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MY INSTALLATION KEEPS FAILING!!!

earnesthuman1994 — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 04:09:10 +0000

I'M HAVING SOME TROUBLE INSTALLING SOME STUFF. MOST OF IT HAS BEEN INSTALLED, BUT THERE'S A FEW LEFTOVERS THAT "FAILED".

IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME OUT WITH THIS, IT'D BE GREATLE APPRECIATED.

Install Manager cannot find a required path. The package for "Scene Builder for DAZ Studio" requires that the installed path for "DAZ Studio 4.5" be defined. Make sure that a path for this application is present on the "Applications" page of the "Settings" dialog, then try again.
Install Manager cannot find a required path. The package for "Sci-Fi Warrior Guided Tour for DAZ Studio 4.8+" requires that the installed path for "DAZ Studio 4.5, 4.x Public Build, 4.x Publishing Build, 4.x Private Build" be defined. Make sure that a path for this application is present on the "Applications" page of the "Settings" dialog, then try again.
Install Manager cannot find a required path. The package for "Inside the Asylum Guided Tour for DAZ Studio 4.8+" requires that the installed path for "DAZ Studio 4.5, 4.x Public Build, 4.x Publishing Build, 4.x Private Build" be defined. Make sure that a path for this application is present on the "Applications" page of the "Settings" dialog, then try again.
Install Manager cannot find a required path. The package for "Day at the Beach Guided Tour for DAZ Studio 4.8+" requires that the installed path for "DAZ Studio 4.5, 4.x Public Build, 4.x Publishing Build, 4.x Private Build" be defined. Make sure that a path for this application is present on the "Applications" page of the "Settings" dialog, then try again.

3Delight stand alone and XBox

Crios — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 12:49:21 +0000

Hi, having an Xbox 360 without being used (my children have the PS4 now), I wanted to know if there is a way to install the Stand Alone version of 3Delight, and use it as a rendering machine, exporting the DAZ files from the PC in RIB format.

Canvas Beauty not rendering selected "clones"

JD_Mortal — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 12:19:17 +0000

When I select "all objects", and create the "nodes", with everything selected...

Everything that is a "clone" object in the rendering, will render BLACK or ALPHA, depending on the settings. This is due to Daz3D not showing the clones, for selection, in the node list...

How do I get these "clones" to be selected, for rendering?

Oh, and please just make a 24 and 32 bit rendering option, so we don't have to go through these odd steps. We obviously want it all rendered in these bit-depths, not just some of it. Make that an advanced option.

How to create EZ-Pose dials in Daz Studio?

Silent Winter — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 05:14:34 +0000

I've made a bamboo staff and rigged it with limits to bend naturally.

It works well enough to select every bone and simply slide the 'bend' etc dials. But I'm wondering how I can set up a single dial to 'Bend-all' as I've seen in many products. Is there an easy way to do this within Daz Studio? Or do I need to manually edit the file in notepad or something?

Thanks in advance,

SW

Edit: Found it myself - if anyone else needs to know, look here:

http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/creating_content/assembling/tutorials/pose_control/start

FastGrab not working right now?

Marshian — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 22:47:53 +0000

There are no products there—This is what I see, even if I log out:

"Fast Grab discount does not combine with other discounts. There are no products matching the selection."

If you can see it, can you tell me if I have any products there? https://www.daz3d.com/fast-grab-3d-models/

I think I am not getting DAZ site orange messages since I have changed my email

MilosGulan — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 19:32:59 +0000

I have changed my email from email addresses removed before few months and since then I am pretty sure that I dont get anymore DAZ site orange messages (in the upper header) and in my Account > Messages (Inbox). I have seen on Facebook in DAZ Studio Addicts group that DAZ was giving away 10$ coupon for New Year but I didn't got any message about it.

Is there a chance to test this and fix the problem. I also am reciving promo emails from DAZ on my old Email address removed instead of my new Email address removed

I was thinking to switch back to my old email but I am not sure what to do?

Lights intensity\strength in 3delight mode

pavsikakyj — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 20:49:25 +0000

Hi. I've updated my DAZ to 4.10 and can't find luminosity settings at the place it was before. Where do I have to set it now?

Importing Figures to Unity (Decimating and Atlas help?)

SoftAnna — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 14:44:51 +0000

I don't expect anyone to give me a word for word guide on how to export a figure, with decimated polys and then apply an atlas texure to the figure in unity, but thats what I want to do.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any seperate guides on these indiviual things? (Obviously a more complete tutorial is best) and if the DAZ3d decimate plugin was avalible anywhere?

I looked around, just struggling a bit. Thanks in advance if anyone helps!

This is all for personal use by the way.

External HDD, Connect, and DIM

TSasha Smith — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:26:04 +0000

I am planing on getting an external HDD for my laptop. My question is how do I get Connect and DIM to install stuff on the external HDD? Is there a way to manually move everything I already downloaded when I get it which might be tomorrow or the next day since I am planing on using Amazon Prime. The laptop has about 464 GB on it. Is a TB about a thousand GB? I know not exactly but HDD's say that they have X TB does not mean I have X TB to play with.

oops how do I reset a perspective camera? I assume that the kitchen set I load does not keep the tables and chairs on the ceiling? another issue for later.

Problem with Dark Ops Ready to Render Bundle

Greybro — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:42:06 +0000

Can anyone guess as to why I'm having the issue seen in the image below with the Zombie pants? I have all of the required components installed.

This is vexing me!

AMLM HDRI Pics distorting

jmlynch2k — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:03:45 +0000

So when I render.. the ground seems to bend outward.

Have environment set to 16:9 with pixels at 1920 x 1080. HELP!

I want to re-install DAZ 3D 4.6 and all my content...

leo04 — Sun, 26 May 2013 15:14:32 +0000

I want to reinstall DAZ 3D and all my content. My question is how do I go about doing it.

When I began I was just looking to use the DAZ I just installed it and some other content and used the instructions to add it to the Library.

Can I unload everything and use the DAZ Installer to reinstall everything?

Has anyone ever done this before? How does it work? Does it work? I have had no trouble using it.

Would appreciate any help on this anyone can give me.

Texture time consuming setttings

SteveM17 — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 18:00:13 +0000

Another question from me regarding rendering times (sorry!). I'm curious as to which texture/shader settings take up the most time (for example an object with lots of reflections would - I think - slow down a render, so I tend to set them to zero unless needed) ?

Optimization

Antaus — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:22:52 +0000

Since tax time is around the corner, I was thinking of using this year's return to get a proper laptop. What I need help with, is I want to get one geared specifically toward running Daz3D as well as possible. So far I've only had off the shelf rigs and Daz will run on it, but as I'm sure you know, rendering is a complete CPU hog. To run Daz3D in a timely fashion and have it able to generate good quality renders, what would I need? Bare in mind I'm not a computer wiz, I don't know much past the basics. I know Daz is optimzed to work with Nvidia, so what else? Also it will have to be a laptop for me as a drive for a living and I'm constantly on the move.

CPU: Minimum speed and number of cores?

RAM: How much?

Graphics card specs: No idea here.

Etc: Whatever else I may not have a clue about.

Post Work: I would also appreciate suggestions for post work programs to help me improve render quality as well. I think I heard something about Octane or such some time ago. Plug-ins, whatever else. I want to work toward being able to do renders that really pop out.

Quick Question...

mlolya — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:54:26 +0000

Before I spend a lot of money, will Genisis 3 clothing work on Genisis 8 figures?

render time for genesis 3

SteveM17 — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:07:00 +0000

Been trying some 3delight renders using genesis 3. The figure has a 3delight texture but still takes far, far longer than m4 (who uses 3delight). Any advice on speeding this up, perhaps a setting on the figures skin? Do gen3 figures usually take longer to render for some reason?

Why am I seeing this on all of my scaled figures now?

FrankTheTank — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:12:34 +0000

Something has changed all my figures in DAZ. Now on all my scaled figures I see this symbol which looks like a figure 8 next to the lock icon on the scale slider.

If I hover over it, it says "click here to toggle whether this property overrides any controllers". I have no idea what that means or why its showing up all of a sudden. I've never seen this before in over 2 years using DS. On top of that, I can't even tell which way is toggled. There is no explanation what it does or which way is on or off.

Did something I install add this new property to scale?

Parameters Tab Not Showing Content

coltonworley1 — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:57:01 +0000

As you can see in the picture: I select the figure but there's nothing that shows up in the parameters tab (making it very difficult to pose a figure). This was a problem in Daz 4.9 as well, but I figured once I upgraded to 4.10 that it would resolve itself but it's still doing it and I can't figure out why. It just started happening out of nowhere. I'm guessing it must be something simple but I'm a little new to Daz and I can't figure this out.

Image removed for nudity. Please see this thread for info: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/3279/acceptable-ways-of-handling-nudity

How do I flatten a camera's perspective?

Boingo the Clown — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:01:42 +0000

I should know this already, but I have the memory of a goldfish and can't remember.

What field(s) do I change in my camera's parameters to give my perspective a flatter apearance (i.e. like looking through a zoom lens), or an exagerated perspective (i.e. like looking through a fish eye lens)?

Support Tickets

dash2128 — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:41:14 +0000

Can I access old support tickets to help with me a problem that happned once before, and was fixed?

If so, how?

Dual GeForce Recommendations

pincorrect — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 02:23:37 +0000

I'm planning to build a new system that can run Daz3D Studio really well. (I tend to build my own PC's. I can't remember the last time I bought a pre-built PC.) I have some questions about the graphics cards, which will probably be one of the Nvidia GeForce cards. I see from the System Recommendations article that dual (or more) cards are supported for rendering. Should these cards be connected with SLI bridges? Do I want to do an SLI setup? A related question, I think: how does the software control splitting the GPU resources between the rendering job and displaying the output?

I see also that it is better to run the GPU cards at PCIe x16. I realize I would have to get one of the higher-end cpu's that provide 44 rather than 28 PCIe lanes. Do you have any recommendations for CPU/MB combinations that will support 2 graphic cards, each running at x16, plus 2 M.2 SSD's (for the OS and user data), which will each use x4? Do I want to look at MB's based on the X299 chipset, or would the Z270 or Z370 be better?

One more question unrelated to graphic cards. Will Daz3D studio use multithreading for the calculations it makes with the CPU rather than the GPUs? Can it take advantage of multiple cores?

Could not open file: File does not exist.

Costello — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:52:36 +0000

I recently had to re-install DS after a catastrophic hard drive crash. I am running DAZ on a MacPro 2013, OS Sierra.

I reloaded using DIMM 1.1.0.72

I installed to the recommended path (see Screen Shot 1).

My auto-installed content shows up in in my Smart Content Tab (Screen Shot 2) but I get the message - "Could not open file: File does not exist."

I have checked the install path (Screen Shot 3) and my files appear to be where they should be.

I have updated my metadata but that hasn't helped. Additionally, I can open all of my manually installed content from other vendors (Renderosity, etc.). It is only my Smart Content that seems affected. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

Studio 4.10 Requires DIM Installed Content to be Reinstalled

borgtrekker — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:04:10 +0000

Hi all, for the past few months have been experiencing a problem with both purchased and free Content - including Gen 3&8+dForce items - all having been gotten from DAZ 3D that have been installed via DIM having to be reinstalled in Studio 4.10. Studio shows the content as not having been installed while DIM shows the opposite... It seems like Studio and DIM are not communicating with each other... Am using the most current release of DIM - 1.1.0.72.

Some examples include: Charli Hair, Show your Bra2, Nurmies Greebles 3, High Neck Bikini For Gen3&8, Jepes BeddingZ for V7, IDG Force Dynamics Super Long Scarf, TerraDome 3 Content, Collective 3D Create A Room XPack3, and many others... Infact just about every item I have gotten over the past few months has ended up showing not installed in Studio, yet was installed in DIM.

Are others here experiencing this same issue? If so have you found any solutions to this time consuming problem? Would really appreciate your help on this in case anyone has any answers out there...

Many Thanks and I apologize if this has already been covered on another post as I was unable to find the issue here...

G1 to G3 GenX and Autofit

megarandommadness — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:05:54 +0000

I have a question about the G1 Supersuit, supersuit for G1 that autofit doesn't work really well it doesn't fit actually, I'm thinking not getting GenX2. My questions for GenX2 are: when I add my Morphs to G1 will I lose the use of my G3 hair and clothing?
Would it be better just get one of the autofit plugins (wear them all) if I can't use hair for G3 on G1

Charlotte 8 red cast?

rsharp_3144816 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 05:29:50 +0000

I picked up Charlotte 8 Pro package along with the HD morphs. In doing a test render, found the skin and whites of the eyes had a very red cast. Scene was very simple; just the character, hair, and two light-emitting panes in a clamshell setup. Color temp set to 5500.

In the attached image, the background shows the red cast. Didn't matter how long I left the render; even to completion, red cast still there. The overlay with the better skin tones is the Aisling skin applied to Charlotte 8. Same exact light-emitting panes.

So appears to be a bug (improper material settings) with Charlotte 8. Anyone else seeing this? From other threads showing off renders with Charlotte 8, all looks well though.

System: iMac Pro, Radeon Vega 56, Daz Studio Pro Edition (4.10.0.123)

Cannot load Optitex Plugin at all anymore

Llynara — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:54:37 +0000

When I upgraded my old machine to 4.10, I was able to install and use Optitex along with dForce. I've moved to a new machine, a Windows 64 bit just like the old one. But now I'm getting this message. It claims the Optitex plugin is meant for a newer version, but I'm on the newest release. I do not have the beta installed at all. I have DAZ 4.10 installed, and the DAZ 4.10 dynamic clothing control plugin. I bought the full version a while ago and have many Optitex clothes I still use. I don't understand why it will not load at all on this machine. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin several times. I've rebooted as well. (click for bigger pic.)

Shadow Map time

SteveM17 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:12:17 +0000

For some reason my last few renders have taken a lot longer to create shadow maps than they used to. I render in 3Delight. I thought it might be to do with the textures I was using as some of them may be for Iray without me knowing, so I set up some lights in an empty scene, and the shadow maps still took ages to create before rendering even though there's nothing to cast any shadows. I haven't made any drastic alterations as far as I'm aware. My shadow maps used to be much quicker than this! Any ideas?

Ripped and torn clothing

3dnutz — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:47:53 +0000

Hi,

This is probably something most people know how to do but I can't figure it out myself. What I want to do is to be able to create tears in fabric, like a torn cloth, the open knees in jeans and so forth. I have seen some clothing that can be bought that have rips in them but I would prefer to figure out how to do this myself. I'm a newbie to all of this so would appreciate the help.

Saved Aniblocks folder missing

jacob_pz — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:43:48 +0000

Kindly i just purchased animate2 from daz studio website and after i put the serial in the serial slot it started working after restart.But now all my aniblocks are missing and the folder isnt where it used to be anymore when i save it.Please how do i fix this,im pretty fraustrated.

A Couple of Question Regarding dforce

Boingo the Clown — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:12:20 +0000

I haven't really used dforce yet, so it is possible I am asking about something that should be obvious or is covered elsewhere, but I think I will ask anyway.

1.) I want to do an animation where a figure disappears from his clothing, and the empty clothing flutters to the floor (like Obiwan Kenobi in Star Wars).

How would I do that?

Can I just set a keyframe at the start and finish of a simulation, or is there more than that?

2.) Can I fix one edge of a cloth item to another object? I would like to make a flag hanging from a flagpole. Also banners hanging on walls.