I have a bunch of these scripts saved for 3Delight in my script menu when I use IRAY only characters and am rendering in 3Delight.  In fact, that is how I was able to buy IRAY only material characters and still use them up until I started with IRAY.   

Now, I guess I want to go in the other direction for some.  Basically, I have some V4 skins I used Texture Transformer to get onto G3.  So, they have no IRAY shaders or anything fancy.  They were quality V4 skins, but I don't know how well those translate onces you have transformed them.  I generally apply the 3Delight shader to my character after set up.  I'd like something like that for IRAY that gives decent results for us novice folks.  I have one or two quick IRAY ones that came with characters, but I want something made for not just a certain character.  Something hopefully made for somebody like me LOL.  

I've looked at a lot of products and am so confused.  Suggestions of things to get would be appreciated.  I mostly use HDRI skies and G3 characters.  I'm not terribly savvy at all these settings/conversions so something easy to use with OK results is good.  

Thanks!   

I have not used Daz in awhile and today i used DIM to update and check some content which it downloaded.
But now i keep getting the error window A valid PostgreSQL CMS connection could not be established.
I closed DAZ and then opened DIM and tried to uninstall PostgreSQL CMS but it wont uninstall and the directory does not even show up.
I have attached a screenshot so You can see.

I tried restarting system but it did not help.

It was working fine before I used DIM today and added so free content and udated DAZ thru DIM.

Anyone have a clue how to fix this issue? Please.

Thanks in advance
Fred

So I unisntalled and tried to reinstall from scratch but I get the same results

Here's a link to the log file - it wouldn't attach to this post :(

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1pk72dz3miqwcz/log.txt?dl=0

I am trying to get a high quality render of my character and lounge area but as you can see it's grainy and there are little colored spots on the character.

I am not sure what to change to get it looking better.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/342qyd9p7nn9z9i/lounge-jensen-grain.jpg

in pic below i get loads of grain and white dots, similar to the colored dots for the character in lounge area

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0c4i9gba90nrdek/Nickola_base_model.png

Thanks for any help.

To fix some poke-through problems, I hide then delete some polygons by using the Geometry tool.

When I save my scene. the .duf file explodes to a heavy 62 MB!

Is there an explanation and possibly a way to reduce the file to its original size!

Some button are way too big for their "importance" and some other are so small that I can barely see then in the interface!
It's really annoying!

When I apply certain purchased G3 poses and subsequently rotate (Y Rotate) the G3 character, the rotation is no longer centered around the G3 character but appears to be centered around some arbitrary point some distance away. Is there a way to modify the pose so that the rotation is centered around the G3 character?

Can someoneone interpret my latest log for me?

It must have to do with why my content is not appearing in Content Library.  (Smart Content is not working properly, either.)   Is that incorrect?

This can be useful to do animation effects such as "grab and leave". I don't know if this is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong. Can anyone please check ?

My current layout is a rearranged "city limits" and the text for the morphs of a poser item are unreadable.

any tutorials or information links would be appreciated.

I own several products, but I'm still not sure how to get Genesis 1/V5 poses into Genesis 2/V6 with any of these doodads.  I read somehwere that you really can't.    Nobody made anything?  Or was it just too difficult?

I have found I own the following products:  https://www.daz3d.com/pose-builder-for-genesis-genesis-2-female-s-genesis-2-male-s and https://www.daz3d.com/pose-converter-genesis-2-female-s-to-genesis-3-female-s and https://www.daz3d.com/v4-pose-converter-for-genesis-and-genesis-2-female-s

I *think* I had thought that the V4 to Genesis and Genesis 2 would have an option to go from Genesis to Genesis 2, but I didn't see it in there.  I have no issues getting V4 poses into Genesis 2.  And then I have a converter that will work on G2-G3.  But I have some awesome V5 poses that came with some of my DM sets and such that I would like to convert in some way to use on G3.     

I don't pretend to understand all these conversion thingies.  If I go to the folder and select a V5/G1 pose and convert it to V6/G2 would that work?  I think I remember you could use G1 on G2 but the pose wasn't always perfect?  Much like G3 to G8 is now.  There's a script to fix the hands and feet.  Or maybe I am confusing versions of things?  

Or can I use the pose builder and make NEW poses for G2 with G1 poses that I can save?    

Or should I just be really glad I didn't buy a whole lot for G1 LOL?

Thanks!   

I noticed some strange behavior while rendering "heavy" scenes.

If render utilises all VRAM and starts to use RAM, GPU load drops to zero and all render goes on CPU.

This realy bores me because, I thougt I could add second GPU for even faster render but now I see no poing in that.

Even more, some scenes takes 16+ GB so even 1080ti won't do the job.

I may be mistaken but as I heard in dual GPU configuration only primary card VRAM is used.

The question is simple as it only can be, how to make all CUDA cores work as they suppose to, even though VRAM is full?

2) Does Daz use more resources the longer you keep it open. I mean, switching scenes, adding, deleting screen content..etc. Does a fresh start make a difference. I am talking about leaving Daz open for a whole day or such and rendering out different scenes. Should it be closed and restarted every so often?

Then the Iray DLL causes a crash in DAZ 4.10.  I just reformatted my desktop, 19 days ago and reinstalled DAZ.

Crash Report, attached.

As a test, I tried making various primitive spheres into dynamic surfaces. Up to 28 sides worked without issue (although the default stiffness made the structures too rigid to collapse very much), but at 30 sides, dForce went berserk. At values higher than 30 sides, it just went more and more crazy.

Starting with a 64-side sphere, I edited the sphere in Hexagon, deleting the triangle polygons at the poles. I then selected to opposite edges on one pole and bridged them together. Next, I bridged all the other edges to the new surface. Last, I deleted the first bridge surface, and bridged all the new surfaces across that gap:

I sent that back into Daz, turned it into a dynamic surface, and simulated it from there - this time, it worked exactly as one would expect. The sphere collapsed neatly, without any explosions.

So, at least one thing that can help: Find spots on your model where lots of polygons meet at a single point, and tesselate that into a less complex spot.

And, of course, go ever so slightly mad as you try to fix the UV coords that winds up breaking.

Hi :)

How can I solve the problem of white pixels on the skin and clothes ?

DAZ3d Studio 4.10 Pro and Engine NVIDIA Iray

Thanks

Like the title says, I have a problem with Bady Doll Outfit.

Namely, after setting my scene up and clicking "Simulate" to apply dForce, to outfit simply dissapears during simulation. And after the simulation is done, the outfit is still gone. I've followed the provided instructions to the letter and still no luck. 

I should mention that I don't have similar or any kind of issues with other dForce ready clothing. This is the only dForce outfit that behaves this way.

Any ideas on what might be causing the issue?

Just in case it's relevant, these are my config specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 1700, nVidia GTX 1060 6GB and 32 gigs of RAM.

Thanks guys!

I have a new computer since one week. All worked fine so far. But now my DS  wont start anymore. The login screen just tells "Connecting to CMS..."

I have tried reinstalling it 2 times and it didnt helped. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jason

None this happens with other animals I have, like the horse or wolf. Only the big cats. Am I missing some files or something, do I have to adjust some settings in the surface tab?

-edit- 

I think I managed to get it installed through DIM. In photoshop I see the option to open the bridge but when I try it tells me it needs to be open in Daz first and go to file > Initialize phtoshop bridge but I don't see that option available in Daz.