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Reality 4 not using/seeing all materials in a scene

Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
edited December 1969 in The Commons

Hi

I picked up Reality 4 as it has such rave reviews and I've been trying to use it but have run into a weird issue. It never seems to see everything in a scene. Sometimes it will see only a couple items, such as clothing, other times it will see a lot, but still miss out on entire characters or other big items. I'm generally not using many things that aren't purchased through the DAZ store, however, it seems that every time I use something that I did purchase elsewhere, it gets picked up by Reality just fine. I can't seem to find a way to force Reality to reinspect the scene, or manually add items from the scene into the list it creates.

Has anyone else seen this and know what's going on?

Thanks.

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  • JimmyC_2009JimmyC_2009 Posts: 8,891
    edited December 1969

    Can you give an example of what is in the Scene, and what does not get passed to Reality?

    Did you update Reality to the latest version, or are you still using the release version?

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    edited December 1969

    Hi

    I'm running v4.04 build 18.

    The scene includes FirstBastion's Ambush Alley, a Skydome from Sedor, a G2F, two K4s and some other props. I haven't added any extra lights from what's included in those first two main items.

    I just tried a render through Reality and it picked up none of the items (material list is empty), even though it at least sees all the lights.

  • WakakanadaWakakanada Posts: 208
    edited December 2014

    Okay, I am a total Reality newb, but I was having the same problem, searched the threads and found a thread with a solution [not necessarily THE solution, but a workaround that worked for me...]: Close Reality plug in, in Studio Scene tab select all and delete it all [okay, yes, probably best to save the scene first :) ] then in Edit menu dropdown undo the delete. Then open the Reality Render plug in. Everytime I do it this way Reality sees the materials it did not see before. No idea why, as I am not only a Reality Newb, but generally pretty technically unsophisticated...

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  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    edited December 1969

    Ebajoy said:
    Okay, I am a total Reality newb, but I was having the same problem, searched the threads and found a thread with a solution [not necessarily THE solution, but a workaround that worked for me...]: Close Reality plug in, in Studio Scene tab select all and delete it all [okay, yes, probably best to save the scene first :) ] then in Edit menu dropdown undo the delete. Then open the Reality Render plug in. Everytime I do it this way Reality sees the materials it did not see before. No idea why, as I am not only a Reality Newb, but generally pretty technically unsophisticated...

    I hear you on that. I'm new to all of this. Talk about a learning curve!!

    I tried your suggestion. It seemed to work. It's rendering right now and the materials list looks pretty complete. I only see the following errors in the log so far:
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    [2014-12-22 15:35:35 Error: 41] Couldn't find float texture named 'ICUnderwireBra_8635-50912:Lace:bump'
    [2014-12-22 15:35:35 Error: 41] Couldn't find float texture named 'ICUnderwireBra_8635-50912:Buckles:bump'
    [2014-12-22 15:35:35 Error: 41] Couldn't find float texture named 'ICUnderwireBra_8635-50912:UnderWire:bump'
    [2014-12-22 15:35:35 Error: 41] Couldn't find float texture named 'ICUnderwireBra_8635-50912:Wing:bump'
    [2014-12-22 15:35:35 Error: 41] Couldn't find float texture named 'ICUnderwireBra_8635-50912:Cup:bump'
    [2014-12-22 15:35:35 Error: 41] Couldn't find float texture named 'ICUnderwireBra_8635-50912:UnderWireLace:bump'
    [2014-12-22 15:35:37 Warning: 13] Maximum recursion depth reached while constructing QBVH, forcing a leaf node
    [2014-12-22 15:35:37 Warning: 13] Maximum recursion depth reached while constructing QBVH, forcing a leaf node
    ----------

    It looks like the render is going to take quite some time, so I'll wait until it's done and let you know how it turned out. This sounds more like a bug than a feature. ;) It's a heck of a way to have to do it!!

  • OstadanOstadan Posts: 1,130
    edited December 1969

    Loading the 'Locker Room' product scene - for which I believe Reality 4 has presets! - absolutely no materials show up in the Reality app at all. I think Paolo needs to find more beta testers in the future.

  • SaiyanessSaiyaness Posts: 715
    edited December 1969

    I was having this exact problem last night for HOURS until I also found the solution online. Arrrghh! One issue was that I had changed my character's eyes to blue and Reality was even telling me the texture map was correct but nope, they just kept on rendering brown in Lux. X_X Don't even get me started on lips - they break for me a lot. :p


    Yes, close Reality, change your skin settings or whatever in Daz - DELETE the figure - UNDO that action - and voila! Reality refreshes itself!


    I was getting pretty cranky last night about it. So glad there's a solution.

  • MikeDMikeD Posts: 317

    It happens to me today! It seems that this solution works! Thanks!

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