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Making nuru oil in Fluidos ii lite???

milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415
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This may be a niche question but how do I create Nuru oil (nuru lube) in Fluidos ii lite? I've never messed around with fluidos so this is gonna be my first attempt at making a "fluid" with the plugin 

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  • milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415

    I think nuru lube is more of a gel than an oil btw.

  • felisfelis Posts: 5,826

    Are you wanting to do an animation or a still image?

  • FrankTheTankFrankTheTank Posts: 1,499

    There is a free "honey" scene for use with Fluidos here, i'm not sure if it will work with the Lite version though:

    https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/83922

  • milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415

    felis said:

    Are you wanting to do an animation or a still image?

    Still image 

  • felisfelis Posts: 5,826

    If you don't need it for anymation, just just need the shape (geometry), and then add a shader.

    You should be able to do that without Fluidos.

    What kind of shape are you after?

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,330

    Fluidos II lite https://www.daz3d.com/fluidos-ii-for-daz-studio--lite-edition should work.

    The LITE edition of Fluidos II may suffice for basic liquid simulations but lacks advanced features

    like volumetric fire or complex smoke, which aren’t needed for nuru gel.

     

  • milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415

    I guess what I'm asking is what settings do I need to set Fluidos to to replicate nuru gel? 

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,330
    edited May 2025

    Have you tested the example scene suggested by @FrankTheTank

    https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/83922

    It would be a good test of LITE edition of Fluidos II to see, if it works and if you like the results.

    There is a tutorial about Fluidos:

    https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Product-Review-and-Testing-Fluidos-for-Daz-Studio-761983420

    Official Fluidos II thread starts with:

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/366451/fluidos-ii-for-daz-studio-update-2-2-commercial/p1

     

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  • milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415

    I actually just noticed you sent a link to it. It's worth a try. My question is how do I make the fluid clear? It's defaulted to yellow for that sample I believe.

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,330

    Try such material for Nuru Gel:
    - Select the Mesher: After the simulation, the Mesher object will contain the gel’s geometry.
    - Create an Iray Shader:
    - Go to the Surfaces tab and select the Mesher’s surface.
    - Apply an Iray Uber Shader and configure it for nuru gel:
    - Base Color: Set to a slightly translucent white or light gray for a realistic gel look.
    - Metallicity: Set to 0 (non-metallic).
    - Glossy Roughness: Set to a low value (e.g., 0.05–0.1) for a shiny, wet surface.
    - Refraction Index (IOR): Set to ~1.33 (similar to water or gel) to mimic light bending.
    - Translucency: Add slight translucency (e.g., 0.2–0.4) to give the gel a semi-transparent, glossy depth.
    - Top Coat: Enable Top Coat with low roughness (e.g., 0.05) and high weight (e.g., 0.8)
     to enhance the slippery, reflective look. See:
    https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Tutorial-Blender-Fluid-Simulation-for-DS-549604352
    - Test render in Iray to ensure the gel looks glossy and realistic. Adjust parameters based on lighting.
    - Optional Wet Skin Effect:
    - For the character, apply a wet skin shader by setting the Top Coat Weight to 1,
      Top Coat Roughness to ~0.1, and IOR to 1.33 on skin surfaces to simulate gel residue.
    See again:
    https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Tutorial-Blender-Fluid-Simulation-for-DS-549604352

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,330
    edited May 2025

    I have only Fluidos II (not lite) and the render of frame 34 of simulation from Honey example scene

    with material called Water - Dispersive from DAZ Uber folder located in Iray folder under Shader Presets

    looks like this:

    HoneyFrame34.jpg
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  • milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415

    what is IOR?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,255

    milliethegreat said:

    what is IOR?

    Index of refraction, which specifies how light bends when encountering the surface(s) - it is an option in most Iray shaders.

  • milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415

    Ohhh the skin of the characters I'm using doesn't have IOR

  • SquishySquishy Posts: 710

    You don't apply IOR to the skin, you apply it to the goop.

  • milliethegreatmilliethegreat Posts: 415

    How do I scale the scene to work with g9? I don't want to scale g9 down as I'm gonna drop the whole thing into a interior scene from a different Daz project 

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,330
    edited May 2025

    I have posed the hand of Genesis 9 in Fluidos domain.

    Hand02pic01.jpg
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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,330

    milliethegreat said:

    How do I scale the scene to work with g9? I don't want to scale g9 down as I'm gonna drop the whole thing into a interior scene from a different Daz project 

    As @Imago says in the comment:
    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/post/quote/366451/Comment_9169226
    You can find the Scale options directly in the Domain's parameters.
    Don't use the "main" ones but the ones in the Fluidos part.
    Also, you can move around and resize the domain as much as you want but don't rotate it too much,
    it could bring some unexpected behaviour in the fluids.

     

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