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Carrara 8.5 not finding Genesis Materials - Solved

harlequin-3dharlequin-3d Posts: 0
edited January 2013 in Carrara Discussion

Morphs show up in both. But Materials only show up in DS not Carrara. >:(
Updated the meta-data in DS...nothing.

Any ideas?

Thanks

P.S This is the product
http://www.daz3d.com/creatures-orc-horde-genesis

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  • ManStanManStan Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    "DAZ Studio Material Presets (.DSA)"

    Wont work in carrara.

  • harlequin-3dharlequin-3d Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Ah...that would explain it then.
    Thanks for the info.

  • The Pencil NeckThe Pencil Neck Posts: 163
    edited December 1969

    So. Wait.

    If I just wrote a script that converted the DSAs into PZ2s, I'd be good to go with all these materials and things that I can't find in Carrara?

  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,040
    edited December 1969

    Not sure. The DAZ materials are probably based on image maps, but probably use special features of the D/S shading engine for effects. If that's the case, then they may not translate correctly if at all. Would the newfangled DUF get most of that data translated over from D/S?

  • The Pencil NeckThe Pencil Neck Posts: 163
    edited December 1969

    I think it's just a text formatting issue. Which is why I think it's possible to write a script to scrape out the required info from the one file and move it to the other. That's stuff I do as a part of my day-job.

    Both of these file types are text files with no binary in them -- I searched through my runtime to check it out. Both files refer to jpgs but in some cases, there are examples of both files that point to the same jpgs.

    If I get some free time, I'll see if I can write a little php conversion routine.

  • ManStanManStan Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Considering this has been an on going issue since DAZ bought carrara, I doubt it has that simple of a solution. Or some one would have done it by now. carrara has never been able to read a DSA.

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