anything about V8. What do I do? Will I have to pay for V8? I'm clueless. Please help!

~ Lucas

I loaded the G8F figure, didn't alter a single thing, then did a spot render and got this garbage, wtf?

I wanted to check how much VRAM I would need for my next GPU creating the heaviest scene I could think of using. I checked the log file, but it doesn't tell me how much VRAM it would be needed to process it!

2019-01-23 17:31:32.024 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Initializing local rendering.
2019-01-23 17:31:32.037 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : CPU: using 11 cores for rendering
2019-01-23 17:31:32.128 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Rendering with 2 device(s):
2019-01-23 17:31:32.128 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info :     CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1060 3GB)
2019-01-23 17:31:32.128 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info :     CPU
2019-01-23 17:31:32.129 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Rendering...
2019-01-23 17:31:32.129 Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.13  IRAY   rend progr: CPU: Processing scene...
2019-01-23 17:31:32.131 Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.3   IRAY   rend progr: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1060 3GB): Processing scene...
2019-01-23 17:31:32.266 Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.10  IRAY   rend stat : Geometry memory consumption: 545.878 MiB (device 0), 0 B (host)
2019-01-23 17:32:59.645 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.9   IRAY   rend info : Importing lights for motion time 0
2019-01-23 17:32:59.941 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.9   IRAY   rend info : Initializing light hierarchy.
2019-01-23 17:33:02.288 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.9   IRAY   rend info : Light hierarchy initialization took 2.33s
2019-01-23 17:33:03.420 Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.9   IRAY   rend stat : Native CPU code generated in 1.05s
2019-01-23 17:33:10.599 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.13  IRAY   rend info : CPU: Scene processed in 98.465s
2019-01-23 17:33:10.644 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.13  IRAY   rend info : CPU: Allocated 63.2852 MiB for frame buffer
2019-01-23 17:33:14.167 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(304): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.10  IRAY   rend error: Unable to allocate 36000000 bytes from 10703667 bytes of available device memory
2019-01-23 17:33:14.187 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(304): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.3   IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1060 3GB): Scene setup failed
2019-01-23 17:33:14.204 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(304): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.3   IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1060 3GB): Device failed while rendering

During the render my RAM usage went from 4,7Gb to 14,6Gb: does this mean that that scene would use 10Gb of VRAM?

Thanks in advance! ^^

Appreciate much any suggestions.

I've managed to work out that there are two distinct morphs, presumably from different products:

• PHMPupilsDialate ranging from -1 (contracted) to +1 (expanded)
• Pupils Dialate ranging from -10% (expanded) to +100% (contracted)

Both these morphs have the same label - "Pupils Dialate" - resulting in the above confusion. By clicking around I can change the value of one of the labels giving me a separate dial for each morph, but next time I start Daz the labels are changed back again. Is there some way I can find the file(s) these morphs come from and edit one of them to change its label?

My GPU is a 1050 ti with 4 gb of RAM, and I only have 4 gb of ram on my mother board with an i3-7300 (2 core) processor. The GPU is on a riser to a single PCI slot. Trying to trouble-shoot this, I've tried:

• Switching from GPU only to both GPU and CPU. This kept my computer from just shutting down at the point of the MAF. Optix Prime Acceleration is off, and all render settings are at the DS default.
• Changing the power settings in Windows so the PCI slot is always powered and never hibernates (got that advice from another forum)
• I found a script in the forums that simplifies textures and I applied that to all background objects

So I'm guessing that either my GPU is the problem, my scenes are more complex than I think, or there's some configuration in DS that I should be using but don't know about. Any advice on how to zero-in on the problems and possible fixes? 

I'm new to using IRAY and I'm mostly overwhelmed by how technical it is---it's a huge time suck to try something, then wait for the render to fail, and figure out what to try next. Thanks in advance for any feedback

Mod edit :-Image removed due to nudity

Daz3D shows me the error that my Genesis figure 2,3,8 all have no valid runtime folder.

I tried to add a folder called e.g. Genesis 3 Male to my runtime folder on my library but it does not work.

Does anyone has an answer for my problem ?

I download it. Every time. It is installed in the plug-ins. I have the green plug. Then it disappiers from the download ready tab, of course.

If I come back a few days later it is back again. What's wrong?

The second thing is: even if I have 32GB RAM and 11GB VRAM - that is not enough for 1 fox!

Empty scene/ G8F on horse with saddle / dress and hair / 1 fox. To pose the girl and horse is heavy and choppy and I get crushes.

I don't know how AM is working with a whole menagery in his tuts. I cannot use two squirrels together. Maybe he has a killer machine with 1zillion GB.

Aaaand if I have luckily build together a simple scene, I have to render it immediately because I can never open the scene again.

I have tryed to make a portrait with a girl and a squirrel on her arm. It ends with just the girl and I had to use the tiny, grainy test render of the squirrel to put it together in Photoshop.

Aaaargh. Is someone here who has better experiences? I love all the hairy things here, but it is frustating to use it, better said to try using it.

Help please.

https://imgur.com/a/KPjvdBH

Sorry for not being able to post an image here, that will have to do.

Can someone check their RealWorldHDR set and see if you have it? It looks like this?

I uninstalled everything and reinstalled everything using Daz3DIM.  I made sure to identify where I wanted all my files to install in DAZ3DIM.  I also "reset database" in my DAZ Studios prior to uninstalling everything to make sure none of the previous settings were there.  

So I'm a bit shocked to find the old settings in DAZ Studio even after all that.  (I'm assuming that "reset" means what it means otherwise, how do I erase to reset the database to factory settings?)

I'm trying to connect to the correct CMS Cluster Directory and DAZ Connect Data but there doesn't seem to be any clear explanation of how to do this.  I've googled this multiple times in different ways and I keep getting the runaround and responses from various years.  We need a manual that is clear cut.

DAZ I love your stuff but we are dealing here with a problem that shouldn't exist anymore. 

In the early days of Final Cut Pro and Premiere there was a feature that was created to help you find files that you misplaced.  And once you found one, it would reconnect the rest. This feature is now common and every company out there has something similar to it.  So I'm begging you, please copy and past that feature into DAZ 3D.  We don't need to have this problem anymore.  Almost every creator and vendor keeps screwing up the name of folders and I keep getting alternate versions of "Document" or "Documentation", "Readme" or "Readme's" or "Readmes".  This is getting ridiculous.  So I try to organize my files by deleting these redundant folders and moving the files into one which then sometimes causes the DAZ3D not to know where the files are which brings me back to begging you to please copy and paste "find and locate" feature from Adobe or whomever.

I'm looking forward to DAZ Studio 12.

Issues:

1.  What folders do I need to connect to in Content Directory Manager?

2.  How do I erase old settings?

3.  Why doesn't Install Manager override DAZ Studio settings?

3.  Are there plans on creating an app allowing me to locate missing files and fixing the database?

Thank you.

But if I go to the Products directory, it's still flagged as uninstalled and wants to install through DAZ connect.  What's going on?