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morphing help please

gjprice_8d6aa09c3d — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:49:50 +0000

Ive constructed a figure from morph dials that Im pretty happy with but I want to tweek the body shapes a bit, beyond what I can do with dialing existing morphs.

The question is can I make a morph in hexagon, made using my new figure as its base?

Ive tried, but as I apply the morph the figure reverts to G3 female base with defects (my morph?), and winds up looking nothing like what I am after.

So, can it be done?, or do you have to use G3 as a morph base in hexagon, which seems to be impossible to tweek to what I am after.

TIA

Need new customer service person

acecombs_b317c01b8d — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:12:57 +0000

I have had a support ticket with DS for several months now and I'm afraid that the person who has been handling this issue is simply too inexperienced to fix the problem. Several times they have had to consult with more senior staffers because they say they're new to support. I have sent them log files, .duf files, and described the issue over and over again but they keep asking for more information. I'm very frustrated--I think they're stalling and I would like to get someone more senior to work on this. It shouldn't be an insoluble problem--if it is, then I am out the thousands of dollars I have spent on DS assets and my business is dead. Is there any way that anyone knows of to contact Daz and ask for a new support person? I don't want to get this person in hot water--they seem to be sincerely trying to help--but I don't think they understand the problem or the urgency of the situation.

Confused on game usage...

mikephoneguy_912d8d7dbb — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 18:05:05 +0000

Hello all!

I am currently developing a game in unity and was curious what is required to use a Daz character as the hero of a single player game. I fully understand that the model can not be redistributed and all the basics. The model I choose will be packed with the game and unextractable from the project.

My question would be, let’s say I want to use Michael 8. Do I just need to purchase the pro bundle and then the interactive license for him?

I am also aware of morph3d, I am not interested in that particular product at all as I will model my own armor and attachments for the hero character due to the fact that I do not like any of the offerings for Morph3D.

Any insight in this matter would be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance.

mmarsyada

Black background and skittering graphics

info_83d3d27fdd — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:13:05 +0000

Hello, when I open Daz I now start with a black background and a gray halo around the cube. When I bring in a figure, it sort of multiplies the graphic of the figure as I turn the cube. Its like one hundred different images all at once if that makes sense. When I add an enviroment, I don't see this issue. Whats wrong here?

-Kenny

Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 3, Genesis 8; Basic Software Files

epeaches — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:47:44 +0000

The basic Genesis software files to load to get Genesis to work properly are:

Files to download for Daz Studio 4

Genesis Starter Essentials

Genesis Female Starter Essentials?

Genesis Male Starter Essentials?

Genesis Generation X

Genesis Generation X Female Starter Essentials?

Genesis Generation X Male Starter Essentials?

Genesis 2 Starter Essentials

Genesis 2 Female Starter Essentials

Genesis 2 Male Starter Essentials

Genesis 3 Starter Essentials

Genesis 3 Female Starter Essentials

Genesis 3 Male Starter Essentials

Genesis 8 Starter Essentials

Genesis 8 Female Starter Essentials

Genesis 8 Male Starter Essentials

Search and download all Genesis Files I guess to be sure the program works right, I guess. Are those the basic files to install???

DS is slow to open and it opens multiple instances

Xyetzt — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:38:13 +0000

Today DS is slow to open and it opened twice. At least two splash screens as it has not finished loading. What could be causing it to open slowly and multiple instances? I closed it earlier because smart content was not showing.

Clothing acts as if Morphs are at 0 when reloading a Scene

ViolaRaan — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:56:08 +0000

Figures - G3F - Morph Loader Pro - Create Morph - Result = Pic A

Saving as Scene

Reloading Scene = Pic B

Why?

iray keeps ignoring my scene lights

kevinbarton77 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:21:53 +0000

Hi folks,

Im pretty new to the software and this might be a noob question. But I couldn't find any sollution in the forums or in the internet in general. Problem is just as the title says, iray ignores my scene lights completely. And this is pretty worthless as you can imagine. So there must be a simple hit of a button somewhere to fix this.

And to confuse me even more, when rendered in interactive mode, the final image has all the lights that I setup. But Im missing out on a lot of detail that way.

Image removed due to nudity. see this thread https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/3279/acceptable-ways-of-handling-nudity#latest

and now hit me, but be nice, thanks ;o)

Why are Textures so hard? Please help

SasquatchIsCool — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 20:39:28 +0000

Is there a way to a UV map with the actual texture of the UV map? I want the grid on my texture map so I can take over to photoshop and know where I am actually painting. I'm having such a hard time with textures. What is the easiest way to get a new texture on the character using Zbrush? All the tutorials haven't been helping at all.

I remember back in the old Poser days I'd use UV Mapper, a freeware program. Import an OBJ, then save that picture. It was that easy. Is there a way to do it now?

I'd like to use Zbrush and take a wireframed texture into Photoshop.

Why is this so hard? I mean shouldn't it just be one simple click and boom like GoZ?

Color me upset.

How to apply Tranfer Utility on altered shapes?

Imago — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:20:09 +0000

I hope someone can give me a way to do it:

I have a morphed girl that's lying on her bed and I simulated a DForce cloth on her back.
Now, I want to apply the Trasfer Utility to make a conforming cloth that can follow the movements of the girl's back.
I can't use DForce to do that since the cloth will slip from her shoulders and adding a "pin" to the cloth gives a bad effect on the cloth's wrinkles.
I know it's used normally on unmorphed models, but I want to keeps the shape the cloth obtained witj the simulations and fit on the girl's back as it is now. There's a way to conform the cloth on that girl?

Can I use gen3 hair for gen8?

TabooGood — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:59:59 +0000

Would hair made for gen3 cause any trouble in terms of fitting properly and posing etc if I used it on a gen8 character?

Changing piviot point for a pose.

bruce_5a50d8e52b — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 17:48:24 +0000

I'm working on Windows 10, Daz V 4.10.x

I am venturing off to techniques I've need to use in Daz before. I created and saved a new pose. As expected when rotating the pose it uses the oritional piviot point which is, from side view, in the center and bottom of the foot. This makes positioning the posed character awkward. I learned how to move the piviot point to the new position manually using the joint editor but would really like to create a script to do the job for me. Actually I'd really love to create a script to do it as the pose is selected (I know, asking a lot). I'm sure the first option is doable but I haven't written daze scripts before (I know I can pick that part up pretty quickly). I guess what I really need to know is how to identify the origin and destination location, i.e., how to you define those points so they can be referenced in a script?

Any help offered would greatly appreciated.

Bruce

Lights are too dim.

Midyin — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:45:44 +0000

I have the lumen turnt up to 3000000 and its too dim. I've tried rendering with all my lights(11 all togeather) turned up to 25000000 each, and its still not any brighter.

My lights are inside of the room, so I seriouly have no clue why they would be so dim... -_-"

Are GTX 1080's having problems with 4.10

MegaP — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:55:11 +0000

Hello,

I'm having problems rendering an animation.

It doesn't seem to get past the first render.

I'm still running 4.10 so it's not the new beta version.

The last few posts seem to be possibly having similar issues.

I'm sure I have enough memory,it keeps crashing or frozen on one frame.

Doesn't appear to be running hotter than normal either..temp looks ok

Ive updated Nividia drive and no change and no new Windows update I'm aware of.

Is this a bug and how do I fix it short of wiping it clean which I'm sacred of.

Thanks

NGM V4 Don't Work

premierart_2340fada0f — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:19:46 +0000

Has anyone else had this issue? It seems that, no matter what I try, the Naturel Gravity Morphs for V4 just don't work for the model. I've reinstalled everything several times, but with no success. Any ideas?? thanks

Broken thumb nails in the Smart Content tab

carlesonmattias — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:45:57 +0000

Hi!
I have reinstralled DAZ 3d and relocated all my content folders. So I uninstalled everything and started installing from scratch. Now when installing certain products, the thumb nail in the Smart Content tab is broken. The product works just fine, except the tumb. I installed with Install Manager, and I have tried to uninstall and reinstall. The image shows the product "FW Tobias HD for Genesis 3 Male". Any idea how to fix this? From where are the Studio trying to read the thumbs, and what are they supposed to be called?

Imported model texture issue

Mouser — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 09:44:02 +0000

Hi, any suggestions?

I've imported a U-boat figure from PoserPro 11 with parented props (Cage, Gun and periscopes).

Unfortunatly one of the props is black (Cage), the textures are all in the same location and settings for the props are all the same.

Despite this one of them is not working, If all the props failed in the same manner I wouldnt be as confused.

As the settings & related files are the same the props should all fail or work the same way?

The models render okay in Poser.

Bone from Poser to TriAx

Crios — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:39:23 +0000

I have a character created in Poser, where a bone controls the jaw to make it open, I converted the character into TriAx, to use it with DAZ, but now that Bone no longer works. If I use the Joint Editor I still see it in its place, coolly anore to the jaw group, but if I move it it has no effect.
How can I solve?

Does anyone have Wireframe version of UVs for?

SasquatchIsCool — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:37:05 +0000

Any uvs for Michael and Victoria 4 that I can paint over with the wireframe? I've been racking my brain trying to get UVs and paint on these characters. I can edit maps but really want to add more detail and know where I'm putting it using the wireframe.

Linda Hair Export to unity does not appear to be working

gummby8 — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 04:16:47 +0000

Daz

Unity

I have watched all the youtube vids and searched around quite a bit and no one seems to have a good reliable method to get hair from daz into unity and make it look good.

Since unity is what I bought Daz assets for in the first place this is kind of important to me, does anyone have a decent method to fix what is going on with the hair here?

Why doesn't all the joints bend the same way?

Xade — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:23:57 +0000

I've been working on a 10-year-old model that I made as practice to create hair. After going over a few tutorials to refresh my memory, I quickly relearned how to adjust the joint parameters and refresh my memory. However, when I started bending different joints to check how far the bending effects were, I found a weird effect on the left and right ones. They are bent exactly the same but they go opposite directions. This is something I will have to learn how to fix if I want the left and right bangs, or ponytails to bend together. How can I get the left and right to bend together?

Also, I want to update it to groups instead of segments but I don't know how to transfer the joints from this version of an updated version. I would hate to have to redo the whole thing, so much that I would rather use this version. A lot of hard work went into this before Daz ate all my files 10 years ago so any time saving I can find would be perfect.

Anyhow, thanks for all your help in advance and have a great day.

turn g8 models to g3?

KRISHANKO — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 08:46:16 +0000

hi, i dont know if this is the right board to post this, but seemed to be the closest for my technical question.

is it possible to convert g8 models (specifically female) into g3? when i comissioned someone for a cloth, she asked if i wanted it for g3 or 8. (chose 3 obviously).

which made me think, can that be done? i have a ton of stuff for g3 and when i try a g3 cloth on a g8, it doesnt autofit that well. some of the very few g8 models i have would be wonderful to have in g3.

it can be through a third party program (like blender). i just want to know if it CAN be done.

Having issue with Daz3d install manager content

clintphillips07 — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:55:03 +0000

My old computer failed and I took hard drive and copied to hard drive of my new computer. Most content is working OK but I am having an issue with some of my DIM content. For example Perrin hair is no longer working. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but get a "could not open file" error. I've tried to configure everything to go to the D drive but for some reason it is not working. I've tried looking at forums for solution but I don't know what i am doing wrong. I've attached screen shots of the content. Any help would be appreciated.

Hair stuck to shoulders after conversion (G8F to G8M)

Ulysses0302 — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:23:05 +0000

Hey,

I used the Bronwyn Hair for Genesis 8 Female on my Genesis 8 Male character. When the auto-fitter asked me about the type of asset, I said "Hair - Shoulder length". It worked fine but the hair is distorted just above the shoulders and it doesn't move properly. When I try to use some of the preset morphs they don't work in the scene. The hair doesn't change as it usually would be seems "stuck" to the shoulders. Is that a common issue when using G8F assets on G8M?
Edit: I tried all of them now and some of the morphs work, but all morphs which would affect the front of the hair (like "Right front bend") don't.

daz transfer utility freezing up at 22%

acharyapolina — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:29:47 +0000

Hi, I am having a problum with my daz transfer utility freezing up at 22%. Up until a day ago everything was working perfectly find. but just this morning it started doing this freezing up issue. Was there a bug fix that came out or something because It was working perfect until today. Maybe I need to update my graphics card or something for it to work again?

Any help would be greatly apriciated. Thanks. :)

Can I use my 4.9 scenes and characters in 4.10?

silverfrost1 — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:23:19 +0000

Can I use my 4.9 scenes and characters in 4.10? What about all the DAZ morph and lighting utilities I bought for 4.9?

Will they be recognized and work with 4.10?

I ask becausde I noticed that everything for sale on DAZ is now only compatible with 4.10, so I don't buy anything at all.

OpenCL missing with DS 4.11

IsaacNewton — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:53:22 +0000

Since installing DAZ Studio 4.11 (64bit BETA), I can't get dForce to work. I just get an error message saying that it can't find an Open CL 1.2 device. I'm using two GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPUs; I would have thought they would be up to date enough for DS.

Has any one else come across this error? Does any one know how to fix it?

See attached images.

Anime 01 textures not working for Sci-Fi Pilot Outfit

Richard John S — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:43:52 +0000

I tested all of the textures and all seem to be working but the Anime 01 texture set for the Sci-Fi Pilot Outfit. The outfit is supposed to be white, but some of the textures are dark as shown in the screenshot below.

Product:
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-pilot-outfit-for-genesis-8-females-199

How to convert genesis 2 female clothes to genesis 3 female

legendaryforerunner — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:29:18 +0000

I've been trying to convert an outfit to my morph and it doesn't give any options of supporting genesis 3 female just genesis 3 male. How can I make it work?

Which camera is the render camera.

heinzerbrew_f94794efff — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:20:49 +0000

I think this is a very basic question, but my situation is a little weird. In the past, I usually only ever began a render with the "viewport" displayed. Whatever was selected there is what was used to render, perspective, top, camera, etc. Last night I was using the latest beta and began a render with both the viewport and aux displayed. When I came back later I discovered that it had rendered with the aux camera not the viewport camera.

So I have two questions really.

1. How do I know which camera will be used if both viewport and aux is displayed?

2. Is this a beta issue or has this always worked this way?