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Character Skin Weirdness

Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
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Hi

I'm running into a real weird issue and was hoping I could get some assistance with this.

I'm working on a scene with two G2F characters (Sumiko for Mei Lin 6 & Yumi for Mei Lin 6).  It started out fine, Viewport renders for reference were fine, main working panel were fine, then, for some reason I cannot figure out, Sumiko disappeared.  All that was left was empty clothing and hair.  I closed and reloaded the scene, no change.  Rebooted the computer and started Daz again, no change.  Looked really carefully and it seems she didn't actually disappear, but she is so transparent you can barely make out that she is still there.  I reapplied the skin for her and she came back, but the colour was all wrong.  I did what I've done before and reapplied the Mei Lin 6 SSS effects and she came back, but would still not show up in the test renders.  I deleted her and reimported the template character, reapplied the clothes and hair, still nothing.  Just a very slight ghost.

I changed the pose on Yumi ever so slightly (maybe moved the arm 4 clicks of the + button) and suddenly she disappeared too!

I'm still wondering if this may have something to do with the Mei Lin 6 HD update that came down a couple weeks ago as this problem never showed up before that.

As I mentioned, it's not that the characters completely disappeared, but they are so transparent that you can barely make them out, and only when you look 'inside' the sleeves and neckline can you actually make out that they are still there.

This is a bizarre one as bringing in a second copy of Sumiko, then test rendering in the viewport, the duplicate is there, but the original one is still invisible.  Once I apply the clothes and pose, she's 'gone'.  The fact that Yumi was there until I changed her pose very slightly then she disappeared makes me suspect that, somehow, the pose position is causing some massive SSS failure or something along those lines.  Nothing in the character properties changes, as I compared the two Sumikos when I brought the second one in to test.

How is this even possible??  Wow....  I sure find some weird issues...

 

Comments

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,819

    Is Motion Blur on?

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899

    Never thought to check that.  I doubt it, but I'll give it a look when I get home.

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    Richard Haseltine said:

    Is Motion Blur on?

    So I checked and, yes, motion blur was on.  I turned it off and made some adjustments to the characters, and Sumiko is still 'missing', but Yumi has seemed to stay.  I'm at a loss on this one.

     

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    edited October 2015

    So out of curiosity, I started adding and deleting items from my scene.  Turns out when I toggle http://www.daz3d.com/v6-timeless off (not delete, just hide), Sumiko reappears.  Show/unhide the dress again, and Sumiko disappears.  Put two copies of Sumiko in the scene and alternate turning the dress on and off, and whichever one has the dress hidden, her body is completely visable.  I checked the dresses supported shapes and Mei Lin 6 isn't listed, but it's supposed to be compatable with G2F.

    Could this be a glitch in the dress?

    And on a side note.... can anyone tell me how to make a ring (preferably the diamond in it) sparkle?  It would add a nice touch.  smiley

     

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