Hello, I'm still new to Daz so I figured it would be appropriate for this to be posted here. Anyway, I recently purchased the Daz Dragon 3 and many of it's addons and saw both on an addon and on a forum post that it's possible to reduce it's numbers of fingers and toes, but I don't know how to do it without making it look like it lost a finger and/or a toe instead of making it look like it has naturalltly less fingers and toes. Does anyone have any tips or maybe even a tutorial that can help me?

Hi! Im new to 3d modelling and so far ive only converted pre existing meshes to the sims 4 and done minor mesh edits.

I found a clothing item on here that i would like to convert to the game, although the liscensing part confuses me a bit. Can I just buy the model once since I'm not going to be making any money off of it, and if i share im going to be sharing the conversion for free with credits? 

Thanks <3

(also sorry if this question has ben asked before, the search function wasnt working for me)

PerttiA said:

crosswind said:

Diaspora said:

Did anyone else figure a solution to this?
I'm also having the same issue, I uncheck hide in scene view and then I close the scene, reopen it, and everything is hidden again as if I had changed nothing.

Hide in Scene View(s) setting is stored in the user-facing file of Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf. Go to your Daz Library > People\Genesis 8 Female, you'll find it. Open it with Notepad++, search... for instance, "rEar". If you can find an "extra" coding block, that's it...(as shown in the screenshot below) However, these settings are removed within the latest Genesis 8 Starter Essentials. You better first of all check and update Starter Essentials in DIM. Then try again.

That doesn't help, I tried. 

If it didn't work on your side, also search "hidden" : true in Genesis8Female.dsf, replace true with false.  Or, in Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf, directly replace "hidden" : true with "hidden" : false  Two ways both work.
I don't have old package of G8F Starter essentials, so I have no way to check... but the mechanism is always same.

Such settings on G3F are still there, you can also test it with G3F...
 

crosswind said:

Diaspora said:

Did anyone else figure a solution to this?
I'm also having the same issue, I uncheck hide in scene view and then I close the scene, reopen it, and everything is hidden again as if I had changed nothing.

Hide in Scene View(s) setting is stored in the user-facing file of Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf. Go to your Daz Library > People\Genesis 8 Female, you'll find it. Open it with Notepad++, search... for instance, "rEar". If you can find an "extra" coding block, that's it...(as shown in the screenshot below) However, these settings are removed within the latest Genesis 8 Starter Essentials. You better first of all check and update Starter Essentials in DIM. Then try again.

That doesn't help, I tried. 

Diaspora said:

Did anyone else figure a solution to this?
I'm also having the same issue, I uncheck hide in scene view and then I close the scene, reopen it, and everything is hidden again as if I had changed nothing.

Hide in Scene View(s) setting is stored in the user-facing file of Genesis 8 Basic Female.duf. Go to your Daz Library > People\Genesis 8 Female, you'll find it. Open it with Notepad++, search... for instance, "rEar". If you can find an "extra" coding block, that's it...(as shown in the screenshot below) However, these settings are removed within the latest Genesis 8 Starter Essentials. You better first of all check and update Starter Essentials in DIM. Then try again.

 

 

@johnbuckeridge

1) In DIM, have you installed both of these packages? Both should be installed:

Accelerator for UltraScenery for Daz Studio 4.5+ (Win 64-bit)
Accelerator for UltraScenery

2) Following up on Totte's comment above, the most robust way to determine whether you have multiple versions of the UltraScenery script in various places is to search your whole computer for "UltraSceneCreator.dse". You should only find one copy and it should be in your library in Environments/Landscapes/UltraScenery folder. If you find more than one, where are they? (It is really only necessary to search in mapped content directories, including the Daz Connect directory, but just kicking off a search of everything is probably easier and more foolproof.)

Where can I get this Catoon character, doesn't show up in a Daz or Renderosity search. Or google.

arioch said:

Just a complete guess but it may be possible that the artist renamed the DD_BR images to DD_BZ. I see a bunch of jpg files with a DD_BZ prefix but no DD_BR ones. Their volume 2 has images with the DD_BR prefix so it's possible there was a conflict thus causing the rename. Or is is possible you're thinking of the wrong product? I have Vol.1 myself but I don't have Vol.2 and the last time my files were updated was back in December (possibly when I bought them).

 

Hope this helps you figure out the issue!

Thank you for responding!

The first thing that occured to me was that the files might have been renamed, so I checked that. I made copies of the corresponding DD_BZ files, switched the prefix to DD_BR, and then loaded the scene file and compared it to the render I did back in January. They are not the same image files; they look completely different. I visually checked each of the image files in the directory, and none of them look like they could be the right one, based on my render.

As for the possibility of me thinking of the wrong product, I simply followed the directory path that Daz told me it was following when it went looking for the missing files (see attached image). I ran a search for the missing files Digital Delirium's directory in Runtime/Textures, and they were not in any of the sub-directories, either.

EDIT: I did not realize there was a volume 2 of this product until you mentioned it. I do not own it. I just checked the page for https://www.daz3d.com/dd-pbr-metal-grille-shaders-for-iray-vol-2, and I recognize  the shader I used among the promo images.

It appears that the PA originally included the shader that I used in volume 1, and later removed it.

Not here at daz but now with the editorial license options becoming more common. a possibility. 

 

In the meantime,    https://www.turbosquid.com/Search/3D-Models/game+show

joanna said:

crosswind said:

joanna said:

crosswind said:

Yea, better wait for a while. Content Wizard is still a good tool though the author won't update it anymore ~~

Waiting is probably pointless as few months ago we were told here on the forum that it's very unlikely these products will ever get metadata. Made "shopping" for those migrating artists very easy for me. (I do check, every now and then, whether someone migrated some older products that were once available in the store here, so that they have meta data and readme, but mostly I don't bother. There's a limit to DIY via Daz, lol.)

Ah ~~ what I meant was I suggested OP wait for the discount for Content Wizard rather than wait for the updated product with metadata. And yeah, I knew what you mentioned. So if I really need some of them, I'll still go for buying...then install them with CW rather than DIM.

I misread your post then :). And you're kinder than me when it comes to shopping then. If I pay, I expect a working product, and without metadata and smart content it's not really working from my perspective. 

In fact, I'm just like you 'cause I very much rely on metadta / Smart Content... only nowadays I may tolerate some cases coming from my favorite PAs and the product per se ('cause I know the fault comes from Daz rather than them...)

I used to be a very disgruntled customer when encountering this sort of cases, haha ~

crosswind said:

joanna said:

crosswind said:

Yea, better wait for a while. Content Wizard is still a good tool though the author won't update it anymore ~~

Waiting is probably pointless as few months ago we were told here on the forum that it's very unlikely these products will ever get metadata. Made "shopping" for those migrating artists very easy for me. (I do check, every now and then, whether someone migrated some older products that were once available in the store here, so that they have meta data and readme, but mostly I don't bother. There's a limit to DIY via Daz, lol.)

Ah ~~ what I meant was I suggested OP wait for the discount for Content Wizard rather than wait for the updated product with metadata. And yeah, I knew what you mentioned. So if I really need some of them, I'll still go for buying...then install them with CW rather than DIM.

I misread your post then :). And you're kinder than me when it comes to shopping then. If I pay, I expect a working product, and without metadata and smart content it's not really working from my perspective. 

joanna said:

crosswind said:

Yea, better wait for a while. Content Wizard is still a good tool though the author won't update it anymore ~~

Waiting is probably pointless as few months ago we were told here on the forum that it's very unlikely these products will ever get metadata. Made "shopping" for those migrating artists very easy for me. (I do check, every now and then, whether someone migrated some older products that were once available in the store here, so that they have meta data and readme, but mostly I don't bother. There's a limit to DIY via Daz, lol.)

Ah ~~ what I meant was I suggested OP wait for the discount for Content Wizard rather than wait for the updated product with metadata. And yeah, I knew what you mentioned. So if I really need some of them, I'll still go for buying...then install them with CW rather than DIM.

crosswind said:

Yea, better wait for a while. Content Wizard is still a good tool though the author won't update it anymore ~~

Waiting is probably pointless as few months ago we were told here on the forum that it's very unlikely these products will ever get metadata. Made "shopping" for those migrating artists very easy for me. (I do check, every now and then, whether someone migrated some older products that were once available in the store here, so that they have meta data and readme, but mostly I don't bother. There's a limit to DIY via Daz, lol.)

johnbuckeridge said:

barbult said:

johnbuckeridge said:

barbult said:

John posted a log file in another thread. (I suggested he post his problem here to get more eyes on it and keep UltraScenery issues in one thread.) The log shows this error:

2024-08-11 09:45:52.946 [INFO] :: Loaded image: usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: TypeError: Result of expression 'hf_app.ui.wWaterLevelAdjust' [undefined] is not an object.
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
	<anonymous>()@F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse:933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.683 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse

I searched that log file for the "usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png" file it says it is loading when the problem occurs. I found this line:
 

2024-08-11 06:17:50.232 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\1_67835\runtime\textures\howiefarkes\ultrascenery\plants\usc_grass_patch_01_512_diffuse.png", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 512x512x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

It appears that at some point in time, some UltraScenery files were installed with Daz Connect (from inside Daz Studio.) UltraScenery will not work with files installed with Daz Connect. Even if you later install them with DIM, that will not solve the problem. They must first be uninstalled from Daz Connect. @johnbuckeridge I think uninstalling all UltraScenery related products from Daz Connect is the first order of business to solve this problem. Then we can see if other problems still remain.

Edit: I don't know why the forum chose to make my pasted text white on black.

Good morning, Barbult.  I will try that, although currently having issues with my Microsoft cloud access.  Will report back. 

The Daz Connect "cloud" is a folder on your E drive, as shown in the log file message I highlighted. It is not located remotely; it is on your computer. Daz simply chose to name the folder "cloud" to totally confuse users  and it worked! The number of users confused about the Daz Connect cloud is about 90% of users IMHO. The Daz Connect "cloud" folder has nothing to do with a Microsoft cloud, unless you have allowed One Drive to offload folders from your E drive to One Drive and remove the files from your computer. 
If you look on your computer in E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud and the subfolders, do you see a bunch for folders and fi 

Hey Daz - that's cheating!  I come to the table fully pre-confused, lol.  No need to pile it on!  Right, so, little update for you.  I've now resolved my issues with logging into Daz studio.  I had, as I thought, purged my Daz Studio of all things Ultrascenery: switched to working offline first of all, then went into products and systematically deleted everything related, even the scenes I'd created with UScenery and closed Studio.  I also uninstalled everything on DIM.  Reinstalled everything again on DIM, restarted Studio, logged in and.... (drum roll, please) ...same result, same problems.  (Booo!)  

I can only imagine that I must have missed something in the purge.  I've also included a screenshot of how my newly installed UScenery products are looking in Smart Content: basically, as if I need to install them via Daz Connect, but I'm not listening to its siren song!

Thought it might be useful to post my latest log file - contains only information regarding my most recent - doomed! - attempt to build a scene. 

barbult said:

johnbuckeridge said:

barbult said:

John posted a log file in another thread. (I suggested he post his problem here to get more eyes on it and keep UltraScenery issues in one thread.) The log shows this error:

2024-08-11 09:45:52.946 [INFO] :: Loaded image: usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: TypeError: Result of expression 'hf_app.ui.wWaterLevelAdjust' [undefined] is not an object.
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
	<anonymous>()@F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse:933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.683 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse

I searched that log file for the "usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png" file it says it is loading when the problem occurs. I found this line:
 

2024-08-11 06:17:50.232 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\1_67835\runtime\textures\howiefarkes\ultrascenery\plants\usc_grass_patch_01_512_diffuse.png", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 512x512x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

It appears that at some point in time, some UltraScenery files were installed with Daz Connect (from inside Daz Studio.) UltraScenery will not work with files installed with Daz Connect. Even if you later install them with DIM, that will not solve the problem. They must first be uninstalled from Daz Connect. @johnbuckeridge I think uninstalling all UltraScenery related products from Daz Connect is the first order of business to solve this problem. Then we can see if other problems still remain.

Edit: I don't know why the forum chose to make my pasted text white on black.

Good morning, Barbult.  I will try that, although currently having issues with my Microsoft cloud access.  Will report back. 

The Daz Connect "cloud" is a folder on your E drive, as shown in the log file message I highlighted. It is not located remotely; it is on your computer. Daz simply chose to name the folder "cloud" to totally confuse users  and it worked! The number of users confused about the Daz Connect cloud is about 90% of users IMHO. The Daz Connect "cloud" folder has nothing to do with a Microsoft cloud, unless you have allowed One Drive to offload folders from your E drive to One Drive and remove the files from your computer. 
If you look on your computer in E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud and the subfolders, do you see a bunch for folders and fi 

Hey Daz - that's cheating!  I come to the table fully pre-confused, lol.  No need to pile it on!  Right, so, little update for you.  I've now resolved my issues with logging into Daz studio.  I had, as I thought, purged my Daz Studio of all things Ultrascenery: switched to working offline first of all, then went into products and systematically deleted everything related, even the scenes I'd created with UScenery and closed Studio.  I also uninstalled everything on DIM.  Reinstalled everything again on DIM, restarted Studio, logged in and.... (drum roll, please) ...same result, same problems.  (Booo!)  

I can only imagine that I must have missed something in the purge.  I've also included a screenshot of how my newly installed UScenery products are looking in Smart Content: basically, as if I need to install them via Daz Connect, but I'm not listening to its siren song!

johnbuckeridge said:

barbult said:

John posted a log file in another thread. (I suggested he post his problem here to get more eyes on it and keep UltraScenery issues in one thread.) The log shows this error:

2024-08-11 09:45:52.946 [INFO] :: Loaded image: usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: TypeError: Result of expression 'hf_app.ui.wWaterLevelAdjust' [undefined] is not an object.
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
	<anonymous>()@F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse:933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.683 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse

I searched that log file for the "usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png" file it says it is loading when the problem occurs. I found this line:
 

2024-08-11 06:17:50.232 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\1_67835\runtime\textures\howiefarkes\ultrascenery\plants\usc_grass_patch_01_512_diffuse.png", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 512x512x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

It appears that at some point in time, some UltraScenery files were installed with Daz Connect (from inside Daz Studio.) UltraScenery will not work with files installed with Daz Connect. Even if you later install them with DIM, that will not solve the problem. They must first be uninstalled from Daz Connect. @johnbuckeridge I think uninstalling all UltraScenery related products from Daz Connect is the first order of business to solve this problem. Then we can see if other problems still remain.

Edit: I don't know why the forum chose to make my pasted text white on black.

Good morning, Barbult.  I will try that, although currently having issues with my Microsoft cloud access.  Will report back. 

The Daz Connect "cloud" is a folder on your E drive, as shown in the log file message I highlighted. It is not located remotely; it is on your computer. Daz simply chose to name the folder "cloud" to totally confuse users  and it worked! The number of users confused about the Daz Connect cloud is about 90% of users IMHO. The Daz Connect "cloud" folder has nothing to do with a Microsoft cloud, unless you have allowed One Drive to offload folders from your E drive to One Drive and remove the files from your computer. 
If you look on your computer in E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud and the subfolders, do you see a bunch for folders and files?

barbult said:

John posted a log file in another thread. (I suggested he post his problem here to get more eyes on it and keep UltraScenery issues in one thread.) The log shows this error:

2024-08-11 09:45:52.946 [INFO] :: Loaded image: usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: TypeError: Result of expression 'hf_app.ui.wWaterLevelAdjust' [undefined] is not an object.
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
	<anonymous>()@F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse:933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.683 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse

I searched that log file for the "usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png" file it says it is loading when the problem occurs. I found this line:
 

2024-08-11 06:17:50.232 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\1_67835\runtime\textures\howiefarkes\ultrascenery\plants\usc_grass_patch_01_512_diffuse.png", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 512x512x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

It appears that at some point in time, some UltraScenery files were installed with Daz Connect (from inside Daz Studio.) UltraScenery will not work with files installed with Daz Connect. Even if you later install them with DIM, that will not solve the problem. They must first be uninstalled from Daz Connect. @johnbuckeridge I think uninstalling all UltraScenery related products from Daz Connect is the first order of business to solve this problem. Then we can see if other problems still remain.

Edit: I don't know why the forum chose to make my pasted text white on black.

Good morning, Barbult.  I will try that, although currently having issues with my Microsoft cloud access.  Will report back. 

It's really a good topic which is worth a dive-in.... First, I didn't think baking mesh maps would be relevant to OP's case when using Genesis figures in Pt. Then I wonder how PAs handle this task while painting whatever textures on G8 / G9.. so as to get seamless texuture maps. I really don't think they have to deal with baking mesh map... high / low poly relevance in such cases when working with G8/G9 ~~ Even if it's a must at the end of the day, can it work for the designated tile(s) and eventually bring us great results ... ?

Edit: I used V8.1 from Daz Originals for a comparison,  as expected, the blurry issues are obviously seen...(ss1 ~ 3) I recalled we discussed the similar "seam issue" in another thread in Tech sub-forum last month ~~ so I'm lost. How to explain such things ?

Edit2: Even on V9 HD, the same issue has been found... (ss4)  Besides, these blurry issues can also be clearly seen in Texture Shaded drawstyle.

John posted a log file in another thread. (I suggested he post his problem here to get more eyes on it and keep UltraScenery issues in one thread.) The log shows this error:

2024-08-11 09:45:52.946 [INFO] :: Loaded image: usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: TypeError: Result of expression 'hf_app.ui.wWaterLevelAdjust' [undefined] is not an object.
2024-08-11 09:48:41.674 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
	<anonymous>()@F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse:933
2024-08-11 09:48:41.683 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: F:/DAZ TRANSFER/My DAZ 3D Library/environments/landscapes/ultrascenery/ultrascenecreator.dse

I searched that log file for the "usc_grass_patch_02_512_diffuse.png" file it says it is loading when the problem occurs. I found this line:
 

2024-08-11 06:17:50.232 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO ::   1.0   IMAGE  io   info : Loading image "E:\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\1_67835\runtime\textures\howiefarkes\ultrascenery\plants\usc_grass_patch_01_512_diffuse.png", no selector, pixel type "Rgb", 512x512x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.

It appears that at some point in time, some UltraScenery files were installed with Daz Connect (from inside Daz Studio.) UltraScenery will not work with files installed with Daz Connect. Even if you later install them with DIM, that will not solve the problem. They must first be uninstalled from Daz Connect. @johnbuckeridge I think uninstalling all UltraScenery related products from Daz Connect is the first order of business to solve this problem. Then we can see if other problems still remain.

Edit: I don't know why the forum chose to make my pasted text white on black.

 

@Gordig While this forum is certainly focused on visual media I would bet many artists, myself included, would list artists from other areas. I am very influenced by music, TV/movies, books, and even fashion and the world around me to a degree. Thanks for posting!

 

@BlueFingers Those are great images! Saidge42 is another on my list as well.