Good news. 

There was another Windows update (small one), which I assume was a patch of some sort.  Without me doing anything for Carrara or Python-related files, I am no longer getting the errors.  I guess they figured out they made a mistake and fixed it.  Carrara is Carrara-ing again.  Yay.

Thank you, Steve K, Wendy, and @3Deedlin for checking in on me.

EDIT - now I am not so sure an update fixed it.  I am not getting the error, so it appears to be fixed, but the Windows 25H2 is appearing again as if it hasn't been updated.  So I don't know.  Carrara is working without error.  Yay. 

Diomede said:

My carrara was getting along fine with Windows 11 until the most recent updates.  A security feature that blocks add-ons and sub-routines is wreaking havoc on a variety of programs that I have, including Carrara 8.5 Pro.  The Windows blocks seem random, but who knows.  Here is the most recent obstruction when launching Carrara.  Argh.  Repeat, Carrara was working fine until recent Windows updates, and these issues are not only Carrara issues.

EDIT - in other programs, also getting error warning for Windows blocking python routines associated with add ons.  Even blocked an attempt to update.

That's really bad news. 

Horo said:

I made around 300 HDRIs, Angular Map projection and Spherical projection. True photography based with a Nikon DX50 (DSLR) and later D600 (SLR) with fisheye lenses 8 - 16 mm and rectlinear lenses 35 - 50 mm; daylight, night skies and indoors. I also created true HDRIs from renders by rendering with different light settings, and of course, I also made artificial HDRIs by cheating.
To change the projection, assemble the differently exposed images to an HDRI and stitch them to a panorama, I use(d): HDRShop (not available anymore), Picturenaut, Pano2VR and PTGui.

If you are interested in creating HDRI panoramas, I have some information about the topic on my website (horo.ch). Though most of PDFs are Bryce based, most of it is valid also for other programs like Daz Studio, Carrara, Vue, etc.

Bryce & 3D CG Documents > Mine (PDF) > IBL-HDRI
There are also a few free HDRIs.
Raytracing > IBL and HDRI > Resources > HR-HDRI (S)

Thanks for sharing the link. My main software is Blender, but HDRIs are great as background landscape and Bryce as well as Vue good programs to create such HDRIs.
Valuable information to get an efficient workflow. 

when I modify lighting and backgrounds in this particular scene (the Tea Garden)

I get this weird issue where stuff is there but doesn't render

yes the walls, hedge etc are in the assembly room

and no, they don't render there either

nothing was changed except the background trees deleted and sky settings and lighting replaced

it's happens often on this scene and I have no idea why

not deleting the background trees helps

yes, even sadder lighting as trying to solve the issue

▲ this is 2 minutes an image BTW which is crazy after spending 40 hours rendering the same one with the included lighting

there must be a compromise somewhere

the 40 hour one ▲

soft shadows 3 mins a frame is OK ▲

yes they don't have backgrounds as animated maps or clouds is possibly a cause I wanted to eliminate, will add the matching slightly cloudy carrara sky in post

** EDIT - UPDATE - Issue fixed as per post a few rows down. **

My carrara was getting along fine with Windows 11 until the most recent updates.  A security feature that blocks add-ons and sub-routines is wreaking havoc on a variety of programs that I have, including Carrara 8.5 Pro.  The Windows blocks seem random, but who knows.  Here is the most recent obstruction when launching Carrara.  Argh.  Repeat, Carrara was working fine until recent Windows updates, and these issues are not only Carrara issues.

EDIT - in other programs, also getting error warning for Windows blocking python routines associated with add ons.  Even blocked an attempt to update.

Singular3D said:

TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

hansmolleman33 said:

Singular3D said:

Honestly, I recommend using Diffeomorphic. There are a lot of tutorials on Youtube.

I will check it out, DAZ's lack of support for their own software is irritating.

+1000 I will never understand why this is.

Honestly, I do not understand Daz politics for quite a while now. It seems that they tried to open up for other software with their bridges, but then they seemed to return to the Daz Studio only business. If they want to stay as content provider they have to open up to other software. Especially software that is used in the semi professional area.

In the past they aquired Carrara and Bryce, but didn't invest into the further development of these tools. They are still here, but used by a smaller community and no new native content is released.

I have a huge library of Daz content and I'm so thankfull that a bridge like Diffeomorphic, but also Sagan exists. I would love to be able to convert Daz content without studio to Blender, but this may be a topic for the future. It's mainly about rigs and materials.

Richard Haseltine said:

Daz did develop Bryce (two major versions), Hexagon (only a dot release but they had to finish up 2 after purchase) and Carrara (two or three major versions, I think).

Thanks for the info. Somehow I missed that.
I used Bryce in the past to create HDRI backgrounds and Carrara for Daz content with V4.2, but somehow the features didn't evolve as much as I expected.
The same applies to Vue, which I used as well in the past. Daz on the other hand did develop further significantly. 

staying not straying

Windows 10 like Carrara is not broken, why mess with things

Not ruling out a new PC one day and latest OS but I wasn't even affected by the AWS outage because I don't web browse much, at least on PC, have an iPad for that and a smart TV for YouTube, which shows me heaps of ads  I only dislike the timing of them sometimes, with all the Ai you would think they wouldn't cut off commentry mid sentence.

Silver Dolphin said:

If you want to save some money just use Blender. I own 2x Nvidia 3090's and I use one on my Blender machine and one on my local AI machine. If you don't want to migrate to Win11 when support for W10 goes away ZorinOS is a nice linux distro that looks and feels like windows. You can install Daz studio on this but it is a little fiddly. I would just recommend running Blender.

OK, thanks.  A long time favorite vendor of great landscape scenes for VUE switched over to Blender some time back.  I have tried Blender and just can't get my head around it.  I finally have gotten serious about learning Daz Studio and am finding it more friendly than I originally thought.  I am a long time animator using Carrara and will continue to be, using DS iRay renders as backgorunds. An example is at 1:56 in this short animation:

Singular3D said:

TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

hansmolleman33 said:

Singular3D said:

Honestly, I recommend using Diffeomorphic. There are a lot of tutorials on Youtube.

I will check it out, DAZ's lack of support for their own software is irritating.

+1000 I will never understand why this is.

Honestly, I do not understand Daz politics for quite a while now. It seems that they tried to open up for other software with their bridges, but then they seemed to return to the Daz Studio only business. If they want to stay as content provider they have to open up to other software. Especially software that is used in the semi professional area.

In the past they aquired Carrara and Bryce, but didn't invest into the further development of these tools. They are still here, but used by a smaller community and no new native content is released.

Daz did develop Bryce (two major versions), Hexagon (only a dot release but they had to finish up 2 after purchase) and Carrara (two or three major versions, I think).

I have a huge library of Daz content and I'm so thankfull that a bridge like Diffeomorphic, but also Sagan exists. I would love to be able to convert Daz content without studio to Blender, but this may be a topic for the future. It's mainly about rigs and materials.

I made around 300 HDRIs, Angular Map projection and Spherical projection. True photography based with a Nikon DX50 (DSLR) and later D600 (SLR) with fisheye lenses 8 - 16 mm and rectlinear lenses 35 - 50 mm; daylight, night skies and indoors. I also created true HDRIs from renders by rendering with different light settings, and of course, I also made artificial HDRIs by cheating.
To change the projection, assemble the differently exposed images to an HDRI and stitch them to a panorama, I use(d): HDRShop (not available anymore), Picturenaut, Pano2VR and PTGui.

If you are interested in creating HDRI panoramas, I have some information about the topic on my website (horo.ch). Though most of PDFs are Bryce based, most of it is valid also for other programs like Daz Studio, Carrara, Vue, etc.

Bryce & 3D CG Documents > Mine (PDF) > IBL-HDRI
There are also a few free HDRIs.
Raytracing > IBL and HDRI > Resources > HR-HDRI (S)

TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

hansmolleman33 said:

Singular3D said:

Honestly, I recommend using Diffeomorphic. There are a lot of tutorials on Youtube.

I will check it out, DAZ's lack of support for their own software is irritating.

+1000 I will never understand why this is.

Honestly, I do not understand Daz politics for quite a while now. It seems that they tried to open up for other software with their bridges, but then they seemed to return to the Daz Studio only business. If they want to stay as content provider they have to open up to other software. Especially software that is used in the semi professional area.

In the past they aquired Carrara and Bryce, but didn't invest into the further development of these tools. They are still here, but used by a smaller community and no new native content is released.

I have a huge library of Daz content and I'm so thankfull that a bridge like Diffeomorphic, but also Sagan exists. I would love to be able to convert Daz content without studio to Blender, but this may be a topic for the future. It's mainly about rigs and materials.

put this one in the Rendo Holloween Contest along with a couple of others

~ waving the Carrara Flag ~

I know..... you'll be singing it all day now! 

Drac, with his vocal group 'The Crypt Kicker 5'

vangelrise said:

Ciao ragazzi, una domanda.

Ogni tanto spulcio Sketchfab e trovo un sacco di modelli 3D carini, che mi piacerebbe capire se si possono importare su DAZ, come seplici OBJ.

Il problema è che raramente sono disponibili in formato OBJ e non capisco in quale formato io debba invece scaricarli, e se devo convertirli o meno in qualche modo (che non so).

Ad esempio: se il file è scaricabile in questi formati: .fbx, .usdz, .glTF, .glb

io quale dovrei utilizzare?

Puoi usare Blender e qualche plugin per l'import dei formati non supportati. Per esempio, puoi caricare senza problemi gli FBX in Blender ed esportare in formato OBJ (o direttamente in DUF con il nuovo plugin Blender to DAZ se il plugin riesce a gestirlo), mentre per gli altri credo che servano dei plugin per lìimport. Li trovi con una semplice ricerca sul web, tipo "Blender import *formato richiesto*, ma credo che di suo supporti parecchi formati.

Anche Carrara è in grado di caricare qualche altro formato "strano", dai un occhio. Se sei fortunato puoi perfino trovare die pugin per DAZ Studio per l'import di formati differenti.

Oppure puoi usare uno dei tanti convertitori online ma è un'opzione poco sicura. Devi caricare il modello su un server esterno, attendere la conversione e poi scaricare l'OBJ. Ma il fatto di dover caricare il modello altrove mi ispira poco, vedi i discorsi che facciamo sul copyright.

Diversamente devi aprire il portafogli e comprare un converitore offline da installare sul PC. Più sicuro ma non gratuito.

I decided to start a new thread for your Favorite Toons: Lady Littlefox and Red Spark's Koshini 1, Koshini 2,  Ichiro 1, Ichiro 2, Kiki, Kit, Krystal, Kyle 1.5, and Diamond the Toon Horse.

Morphs such as Puppet, Puppet 2, ManiKen, Posey, Penelope, Peepot and Morphius are also included and permitted.

I recommend using Daz Studio, Carrara, Poser or "Any 3D software you prefer." for your creations.

Here's the Koshini and friends free resources thread.: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/354/links-koshini-friends-freebies/p1

RULES: No AI allowed.

Example pic:

Similar threads:

Genesis 2 Appreciation Thread:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/734706/genesis-2-appreciation-thread/p1

Genesis 1 Appreciation Thread:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/467826/genesis-the-early-years/p1

V2/3 and M2/3 and children Appreciation Thread

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/108001/the-older-generation-victoria-2-3-michael-2-3-and-their-children-renders/p1

Aiko 3 and Hiro 3 Appreciation Thread (inspiring thread on this forum):

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/8629/generation-3-aiko-and-hiro-appreciation-threa

LOL a bit late for me to reply

but yes, Octane render 4 Carrara exports EXR and Spherical renders that are HDRi

however my card 2080Ti is the last one supported for OR4 which I bought outright

not sure if the now subscription model supports anything later or if the Carrara plugin even in development

on the otherhand

Latiicus Imagery is using Terragen a lot on Facebook I see

there is also Gaia

...and of course Vue for free!!

Carrara does fine for me

I loved Lightwave back in the day. Now, I'm curious to see. But Carrara does so much and Blender has come so far; and both so much more affordable.

Torquinox said:

Thank you for the Modo links. Looks interesting! We're not better off when a tool like this or Vue goes away.

True.  I recall buying Lightwave long ago because they offered a package deal including VUE.  I never got any good at Lightwave, preferring Carrara (I am not a modeler, just an animator), but I still love VUE.

Welcome to yet another round of RRRR. This time we're having a theme, and the theme is The Lyrics. The idea is to render an image that pictures a piece of lyrics from a song, You can always, as usual in the RRRR, make your own lyrics and your own made up band and song, otherwise you post band/artist : song name with the post. Check the entries only thread, first post, for an example on how to post an entry.

RRRR stands for Random Runtime Roulette Renders, and it's a contest that has been running for over twelve years now, on and off. We invite anyone to enter, specially all those new users who have shown up the past years. This is not the usual make a very nice render contest but more like tell a really great story, often fun, with your render!

How does it work?
Make your pull of 4 items, and if your any Lucky Bastards, you pull one extra item per LB.

Who can play?

Anyone can play!

How do you prepare yourself for play?

The rules are very simple, but first you need to have all your items in some kind of order in a text file, dumped from the itemized history into a text file or a spread sheet. Remove things like software, gift certs, and special plugins from the list and items that wil not work with the software you work with.
 For example if you have items for Poser, Bryce or Carrara, and want to use DAZ Studio, remove those other items from your list. If you have loads of older figures, M3, M4, a ton of non Iray stuff and you only want to use Studio with Iray, remove all the junk from you list. 

Then you use a randomizer to randomly pick items from your list (your Runtime/My Library) for your start pull . You can use items from any store. Now build a scene with those 4 items plus any other items you want to add to make a fun scene. For newcomers I heartly recommend looking at the previous contests below to get ideas how you can do this. 

Working randomizer:: https://www.random.org/integers

There are some situations where you allowed to redraw, these are:


- You pulled something that doesn’t work, broken thing, only works in a version / software not used etc etc, or you forgot to remove that item from you list even though you knew it wont work, or figure that out later.
- You pulled a software or add-on to a software or anything you should have filtered out from the list.
- You pulled only huge environment props and will not be able to render a scene without crashing.
- You pulled an item you already have been using in two RRRR renders in this content and that was picked randomly. Three is a curse - rule!

Lucky Bastard Rule!
I say this again: If you have Lucky Bastards, you pull one extra item for each LB you have, simple as that. 
Explaination of Lucky Bastards. 
Lucky Bastards, or LBs, are a form of handicap system which makes the contest a little more difficult for those who have won.

Current Lucky Bastards Standings

How to play?
You pull, you compose and you Render. You post your images and pulls in this thread (Don't miss that, entries without pulls and posts in this thread will be disqualified!!).
Then the entry should also be posted in the Entries only thread

Bundles
If you pull a bundle, use two or three complete items from it, or more if you like, but you do not need to use all, but only picking a hairpin from Victoria 8 Pro Bundle is “too little”. Clarification: A bundle still counts as only one pulled item.

Poses, Expressions and textures/colors
If you pull a pose pack, an expression pack or a texture/color pack, you only need to use one of them, not all. For example if you pull 500 expressions for Genesis 8 Female, use one, if you pull 128 colors for Frappe Hair, use one.
Accidenty breaking the TOS
If your entry is removed by the forum mods because it accidentally, not deliberate, broke the TOS, you do not have to redo that entry but can move on and make a new pull. 

The rules of madness! 
Now you have successfully and randomly picked your items, make a scene, you can add other items as well but the one you picked should be prominent or cleverly used. Render it, post it and make us all laugh! Remember though that the renders must follow the TOS of the forum. As we have a theme on the contest, the render should in some way touch that theme. 

The contest categories! 
There are two categories Best and Funniest. Every image will compete in both categories.

Contest duration!
It starts now at Wednesday October 15 - 2025, and will go on until Sunday December 28, 2025 at 23:59:59 local DAZ time. 

This months sponsors so far:
acb is sponsoring with $50 in Daz GC
Totte (Code 66) is sponsoring with two items from his store
Elliandra is sponsoring with two items from her store
3Diva is sponsoring with two items from thier store
Dartanbeck is sponsoring with items from his store

We want more sponsors!

Do you want to sponsor the RRRR?
Please chip in a gift card sponsorship, sponsors can play, they should play, they are even extra encouraged to play, as sponsors always plays for keeps.

Maximum number of entries? 
For this round it will be a maximum of 12 entries per player.

So, good luck and start your render engines!

Theme in Carrara