With DS 4.22 I see log messages such as these (not sure if they were there in earlier version):

2023-11-20 08:37:10.350 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Importing geometry for motion time 0
2023-11-20 08:37:10.350 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Geometry import (1 triangle object with 528 triangles, 1 instance yielding 528 triangles) took 0.000 s
2023-11-20 08:37:10.350 Iray (Scene Update) : Updating motion transform data
2023-11-20 08:37:10.350 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating motion transforms.

"motion transforms"? So... are we there yet? Did I miss the big announcement saying that we finally have motion blur support with Iray? If so, then they hid the new feature really well, because I cannot find it.

Thanks for the tip … I've installed the C4D Bridge and I'm doing some testing, but I'm still getting rotation errors – I need to learn a little more to understand what's actually going on, but what I'm seeing is that if I change my pose in Daz to anything other than the base pose then I get mis-aligned rotations in C4D even though I select 'fix bone orientations'. The plugin also doesn't seem to fix rotations if you try to import animation.

Like I say, I still need to learn more about this plugin and about Daz in general, but what I was trying to do was create a few individual poses in Daz on a few frames of the timeline and import them into C4D. I guess I wondered whether Daz could actually export the joints with the same roations I'm seeing within Daz. Maybe I need to change my workflow and just do my posing outside of Daz and in C4D, but that would be a real shame to not be able to take advantage of the great posing tools and ability of Daz.

The old database would be in windows.old > users > me > AppData > Roaming > Daz3d > cms > ContentCluster, but if you have already isntalled stuff anew (and, more to the point, saved your own stuff) it may not be worth trying to get it back (if it is just DIM installs you have added you could sacrifice them and then reimport the metadata). Befroe trying to replace the new database with the old make absolutely certain that all applications that use it (Daz Studio, Install manager, Daz Central, carrara) have closed down and are not still running in the background - there are a lot of separate files invovled and you don't want one of them being updated mid way through while others are the older versions. Also, make a copy of the new database first, then delete the actual files, then copy (don't drag, or cut) the old database across - databases are delicate creatures.

SofaCitizen said:

Daz Connect is not needed at all for Smart Content - many people use Smart Content without touching Daz Connect at all. Daz Connect itself does use the database behind Smart Content tho in some ways.

The problem is that the situation you find yourself in is not one that I think is easily fixed until you pick EITHER Daz Connect or DIM and then purge the installations installed by the other method.

If you choose DIM then you should manually uninstall everything that has a Daz Connect record (check that cloud folder for the list), and then once you are sure that everything is gone click the button to logoff within Daz Studio and ensure that you never sign into your account within Daz Studio again. Then, it's probably best to restart Daz to make sure it is definitely disconnected and doesn't auto-reconnect. Finally, you can then use the Content DB Maintenance option under Smart Content corner menu to "Re-import Metadata". This will go through all the "config" files for DIM-installed products that it can find and create the relevant records in the Database (CMS) so that Smart Content will know about them.

If you choose Daz Connect then you should probably remove everything DIM has installed - with the exception of applications and plugins (I think Daz Connect has issues with plugins and also you don't want to uninstall Daz or the CMS at all. Hopefully, if you have confirmed the path as mentioned above Daz Studio should then see the products that are installed via Connect. That may not work tho as I don't have experience with repairing Daz Connect.

If you want to continue using both then you'll need help from someone far smarter than me.

This, thank you this seemed to have worked for me. I have a lot of my content back, if not all of it, in the Smart Content pane.
I have however, logged on so I can still install new products under the "products" tab of smart content, I double click to install new things, is my preferred method lately.

Most appreciated, I hope this has solved it. 

No so it looks like it partially solved it, importing old data from DIM, but not my recent installations...

Thanks! Another issue just encountered... I imported standard body morphs (spread legs, make hand into fist, shrug etc...) from DAZ to Blender with Diffeo using its own "body morph" tab but only some of the morphs are working. Particularly ALL the basic DAZ morphs related to hands (spread fingers, fist, chop, grab etc...) do not work - some for feet and body do. 

Any help?

I looked a little bit into this and it seems that when converted to rigify the bones / settings for the hands disappear/don't work anymore hence why the body morph related to hands don't work anymore. I don't know how to fix this :( is it possible? I tried to even import a pose from daz but on the rigify rig doesn't translate (especially the hands like zero)

Daz Connect is not needed at all for Smart Content - many people use Smart Content without touching Daz Connect at all. Daz Connect itself does use the database behind Smart Content tho in some ways.

The problem is that the situation you find yourself in is not one that I think is easily fixed until you pick EITHER Daz Connect or DIM and then purge the installations installed by the other method.

If you choose DIM then you should manually uninstall everything that has a Daz Connect record (check that cloud folder for the list), and then once you are sure that everything is gone click the button to logoff within Daz Studio and ensure that you never sign into your account within Daz Studio again. Then, it's probably best to restart Daz to make sure it is definitely disconnected and doesn't auto-reconnect. Finally, you can then use the Content DB Maintenance option under Smart Content corner menu to "Re-import Metadata". This will go through all the "config" files for DIM-installed products that it can find and create the relevant records in the Database (CMS) so that Smart Content will know about them.

If you choose Daz Connect then you should probably remove everything DIM has installed - with the exception of applications and plugins (I think Daz Connect has issues with plugins and also you don't want to uninstall Daz or the CMS at all. Hopefully, if you have confirmed the path as mentioned above Daz Studio should then see the products that are installed via Connect. That may not work tho as I don't have experience with repairing Daz Connect.

If you want to continue using both then you'll need help from someone far smarter than me.

SofaCitizen said:

I never touch Daz Connect myself so I am not sure on the specifics, but it sounds like perhaps the path is not connected correctly. In that case you would go to the "Content Directory Manager" - either click the button in the Content Tab of the Preferences or select it from the top-corner icon menu on the Content Library tab of the workspace. If you expand the section shown as "Daz Connect Data" that is where you would want your folder of Connect data to be listed, so "Documents > Daz3D > Studio > My Daz Connect Library" as you have said above. It should be set to the folder that contains "data" I believe.

If the path is correct then you may have to ask someone else who uses Connect. I think there was an "installed" property in the database product table which was only used by Connect so it could be that this has been lost which is why it's not acurately showing the status of what you have on the harddrive. I don't know if there is a way of refreshing/resetting that - if you were using DIM then I would suggest the re-import metadata but that probably won't work for Connect.

Well that's confusing me. DIM shows it's all still installed and still there. For example, I have a pose set that is under C > Users > Public > Documents > My Daz3D Library, and everything is still showing as installed through DIM, but I cannot get it to show this to my Smart Content.
My installed Daz3D content is also showing in my Content Library Pane as all there. But I was to use the Smart Content pane because it has other small features that I always use, but I do not know how to make this work.

I never touch Daz Connect myself so I am not sure on the specifics, but it sounds like perhaps the path is not connected correctly. In that case you would go to the "Content Directory Manager" - either click the button in the Content Tab of the Preferences or select it from the top-corner icon menu on the Content Library tab of the workspace. If you expand the section shown as "Daz Connect Data" that is where you would want your folder of Connect data to be listed, so "Documents > Daz3D > Studio > My Daz Connect Library" as you have said above. It should be set to the folder that contains "data" I believe.

If the path is correct then you may have to ask someone else who uses Connect. I think there was an "installed" property in the database product table which was only used by Connect so it could be that this has been lost which is why it's not acurately showing the status of what you have on the harddrive. I don't know if there is a way of refreshing/resetting that - if you were using DIM then I would suggest the re-import metadata but that probably won't work for Connect.

I've had mixed luck with DAZ products in DS format importing to Carrara.  Some work well, maybe without the lights, but certainly useable.  Others don't show any geometry at all.  I dunno why.  This is a first pass, I'll add more as I test. I'm sure someone will point out  what I'm missing, if anything.  Anyway ...

Products that work:

Toymaker Workshop

Steampunk Helicopter (Can't Move Parts)

Victorian Medical Equipment

Toilet Paper On Floor

Do Not Work:

Library Bluson

Police Station Interior

Detective Room

Cyberpunk Launderette

Security Gatehouse

Leana said:

"a simple G8 model" as in just the nude base figure, or with clothes and hair?

I'm asking this because there are known issues with some content, for example some OOT hairs due to the hair shader used.

You beat me to the punch. Error I had finally got it all figured out down to some OOT hairs. What exactly happened for them to just break all of a sudden? Any idea if there's a fix or a workaround? It seems to have something to do with that Hudson home directory. Is no such drive or directory or even any dazz content on my D drive on my desktop.. And lastly if any ones actually interested, here's a full  log of that.
 

2023-11-18 01:06:01.990 [INFO] :: Prepare asset load (merge): /People/Genesis 8 Female/Hair/OOT Leony Ponytail Hair/Leony Ponytail Hair Genesis 8 Female.duf

2023-11-18 01:06:01.990 [INFO] :: Locking viewport redraw...

2023-11-18 01:06:01.990 [INFO] :: Viewport redraw locked.

2023-11-18 01:06:02.184 [VERBOSE] :: Native format content directories: 2

2023-11-18 01:06:02.184 [VERBOSE] :: Poser format content directories: 2

2023-11-18 01:06:02.185 [VERBOSE] :: Other import format content directories: 0

2023-11-18 01:06:02.185 [INFO] :: Begin asset load (merge): /People/Genesis 8 Female/Hair/OOT Leony Ponytail Hair/Leony Ponytail Hair Genesis 8 Female.duf

2023-11-18 01:06:02.195 [INFO] :: Determining missing assets...

2023-11-18 01:06:03.198 [INFO] :: Setting textures...

2023-11-18 01:06:03.219 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(6473): Node parent not found.

2023-11-18 01:06:03.268 [INFO] :: Scanning for addons...

2023-11-18 01:06:03.368 [INFO] :: Creating node geometry...

2023-11-18 01:06:03.377 [INFO] :: Creating UV sets...

2023-11-18 01:06:03.377 [INFO] :: Creating materials...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.931 [INFO] :: Resolving legacy figures...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.931 [INFO] :: Preparing modifiers...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.931 [INFO] :: Creating modifiers...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.937 [INFO] :: Resolving 360 formulas...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.938 [INFO] :: Finding formula properties...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.938 [INFO] :: Sorting formula properties...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.938 [INFO] :: Creating ERC Links...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.940 [INFO] :: Finished resolving formulas.

2023-11-18 01:06:43.940 [INFO] :: Finalizing modifiers...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.940 [INFO] :: Finalizing channels...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.940 [INFO] :: Finalizing materials...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.940 [INFO] :: Sorting property groups...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.941 [INFO] :: Setting up follow targets...

2023-11-18 01:06:43.941 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(2912): Failed to follow node.

2023-11-18 01:06:44.012 [INFO] :: Finished asset load (merge): 0m 41.827s - /People/Genesis 8 Female/Hair/OOT Leony Ponytail Hair/Leony Ponytail Hair Genesis 8 Female.duf

2023-11-18 01:06:44.159 [INFO] :: Unlocking viewport redraw...

2023-11-18 01:06:44.160 [INFO] :: Viewport redraw unlocked.

2023-11-18 01:07:02.726 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\01OOTLeonyCap.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 256x256x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:02.812 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyCap.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4096x4096x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:02.887 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyCapSP.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4096x4096x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:02.982 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyCapT.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4096x4096x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.080 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyCapB.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4096x4096x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.291 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyCapN.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4096x4096x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.369 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\OOTCloth\OOTCloth_08B.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 1000x1000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.456 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\01OOTLeonyHair.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4000x4000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.506 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\LeonyAlpha\01OOTLeonyHairAlpha.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 2000x2000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.719 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyHairSP3.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 8000x8000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.780 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\01OOTLeonyHairS.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4000x4000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:03.834 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyHairT.png", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4000x4000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:04.043 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyHairB.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 8000x8000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:04.083 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyHairN.png", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 4000x4000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:04.430 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyHairSP1.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 8000x8000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:04.621 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyHairSP4.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 8000x8000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:04.650 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\01OOTLeonyHairST.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 256x256x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:04.892 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "Z:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\Textures\outoftouch\!hair\OOTHairblending2\Leony\OOTUtilityLeonyHairSP2.jpg", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 8000x8000x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.500 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "F:\DAZ\Applications\64-bit\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\shaders\iray\resources\DTHDR-RuinsB-500.hdr", no selector, pixel type "Rgb_fp", 512x256x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.502 Iray [INFO] - TRAV:DATABASE ::   1.0   TRAV   db   progr: Traversing scene.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.602 Iray [INFO] - TRAV:DATABASE ::   1.0   TRAV   db   info : Traversing scene took 0.100 s.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.604 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating geometry contexts.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.604 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating geometry.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.604 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Importing scene graph.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.633 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Auto instancing compression ratio 1.00 (Full instancing compression ratio 1.00)

2023-11-18 01:07:05.633 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Importing geometry for motion time 0

2023-11-18 01:07:05.683 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Geometry import (1 triangle object with 658 k triangles, 1 instance yielding 658 k triangles) took 0.050 s

2023-11-18 01:07:05.683 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating motion transforms.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.683 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating section objects.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.684 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating materials.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.690 Iray [INFO] - MATCNV:RENDER ::   1.0   MATCNV rend info : Material instance 'DS_Leony Ponytail Genesis 8 Female__Side2_2ace_7726' uses MDL JIT compilation.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.690 Iray [INFO] - MATCNV:RENDER ::   1.0   MATCNV rend info : found 26 textures, 2 lambdas (2 unique)

2023-11-18 01:07:05.691 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating environment.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.697 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating compiled material code.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.697 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating compiled environment code.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.697 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating material textures.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.698 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating environment textures.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.698 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating BSDFs.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.698 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating volumes.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.698 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating lens.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.698 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating lights.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.698 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating object flags.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.699 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating backplate.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.699 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating compiled backplate code.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.699 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating backplate textures.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.699 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Updating decals.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.703 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Using iray core convergence estimate.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.703 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Allocating 1-layer frame buffer

2023-11-18 01:07:05.708 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Using interactive scheduling, caustic sampler disabled

2023-11-18 01:07:05.708 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Initializing local rendering.

2023-11-18 01:07:05.711 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Initializing OptiX for CUDA device 0

2023-11-18 01:07:06.141 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Rendering with 1 device(s):

2023-11-18 01:07:06.141 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080)

2023-11-18 01:07:06.141 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend info : Rendering...

2023-11-18 01:07:06.141 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend progr: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Processing scene...

2023-11-18 01:07:08.046 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend info : Importing lights for motion time 0

2023-11-18 01:07:08.046 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend info : Initializing light hierarchy.

2023-11-18 01:07:08.046 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend info : Light hierarchy initialization took 0.000 s

2023-11-18 01:07:08.156 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend info : JIT-linking wavefront kernel in 0.061 s

2023-11-18 01:07:08.164 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Scene processed in 2.023s

2023-11-18 01:07:08.165 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Allocated 25.249 MiB for frame buffer

2023-11-18 01:07:08.166 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Allocated 1.969 GiB of work space (2048k active samples in 0.000s)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.166 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend info : CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Optimizing for cooperative usage (performance could be sacrificed)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.195 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Kernel [4] (ShadowEvalFS      ) failed after 0.020s

2023-11-18 01:07:08.195 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while launching CUDA renderer in <internal>:908)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.196 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.2   IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Failed to launch renderer

2023-11-18 01:07:08.196 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): Device failed while rendering

2023-11-18 01:07:08.196 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend warn : CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080) is no longer available for rendering.

2023-11-18 01:07:08.196 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend warn : All available GPUs failed.

2023-11-18 01:07:08.197 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: Fallback to CPU not allowed.

2023-11-18 01:07:08.197 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend warn : Re-rendering iteration because of device failure

2023-11-18 01:07:08.197 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: All workers failed: aborting render

2023-11-18 01:07:08.197 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.197 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.198 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.198 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.198 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.198 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.199 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.199 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.199 [WARNING] :: D:\DAZDevel\Hudson\HUDSON_HOME\jobs\NB_Studio_Trunk\workspace\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(376): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.38  IRAY   rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080): an illegal memory access was encountered (while de-allocating memory)

2023-11-18 01:07:08.199 [ERROR] Iray :: Internal rendering error.

zombiewhacker said:

paulawp (marahzen) said:

Current FaceGen creates G9 characters directly but I simply do not like the squirrel face that FaceGen creates, and I gave up on using it after a few months when I could not make reasonable figures for some of my characters with it.  

It's disappointing to hear that. Given G9's higher polygon base mesh, I was hopeful that FaceGen would do a better job of creating heads that match the original reference photos. Evidently, FaceGen Modeller does a better job of generating faces, but there's no way to import those meshes into Genesis, hence FaceGen Artist.

Two tricks I have found working with Artist that improves results somewhat:

One, before taking my reference photos into Artist, I prepare them in an art program like Gimp or Photoshop, marking the exact points where the edge of the lips are, the tip of the nose, etc. This way, after bringing them into Artist and attempting to mark these same reference points, I don't have to simply "wing it" by guessing. Instead I click on the dots created previously in the art program.

Also, crazy as it sounds, I find that the bigger your monitor is, the better your results tend to be. Again, this has to do with how precise your point placement is while marking up the reference photos. I've marked up the same reference photos on my 13" laptop screen and again on my 27" monitor. The character created on my 27" monitor came out as less grotesque and cartoonish than the results on my laptop, though still not great.

. upscale

I have yet to buy FG Artist for Genesis 9 but I think following your advice here would be helpful as well as using an image upscale and detail interpolating extrapolating (I guess the details would be actually inferred and extrapolotated from outside data sets) program that takes advantage of nVidia DLSS and current state of the art image processing AI.

teodell_70 said:

Hello all. I followed these instructions from L'dair (wonderfully helpful) and it appears it works. But Smart Content has a lot of ! icons that if clicked simply say File not found. Paths seem that they are ok but not sure why after I uninstalled and the files were removed the metadata ( i assume ) is not updated as well.
Thanks!

How do you install? What is the full path of the files, which you can see in the info tab at the bottom of the pane if you click the button in the lower bar to expand it?

paulawp (marahzen) said:

Current FaceGen creates G9 characters directly but I simply do not like the squirrel face that FaceGen creates, and I gave up on using it after a few months when I could not make reasonable figures for some of my characters with it.  

It's disappointing to hear that. Given G9's higher polygon base mesh, I was hopeful that FaceGen would do a better job of creating heads that match the original reference photos. Evidently, FaceGen Modeller does a better job of generating faces, but there's no way to import those meshes into Genesis, hence FaceGen Artist.

Two tricks I have found working with Artist that improves results somewhat:

One, before taking my reference photos into Artist, I prepare them in an art program like Gimp or Photoshop, marking the exact points where the edge of the lips are, the tip of the nose, etc. This way, after bringing them into Artist and attempting to mark these same reference points, I don't have to simply "wing it" by guessing. Instead I click on the dots created previously in the art program.

Also, crazy as it sounds, I find that the bigger your monitor is, the better your results tend to be. Again, this has to do with how precise your point placement is while marking up the reference photos. I've marked up the same reference photos on my 13" laptop screen and again on my 27" monitor. The character created on my 27" monitor came out as less grotesque and cartoonish than the results on my laptop, though still not great.

. 

I'm trying to use Zbrsh to make  corrective morphs for some extreme pose. Everything works great but the problem is by using Goz, the corrective morph I've created  also includes other morphs. Like if I'm making a corrective morphs for pose A, what I got through Goz is the corrective morphs plus pose A. What I really want is only the  corrective morphs. In traditional work flow(export the obj and edit, then import it back ), these problem can be easily avoid by setting Reverse Deformations  to YES, when import obj as morph. However, this could be messing when using Goz. Goz is definitely time saver for sculping figures and I wonder if there is any way to make the morph creating by Goz  reverse deformations ?

Problem solved, it's nor Goz or Zbrush work flow has problem, just my stupid work, never put your hands on any figure dialed on multiple imported morph.

Hello all. I followed these instructions from L'dair (wonderfully helpful) and it appears it works. But Smart Content has a lot of ! icons that if clicked simply say File not found. Paths seem that they are ok but not sure why after I uninstalled and the files were removed the metadata ( i assume ) is not updated as well.
Thanks!

Are you checking the Update metadata box when logging in? It is off by default, so that people can log in without getting their database entries updated, but that will mean it cannot see any new purchases. (Also, from personal experieince, if you download with DIM to have a backup of the package make sure you didn't absent mindedly have it set to install after download from the last DS update - it took me a while to work out why my purchases were not shwoing in the Install tab, and to realise that they were in the Installed tab in Smart Content.)

In other news, my new buys are not showing up anymore on the install tab in Daz Studio.  I normally install via DAZ Connect, and here it just isn't happening.  Been a problem for about the past week, roughly.  DIM doesn't work for bundles and I'm not manually installing if I can avoid it.  Is this some kind of metadata issue with 4:22?

https://krita.org/en/

Krita - you can import Photoshop brushes. I have it installed but haven't had time to play with it yet. It's free.

The only brush issue with Affinity Photo is that the OLD brush archive format can be a problem.  For those, I had to extract the brush PNGs and create native brushes.  AFAIK, there's no issue with recent PS brush archives and they import fine.

I've not bought the upgrade to the current version of Affinity Photo, and Serif hasn't sued me.  Then again, Serif is a pretty cool company.

RexRed said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

geografts work for me in iClone 6 and subsquently FBX export from 3DX6 to Unreal but I do do it all manually no live links and use my own bone not morph based retargetting profiles

Thanks you very kindly for your help WendyLuvsCatz! 

It is nice to hear that geographs work for you in Iclone 6! Hopeful! As for 3DX6 is that specifically for Genesis 2 characters or is it used to convert all Genesis characters? In other words, if I plan to bring in mostly Genesis 8 and 9 characters to Iclone 8 and Character Creator 4 do I need to buy this? And will I be able to apply Character creator skins and modifications to these imported characters? 

..and, if I need to buy these to convert Gen8 and 9, do I need the full 3DXchange 6 Pipeline version or can I do the same with 3DXchange 6 PRO?  

Now I am noticing a 3DX7 as well and something about it being discontinued and added directly into Iclone 8.

I am hoping if I wait on buying 3DX7(6) I will not regret it.

Also a question, Reallusion has a 50% off sale right now.

Anyone know if the sale may get any better than that on black Friday? (I am poor, and this endeavor is putting me into huge debt.)

completely different to CC4 which I don't have or iC7 or 8

they use their own mesh and convert stuff to it which is no doubt why geografts don't work

I do believe ther 3DX8? pipeline can still import FBX though and do manual retargetting but I really don't know 

I cannot afford Reallusion stuff hence being 2 whole versions behind