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Omnihair beyond computer's capabilities?

erock19erock19 Posts: 29
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I just purchased https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-strand-based-beach-style-long-hair-for-genesis-9 and can't get the hair to render any colors.

No matter what color preset I apply, which indeed changes in the surface setting, the rendered hair is always white/gray.

I am running Studio 4.22.0.1 Pro 64bit on quite an old laptop and am stuck using cpu rendering (Intel HD Graphics 4000).

I have made sure the Omnihair shader is installed through default content and other strand-based hair renders colors just fine.

Any insights into this issue would be most appreciated.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,102

    You mean Default Resources? Are you sure you are selecting the hair and not, for example, a skullcap? Have you made sure the ahir is set to use 0 segments if using the new shader?

  • erock19erock19 Posts: 29

    Richard Haseltine said:

    You mean Default Resources? Are you sure you are selecting the hair and not, for example, a skullcap? Have you made sure the ahir is set to use 0 segments if using the new shader?

    Thank you for the reply, Richard.

    Yes, you are correct, I did mean Default Resources.

    I have tried by selecting the main "Beach Style Long Hair" in the scene (which seems like it could be a group, and hidden by default) which brings up a surface named "Cap" in surfaces tab that is different from the subcomponent "Beach Style Long Cap" surface, also named "Cap". I have also applied the material presets to the subcomponent "Beach Style Long Hair Strands" which shows the 4 hair surfaces. Both of these subcomponents change surface settings when a preset is applied, but all render as colorless.

    As far as setting the segemts to 0, I had not come across any reference to segments, unless that is what tessalations sides are, and I have made sure they are at 0.

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,729
    edited August 28

    Richard Haseltine said:

    You mean Default Resources? Are you sure you are selecting the hair and not, for example, a skullcap? Have you made sure the ahir is set to use 0 segments if using the new shader?

    Sorry, I misread and replied with nonsense.

    Post edited by MelanieL on
  • LeanaLeana Posts: 12,766

    Omni hair shader was introduced in 4.22.0.16 so in 4.22.0.1 it would not be supported 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,102

    Leana said:

    Omni hair shader was introduced in 4.22.0.16 so in 4.22.0.1 it would not be supported 

    Thanks, I was sure 4.22.x.x was OK but wasn't sure if there was a limit on the build number.

  • erock19erock19 Posts: 29
    edited August 28

    Leana said:

    Omni hair shader was introduced in 4.22.0.16 so in 4.22.0.1 it would not be supported 

    Thank you Leana!

    I remember being hesitant to update at some point due to issues people were reporting, and for some reason I can't seem to find the beta I had installed shortly after.

    I just installed the 4.24 beta and the hair works fine in that, so maybe I can safely update my main install.

    I appreciate the help and thanks again.

     

    Post edited by erock19 on
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