Hi anyone has any idea where to buy a puppy dog for daz? I looked in the forum/store and apparently there was a "Millenium Dog/Puppy" but only the LE version is available now for sale, all other packs are nowhere to be found + seems very old but still if I literally have no other choise I'd take it, but I also searched some other stores and there's no way to buy it...
I'm looking for a puppy that isn't benji basically: a puppy that can be a wolf, a german shepherd, a husky - not a labrador.

Is there anything of sort on the internte left? :( Thank you!!!

I wonder if DAZ might be able to look at one or two bits of appropriate additional info to generate a default setting rather than the default assumption that everyone is a child and needs to be protected.

I am most definitely old enough to see 'Mature' content, as evidenced that I have been a registered forum member for 21 years. Surely that is one piece of info that should be used to generate a default value for the tickbox? I can't be a child or I'd have registered before being born. And the fact it's not been an issue with me in the previous 21 years should also be considered. Can the people who generate these settings not think a little harder in the first place?

Regards,

Richard.

Richard, in comparison the bi weekly freebies are for only 2 weeks, where as this is 6 months, you don't have to pay any money to take advantage of this offer. You're also not taking into consideration that when people want freebies, they go to the freebies forum, not here, My thread has basically just been buried.

Time-limited free access promotions for a commercial application generally are moved, or removed - and in this case the free access promotion is part of a graphics challenge, hence moving it to Art Studio. Temp freebies have their own thread. Full threads in the Freebies forum are meant to be for items that will be free for an extended/indefinite period.

You do realize that's a hypicritcal statement. If those are the guidelines, then all threads related to getting the Daz program and all temporary freeibes should also be moved to this forum and not be in the Freebies Forum and Commons Forum..

I have [the NVIDIA MDL Example] this set of shaders. I have no idea where they came from, they aren't listed in purchased products, in the general shop (near as I can tell) - nor is therr a file in my folder of stuff I got elsewhere that I installed in my "DAZ installed" folder. They are a total mystery to me. Thing is, until a recent update they worked in Studio. Now they don't. The change the diffuse to plain white and convert the surface to a format I've never seen before. I am wondering if anyone else knows what this is, why it's not working, and if I can fix it.

2nd question. While trying to search through shaders to see if I can find this one somehow I came across a bunch of stuff that is being blocked by a mature filter. I'm 61, I think I can handle a mature image or two. Is there a way to turn that filter off? I cannot for example look at most of the mannequin bundle for G9.

vwrangler said:

Well ... I'll try to get this to you at some point later today or early tomorrow, but at this point, the forum server isn't letting me paste in the log text, and if I try to upload it as either a TXT or a zip file, I get "failed to write file to disk". Is there's some other way you'd like me to try to get the information to you?

For what it's worth, it failed again in exactly the same way. Weird thing is, if I'm understanding the log file correctly, it seems to think it's worked. And in fact it seems to have partially worked, I think; in the data directory, under Sixus1, there's an "Operation Arrowhead (Cv)" directory that seems to have been created yesterday and was updated today. There are subdirectories, and DSF files in those directories. It's created the user-facing directory in the Content Library side as well, but it's completely failed to make any front-facing DUFs or icons.

EDIT, 3/11, 1:05AM: The forum finally let me upload the zip file with the log.

The script definitely crashed:

2024-03-10 15:51:23.080 [WARNING] :: \src\sdksource\general\dzscript.cpp(1189): Unhandled error while executing script.
2024-03-10 15:51:23.080 [WARNING] :: QScriptEngine::popContext() doesn't match with pushContext()

Unfortunately, that is not telling me what crashed.  The good news is that I do have the "Operation Arrowhead Spy Kit for Genesis 8 Female" so I can see if I can reproduce the error on my system.

Moved to the Commons as it is not a Daz Studio application topic, closed as there is already a thread on the ads in forum and gallery https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/674796/gallery-ads-popups#latest

All of a sudden when I come to the forum I get adds across the top and bottom of the forum window. They were never there before. Is this something new or is it just me seeing these things? — I don’t want to click on the little “x” in their corner for fear that might install something bad.

I am following a tutorial on how to make a shirt. I used GoZ to send my Ogre HD from DAZ to ZBrush. I then made a shirt by masking off the shirt location on his body and then converted the mask into polygroups, etc.

After doing some detailing on the shirt, I decided to test it on the Ogre in DAZ (using GoZ). At first it look OK though for some reason there were a few poke-throughs on his upper back (which were not there in ZBrush). But when I did the Transfer Utility on the shirt - it blew up. No matter what I did, it blew up.

I don’t know why but the forum won’t upload my picts. So let me describe the blowup. It is like the Ogre jumped from some place high and the air was caught in the shirt ballooning it up over his head and out from his body. The Ogre’s arms dropped below the arm holes and created two new holes.

What am I doing wrong?

I previously posted a question like this in the wrong sub-forum, so this time I'm making a dedicated thread to ask about background products I'd like to track down. In this case, I was wondering about a space dock used on the March Madness page from this week (attached since I could not find a linkable version of the image). I went through all of the sci-fi environments and did not see a good match, so it might be 3rd party or something kit-bashed by whoever made the promo renders. If you recognize it, I'd love to hear about it.

Maybe it's all these ads.  There are three places for them on the forum pages.  When you add that much to a page all at once, it increases the possibility of problems.  Or, maybe the hamster has gone on vacation.

vwrangler said:

Not sure if this is the right place for it, but the forum server seems to be flaking out again. I tried to paste a part of a log file into the RSSY Clothing Converter G8-G9 thread, and the server returned an "Internal Server 500" error, I'm guessing because of the length of the text or because it didn't know what to do with the angle brackets even when I used the "computer code" style option. I then tried uploading it as a TXT and a ZIP file attachment, and got a "failed to write file to disk" message. Sounds vaguely like the forum is running out of space in its allocation, or something like that.

Regular JPG images won't upload now either. It is stuck in "Uploading".  Are we back to having to get up in the middle of the night to upload to the forums?

Anyone know the character used in the main promo at HairStudio's Sleek and Wet Short Hair product?

Thanks!

Not sure if this is the right place for it, but the forum server seems to be flaking out again. I tried to paste a part of a log file into the RSSY Clothing Converter G8-G9 thread, and the server returned an "Internal Server 500" error, I'm guessing because of the length of the text or because it didn't know what to do with the angle brackets even when I used the "computer code" style option. I then tried uploading it as a TXT and a ZIP file attachment, and got a "failed to write file to disk" message. Sounds vaguely like the forum is running out of space in its allocation, or something like that.

Well ... I'll try to get this to you at some point later today or early tomorrow, but at this point, the forum server isn't letting me paste in the log text, and if I try to upload it as either a TXT or a zip file, I get "failed to write file to disk". Is there's some other way you'd like me to try to get the information to you?

For what it's worth, it failed again in exactly the same way. Weird thing is, if I'm understanding the log file correctly, it seems to think it's worked. And in fact it seems to have partially worked, I think; in the data directory, under Sixus1, there's an "Operation Arrowhead (Cv)" directory that seems to have been created yesterday and was updated today. There are subdirectories, and DSF files in those directories. It's created the user-facing directory in the Content Library side as well, but it's completely failed to make any front-facing DUFs or icons.

EDIT, 3/11, 1:05AM: The forum finally let me upload the zip file with the log.

Torquinox said:

It seems the conversation has drifted a bit from the OP's first post. The OP wants to give free advertising to specific assets and vendors. That's pretty generous, actually. I've not seen that done in that way. I've seen ads in comics before, mostly for little sets of military toys, x-ray goggles, sea monkeys. I doubt the OP would get thown out of the club for doing that, but it might not be the best use of space in the actual product. Some comics include character plates and development notes with more information about the production. Is that something customers want to pay see in an unknown production? Might be better as content in promotion pages on web sites or social media - One can talk about it, but not make it part of the product.

Torquinox,

No doubt, as frank0314 mentioned above, the shout out to PAs would be a big boon. I'm all for supporting the PAs, so for this reason alone I think the OP's idea is a good one.

You mention: "Is that something customers want to pay see in an unknown production?" I think back-of-the-book production notes is a tried and true way to generate buzz. Along with excerpts of script drafts, or early sketches, fans would see that portfolio as an indication of the depth in the comic production, something they'd appreciate.

Now it goes without saying that the jury is still out with regards to 3D art style. Seeing that the OP didn't provide any sample art involving a 3D workflow, we can't weigh in on whether the Daz-association would hurt or not. But as it's been discussed before in other threads on the Daz Forum, there's a growing acceptance of 3D in comics. At the very least we can assume that anyone who pays for the OP's work isn't so prejudiced against a 3D art style. They are self-selected patrons, so to speak.

Bottom line: there's little to lose and there's more to gain.

Cheers!

sharky3412 said:

This is what i get when i try to save a scene.  i already have a duf file under scene directory but when i try to replace it or even change the name of current scene, this is what i get from log.  Am i doing something wrong?

2022-08-27 05:10:42.956 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileoutput\dzassetoutfile.cpp(656): File could not be opened.
2022-08-27 05:10:47.902 [INFO] :: Failed to save a file. See the log for more details.
2022-08-27 05:10:57.704 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00408 iterations after 219.038s.
2022-08-27 05:11:19.131 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00448 iterations after 240.466s.
2022-08-27 05:11:42.773 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00492 iterations after 264.109s.
2022-08-27 05:11:59.762 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileoutput\dzassetoutfile.cpp(656): File could not be opened.
2022-08-27 05:12:06.438 [INFO] :: Failed to save a file. See the log for more details.
2022-08-27 05:12:09.076 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00541 iterations after 290.411s.
2022-08-27 05:12:32.968 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileoutput\dzassetoutfile.cpp(656): File could not be opened.
2022-08-27 05:12:35.582 [INFO] :: Failed to save a file. See the log for more details.
2022-08-27 05:12:37.955 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00595 iterations after 319.290s.
2022-08-27 05:12:53.821 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileoutput\dzassetoutfile.cpp(656): File could not be opened.
2022-08-27 05:12:57.894 [INFO] :: Failed to save a file. See the log for more details.
2022-08-27 05:13:09.649 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER ::   1.0   IRAY   rend progr: Received update to 00654 iterations after 350.984s.

I had this EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I also found the likely solution! 

Recently, I turned on Windows 10 Ransomware Protection. This security system restricts access to My Documents as well as many other folder. It can even affect your video game save files. If you turned on Ransomeware Protection (or if it was somehow turned on accidentally), then this solution should work for you.

In order to fix it,

1. Go to your Ransomware Protection settings.
2. Click the button " + Add an allow app" 
3. Select "Recently blocked apps" from the drop-down menu.
4. Daz3D should show up. Select that App.
5. Try saving your file again. It should now work.

I tried to attach an image of the screen, but Daz's Forum isn't working properly.

(I'm not exactly new here, but I'm still barely past the tinkering stage in using Daz Studio. Please bear with me.)

I am trying to make a book coverusing a rendered inage from Daz Studio and some text and postwork in GIMP. (I have already made 2 previous covers in the last couple weeks.)

However this one is kind of unusual in that I have resorted to using primative planes to hide parts of objects / characters so that the overall perspective of the cover matches the other one in this series. See image of the test render (not fully converged). OK forum not cooperative, see link to image at bottom of post.

So the issue I am having is that there are 3 vertical planes dividing up the objects in the scene, a front, middle, and back. However as you can see, some parts of the planes appear as different shades of brown even though I used the same color values on all of them.

I suspect it may be shadows or possibly even reflections of the light from the default Daz HDRI I am using hitting the backs of the planes.

So I guess my real question is would it probably be easier to render the scene as several seperate renders and try to combine them in GIMP as layers? I have only started using GIMP a couple weeks ago, and have no real previous art or photography experience (apart from tinkering with Daz Studio on and off for a few years).

https://www.deviantart.com/spencerhartwriter/art/Fire-in-the-Andes-concept-test-6-1030097868

Hi! Any help in identifying these two outfits in THIS and THIS promos? Tried to search for viking and warrior in the store and found a bunch but not these specific two. Thanks!