namtar3d said:

I installed a virtual machine on Windows 11 to run the Carrara plugin and Octane Render. It seems to have a lot of compatibility issues with Windows 11.

The last GPU supported by that plugin is the RTX 20xx.

In any case, the virtual machine has a lot of issues with camera control. The only viable solution seems to be to run Carrara on my old PC.

well that alone is a good reason for me to stay on Win10, I use Octane with my 2080Ti and then apparently then that's as good as it gets  

I installed a virtual machine on Windows 11 to run the Carrara plugin and Octane Render. It seems to have a lot of compatibility issues with Windows 11.

The last GPU supported by that plugin is the RTX 20xx.

In any case, the virtual machine has a lot of issues with camera control. The only viable solution seems to be to run Carrara on my old PC.

ed3D said:

Stezza said:

I only used the stone shaders that come with Carrara...  

but I'll check tomorrow... it's footy time now 

+ 1   Very Nice 

_   and what is  Footy Time  ??   Thanx 

Rabbitohs is my team in the NRL ( National Rugby League ) we had a win against the Tigers  

LoL. Makes that building look small. Where's King Kong? Right now I seem to be torture testing Carrara. We will see how it goes! Looking a bit scary. Seriously, taking Carrara forever to import this lamh obj, OMG!

Welcome @Rafael!
Indeed (pull culling is OK), I do that when I have Poser and DS versions "still in some cases" in the list, or when you pull something that yout hough you had deleted, ike a Carrara or Bryce item.

 

ed3D said:

And 

 ..  would at least look at these  _  even if  you dont buy one they are worth a look

+ Thanx

Yes, some pretty good markdowns there.  I have used Dells in the past and had pretty good luck.  But years ago I had a machine custom built by a local vendor and have been doing that ever since.  The machine I'm typing on is eight years old (Intel i7 7700K) and runs great.  My newest (!) machine is five years old (AMD Ryzen 9 3900, 12 core 24 thread), runs Carrara really nicely.  In many cases, render time is under 5 seconds per frame 1290x720.  So I'm probably going a similar route again, with a newer AMD CPU.  Besides great performance, another advantage is no bloatware.  

Stezza said:

I only used the stone shaders that come with Carrara...  

but I'll check tomorrow... it's footy time now 

+ 1   Very Nice 

_   and what is  Footy Time  ??   Thanx 

Stezza said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I noticed a for educational use for Carrara users note, does that mean no obj exports for DAZ studio etc 

dunno if DS will like it but give it a go if you want  

I will try getting those Aurelio sets into Carrara first, at least the materials will be easier to set up, Twinmotion is a nightmare for materials on DAZ exports, so frustrating as the duf files actually load nicely set up already but unsaveable, just did a quick animated render in Carrara using Octane now, will populate it later

 

hardly touches my VRAM for Octane so great resource saver, had to duplicate as replicate gave too many gap issues but if I add more decimal points might be able to fix that

WendyLuvsCatz said:

thanks, added to my Stezza folder

too late sadly for my Twinmotion video, could have used them, my background buildings rather sad (Twinmotion cube primatives with glass checkers)

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9174571/#Comment_9174571

BTW missing file, I found 2 image results for Stone 21 on my PC with Voidtools Everything and both completely different

 

I only used the stone shaders that come with Carrara...  

but I'll check tomorrow... it's footy time now 

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I noticed a for educational use for Carrara users note, does that mean no obj exports for DAZ studio etc 

dunno if DS will like it but give it a go if you want  

I noticed a for educational use for Carrara users note, does that mean no obj exports for DAZ studio etc 

video in Twinmotion, after much work 

Carrara loads so easy in comparison, these took 2 days

still want to get those other sets into Carrara, I have figured out the obj export for the earlier (not later) ones

select all, unparent in place, run instances to objects script in that order

later ones sadly instances still move to origin

lol... facade.... that's not a facade, this is a facade 

it's in the zip file for you to experiment with ( @Diomede ) 
the aircons look daggy, but hey... they're only a cube 

I duplicated the main one and deleted the fire escapes to give you two options if you want them.. 

have fun in Carrara and show us your facade renders 

 

 

Have not been able to run the ERC plugin since I removed it, keep getting Carrara crashing when I do ......

I was referring to the name of the Carrara modules that were throwing the error. If something causes a hang the others that follow may also then have issues. I was also wondering if you might have updated DS. I don't have enough info to see where this addon looks.I have seen plenty of problems with that posing system though. Unfortunately, this is where good error trapping is useful. This very thing was discussed about Blender recently. Did you try loading just that addon? I find the way the content is installed for C and DS can get a bit messy also. Is this ERC plugin available? My C 8.5P is pretty clean.
Many reported UEFI issues on W10. It does state internal windows functions were updated. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/microsoft-rolls-out-may-2025-windows-11-and-10-updates-with-new-ai-tools I found the plugin. https://carraracafe.com/fenrics-plugins-now-free/ I Will try to install it when I get a chance.
I did see where BunnyIP did post an issue with it in 2023? If it is runtime library related. Kinda looks that way. Those really can be a PITA.

I couldn't help it - I show a nipple or two in the video - only for less than a second though. But still, I can't post it here. 

I made a fun little video about my early experience with The Outlet Store and mention the value as a Carrara user. It's a fun little thing that I think you might enjoy:

(the suffix in the link is merely to take you to a specific part of the page)

Daz 3D Outlet Store ROCKS!!!

Oooookay, let's pretend I didn't say anything...
ERC in Carrara is NOT working again.
After 4-5 correct launches, Carrara started crashing again.
Removed ERC from the extensions again. Carrara works again. 

Ok, yesterday my Windows 10 decided to do another update.
So, today I tried to put back the ERC in carrara's extensions' folder and...
It's working again! No crashes or other problems anymore, at least on my machine.
So I definitely think this issue was just caused by some windows updates messing with themselves.
 

I didn't want tp start a new thread but all their sets are almost impossible to export to other software

obj or FBX

(iClone only exception I have had work)

because they explode if exported, cannot unparent parts with or without parenting in place

scripts like Instances to objects and Evrironment splitter result in a mess of scattered props

they actually load from the duf file in Carrara but cannot be saved

 https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/518936/aurelio-ny-city-buildings-sets-looks-fine-but-any-issues-in-carrara

I am just baffled

and now yet another issue...

I was actually content to use Mexico city in DAZ studio but all the parts are instanced and are no complete buildings I can save to use separately

(hence trying the environment splitter)

and just checked, same can load not save issue in Carrara which is a shame as I have a duplicate track instance placeholders trick I use there on instanced stuff which only has the master object as mesh

I can however import it albeit without instances, into Twinmotion

Daz 3D Outlet Store (NEW) has some CARRARA goodies up for grabs on the cheap!

Additionally, I always liked using legacy Genesis figures for Carrara. They work great and have a ton of support products available. I guess I just really like compatibility. That said, there's a ton of really nice Genesis/Genesis 2 assets in there - including some nice bundles!

    

   

    

 

There's a Lot More in there too!