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They ever fix DS so the Advanced DAZ Studio Light Bundle works? (solved)

MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
edited September 2019 in The Commons

They ever fix DS so the Advanced DAZ Studio Light Bundle works?

it was for the 3de renderer. 

after 4.7? or was it 4.8?  can't remember, i gave up trying. 

https://www.daz3d.com/advanced-daz-studio-light-bundle

can they make this one work? https://www.daz3d.com/advanced-ambient-light

 

Thanks.

 

Post edited by Mistara on

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  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    I use them all the time in 4.9 and 4.10 public beta. What's the trouble?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Sven Dullah said:

    I use them all the time in 4.9 and 4.10 public beta. What's the trouble?

    it works?!  

    great.

    The ambient light feature too?  it can exclude calculations if set to 99

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621
    Mystarra said:
    Sven Dullah said:

    I use them all the time in 4.9 and 4.10 public beta. What's the trouble?

    it works?!  

    great.

    The ambient light feature too?  it can exclude calculations if set to 99

    yes...wink

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    its been years since 4.7. out of practice. lol

     

  • GafftheHorseGafftheHorse Posts: 567
    Mystarra said:

    They ever fix DS so the Advanced DAZ Studio Light Bundle works?

    it was for the 3de renderer. 

    after 4.7? or was it 4.8?  can't remember, i gave up trying. 

    https://www.daz3d.com/advanced-daz-studio-light-bundle

    can they make this one work? https://www.daz3d.com/advanced-ambient-light

     

    Thanks.

     

    If it's a new Studio install you may need to install the product(s) again.

     

    - this product has elements that need to go in Program Files as well as the usual Content Library items. It's broken without the bits in with the program itself.

     

    Run the Installers for Advanced Abient, Spot and Sunlight again.

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,629

    I used this product in almost every render back when I was using 3DL, but I have not used it much since switching to Iray.

    The problems started in DS 4.7 (or 4.8) if I recall, and although the lights main functionality still work just fine, some features were broken in this update. This light product allows you to flag certain surfaces to react to lights differently. One of the main reasons for this was to reduce the render times for hair, as rendering transmapped hair has always been very slow in 3DL. From what I recall this flagging no longer worked if done on SSS surfaces, and there could be a few other cases as well.

    I remember the PA of the lights (Age of Armour) posting a few years ago that these problems were created in the new release because DAZ had changed the properties on a particular shader brick. His solution was that they change it back, but I am pretty sure that never happened. So if it safe to assume these issues have not gone away. It did lead to forum rumors that this light package was totally broken, but in reality very few users would have noticed a difference. I never noticed any problems, and it is clear that neither has Sven, as he states above.

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621
    edited September 2019
    Havos said:

    I used this product in almost every render back when I was using 3DL, but I have not used it much since switching to Iray.

    The problems started in DS 4.7 (or 4.8) if I recall, and although the lights main functionality still work just fine, some features were broken in this update. This light product allows you to flag certain surfaces to react to lights differently. One of the main reasons for this was to reduce the render times for hair, as rendering transmapped hair has always been very slow in 3DL. From what I recall this flagging no longer worked if done on SSS surfaces, and there could be a few other cases as well.

    I remember the PA of the lights (Age of Armour) posting a few years ago that these problems were created in the new release because DAZ had changed the properties on a particular shader brick. His solution was that they change it back, but I am pretty sure that never happened. So if it safe to assume these issues have not gone away. It did lead to forum rumors that this light package was totally broken, but in reality very few users would have noticed a difference. I never noticed any problems, and it is clear that neither has Sven, as he states above.

    Hmm, I'd have to test it, but I think some of the flagging options are actually broken. I use the diffuse flagging mostly and it works perfectly well. Not sure about the SSS, Garibaldi etc. Also the "don't illuminate" and "use alternative samples" are working atleast with diffuse flagging. But the AoA cameras are broken. I think the EZ volume cam and the simple fog cam are working to some degree=)

    Tks for the input, now the whole think atleast makes more sense;)

    Post edited by Sven Dullah on
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