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Breast Control for Genesis 3 Female

TomViola — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:00:13 +0000

I just purchased and installed Breast Control for Genesis 3 Female. I used Install Manager to Install it. It appeared to install without a problem. However, when I open DAZ 4.9 I cannot find the controller. I loaded a Genesis 3 Female, and could find a way to access the control feature.

I am using a Windows 10 system, 64 bit.

"Install Update" not working (resolved . . . somewhat)

Bitstream — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:52:49 +0000

In my Updates tab under the Smart Content window, I right-click on a content item and choose "Install Update." Nothing happens. When I right-click again to see the status, it's apparently updating, because it's now giving the option "Cancel Operation." But it never updates. Yesterday, I initiated the "Install Update" on some items, then left DAZ Studio running all night and most of today (it's now almost 4:00 PM [1600 hours] my time), and the items still haven't updated. I still get "Cancel Operation" when I right-click on them.

BTW, I tried this method of updating within DAZ Studio itself after the same items failed to update in DIM.

No clue what to do. Any help would be very much appreciated.

~Robert

Can't make volumetric light rays in Atmocam for Iray

colinmac2 — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 23:20:47 +0000

I still experimenting with Atmocam for Iray, but I can't get the volumetric light rays effect that I'm looking for. I can get fog. But not the lighting I want. And without Dome And Scene turned on, (instead of Scene Only) it's too dark to see ANYTHING! Indeed, in my second pic, I can't even tell there's an Atmocam at all! What am I doing wrong?

Anyone know how to use Actual Tears?

intrinsicanomaly_262dc77de2 — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:24:33 +0000

This product includes documentation which says that you need to create a distant light, set it to specular only, and "angle it til you get the desired results"

I've wasted tons of time on this now, I can't get any result even remotely similar to the advertised possibility. The tears don't look liquid, and aren't reflective. Just a vaguely discolored spot really. I'm wondering if I need to change other light settings, or what?

Dynamic Clothing app - tab missing

PsychaDurmont — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:43:32 +0000

Im starting this thread with basic information. I am running MacOS 10.12.3. I know there are issues with OS 10.7. My version of Daz Studio Pro is 4.9.0.63. I purchased this app and it worked prior to the 10.7. Are there any plans to make this updated for the 10.12.3 or above?

Not sure if it's related but the Dynamic Clothing tab doesn't appear in my "Panes(tabs)" library at all anymore. And no amount of reinstalling can make it appear (I tried a manual install but it wont allow me to dictate where the flies are going so I am at the installer's mercy).

I would really like to have my dynamic clothing usable again. Can anyone please assist? I hadn't been doing artwork for a while so I wasn't up to date on many previously reported problems. I'm also back on the DS learning curve. Long time not using the app and I find myself back at square one.

Thanks for any info on this.

Correlation between disk speed and render time

moseleycw — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:33:45 +0000

If I move my 3d library to a solid state drive from my disk will it affect render time or will it affect working time?

Are renders memory intensive and if so can you assign more memory to the applications?

I have 4096mb gpu does the rendering use that resource?

Where does Daz hide the documentation that comes with products?

tring01 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:37:45 +0000

I recently purchased Iray Decal Kit. One of the reasons I specifically purchased it was because it stated in the product store page that it came with a .pdf instruction manual. After installing it using Install Manager I searched my Daz library high and low for the advertized .pdf - and it just wasn't there. I finally downloaded the product manually. In the .zip file I found a ReadMe folder contatining the .pdf.

Is this how Daz works? They simply do not download or install product documentation at all? Do you always have to manually download the product and extract the documentation yourself?

RESOLVED: How to Install when 'store --> install' fails?

ArtsyDragon — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:49:05 +0000

I've tried unsuccessfully to load the M4 base and the H4 base. As I was told poser content goes into the Content Library, that's where I expect to see them.

No problem. There is no icon to load them anywhere so I go to the Smart Content store tab and locate the items. I click 'install' in the Store Tab thinking that will install the items.

Instead of something saying they were installed, for each item I get a very quick message indicating 'metadata update succesfull'. So .. how do I load these items into a scene. They are not in the content library that I can find. I've checked Content Library -> Poser Formats -> Daz Connect -> Figures .. nothing for either of the characters.

Am I missing something? Dumb question. I probably am. If someone could point this lost soul in the right direction, I would be quite grateful.

RESOLVED: New to DAZ Studio Pro 4.9 - Can't locate installed content

ArtsyDragon — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 21:36:19 +0000

Hello,

I apologize in advance if this has been covered. I have been combing through this thread for a while and haven't seen anything. I'll preface this with, I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. I'm hoping someone can lend a bit of advice. I'm a Poser user who has jumped the fence to DAZ Studio and right now am questioning that decision. :)

I've installed DAZ Studio Pro 4.9. I've created a special drive for content. I've gone into the Edit Preferences and told the program where to find content. .. DAZ Connect Data, DAZ Studio Formats and Poser Formats. I have them all using a dedicated hard drive and mimicked what DAZ originally tried to put on my OneDrive (Hate it, won't pay to use it, had to move it). Did not seem to be an issue. My smart content window shows things I can use. Sort Of. The image shows in color but when looking at the individual items the image has to offer, I see only a frame with a caution triangle. DS can't find the content.

Did I break something? If so, how do I fix it? I'd like to use my M4. It's one of the casualties although it never worked. I could never get it installed.

I tried uninstalling, starting fresh with new folders. It didn't like that and things are worse.

Thanks.

Bounding Box go away! Shooo How?

Griffin Avid — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:09:55 +0000

Issue is the bounding Box. I want to edit small details like eyes and such and teh box appears and covers the item I want to edit.

Click away and I lose the selection in the scene tab.

I tried to edit the size and opacity (see image) but that does nothing,

How do I get rid of the little white box and it's frame helpers while I still have an item selected?

Please Help with Victoria 7 starter kit

Jenner2005_214fc98680 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:15:15 +0000

I would like to know if someomne could tell me if the starter kit of victoria 7 has talk and Expressions morphs. Especially the Nipples are needed.

The infop says that vioctoria has 36 headmorphs but i am not sure what all is supported.

how to locate .mtl file of product bought in Daz Studio

cyriac — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:13:42 +0000

I recently purchased a Michael 4 muscles maps and the M4 starter bundle. I forwarded that to my developer to work with and he is importing the model into Unity. However, he tells me he needs the .mtl files and he does not know where to locate them from. I don't much about Daz so I am pretty much forwarding this as he explained it to me. He also provided some screenshots.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v50jjuwp9awdn2t/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-27%20at%2011.31.18.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v02jpb6qb6modk8/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-27%20at%2011.30.58.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccmz8xws57kr5df/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-27%20at%2011.31.01.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7i2qdd0ha3p6u1/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-27%20at%2011.31.03.png?dl=0

Urban Angel outfit not working correctly

stormr_94917df0b9 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:28:18 +0000

I bought this tonight https://www.daz3d.com/urban-angel-for-genesis-3-female-s

and for some reason nothing is selectable. When I right click to select part of the outfit nothing is listed, only body parts for my genesis 3 female lists. Anyone have any idea what might be happening? I cant even delete any of the outfit off the character because I can't select any of it.

Also i have gone into the perameters and checked that selectable is turned on, and it is.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

edited to fix link

iray failed to allocate device frame buffer (solved)

Padone — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:51:59 +0000

I usually render in mid to mid-high resolution so I didn't notice this before. It happens when trying very high resolutions. Of course the limit may vary depending on your card.

steps to reproduce the problem:
- load any scene (I used a simple plane + sphere scene for testing)
- render
- crank up the resolution and render again until you get the error in the log

Now, this is not a scene memory issue. In my case a plane and a sphere take below 1M vram. Also this is not a frame buffer issue. In my case the frame buffer was 80M when the error did come out. And failing to allocate 80M doesn't have any sense. Even if you hava a 2G card.

So, it seems to me that the higher is the resolution, the higher is the minimum memory pool that iray requires as a working space. And that it could allocate the working space even BEFORE the frame buffer. This would explain the issue.

Anyone have some better information on this ?

Meanwhile, a simple solution that I found is to split the scene in two parts. The location alone, and the characters alone. Then compose them in post-processing. You can use matte objects to match shadows. This reduces greatly the working space iray requires for rendering, thus leaving memory for the frame buffer.

Well in my opinion this is a non-sense behaviour though. The frame buffer should be allocated FIRST, then the remaining memory should be used for the working space. Anyway ..

p.s. When I'll have some time I'm going to do some tests with the Blender cycles engine to see if it has the same behavior. If so it could be the cuda driver itself rather than iray specifically.

graphical mistakes using edit-preferences-interface-display optimization-BEST

Bookie — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:27:15 +0000

[graphical mistakes using edit-preferences-interface-display optimization-BEST] Whenever I use the above mentioned settings, I get strange display results when changing shaping values (see screenshot), regardless what slider I use. If I switch back to BETTER all is fine. So what is the problem using BEST?

System:

Alienware 17R4
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HK CPU @ 2.70GHz, 2701 MHz, 4 Kern(e), 8 logische(r) Prozessor(en)
Win 10 Home
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
32GB RAM

Daz Studio 4.9.3.166 Pro 64-bit

edited to add all information to body of post

Iray and nVidia GTX-1060

Nathanomir — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:16:55 +0000

If I understand the forum threads I've read, Iray won't work on an nVidia GTX-1060 graphics card unless I upgrade to the newest version of DS 4.9. Is that correct?

I'm using DS 4.8 Pro.

DS Update Not Found

DarkElf — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:30:32 +0000

Hello.

In a discussion with a DS help tech because DS was crashing frequently I was told "I see you are running Daz Studio 4.9.2.70. This version is out dated. You will want to install the latest upgrade 4.9.3.166. You can find this in the Install Manager under the Ready to Download tab. It should be listed under Product Updates."

However, the update does NOT show up in the DIM anywhere at all.

Is there a way for me to get DS to update itself?

How do you make new, Iray-friendly textures for older items?

Llynara — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:51:52 +0000

How do I go about creating a new texture for an existing item (ie the Morphing Fantasy Dress) that is Iray friendly? I'm not looking to reshade it with existing Iray shaders, since they don't look that great on the MFD. I'm interested in how one makes the texture to show up well in Iray. I'd love to also take some existing older textures and update them for Iray. Throwing Uber on them doesn't always do the job.

Please excuse my ignorance for asking, I have next to no knowledge on this but am willing to try. If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it. Searches aren't bringing up what I'm looking for.

Missing Content

blake.stargazer_f51eb3f4c3 — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:06:26 +0000

Hey Folks!

I pop up once in a while when I need help, and I am in need of some SERIOUS help!

I have been an avid DAZ user for quite a few years, but I recently changed to a new computer and I am still trying to learn how to use it with my new laptop.

I recently purchased a couple files, and after I downloaded them, EVERYTHING under my "SMART CONTECT" tab is GONE!! I can still access things through my "CONTENT LIBRARY" but it is impossible to try to render a scene or create a character if you have to dig through folders full of 3,564 product names.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3sa8zan99tbz1hh/Screenshot 2017-03-25 17.09.29.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aoxxd0c6tkf04cc/Screenshot 2017-03-25 17.10.52.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bzkqdnb6quhk9fi/Screenshot 2017-03-25 17.15.45.png?dl=0

Anyone have some tips or pointers that will help me restore this? (NOTE: I have tried closing out of it and even shutting down my computer and restarting it to no avail).

Product failed check, moving to next product: .zip Install Queue finished in 0 min 0.0 sec

CO3DR — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 13:44:59 +0000

Getting these from Product Updates (except the last one, Hammam PS, shows up for me as a Product, not Product update. I bought it more than a week ago, and think I installed PS at that time)

Product failed check, moving to next product : IM00031907-01_BoneandFantasyScaleIrayShaders1of4.zip
Install Queue finished in 0 min 0.0 sec.
Product failed check, moving to next product : IM00031907-02_BoneandFantasyScaleIrayShaders2of4.zip
Install Queue finished in 0 min 0.0 sec.
Product failed check, moving to next product : IM00031907-03_BoneandFantasyScaleIrayShaders3of4.zip
Install Queue finished in 0 min 0.0 sec.
Product failed check, moving to next product : IM00031907-04_BoneandFantasyScaleIrayShaders4of4.zip
Install Queue finished in 0 min 0.0 sec.
Product failed check, moving to next product : IM00018901-01_HammamDS.zip
Install Queue finished in 0 min 0.0 sec.
Product failed check, moving to next product : IM00018901-02_HammamPs.zip
Install Queue finished in 0 min 0.0 sec.

Unable to use character presets, "missing assets"

khabal_14a4d05d9e — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:46:28 +0000

A friend of mine created a few character presets and sent them to me, but I am unable to get them to work properly. Whether I attempt to load the preset directly or apply it to a base figure, it throws back a list of missing assets--but I can outright find said "missing" assets exactly where it claims they're supposed to be in the Data folder.

/DAZ 3D/Genesis 3/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D/Base/PBMNavel.dsf
/DAZ 3D/Genesis 3/Female/Morphs/vyktohria/Sloane/Sloane Head.dsf
/DAZ 3D/Genesis 3/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D/Teen Josie 7/FHMJosie7Head.dsf
/DAZ 3D/Genesis 3/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D/Teen Josie 7/CTRLJosie7.dsf
/DAZ 3D/Genesis 3/Female/Morphs/DAZ 3D/Base/PHMMouthRealismHD.dsf

I have confirmed that I'm able to load Teen Josie 7, Sloane, and even the base Genesis 3 Female with no problems whatsoever. And I made sure that DAZ's Content Manager is set up to access the correct library to find all of these things--I've done a lot of searching for possible answers in the past couple days! I'm hoping that someone can give me a little more guidance to find the source of the problem and fix it.

Saving to JPG

Cat_Dancing — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:11:51 +0000

Could someone please help me? I'm pretty new to DAZ and may be trying to run before I can walk so to speak for which I apologise. I have successfully created my first 'Little Soldier' and would like to save the image as a printable JPG so that I can email it to my Son. How do I save as a JPG please?

Thank you and have a nice day.

Robert.

Probably answered to death, but I can't find it. high heels! (Solved I guess)

john_antkowiak — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:38:11 +0000

Hi everybody. So when I search the forums for high heels issues, I see a lot of fitting-old-shoes-to-G3F questions. I don't have that problem. I have G3F high heeled boots on a G3f figure, and I can't figure out why they won't follow the toes when I bend them. There has to be a certain amout of give in the shoe, yes? Granted, I've never actually tried to walk in heels, but the ball of the foot from the last step has to remain on the ground until the heel and ball of the next step touches too, yes? And that's very hard to do if you can't bend the toes from the previous step... Have I got this wrong, ladies?

But the boots won't bend... They're from the La Peligrosa outfit. The screen capture shoes the toes bent way beyond that of the boots' "toes," at the angle I'd like to show them.

Thanks :)

Converting Clothing From DAZ to Poser Format

OrionPax09 — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 04:51:48 +0000

Just what it says on the tin. I know there's a way of doing it. But I can't remember how to pull it off for the life of me. Any suggestions?

Dynamic Clothing causing Daz 4.9 pro to crash when loading

Pennes From Heaven — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:30:23 +0000

I have always loved using dynamic clothing as it looks so much more natural but I can't even get a piece of clothing loaded onto a figure without having Daz crash. Kind of defeats the purpose of having the dynamic plugin. So far the only piece of clothing that it will load is the maids dress and then the drape really sucks no matter how simple the pose. I really love the century nightgown but that isn't even an option as Daz crashes upon trying to load it. Are there others here that are having the same problems and am I just out of luck with dynamic clothing from now on? If so, back to Poser I go. I've even tried deleting the dynamic clothing that I have in my content libraries and then redownloaded them in hopes that there might have been some kind of updates that I had missed. Hopefully there is a fix out there somewhere.

dzcontentdbeditor.dll issues.

fastbike1 — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 02:41:10 +0000

I'm geting the following issue, which occasionally seems to hang Studio during intial load. Curiously, if I use Task Manager to cancel the process (which takes several tries) Studio loads right away immediately after.

Using Studio version 4.9.70 on Windows 7 64 bit.

Where would I look for a "new" copy of the dll?

Plugin failed to load!
Filename :	D:/Apps/DAZ 3D/DAZ 3D/DAZStudio4/plugins/dzcontentdbeditor.dll
Name :	dzcontentdbeditor
Author :	Unknown
Version :	0.0.0.0
Reason :	Library could not be loaded. File is not a valid DAZ Studio plug-in, or was made for a different version of DAZ Studio."

Aeon Soul product question?

meltzart_3ee678730c — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:34:12 +0000

So i have an older product from the Arey Soul days called Alice. Its a character morph. My question is, is there a way i can inject V4 clothing with the Alice morph so i can fit other products to the Alice figure?

can't figure out how to get viewport out of 3:2

juantambor — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:34:09 +0000

I'm not sure how I did this but one of my scenes has a 3:2 outline window in the viewpor that I can't seem to get to go away. I am still a newbie but I thought the viewport would show me the dimensions I had in the render settings, in this case 13x10. the bigger space is behind the 3:2 window in the viewport.

Im presuming I did something to put this 3:2 there but I can't figure out how to get it to go away. Help please!

thank you - screen shot attached

Can not import the fbx file.

alexcov2000 — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:52:02 +0000

Can not import the fbx file. When I do this, a window appears quickly and the window disappears and the model does not appear in the 3D window.

hi does anybody know why the screen flickers with daz studio

lasagnaman — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 07:25:34 +0000

[hi does anybody know why the screen flickers with daz studio] can someone help ,me fix this problem thanks so much