So, DAZ are you going to live up to this?? 

And so, this product is missing files. I have a short list of materials and they have the wacky scroll and tab (that I think indicates Poser files)

I found this list which states The Lost World needs DIM to install.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/search?Search="The+Lost+World"

I uninstalled and installed it several times using DIM (with Daz closed) and the file system is still sparse. In renders I get the OCean and beach plane, but no shader loads to shade the water or beach.

Arggghhhhh,,,

I tried a manual install and slid the runtime over myself. Still, only three choices.

The product says Several shaders and such, but  how do I get this working?

All help is appreciated.

Maybe this question is a Daz low level, but, would you tell me, please, if is there any way for making not crossing characters and objets? Is it possible to make not crossing surfaces for avoiding fingers, hands, etc go into the bodies, for example? 

If I want to slide an object over another one, could I prevent first object passing through second...? As a violin bow over a string, etc.

Thank you very much.

could you if is there any way to chang north direction in a scene? I can see how to change sun parameters and location coordinates, but north direction is always in the same position.

Thank you

Things I tried:

-reinstall everything

-disable anti-aliasing,tooltips,pixelshading,pixelbuffer

-display optimization to none,better and then best

Help PLS!!!

I hope some of you might know the answer? Nothing was wrong a couple of days ago but this morning i opened my Daz studio and all of a sudden my viewport starts acting weird. I already updated my Videocard driver and reinstalled my Daz studio but that didn't help. I added some pictures because i don't know how to discribe the problem that well. One is with a loaded character and the other one is an empty scene.

I am installing the latest version of Daz Studio Pro. It has been processing now for several hours at the Content Management Services step at approximately 98% or so. I have a VERY LARGE library of items; I am wondering if this is the reason? I am hoping someone can let me know to reassure me. I haven't had an update take this long before so I am concerned.

How do I restore, if I wish to?

The window will offer me the option to save to my Render Library, I believe.- I've been saving my renders to a folder, lately; but it would be nice to have the option.

I have an external drive called "Backup 1 HDD" which has all of my DAZ and third party content.  Everything worked correctly on my old computer including my custom Metadata for 3rd party products.  All were searchable by artist in SmartContent and with correct categories, product types, etc.  Aside from some known problem products that are still missing metadata from the DAZ store itself.

Here is my setup:

Backup 1 HDD / DAZ 3D >

• > 3rd Party (Runtime subfolder for Rendo content, etc)
• > Studio > My Library > Runtime > Support (all DAZ 3D* files, my custom ones as Local_User* and my UserData_1.dsx has correct date stamp from last export)
• > Studio > My DAZ Connect Library  > Data > Cloud

So here are a few oddities I noticed... I have searched through the SmartContent categories and most of my custom Products are in fact showing up if I do not load a character into scene, but if I load up say Victoria 4, some will not show up in SmartContent anymore even though the metadata defined them as compatible with V4.  Nothing is searchable by Artist anymore and when I try to load some of the products, it gives me an  "unsupported product" error.  This of course didn't happen before because I was very careful to assign proper compatibility base, etc.  Also, I used to be able to highlight all the products and "merge into scene" and they would all load up.  Now that doesn't work either.  I need to double click each item individually.

FYI - I followed this doc 100% to customize dozens of third party products and it worked great up until now.  I even created proper thumbnail jpg's!

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

So if there are any Metadata and custom product gurus out there... I could use some help here.  It took me a whole week to do all of this custom work in the first place.

Thanks!

Searching has found no answers to my specific question.  If the same texture image is used multiple times in one prop, figure or scene, does DS load a separate copy into RAM for each such instance or just one copy to be applied in all cases that call for that same map?

Example: If I make a simple table with primitives, two for slab legs and a third for the top then apply the exact same surface to each piece, is that surface in memory three times or just one time?

Example:  If I load two G3 charactors and place the exact same cloths on both, are the associated textures loaded only once for all or is a separate instance loaded for each charactor even if same as on other charactor?

Was using DAZ with the iRay preview and my system froze. After reboot it wouldn't open DAZ pulling up a "Not Windows 10 or corupt file" error.  So I needed a reinstall. 

I can't get to a set of instal files.

Fortunately, I was previously running a Public Build version and my Install Manager had a non public build version available so I have loaded that. Now I have no versions of DAZ available in my install manager and I can't get to an installation set if it crashes.

Just go to the "Free Software" download? It doesn't work; try it. If you are logged in and click the software download button it just takes you to your purchased products page. Not much use at all.

So, in summary, I have a working version of DAZ installed which I am now afraid to use as, when I get a system crash, I will be up a creek with no paddle.

And I cannot locate a path selection in render settings.

How do I change the path and (if I wish to) set the render viewport to appear again, when renders are made? 

I am running Sierra 10.12.6.  I know that High Sierra is planning on eliminating 32 bit app support altogether and I see that the DIM installer says 32bit.  Is there a 64 bit version?

Can anyone help me get this sorted out?

Thanks

Recent search from Google asked me to use "Marvelous Designer" along with Daz 3D.

I had made one air hostress uniform as a dry run.

But i do not know how to proceed to allow it to behave in those cloths i've downloaded from the store (free), where it can be easily assigned to the figure and pose any possible posture without destroy the uniform.

This might be a duplicate topic, but appreciate if anyone could point me into the right direction.

Thousand thanks in advance.

In DAZ Studio, there is no way to export and then import a fully assembled object, then rig the parts...or is there?

Also, is it a waste of time to rig in Blender? Do you always have to re-rig in DS anyway?

In any event, I managed to save much of my third party content, but it was mixed in with DIM and Daz content, and somehow got mixed up in file structure. In an attempt to fix the issue, and to put content in a place that is much easier to locate and not buried in five different locations throughout the hard drive, I have uninstalled and reinstalled, changed directory locations, and various other content management fixes. I have cruised through the forums and cannot quite suss out a fix.

At this point, I want to strip the entire program from my computer to do a fresh install as if it has never been on the machine in the first place. I want to start from scratch. When I uninstall and reinstall, the same database issues still exist, and content that should be viewable is no where to be found. Any suggestions on how to strip it and start over?

I have noticed a strange effect a couple of times now when rendering a plane as a mirror (using nickel shader). Any objects that I have touching the mirror plane are set back in the actual mirror. I have attached a capture to show what I mean. In the screenshot the figure is actually touching the plane, so I would expect the mirror image to be touching the hand, but it's not, it's set back a bit. I also noticed this with shoes on a mirror, the reflection only appears to be touching if I set the object into the plane a bit. It's like a mirror, with REALLY thick glass. I'm not sure what to do to solve this.

Kind regards

Dawn

I really only use Daz to export things for use in iClone -- but I've bought a TON of stuff for this purpose.  What happens is that after I export (either OBJ or, if it's a figure-rigged prop, as FBX) I get the diffuse maps just fine, but no normal or specular maps or opacity -- basically just the diffuse, even though those other maps ARE provided (if I go into the Textures directory for that prop or environment I can see all the maps).

What I then end up doing is loading each and everyone in manually, which is a huge PITA.  So I thought that perhaps my software just isn't importing properly.  But when I go into Daz I only see the diffuse map loaded for each prop.  It has sliders for the normal and opacity and specular and metallic maps, but no maps themselves.  So now I'm thinking that perhaps those maps aren't being exported because Daz isn't loading them in in the first place.

So I thought I'd ask you good people here -- am I just plain ignorant (well, I am, but that's kind of besides the point) or is there something special I need to do to make sure ALL the maps get loaded.  I'm just, for the most part, using the default "Load All" DUF that most developers provide for each environment or prop, and I just assumed it was loading all in.  Or is it really all loaded in and not exporting properly?  Or something else I just don't understand?

TIA for any assistance.