Just to get the simple "fixes" out of the way, none of the figures are transparent, none are set to not be visible in the render, and yes, it works on other projects, so it's specific to this one. If anyone knows what may be wrong, I'd appreciate the help in fixing it!

The problem is she shapes I transfer to modify with Hex 2 not becoming the same item type before the original transfer.

For instance Hair..

1. I bring some hair into the sceen with Daz3d, I verify that I can do any hair color I want to from Materials for instance. I send the hair to Hex 2 using Bridge.

2. I play around with the shape, lengths etc... when done I transfer it back to Daz3d using bridge.

3. In Daz3d I have done it several ways, using another figure, and using the Transfer Utility The hair item bonds to the figure, but I the program no longer seem to think it is hair. Even those I chose Hair in The transfer utility. I can't color it for instance. I go to materials, and hair color does not show up.

4. I've done it a different way trying to use normal hair in Daz3d, and using the transfer utility on that instead of a figure. Same, the program does not know it's hair.

5. Ive tried geometry and Convert to SubD... no good.

What I want to be able to do is take an object in Daz3d, any object... modify it... and bring it back into Daz3d with all the original properties... Obviously there is a way to do it, others do all the time. I've searched for tutorials... no good.

HELP! I'm going nuts!

I then realized I needed to change a small part of the geometry.  In my modeling program I made the changes, adding some vertices.  I exported as an obj file, imported to DS, and used the transfer utility to transfer the rigging and the weight maps.  But for some reason the weight maps did not transfer.  So I went again to "Weight Editing", "Fill by Bone Selection Groups(s)."  The program crashed.  I tried again, saving the duf file before doing any weight mapping, but when trying the weight mapping,  crashed again.  I tried adding weight maps to individual parts, the program crashed.  It seems no matter what I do, weight mapping now causes a crash.  Any idea why a bit of extra geometry would cause such a big problem?

Thank you.

I already know how to find content by a specific artist in the Smart Content panel, but I'm trying to sort through a mountain of morphs to find only morphs by a particular artist in the Shaping tab. If you know how to do this, or if there's a better way to do it, please tell me. Because there don't appear to be any hard and fast rules on naming conventions (or even content locations in some situations) a lot of simple tasks can become headache inducing. Someone suggested uninstalling everything except the content by the artist I'm searching for, but that's simply too much. I'm sure there has to be a way. If it matters, the artist is Daz Originals, which must be searched under both "key::DAZ Originals" and "key::Daz 3D" depending on what content I'm looking for when I'm looking in the Smart Content panel. For all I know there may be additional key terms for content that appears under neither of those, but that is beside the point. I just need to know how to find all the morphs associated with that PA so that I can apply them to a character while I'm working on said character. I tried looking at each package and then the list of files in each package and then sorting through the morphs to find said shapes, but that is a mind-numbing PITA, especially since I can't seem to find exact morphs associated with a given package at times.

Thank you!

Well, with the geoshell he looks like a monster because the shell is very visible and dark, and the veins poke through as bright white. I tried pushing the shell away a bit, but then it looks like he's sealed in thick plastic. I also tried making the shell close to the skin again and adding the same vein displacement map to the shell. That doesn't seem to work either.

Is this something that can be made to work, or is displacment on the skin just a no-no when adding a "wet" geoshell?

Please advise a solution.

Please do not lock my thread. If I have to post it elsewhere (offsite), I will, but I'm trying to solve a problem that's just come to my attention, and I'd like others in the community to voice their opinions on this matter.

Ideally, I'd like for owners of the DAZ Originals Game Developers licenses to answer. I have always understood how it is that we should not sell models in a game in microtransactions in keeping with the applicable EULA. The 3d models ultimately are sold by Daz and they have every right to set whatever boundaries they'd like on how those models are shared in game content. What I do not understand is the addendum to their game developer's license nested within the current EULA agreement. If you read it, it says the following:

• While incorporation of the CRT Content into User’s applications is authorized as set forth above, User expressly agrees and acknowledges that any discrete sale of CRT Content separate from a purchase of the User’s application is allowable ONLY with express written consent of Daz. Thus, for example, within the context of a game, the sale or purchase of the CRT Content, portions thereof, or either two-dimensional or three-dimensional derivatives thereof as a separately-purchased commodity or upgrade using items of actual or virtual worth is prohibited without prior written consent of Daz. Written consent of Daz may be sought at the address set forth herein.

Does this mean that they've changed the license so that game developers cannot sell renderings of Daz models in whatever manner they prefer? A lot of sidescrollling games use 2d art and a lot of rendered art may be sold in this way as customized content. This is not violating the use of 3D models provided by DAZ as far as I can tell, so I do not understand how it is that a 2d rendering of said models cannot be sold in whatever fashion the artist desires. There has never been such a limitation upon any rendered used of Daz models before--not without explicit statements prohibiting commercial use. Frankly, I feel tricked because I've spent a lot of money on content that I considered perfectly fine for use in commercial ventures, only to have this change slipped in after-the-fact. But then, read what it says at the opening of the addendum:

     The terms of this addendum 3.0 apply to all products the User has purchased via his/her online Daz store account that can be identified in the online Daz store using the following criteria: 

• The “Artist” field in the product page for the Content lists one of the Artists as: “Daz Originals”
• The “Artist” field in the product page for the Content lists one of the Artists an artist which corresponds to the Game Developer License purchased by User.

     All Content that can be identified according to the above criteria shall hereinafter be referred to as “CRT Content”. The terms of this addendum 3.0 do not apply to any other Content. 

So the change only applies to those who have purchased the game developers license for Daz Originals and in no other way applies to use of those same models. The way I read this, it suggest that if one wanted to use 2D renders of Daz Originals models, one might be better off without said license because then that entire section does not legally apply, thus there would be no limit on the sale of 2D renders of Daz models. At least that's what I get from this.

I understand a EULA may change at any time, but they seem to be undermining the very idea that you can do whatever you like with 2D renders of 3D models you purchase. What am I not understanding? And please, don't tell me to contact sales or support as I'm seeking a response that is not bound by company etiquette, policies, or fear. I've spent a lot of money in this store and been a good customer, but if they are going to limit what I do with my renders, I may be forced to take my money elsewhere.

they say it is because the memory i need is greater than the card memory so i want to know how do we do the texture compression? And how do we know how much ram my file worth? .

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/74758/daz-iray-not-using-gpu-to-render


Rendering in NVIDIA Iray Compiling Shaders - 0/47 Rendering image Rendering... Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.5 IRAY rend progr: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 970): Processing scene... Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.7 IRAY rend stat : Geometry memory consumption: 963.755 MiB (device 0), 0 B (host) Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.5 IRAY rend progr: CPU: Processing scene... Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.8 IRAY rend stat : Native CPU code generated in 2.3e-006s Iray Iteration: 1 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 2 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 3 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 4 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 5 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 6 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 7 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 8 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 9 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 10 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 11 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 12 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 13 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 14 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 15 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 16 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 17 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 19 Iray :Render target canvas was written. Iray Iteration: 21 Iray :Render target canvas was written.

Any help appreciated thanks. 

Hope the title halfway explains the problem. I have a G3F holding an object made out of Tempest's Versatile Tentacle (as seen on CGShare). I can get G3F to do all I want within Puppeteer, but when I try to add morphs to the tentacle-object, problems start. I've tried two approaches, neither of which seems to work.

1. I make a group out of the Tempest Versatile Tentacle (TVT) and G3F, whenever a pose is updated in Puppeteer, all other saved poses change with it. The TVT is parented to G3F's hand.
2. The TVT is not grouped with G3F, but parented to her hand. The TVT moves faithfully with G3F's hand when the latter is moved, and these transforms are saved in Puppeteer. However, when I apply morphs to the TVT, the morphs apply to all the instances of the TVT, throughout the saved poses within Puppeteer. Ideally, each 'morph-tweak' would stay with an individual, saved pose.

Thanks for your time.

Thanks in advance for any tricks or short cuts that might speed things along.

    I bought this product:

http://www.daz3d.com/moonlit-moonshine-s-drive-in

which is supposed to be a blue texture set but it's only the Daz files that r blue, the poser files are the original Moonshines drive In n i was wondering if this was an error???

Thanx

Lee xxx

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I have restored the HDR, but cannot get the viewport resolution back up.

Same in Aux viewport.

Rendering works ok.

I would be grateful for some help with this.

Thanks

NOW RESOLVED BY CLOSING D3D AND RESTARTING

There was a youtube video that I saw once, posted a long time ago, that showed how to use the shader mixer in an older version of Daz Studio that made it look like a character was turning to stone (via the effect of a Gorgon, like Medusa) by using a null object combined with shader mixer blocks, namely an image brick, altitude brick, and mix brick. The issue is that this tutorial was made to be used in conjunction with an older version of Daz Studio, and the bricks are either in a different layout for Daz Studio 4.9, are named differently, or simply have been removed.

I wanted to know if this gradual texture change from one texture to another was still possible with Daz Studio 4.9's shader mixer, or if now it requires something else, such as a plugin, script, or something of the like.

If it is possible to still accomplish this with the shader mixer, I'd appreciate it if someone would tell me how this is done.

When I render just one Genesis 3 it renders fine in Iray. But as soon as I add a second figure or add more scene elements and try to render, it stops using my GPU and uses the CPU 100%. This is the information from the DAZ log:

Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Rendering with 1 device(s):
Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info :     CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 570M)
Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Rendering...
Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Device statistics:
Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 570M):      0 iterations, 96.200s init, 0.000s render
Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.0   IRAY   rend info : CPU:      0 iterations, 95.685s init, 0.002s render
WARNING: dzneuraymgr.cpp(261): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.4   IRAY   rend error: Unable to allocate 49044969 bytes from 28758016 bytes of available device memory
WARNING: dzneuraymgr.cpp(261): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.2   IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 570M): Scene setup failed
WARNING: dzneuraymgr.cpp(261): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.2   IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 570M): Device failed while rendering
WARNING: dzneuraymgr.cpp(261): Iray ERROR - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.2   IRAY   rend error: All workers failed: aborting render
WARNING: dzneuraymgr.cpp(261): Iray WARNING - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.2   IRAY   rend warn : All available GPUs failed.
Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER):   1.2   IRAY   rend info : Falling back to CPU rendering.

Is my GPU just not strong enough or is there something I can do? I'm not even using a lot of scene elements... just two figures, hair, simple clothing. No background or furniture.

Any information would be much appreciated, thank you.

The image attached took about 2h30 to render and it is pretty grainy, especially in the shaded areas. I can't figure out what to tweek. Is it a rendering problem or a lighting problem?

I'm trying to apply M4 textures to the Genesis 2 Male Character. I have Daz Studio, but don't really use it. I'm a Poser person, it's what I'm used to.

I've got Poser Pro 2014, all up to date. But I can't seem to find any real instruction on how to use the Michael 4 for Genesis 2 Male product to apply M4 textures. I've loaded a G2 male into my scene, I've gone into the Materials library and applied the "Set Michael 4 UV" material, which makes the current G2 texture go all wonky, as expected. But applying M4 textures, either via a saved full material set, or though a normal Poser pz2 texture "pose", nothing gets applied.

What step(s) am I missing?

Thanks!

(Planning on buying stuff this weekend because I have an offer that expires!)

Thanks,

Cris