I would like to upgrade from DS4.8 to 4.9 to get the IRAY and material improvements, but I'm nervous about having my custom folder setup overwritten.  I'm old school, so I have always manually installed everything (left-over from my Poser 3 days).  Sometime I don't like the folder structure with some products so I re-organize them into different folders.  So my question is will I have to re-install my content following the upgrade or will the upgrade maintain my current folder structure that I have with DS4.8?  Also, will this cause the CMS to have a 'fit' and prevent 4.9 from running? 

Thanks

I got a gift card but when i try to redeem it it says wrong card and the balance is 0 $. I just bought it and paid via paypal. the email with the code says wrong card

Wrong or expired Gift Card Code. 

what should i do  ?

I have an Nvidia FX 4500.  Seems to have 512mb memory.  I know it's an old board, circa 2005. Am doing some updates to my system, which is largely 2011, and am looking at a moderate upgrade to the gpu at this time.  An Nvidia 4000 with 2GB of memory was suggested as a good step up from where I am. The cost of a good used 4000 board seems to be about $100. 

The next step up in memory seems to be an Nvida board with 3GB of memory for about $150, and then after that the 4Gb boards seem to be running about $400.  I'm looking to stay under $200 as I have other mods to make.  The machine I'm running is a Dell T7500.  I am also Poser oriented, still.

One question is what do I look for in an upgrade board?  I'm going primarily to quadruple my memory at this time. Anything else besides memory that I should be paying attention to? 

What's currently the top end that folks are using for Daz and Poser in terms of memory and what they're looking for?

Anybody's thoughts would be appreciated.

I took the old GIS Orion set and redefined the Surface regions using the geometry editor tool...  In the process I ended up with a number of unused surfaces defined. Is there any way to delete these entries?

Here's a strange bug. My PC powered down and rebooted for a Windows update while Studio was open doing a long render (&%@$%!!) When I restarted Studio, none of my hot keys like the Delete key or CTRL+D no longer works. 

I selected a prop in my scene and the Delete key no longer deletes the prop. Nor does the CTRL+D place a prop up in the air (y>0) on to the ground (y == 0).

I uninstalled Studio and reinstalled it but that doesn't seem to work either. 

How does one retrieve the Hot keys/Shortcuts?

Thanks!

I was wondering if there's some kind of render settings that would help reduce PC lag while actively rendering so I can continue using my PC while I render? The scene I'm currently rendering leaves my PC unusable because it becomes sooo laggy. Generally there's a little lag for every render. I want to configure render settings so I may continue rendering(even if the process is slower) and still use my PC.

Spec information:
GPU: GTX 1080
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz
RAM: 16gb 

1) Add a new Install Manager Installation path, eg Label: Freebies with Path: D:/DAZ Freebies/nonesuch00

2) Select Installation Path with Label Freebies as Current Label & Accept

3) Now copy the DIM-ready zip archive(s) to the newl created freebie path.

4) No the freebies can be installed and uninstalled via DIM:

So is there a DIM-ready zip archive creator freebie I can use to create such zip archives?

Thanks.

Our new media department has been getting into creating 3D VR training projects and was trying to find ways to leverage the cool Daz figures into this process. Trying to expand my basic graphic designer capabilities a bit into a more supportive role in the field.

I'm not really good in this cross-program area and was hoping someone could point me to areas to assist with what you might think is a simple aspect, and the searches I've found are not really working.

I'm not really looking for a high working polly count, just ways to bring over figures with bones and movement, some basic clothing etc. All of my pretests using Blender (don't have an active Max subscription to test in the end program). 

But all of my imports are just broken surfaces if i move them individually. Such as trying to bend the arm just pulls off Mike's bicept etc. 

Any thoughts or hints on where to look for a 3D for dummies would be awesome. Thanks!

PS. Or if you're looking for work...

Jason

My Daz library by default was placed in public documents which is where I have been putting all my files. 

i created some fun G8F morphs for a character in z-brush. I shared it with others, but for some reason the morphs always load active when I or anyone else loads G8F. You can always dial them down, but I'm not quite sure how to fix this problem. Any advice is much appreciated.

Jason

I just tried to install the new Install Manager. Installation stops right at the beginning and produces an error:

Error copying file from packed archive
​C:/.../Downloads/DAZ3DIM_1.1.067_Win32.exe to C:/Program Files(x86)/DAZ 3D/DAZ3DIM1/DAZ3DIM.exe

Any idea?

Windows10 Home (64bit)

Rolf

PS: Cntr + V is not working in your little "paste"-window.

So,  I load an Iray product, the included Render Settings are a bit dark, the subject needs a tad bit ilumination, so I create a new Spotlight. I change the Lunims to 50,000, make it an eliptical or rectangle, and voilà!, I can play with this light all day long moving and adjusting it to no avail.

I delete the stupid thing, and create a new Spot. This time I click on Options 1st and select the Show Through Camera, or whatever the verbiage is, and it works fine. So what have  I learned here? If the only way to get the Spot to show up is by using the Option, why isn't that just the default??

Thanks

there is no g8 in the library as it used to for the previouse ones and I can't find her to download. but since the product work by themselve and together I asume I have her somehow.

All Alessandro_AM's animal libraries have been updated for Iray/Catalyzer compatibility. Make sure to download the free updates!" I have used DIM and searched for the LAMH products I previously bought from AM. I redownloaded them but they only come with LAMH and Delight preset folders as before, not with 'iRay Figures' folder for the Catalyzer-compliant LAMH models with Iray. Please advise where they are.

There is currently a problem at the Daz website where I cannot see the serial number for this product that I have bought.

All other serial numbers show normally, so the problem seem to be only related to this product.

I bought the Catalyzer for my girlfriend as well, and she also don't have the serial number on her Daz page.

https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/serialnumbers

In order to use LAMH 2 Iray Catalyzer, you need to register it.

Here is a link to the PDF instructions: http://www.alessandromastronardi.com/downloads/CatalyzerPDF.pdf

This thread is a friendly shoutout to Daz staff:

Please make sure that the serial numbers show up for this product.

Furry animals are waiting to be rendered. :)

Thank you in advance!

I'm having trouble with the Photoshop CC 2017 bridge.  I've checked out the other posts relating to the 3D bridge.  Most cant load into DS.  I have the opposite problem they had.  My bridge loaded perfectly in DS thru Install Manager.  I found the 3D-plugin, checked and green. Saw File/Initialize PS 3D Bridge.  Got the 3D Bridge Camera and all.  

The problem is over the Photoshop side.  It wont recognize the plugin.  Did it multiple time, resinstalled, got the same result.  No DAZ option under File/Automate or under HELP/About Plug-ins.   I read somewhere the Bridge is a PS plugin, not a DS plugin.  

Does anyone have a suggestion?  What is the PS path where the DIM should go?   I'm sure I missed some fundamental step somewhere.  Sorry for being a dunce.

"An error occurred while reading the file, see the log file for more details."

I even tried rebooting my PC and still received the error.  Here's what the Log File said:

   2017-08-07 18:15:21.240  Json Parser (2252450,49): Unexpected end of file in string.
   2017-08-07 18:15:21.267 Error reading file, see log for more details. 

Is there any hope of repairing my scene file?  I just created it last night and have no other copy of it.

Operatind system Mac OS 10.12.6

Which one would be the correct one to use for the dome? They all kind of work, but then, I can put any random image in the dome and it would also work (albeit not very good).
I'd go for the ENV hdr, but then there is this thing that when I don't draw the dome, I cannot change parameters while already rendering. That's a no go on CPU. But when I use the ENV hdr, it does not actually show the scene in the background, but a blurry version of it.

So I usually go for the "large texture of the scene", but I'm not sure if that is intended and if I'll get the best results with that one. Probably not.
But if I should use either the ENV or the REF texture, how can I draw the background without it being blurry as in the ENV and REF textures? I could add a dome geometry and put the "large texture of the scene" on it, but to my experience that blocks the light rays of the IBL, right?

I'm puzzled. :)

-mork

Thanks.

I have already "body morphs" for Genesis 8 Female: https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-8-female-body-morphs

I want to realize this belly: 

I spent many hours to try realize this body, by adjusting the different parameters but i can not. Maybe, "Shape Shift" can not modelize this belly? Or i need other morphs or other software?

Thanks for help.

I just upgraded my PC to a 1070 to get faster render times but my old 660 Ti was not bad either. It was sort of slow compared to high end cards but faster than CPU. I took care that I got a board that has two PCI slots. So I wondered what if I installed both cards and use them for even faster renders?

But after I installed the drivers for 660 alongside 1070, I am back to VGA since it seems not to work having both drivers on the same system (is that true)?

I know, I can not SLI the cards as they are from different model lines and use differen chipsets, so is there a way to have both cards installed or should I rather sell the 660 Ti (which is still well enough for some older game engines or lower settings and smaller render jobs)?

(update)

Uhm... I installed 1070 driver again now and DAZ shows both cards in the device tab - does this mean it works with both cards?