I'm trying to work out which files are what in the texture line and how Daz name their files

Eva7TorsoMapB_1002 <-- Bump map? but what is the _002

GwenniliTorsoScMapD_1002 <-- Diffuse, Base Colour, Allbedo?  stiff _002 and whats the Sc in the middle

GwennilHairTrs ????

Eva7EyesMap01T_1007

Eva7EyesMap02T_1007   Sorry don't get the 01T, 02T is than tranparent?

Is there a page some place that will translate all this please

I DON'T use CMS- as a computer engineer for over 30 years, I don't trust online databases, and that whole Smart Content Manager takes over too many resources that it never releases after one is finished with Studio. So I never touch it.

I loathe the interface of 4- that was always my biggest gripe. The developers thought it more important to show how cool they could make it look, rather than make it efficient. It's just plain stupid to make the work window smaller and smaller while making their side panes take up more screen space than everything else. So I have a very tight, concise custom layout. In fact, it's so tight, I think that's my problem... I can't find anything.

Today, I loaded YT Julie- the only Genesis figure I have. it loaded up fine, but when I tried to get the content for it, there's nothing on the menu: not even the tree structure. I know the directory paths are in there, as the attached screenshot will show, but nothing comes up. More to the point, I can't find my scenes from Studio 3, either- nothing. Zero, zilch, nada.

So, as a very last attempt to use a newer version of Studio, I'm asking for help. Please don't tell me to use default setting- I'd rather self-castrate then use the ridiculous interface DAZ created. I have to admit that the new genesis figures and a lot of their content are excellent, but as I have since Studio 4 came out, I will forego them, rather than use the idiotic interface they created. But if someone can point me to a simple tutorial, or tell me how to get to my scenes and content, I will be very grateful

Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

..Joe

I load a scene like this 'http://www.daz3d.com/night-bar'
Add a figure and a camera and do a test render with IRay. Good.

Move or rotate the camera slightly and test is all black. Why?
Move or rotate camera back. Good.

When rotating while viewport is in Iray mode, the scene and figures are gray. So I can see that nothing unwanted is blocking the camera view.

Just a quick question I want to show my 3d model "carrying her dive fins, NOT wearing them".  I've seen examples of this in "The Girl 7 images, where she is carrying her fins in her hands.  One is this possible to manipulate and Two, how do I go about doing this. Cheers and thanks for anyones input:)

Thanks

What I am looking for is something I thought was called "Hacker's lair" which is like a small basement room, with a computer in it. It was a small scene with only two walls as I recall, and I thought I ran across it the other day. I wanted a small sceen for rendering speed.

Searching "Computer," "hacker," "lair," "den" and "basement" led to no results on the Saz site, my install manager, and my Daz Studio.

Does anyone know what I am referring to and can you point me to the product page?

The bigger problem is that so much stuff is like this... I had a problem locating a thing called a "gamepad" in the description... which is like a joystick, even though I knew I had bought one. Gamepad and joystick didn't come up in any searches either.  There are so many times I buy something for an accessory like a laptop, cell phone, tablet, or tube of lipstick... never to be seen again.

Is there a solution to the indexing problem?

1 render is the character rendered as png saved on transparent background added to diffuse.

2nd render is character silohuette all white with black background  which is supposed to mask and hide the square around the first character. It too is png

i seem to be able to do the first image but the second image properties although straight forward looking seem to mask the whole billboard rather than to just punch out the borders. What qualities is this second render supposed to have that I'm missing?

oh I am just pasting these images into the same channels as a premade one so haven't altered other settings in the billboard beyond that.

i appreciate the help.

• Install Manager cannot find a required path. The package for "Ground shaders" requires that the installed path for "Carrara 8.5, 8, 7.2, 7" be defined. Make sure that a path for this application is present on the "Applications" page of the "Settings" dialog, then try again. 

If anyone knows what is happening and how to fix it, your help is much appreciated.

I did, however want the IDG textures.  They so "pro bundle required" but the pro bundle on the store today does not list any texture packs.  The devis is in the details it seems.  The same horse appears to come with more feastures that are not in some separate product.  Is there a way to get the other materials and stuff without returning the mil horse and buying the pro bundle?

I've been working on a shirt, and when I finally got it on a character last night, the result was pretty bad--poke-through everywhere. When I get home, I will have to diagnose whether the Genesis 3 model I exported was bad because maybe when I originally exported it, I didn't know to turn off subdivision and the HD stuff.

But anyway, here's what I did. Can anyone tell me any steps I might've left out?

1. Export the Genesis 3 character for use in Blender.
2. Model the shirt around the character.
3. UV unwrap and paint a texture.
4. Export the shirt model for use in DAZ.
5. Start DAZ, load up the Genesis 3 character, then import the shirt.
6. Use the Surfaces pane to re-apply the texture from Blender.
7. Use the Transfer Utility to copy the character's armature to the shirt.
8. Use "Fit To" in order to make the character "wear" the newly rigged shirt.

I didn't do any weight mapping in Blender or DAZ.

The resulting shirt had more poke-through than not, and the Collision Item setting I'm familiar with on other pieces of clothing was nowhere to be found. So I'm sure I missed a step or two; I just don't know what they are.

This scene seems to need at least 7.5 GB.

Here are some snippets from my log.

CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti): out of memory (while allocating memory)
CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti): Failed to allocate 875.653 MiB

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Device statistics:
rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti):      1268 iterations, 96.480s init, 7108.885s render
CPU:      302 iterations, 93.321s init, 7111.289s render

My hardware monitor shows the Geforce card is being maxed out on the processor and only 80 percent of its memory is being used.

I had messed with this scene several times trying to eliminate textures and objects to get the size down but it always went to cpu only. So I gave up and decided to just let it do the whole scene on cpu instead of trying to photoshop a bunch of layers together.

Now the GPU is rendering a scene that I didn't think it could and that I couldn't render 3 hours ago. Did I stumble on to some magic or am I crazy?

I'm currently using the SS Marcoor Control Room. You know the heagonal bases there? There are some little light projectors and cables coming off of them. I only need the hexagonal base in a scene, not the light projectors and cables. Is there a way to turn just those unwanted bits off so that they don't appear in the final render? I've circled the parts in question in this image:

http://s231.photobucket.com/user/aptivaboy/media/daz3d_control-room-main_zpswsqewglc.jpg.html

Many thanks,

Bob

Since Carrara is presently on sale, I'd buy it for the sole purpose of converting car models into something that would look good in DS...but only if it was capable of doing so. Otherwise it would be $45 wasted, since I doubt like heck I'd use it for anything else. I understand Poser can do the job too, but I have no interest in learning it, let alone paying for it.

Can anyone comment on the quality I could expect from a 3DS > Carrara > DS import/export chain?

Is there a way to make the clothes not affected by the characters JCM? For example, if the characters legs forward, the clothes will not be affected by the characters thigh JCM（pJCMThighFwd_115_L）? I saw a dress that seemed to use this way, but did not know how to do it.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Any ideas?

This may have been answered already but a search of the forums showed nothing so here goes.

I'm giving DazStudio 4.9 a go and I've been using the install manager for the content instalation, I have found most but not all items are logicly organised.

Some vendors are just putting stuff in their own folders rather than using the existing file structure which is confusing when trying to find stuff.

Q: If I move installed content will this impact the uninstall option of the Install Manager?

    Also would this be the same for Poser Runtime content?

Thanks;')

I am trying to make Laticis Imagery's Head Slime look like milk.

Head Slime

You know, somewhat opaquely, very pale blue-white and thin. I tried MEC4D's vol 2 iRay shaders but they were too clear for this head slime.

Thanks

Got a bit of a strange situation and I'm all out of ideas as to what is going on. I'm by no means a easoned pro with DAZ - still learning!

Anyway, I'm working on a scene at present that requires the male model to be nude.  This is all well and good, but I'm using the 'Shaved Hair for Genesis 3 Males' by bluejaunte and when this hair is applied, his genitalia lose all texture and appear plain white.

This doesn't happen with any other hair I may use.  Any ideas as to what's causing this to happen, and if there is a solution / workaround?

Thanks in advance :)

See attached please.

Thank you

How would you create body and fullbodymorph rules?