Technical Help (nuts n bolts) - Daz 3D Forums

Editing Strand Based Hair

OrionPax09 — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:25:45 +0000

Okay. I decided to give DAZ's strand-based hair system a go. And since I've been toying with the idea of making a barbarian outfit, I thought that such a system would be great for making the furry parts of the garment.

Just one problem. I created a set of hair and it didn't look right. And I can't figure out how to get back in and edit said piece. So...okay. Call me stupid, but...how do I go back in and edit this thing? And please don't tell me that I have to start from scratch!

What happened to "Open Recent" option in the files menu?

crashworship — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:45:17 +0000

I had to do a factory restore for my OS recently and when I re-installed Studio, the "open recent" option is missing from the File menu drop down. This option isn't missing from all the other apps I routinely use. They all have the "open recent" option from the File drop down. I've scoured preferences looking for a way to enable this in Studio but can find none. Was this removed in a recent update? I've been at this for about 15 years and my files list is really long so the recent option is very useful.

I'm on a Mac using Sonoma.

Mirroring a joint corrective morph

TheCediz — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:21:29 +0000

Hi, I've been struggling for couple hours, now I am here again in search of answers.

All went well for the JCM I created for the left side thigh; I want the JCM to activate when the thigh rotation side-side is active. I create the morph in Zbrush for the left side, make the morph a type modifier/pose, then open property hierarchy to find 1st stage controller of new morph and drag and drop the Left tigh side-side rotation pose I need to correct and it works all well. Up to this I think I'm doing everything okay

The right side is now the problem and it has to do with the attributed sign of the right side it seems (Left bends in (+) and right bends in (-)). So, I grab the morph I made for left side > morph loader pro > hit the morph mirroring option to "swap x axis" (this I'm not sure it's the right option). The morph comes out okay for the right side. In property hierarchy, I do the same as the left side but for the right tigh and now, the resulting JCM is kinda inverted. I want the morph to go from 0 > 100 when the joint (R side-side bend) goes open 0 > -50. As of now, my morph is applied (+) when the bend closes -50 > 0.

Is the problem with the right side in property hierarchy or when I mirror the morph in morph loader pro? I think I would need my morph to invert the sign, so instead of gradually applying from 0 > 100, it would applies from 0 > -100, as all Right pose transform do. How can I do that?

Any alternative?

Big thanks

Collision Response Dampening - HS Dforce Hips And Breasts V2

hot88stang_21e963c5c7 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:48:09 +0000

I am having troubles with the hs dforce hip and breast v2 during a dance routine where her breast and glutes stick to any other body part that touches them. So looking into the setting I have one I can't find any info one. "Collsion Response Dampening"

What is this setting and what does it do?

G9 figures = no cutout opacity?

windli3356 — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:55:33 +0000

I just realized G9 figures have no cutout opacity option, this is such a cool feature and not technically diffcult to include as a legacy feature, why remove it all together?

Will it be added in future roadmap?

Content Manager

dash2128 — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:16:34 +0000

I used to go to edit, to select the tab that would open up directories for Daz and Poser. Has that been moved to Content library?

G9 Clone not working?

warriorjaeysa — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:13:29 +0000

Question on if anyone else is having this problem. I'm currently using a Gen 8 figure and using MMX's Gen9 Clones for All to use a gen-9 dress and hair on her. I have used both items with this addon before and it worked great but now it isn't working at all.

Not sure if it matters but:

- Hair is Aurelia hair
- Dress is Lady of Fate
- I've uninstalled Hair, dress, and clone then reinstalled them. Then I restarted the computer.

Can Daz3d Report final render times?

thomask_1 — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 03:45:38 +0000

Im just wondering if Daz3d can report/log the final rendering time with the settings used. Either to a pdf or html type file..

Thanks

how do i get a george body without the head

Drogo Nazhur — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:37:38 +0000

With regards to George (either G3M or G8M -- it doesn't matter) ... how do I do just the body morph with the head not being affected? Other characters have a head morph and a body morph but George doesn't seem to have that for either G3M or G8M

Do Decals work correctly after a dForce simulation ?

ibr_remote aka infinity10 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:38:36 +0000

I don't have much experience using decal nodes, and I notice that after a dForce simulation drape has been done, the decal isn't always as I wanted it positioned.

Can't click check button to disable select in viewport.

jmucchiello — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:57:03 +0000

Like the title says . The arrow with a check next to it. No matter how much I click, it never changes to the arrow with an X next to it. And the eye doesn't work either.

What do I do?

daz hair bone don't follow with morph

18123736239 — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:13:51 +0000

当 morph 加载在 g8 女声时，发骨不跟着发，就留在老地方了。

但是我发现了一个叫 Mehrloc Hair 的产品，

his hair bone Perfect follow with his hair。

how did he do it？

morph 和 g8 female 一样，但是我们可以发现它们具有不同的属性。

称为子组件，

我需要帮忙拜托。

Problem with Zeddicus products?!

Keiku — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:13:24 +0000

I recently ran into an issue with Zeddicus products. So far just two: "Z Nail Salon for Genesis 8 Female" and "Z Drink Up"

Clicking on DUF files results in Daz wanting to close the current scene asking to save changes, rather than applying the materials to the figure in the case of Z Nail Salon, or loading a prop in the case of Z Drink Up.

No idea why this is happening. I installed these same as I do anything else and I've never had issues with Zeddicus products before.

Morph before simulation

eliogabal_317a388f1f — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:15:36 +0000

Hello,
Do you know of a way to simulate a garment that takes morphs into account, but only as a starting point?
Let me explain:

If I adjust a garment with an ‘expend all’, it keeps the offset even in the simulation. I'd like this offset to no longer be taken into account and for the garment to fit the body.

Thanks in advance

Transfer Face morphs

Imago — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:27:21 +0000

I'm trying to create a beard for my G1 figure but it seems I'm doing something wrong since the morphs aren't tranferred correctly.

I did this some other times in the past: I import the OBJ, load the figure, set as Favourite the moprhs I want to transfer and then start the Transfer Utility setting it to transfer the favorited miprhs to the prop, but even if the beard is transferred and perfectly working, the facial morphs aren't trasnferred and nowhere to be find in the beard parameters.

Someone can give me the right procedure for this? Thanks!

Aging Morphs for G8F causing missing genesis3female.dsf

siiozz955 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:02:15 +0000

Hi there,

I'm having a little problem with the Aging Morphs G8F from Zev0.
As soon as I open anything, DAZ gives me the error message in the attachment.
Everything works as soon as I click away the window, but I still wanted to ask what I could do as it's a bit annoying.

Thanks a lot! :)

Backdrop suddenly narrow (solved - many thanks)

Rufus Coppertop — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:48:43 +0000

Until today I could use a blue backdrop to simulate a sky. For some reason it has become narrow and now has these grey borders.

That's new and I don't like it.

Does anyone know what I can do about this? It

Problem with parenting an object to a model

nicholasramirez1216 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:22:29 +0000

I'm currently working on a model that is half human half giraffe and was looking to attach the horns from a giraffe to her. So naturally I took the horns off of the "Silverkey 3D Giraffe" model and parented the horns to her head. However, whenever I move her neck or head the horns don't stay attached. Does anyone know how to solve this?

Entire Daz Program installed on D: drive--GPU running oout of Mem

lstubbs2 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:59:32 +0000

Ever since I installed Daz on drive D:...the GPU has been running out of memory WAAAY to fast.

I have to turn Max samples down to 500---then restart the entire computer to get medium detail animations to render....

I've always had problems on C: drive.....bad preSQl and misplaced file structure,

Having a Problem with Dream Home Dining Room and Great Room Breakfast Nook

stmercy2020_9aea6b9c04 — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 03:48:29 +0000

I purchased [Dream Home Dining Room and Great Room Breakfast Nook] both of these products ages ago along with, I think, literally all of the rest of the Dream Home. Almost all of the Dream Home loads into a scene properly, however the Dream Home Dining Room is showing up as gray blocks, while the breakfast nook is not showing up at all, although it appears in my content menu. Can anyone help me figure out where the files need to be so that I can get them both working properly again? I've tried uninstalling them and reinstalling them using DIM, but it hasn't worked, and I'm finding it very frustrating. If it helps, I'm moderately tech-savvy, but not especially wise to the mysteries of how DAZ file structures are set up or how they are *supposed* to be set up.

Daz Deals Addon

FantastArt — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:24:56 +0000

Hello, since yesterday my Daz Deals Browser Addon istn't working anymore. Do you have any suggestions what I can do. It's so annoying to browse through lots of sale pages instead of just the things I have on my wishlist.

Daz 4.5 not actually installing

InquisitorWhitefire — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:35:42 +0000

Operating system: Win 10

Issue: I have tried multiple times to install Daz studio 4.5. I have ran it through the install manager which is the lastest version, and I have tried manual install, and manual install with admin permissions. In ALL cases my Anti virus was OFF just to be safe.

Daz install manager says it's isntalled, and Manual install goes sucessfully through ALL the steps it needs to before telling me it's done.

Yet when I go and try to run DazStudio 4.5, it's nowhere to be found. No icon on the desktop or in the start menu. No .exe foun in the isntall location where it's supposed to be installed. I need the bridge to bledner function for a big project I'm working on due to rigging and texture issues when exporting a model normally.

Has anyone had this issue before? If so, how did you fix it?

Organizing favorites into sub-categories

Matronius — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:53:51 +0000

Hi, is there any way to organize the favorites into different sub-categories please? Or a commercial product that allows you to do so? Thanks!

Issues with CL Adventurous Undercut Hair for G9 not fitting

Hexdrake21 — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 07:20:52 +0000

I bought [CL Adventurous Undercut Hair for G9] this a little bit ago, and after loading it onto a custom G9 character, I noticed the shaved part of the hair was deep into the back of the head. This somtimes happens when fitting hair to a custom G9 character, and is easy enough to adjust with morphs provided by the creator. Except with this I can find no morphs that adjust the cap -- only the hair. Am I missing something? I tried adding headsize morphs and at .5% and then adjusting the cap with those, but after 15 minutes of fiddling it became apparent that I don't have the right morphs to adjust the hair to fit properly. I tried messing with the smoothing and collision but those didn't help. It can be moved and then fitted, but I kinda don't want to spend half an hour everytime I want to use the hair. Does anyone have any hints that would help fit the hair on characters in 5 minutes or so ?

Make a cloth stop moving with the figure without reseting it.

IlliciteS — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 19:54:05 +0000

Hey,

The title is not clear, I did not know how to phrase it, so let me explain.

I have a G9 and some G8 cloths on it (I don't think it matters but just in case, I clarify that). For now, the shape of the cloth is kinda OK:

But obviously, if I change the leg position, the coat will move too:

And that's the "issue". I would like to freeze the cloth right after the first image, so I can use Mesh grabber to add some "floating movement", and then move the legs.
Right now, the mesh grabber will deform the coat as intended. It will look ok if I don't push it to hard. But as soon as I move the leg, and the the coat will move according to the new leg position, and the back of the coat will start to implose (like a failed Dforce).
I tried to unparent the cloth right after the first image, but it still moves with the leg.
I tried to right clic on the coat (Source pannel) + Fit to "none" , but then it resets the coat:

Any clue about how to achieve that?
Thanks!

IST Freydis material error

adorety — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 06:20:27 +0000

I recently bought IST Freydis and when I apply the Genesis 9 female genitalia and then apply Freydis' genital material it does not match Freydis' skin material. I did a quick render to make sure there was not something else going on, but the render revealed the gential material is much, much darker. Not sure how to contact a vendor directly.

Thanks

Geometry Shell Export/Pose Issue

natemakuch — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:41:30 +0000

Hiya!

When I export my Daz figure with a geometry shell, the shell doesn't export in the pose. It does this for .obj, .fbx, and Daz to C4D.

The geometry shell is posed in Daz, but the export looks like the attached image in third party software. You can see the black of the geoshell.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Overly exuberant dForce

Donnena — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:57:48 +0000

Hello

Some times dForce mat zones seem to be influcenced by unexpected body parts. The view pre sim is very allarming, but the item sims nicely.

Is there a cure?

THANKS in Advance

Andy/Donnena

How to remove noise?

djaryder — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 03:47:29 +0000

How can I adjust my render to fix the noise that can be seen on the windows and back left corner?

Slow load times after moving 3d Library

josiahmora20 — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 03:41:59 +0000

I moved my Daz 3D Library to a bran-new external drive and now all my projects take 10 minutes to open (they used to take 1 minute at the most.) Is this normal? Is there anything I can do to fix this other than moving it back?