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Resource Error Message

FantastArt — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:02:43 +0000

Hello, I have promlems using two products I bought a while ago. It's a pose set by DM

"DM's Sensual Curves" and a light set by Elianeck "Elianeck Dramatic Lights for Iray".

When I try to load the files I get an error message "Resource Error - could not open .....file does not exist"

I tried reinstall and install again several times, but it doesn't fix it...

dForce doesnt work for me

neubert_sauter_5e00e36d76 — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 07:47:11 +0000

Hi Everyone,

i have a big Problem with dForce. It doesnt work for me. I use DAZ Studio 4.10 Pro.

As I read a should use Edit/Object/Geometry/Add dForce Modifier: Dynamic Surface but i have no such a choise. Yes i choosen the item in the Scene-Tab.

What make i wrong?

Thanks for helping.

No morphs or Auto-fit

megarandommadness — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:15:09 +0000

so today I found and installed a helmet(s) and mask(s) from 6and6 on DeviantArt they're for G2M, the problem is I'm trying to use it on a G3M but there's auto-fit opinion for it and I want to use their morphs but they don't show up (also there's not a runtime file which I assume its normal)

Can I use dforce items in the old Dynamic Clothing Control plug-in?

kthedrick — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:41:05 +0000

I would really like to get the new product: IDG dForce Dynamics--Scarves and Shawls, but I am not running DS 4.10. I'm not getting it because I have an ancient iMac (ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB and only 2 GB of Ram) so I'm nervous about how switching to DS 4.10 will affect my Iray render capabilities. So, you see, no dForce for me. Can I use products that were designed for dForce in the old Optitex Dynamic Clothing Control plug-in? Has anyone tried it?

PostgreSQL CMS connection problem

hatter_0cba87a973 — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:21:32 +0000

Hi. On installing the latest version of DAZ Studio, and starting it, a popup informs me "A valid PostgreSQL CMS connection.could not be established. Several DAZ 3D features ... that require a valid PostgreSQL CMS connection ... will not be available. Check your network, antivirus and firewall settings for conflicts." So how would this appear in my firewall? What would the program name be? I've already set anything starting with DAZ as "trusted," but that hasn't changed anything. I use ZoneAlarm, if that helps.

Thanks for any advice!

--Bruce Duncan

[Question] on DAZ Install Manager software (so-called DIM)

Atanacius — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 02:07:03 +0000

Hello there.
- don't know if it will be clear..

Heh, well, I start:

I use always Manual Download for download my purchases and install them into my own special-for-occasion created folders.
(like: Poses for G3F - DAZ Format)

I do not use DIM then I install manually all my purchases..
(the issue for me is how the way DIM when installing products is "organizing" through a physical folders the installed products, not my taste: it's like a folders & files warfare !)

Also, I love backup my ZIP purchased files!

Anyway... I'm coming to a way where...

I have plenty of content acquired from the last months.
I noticed that some are updated, and some not.. (for those downloaded past months/years)

Since I can't know which are updated/not updated (in real time) in DAZ3D website (no notifications, even by email, no notifications), I think some of my products installed manually must be updated, but without knowing which.. it's a way difficult task!

THEN, I want know if DIM (if I install it) can find ALL METADATAS installed (I keep them in my manually installed products), and JUST tell me if a product I have installed has been updated and then must be re-downloaded and installed.

.. I mean, is there DIM can only check which products are updated and NOT force-install updates them ?

OR.. not ?

Thanks for answers :)

360 image too bright when used as background in Render Settings

cdpro_2831bbd990 — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 16:34:14 +0000

I took some images with a 360 camera for use as render backgrounds. The dome scale seems pretty close. But, the image imports way too bright. It looks fine before import into Daz.

I tried both image map and intensity settings, but all that did was darken the total render, not lower the exposure for just the background.

I'm sure this must just be a setting issue. Any ideas?

Where's my products?

joseph06 — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:34:52 +0000

I just got the Iconic 4th generation for Genesis product as a freebie for this sale, and I can't find the items in my Smart Content. According to the product page, there should be a G4 and F4 product, which I did find, but there should also be an A4 and H4 product, but I can't find it in the Smart Content anywhere and it's not showing up in my product library either?

Bizon Box for iMac - Buy Empty?

Ostadan — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 18:55:36 +0000

I see the Bizon Box external GPU for iMac is discounted this weekend (from $600 to $400). Would it be wise to buy now, and then look for a good deal on an NVidia GPU later? The 1080ti BizonBox offers seems more expensive than what I see at Newegg. FOr that matter, why are there so many different prices on 1080ti GPUs at Newegg? What is the difference between these?

DIM still leaving footprint in old directory

stevejackhammer — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 03:48:07 +0000

Been trying to get my Daz content all working off my E: drive, and mostly it seems to be working. The DIM only refers to the E: drive in the "Installation" tab, but despite this, after an installation, the old "recommended" directory on \Users\Public is still being created and manifest files are being stored in there. What I have I missed? Why isn't everything on the E: drive? (DIM v1.1.0.72)

Freak 4 Injection/Morphs Not Working

Cora Regina — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 02:31:57 +0000

I'm encountering a problem using Freak 4. When I load M4 and then use the Freak 4 morph injections pose, nothing is loaded to the figure at all. No new dials anywhere. When I load the Freak 4 figure, the body morphs don't load at all, only the head morphs. The dials DO show up but changing the values doesn't result in any changes to the figure.

I saw a post from last year about a similar problem with She Freak V4 that never had any conclusive resolution, but I followed the advice in it, namely ensuring that only one loaded runtime contains the M4/F4 files. I'm using Poser Pro 2014; the other post concerned DS but the suggestion was made for both programs.

I bought F4 specifically to use him with the Forest Prince products, which I've been coveting for a while and now have, so having nothing end up working is pretty frustrating. I've checked and everything is installed in the correct place, and Poser never asks me to locate files (even when absolutely nothing shows up with the INJ pose).

This is all occurring without any other morphs being injected except for M4's Morphs++. I have tried a fresh copy of M4 as well with no luck, and have tried downloading and reinstalling F4 just in case.

It's worth noting that I did try using the products in DS4 without any problem, save for file location requests; everything loaded fine.

I'd appreciate any help that you can offer! I was looking forward to getting to play.

Moving content to another folder/drive

steve_kerry_uk2_64ed27c294 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:08:35 +0000

I just installed 9.75GB of content to the wrong drive :(

I certainly don't want to re-install everything again, can I just cut/paste everything to the folder I intended to use instead, and tell CMS to look there for content?

Measure an angle?

Ikyoto — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 20:51:56 +0000

Measure Metrics and I get along very well, but I waswondering if I can use it to measure angles, such as the degree left or right of a point to anther.

Daz has never given me problems re; my current OpenGL

AmazonLover08 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 02:05:19 +0000

Tonight I found the following message on my machine: Daz studio requires at least an OpenGL ver 1.3. your machine currently provides OpenGL 1l1. Pls contact your video card provider to get upgraded drivers to an OpenGL 1.3 compatible card. This has never happened before. Also some forum members had indicated that Windows has again pushed an upgrade that has MESSED everything up. I have an ATI Radeon HD 4200. Tried to see if this needed an upgrade up this is the most up to date driver. Please tell me what I need to do in order to be able to access my Daz. Right now I can't access Daz because i keep getting this innane message "Daz requires at least an OpenGL. et al. Please help. Sorry but I need my Daz and would like to know what I need to do to get my stuff back. Cheers and thanks

GamePrint: 3D Print Plugin - even after install via DIM...

nonesuch00 — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 19:22:47 +0000

GamePrint: 3D Print Plugin - even after install via DIM into DAZ Studio 4.10.0.x the GamePrint: 3D Print Plugin installer keeps showing up as ready to install via DIM.

Hip Hop Outfit for G3 Male [Solved]

Rain — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 04:03:00 +0000

I picked this item as my freebie, and on my product library page the only files showing to download are for the templates. Are just the templates the freebie? ;-)

How to save the parameters changes in Actor and etc?

artofcharly — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 06:04:40 +0000

Hello everyone!

So =) I create Genesis 3 Female and then made changes in the Parameters tab with Edit mode. Made categories, properties, morphs, deleted selected properties and etc. Then save my character. But =) When I opened the DAZ next time - I saw the default parameters.. When I opened my scene - I saw my changes, but with deleted properties and when I created the another character - I saw the default parameters too...

So =) How I can save the all Parameters, Categories and etc for the each character? I spend many time for made this and want to see them when I create any character with a Genesis 3 Female or Male...

Best regards, Andrew.

(solved) Saved character with smile on face, now cannot find how to remove the smile

nomad-ads_8ecd56922e — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:02:14 +0000

Okay, I have a scene I saved out with a character in it, standing there with a big smile on his face. The trouble is, this is part of a longer narrative story, and I need to change his facial expression to something else for later scenes.... but all the facial-expression sliders for that loaded character are set to default/zero -- i.e. if in Pose Animate > Posing I go to [Character] ,Head, Pose Controls, Head, Expressions -- and I can't find anything else in various character adjustments controls that looks like it effects facial expressions or mouth adjustments. Did the big smile somehow get baked into my character? oO Where should I look to zero this stuff back out again?

edit: Nevermind, turns out it was part of one of the Show Fangs sliders from a give-your-character-vampire-teeth morphpack, the particular slider made the fangs show by also making the character smile so the fangs stick out. Setting that slider back to 0 returned him to a neutral facial expression, but also made the fangs disappear back inside his mouth. Grrr...

Is it possible to import my own character to Daz and apply M4/V4, G, G2F/M and G3F/M morphs?

l_riefkohl_ferrer_1923365ed0 — Wed, 11 May 2016 13:56:02 +0000

The title pretty much says it all. I would like to import my own character toDaz Studio with his own UV's and apply any morphs, clothes and hair from any generation to it. Is it possible even if I have to buy some add-ons?

Geometry editor fiber mesh hair issue

Serene Night — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 03:29:22 +0000

I’ve been messing around with kitbashing men’s hair together. I have been somewhat successful with turning off cutout opacity for parts of the styles to effectively combine them. What I’m running into is some hair elements which still are visible after I’ve hid their selective parts. So I pulled up the geometry editor. Selected those visible hair elements and assigned it to a surface. I then went in and made that selection opaque. Unfortunately those elements still show.

Is it possible that this tool can’t select or cannot make certain things invisible?

moving content in DAZ Studio

kksmith6515 — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:10:01 +0000

Hey, to anyone out there!

I recently discovered that everything I downloaded and installed is on my smaller drive. (see attached pic) So my question is can I move everything to my larger drive without messing up everything in Daz Studio and how would I go about doing it? I have over 300 items currently installed so it would be a real pain to have to reinstall everything!! I'm using Windows 10.

Thanks! You guys are great!

How to find updated products

NotAnArtist — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:26:29 +0000

I download products manually, and can't change to the Download Manager since I've done this for years and all my product names have been changed for better filing.

I keep a record of the original names. Now I see that when some products are updated, their file numbers don't change (at least not the ones I've checked so far). There are files inside the zips that have later dates and different file sizes from the ones I've downloaded previously, so they've probably been updated.

Examples: Zev0's Pose Builder for Genesis 3. Its file name/number is unchanged but the files inside have some changes in dates and sizes. And Pose Converter Genesis 2 Female(s) to Genesis 3 Female(s)'s file name/number has not changed but it now has a few additional files inside its zip.

How do we find out about these changes? I've been looking for updated file names' numbers, but now I see that those numbers don't necessarily change. (I've tried searching "list of updated products" in this forum and found nothing). Thanks!

Problem with Saree for Genesis 8 Female and Victoria 8

info_ec1c772afd — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:19:24 +0000

Hello. I have a litte Problem with Saree for Genesis 8 Female and Victoria 8. When I load this clothing it shows like this:

http://www.bilderhoster.net/x455b64c.png.html

What is the thing around the neck and why does it show. I assume that it is a necklace or something else ...

I deinstalled and installed the clothing several times

Thx for a brief help

Uninstall & Reinstall of DAZ 4.10 - Just want to make sure I am doing this right

AncientWire — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:00:42 +0000

Since DAZ updated to 4.10 I have not been able to export animations using fbx. It seems that for most people it is working fine.
I sent info in to support, but haven't heard back yet.
I found another poster who had the same problem. They unistalled and reinstalled DAZ which fixed their problem. Great!
I went to my Product Library and downloaded DAZ 4.10.
I went to my (Windows 10) Control Panel / Programs & Features and I don't see DAZ. Bryce and Hexagon are in there though.
DIM has an Uninstall option for DAZ Studio 4.10.

Before I completely break all of DAZ on a holiday weekend, I just want to confirm that I can hit the Unistall button in DIM, then reinstall from DIM or my download.

I have exported my custom categories. Anything else I need to save off before I hit the button?

Thanks!
Helene

Getting transparency with png diffuse color picture

itsikw — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:57:16 +0000

I have a png picture with transparent regions, and would like to paste it on a surface so that the transparent regions will appear also transparent in DS.
I know that this is normally done by extracting the picture mask and loading it to the surface opacity strength. Is there a shortcut for achieving this without using explicitly the mask?

Unable to load Plugins

Olderkat — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:09:41 +0000

Recently my Hard drive failed so I replaced it with a brand new drive I loaded a full copy of Windows 10 (Home edition) then installed Daz Studio 10 I then attempted to install "look at my Hair" plugin, normally when I did this on my old drive it got to the stage with askes where you want it install and it gave a recommended drive path but all I got was it wanted to install to A start menue without any other options please can anyone help?

Please find a screenshot attached

Back wards compatible

galatt — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 02:10:14 +0000

A simple dumb question. Is 4.10 backwards compatible with files created in 4.8 or do I need to open and re-save them in 4.9 first? A silly question I know, But after going from 4.4 to 4.6 and discovering that I couldn't access most of my saved projects anymore I have to ask before I upgrade.

images from Facebook and Vimeo in my past posts no longer showing

WendyLuvsCatz — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 04:58:05 +0000

the images from Facebook and Vimeo in my past posts are no longer showing in my render thread in art studio and other places

yet they are still up and public

trying to change the image properties to a link I get access denied

I am wondering if I should rethink hosting renders on Facebook

My positioning tools.... Overly responsive

Serene Night — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:32:56 +0000

This is a weird issue... But I had this big windows 10 update earlier in the week and afterwards, now sometimes when I move the positioning tools, even just to touch them, it vastly over positions the viewpoint, to a radical new view. It seems to have become super sensitive for some reason. But weirdly it isn't all the time.

I did eventually reset my interface, but the positioning tool (such as rotation of view), sometimes spins to odd angles whenever I touch it.

I'm not sure if it related to the 10 update, but I didn't have this issue before....

Rendering while using Photoshop

sarge74 — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 23:48:05 +0000

Had a new machine built a few months ago and I think after a Windows 10 update, somethings are running different.

I like to render scenes for panels of a comic book while at the same time, do postwork on them in Photoshop while I wait for the render in Iray. I have scenes set up so that I get a decent render in about 20 minutes. During that time I work on the previous render in Photoshop. It was working out pretty good with little lag in photoshop until recently (after a Windows update). I noticed in my Task Manager that the lag is happening when the GPU is getting taxed while doing things like simple brush work in Photoshop during a render. The GPU goes from about %40 (during a render) to 100% (when brush painting in Photoshop) while the CPU is just at 30%. I don't know what it was doing before becasue I never experienced this lag, but I rememeber back in the day, Photoshop using CPU. Should Photoshop be using so much GPU while I got all that wonderful CPU unused that could really speed things up for me? I've search Adobe forums and I can find is how to get Photoshop to use GPU to get faster not the other way around. Is there a way to make Photoshop tap my CPU and leave my GPU alone to render Iray in Daz? Anyone have any experience in this? System specs below;

Windows 10 Home 64 Bit (10.0, Build 16299)

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

BIOS: F5

Processor Intel Core i7-7700k CPU @ 4.20 GHZ (8CPUs)

Memory: 32768MB Ram

Daz 4.9 Pro

Adobe CC 6 Photoshop

Thanks so much for any help.