Some Daz decals don't transfer to blender

outerdrake7

These two work fine. they show in blender

HD Body Burns 2 for Genesis 8 and 8.1 Females | Daz 3D

HD Face Burns Texture Add-On for Genesis 8 Males | Daz 3D

 

Missing- Dega Extreme Wound Decals | Daz 3D

The face rips on the mouth and blood shot eyes are missing in blender pictures below.

 

I notice to that the extreme wounds is missing in the preview in daz and all together in blender.

I think its's because its a shader in daz and not an actual texture? as it does now show in the daz preview as well. anyway around this to get it to blender?

 

 

Padone

If you mean diffeomorphic then decals are not supported. Only geoshells and layered images are supported. This may be a feature request for @ThomasLarsson. But from what I understand he seems to prefer to add decals directly in blender.

http://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/2020/12/decals.html

 

edit. As a side note decals in daz studio are not good for animation because when you pose the figure the decal can't follow. For this you need uv mapping that's different from uv projection. I guess this is why Thomas prefers to make decals in blender.

outerdrake7

Padone said:

If you mean diffeomorphic then decals are not supported. Only geoshells and layered images are supported. This may be a feature request for @ThomasLarsson. But from what I understand he seems to prefer to add decals directly in blender.

http://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/2020/12/decals.html

 

edit. As a side note decals in daz studio are not good for animation because when you pose the figure the decal can't follow. For this you need uv mapping that's different from uv projection. I guess this is why Thomas prefers to make decals in blender.

I found a solution, i chenge the surface base color to the decal map on the face, it has all the normal and bump maps that i can save to blender and appy them in the exact spot. Im going to use a mix shader with the default skin. Seems like they could add this feature very easily, i basically found a loop hole to extract the maps.

Saves me time from uv unwrapping or decal editing.

 

 

 

Padone

What do you mean "they could add this feature very easily" ? If I understand correctly that's exactly what the decal tool by Thomas does in blender. As for daz studio you can use the LIE for that and it will be imported fine.

outerdrake7

Padone said:

What do you mean "they could add this feature very easily" ? If I understand correctly that's exactly what the decal tool by Thomas does in blender. As for daz studio you can use the LIE for that and it will be imported fine.

Daz already does the placement for me. I just need the texture maps, i place them on top of my regular map in photoshop.I'm not denying your method works, but i feel comofrtable just using this easy method.