Daz Studio 5?
wintoons
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Hey guys,
Now that we have version 4.12, is the gang at Daz3D making a version 5?
I'm just curious
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And skip Daz 4.20? Perish the thought!
4.20?! Really?
4.20 is gonna be far out maaaaaaaan
What would be the point of incrementing to 5? Daz has made lots of improvements within 4.x. Just look at what Blender did going from 2.79 to 2.80.
I don't know how compiling stuffs works but apparently going to the QT5 framework will break all the plugins so even if DS5 is free you would have to buy all the plugins again
I would prefer they fix whats wrong with the most recent versions. Specifically how poorly it handles memory. I'm on 4.11 to stay until stuff changes. The latest builds have really not worked well for me.
What's QT5?
a framework they use to compile programs so they don't need to write all the code from scratch
DS4 uses QT4, DS3 used QT3 etc
I don't know any more than that
So, what is going to be good about 4.20?
NVIAPWACC
Naked Vicky in a Pizzeria with a Credit Card. The future of contact-free delivery.
................ok....................
As long as she left her sword at the temple before heading out...
Hopefully sharing this as just reference information for wintoons isn't against the TOS. It's not a statement for or against such substances. 4:20
You guys are weird.........
In Windows culture (such as it is), version numbers are completely arbitrary. The version is literally whatever the build captain, or the marketing department, says it is. Daz Studio 5 doesn't imply that they're linking Qt5, and even when they do, end users will probably notice nothing new. The connotation that 5 is somehow better than 4 is the strongest inducement to call it version 5.
Interestingly (at least to me), in the UNIX world, version numbers have an important meaning that communicates what is compatible with what, and to what degree:
MAJOR.MINOR.SUBMINOR
Subminor version changes are bug fixes.
Minor version changes introduce new functionality, but the executables and libraries are still binary compatible.
Major version changes are for when one breaks binary compatibility; i.e. libraries and plugins are expected to no longer work.
Not about the substanc eone, but, Vicki - it's just some insider joke about Vicki and her sword, and the way this type of content is often used (fantasy or adult). She's usually depicted in a temple, though.
As for the 5.0 version, as was pointed out, it's just a number, and as long as they are just counting and releasing new versions, that's fine.
QT5, here's a video that might help explaining some things. It would literally mean that a lot of the plugins wouldn't work any more, and also using your own scripts would be severely hampered (if I understood that video correctly)
If they switch to QT5 we will indeed need to have a new version of the plugins. That doesn't systematically mean we will need to pay for them again, it will probably depend on the creator and on how complex the migration is.
This is the system Daz uses, plus build at the very end. we are currently on 4.12.1.117
DS or Iray? 4.12.1.117 has a version of Iray that includes a toggle to improve memory use, at the expense of some speed.
I've wondered (half jokingly) that the company just wants to avoid using the number 5 given the buggy nature (resulting in bad press) for Poser's fifth edition Kind of a "bad luck" thing.
So, they just keep incrementing upon the right side of the decimal to avoid changing that 4 to a 5.
Sincerely,
Bill
Nothing keeps them from calling it "DAZ Studio 2020".
Ugh! No thank you. I agree with others: Only reason to switch the number to 5 is marketing to indicate watershed changes; and there is Blender. They did the watershed change without changing their numbering system at all.
I think they should just change the name and not worry about the number.
I suggest calling it.... Diomede Pro.
No reason to have a lesser non-pro version.
How do you select that?
Render Options -> Optimization -> Ray tracing low memory. The choices are Auto and On.
Ciao
TD
...+1
...well it would permanently break both GenX and GenX 2 as the creator is no longer with us. That would be a real pity as it is such a useful plugin for custom character development.
Thanks!
his website is already depreciated
I wanted to grab DSON loader because I moved Poser to my Win10 computer and everything gone
I think I still have the zip somewhere so will need to go through my other drives full of downloads