I recently purchased and installed the HeadShop 1-Click plugin. (Daz 4.9 Win64). It seemd to work as advertised until I go to adjust the autodots. None of the dots will move from their starting positions. Any idea what's going wrong?

Check out if you have set a different TEMP Folder in DAZ Studio than he Default TEMP Folder. I've found that this causes the "missing model" error, as DS writes the object into the folder specified in Preferences, while Headshop looks under te default location. Perhaps that is what causes your problem, too?

Yes, thank you, I found that a bit later and reported it just above. 

However, this condition is certainly his problem not my problem.

Is he having trouble figuring out to pass the temp path from the plugin to the exe? There are oh so many ways you could try to do this correctly, e,g.

1. set as a "command line" parameter to the process constructed for the exe
2. write to the environment of the new process before starting the exe
3. write to the common environment before creating the process for the exe
4. write to your own unique new key in the registry
5. plugin write to a temp file with a hard-coded name in the system temp directory, exe to read file using same hc name
6. plugin etches path on a stone tablet with a laser and exe reads it back using webcam and OCR
7. installer to ask the user to tell you about it at install time [weak, because it resists change]
8. exe to ask the user to locate the model in temp dir instead of just whining about "not found" and failing
9. exe to have a "settings" menu option and keep track in any of the myriad ways available only to it
10. plugin calls a dll passing the path, dll retains in shared memory, exe retrieves with another call
11. ...

There are SO MANY WAYS to do this right.  As a retired sw dev executive with one-time responsibility for software engineering, software QA, and personally release go/no-go decisions on six and seven figure software deliverables, I personally would find it difficult to excuse myself if I released software in the condition this is now.  

That said, the innovation of auto-locating the points seems to me to very useful and an impressive advance.  Even if I discard the texture the process seems to yield an altered face that could pass as a sibling of the source and that can be different from the generic perfect Genesis faces in ways that may be interesting.

In summary:

1. OneClick works without problems for all users who installed DAZ Studio in the default location, which is c: drive. 

2. OneClick works for those who have their content on other drives as long as their User folder is in the c:drive. Inside the User folder are two important temp files that OneClick uses:

In Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ Library/Runtime/FaceShop/fs are temp files OneClick needs to pick up texture and morph information

In Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Abalone/HeadShop ditto.

Also: Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/FaceShop (see picture)

In conclusion: If you want OneClick to work properly in a non-default Studio installation, the answer is to create a new c; Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ Library/Runtime folder on your c: drive. Place 2 folder inside: Runtime/FaceShop and People/Genesis 2 Male (and Gen 2 Female, Gen 3 Female etc.). This setup will work - I just replicated and tested. Just ammended my note with another thing that needs to be on c: (Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/FaceShop)

 

 

I surely DID accept the defaults for the DAZ library / runtime location when I installed, but the paths DO NOT match what you specified.  [I checked a second machine where I know I did a "quick" install of DS and it is the same]: I have C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library and under that .\People with all the Genesis 2 Female etc; and also .\Runtime with Geometries, Textures etc. under it but your installer did not create any FaceShop directory.

Please review what you typed above and say if you may really mean paths like this C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library which is what my installations defaulted to, I am CERTAIN that *I* did not type in any extra "3D" in that path.

 

Check out if you have set a different TEMP Folder in DAZ Studio than he Default TEMP Folder. I've found that this causes the "missing model" error, as DS writes the object into the folder specified in Preferences, while Headshop looks under te default location. Perhaps that is what causes your problem, too?

Sorry to be stubborn but.....in your clooney example, the problem of the head's angling upward is present.

In the oriental and child's head it is not.

So...there must be a way to angle the figure head to face directly forward and not upward.

Is it the set up of the figure in DAZ, or am I missing a dial?

Thank you for your patience

Current version of OneClick (or HeadShop) only rotates heads horizontally. This is why thenprogram asks for straight on photos and not photos that look down or to the side. The illustrations you are refering to were rendered in DAZ Studio, where heads rotate in all axes.

Please see some of the previous comments reagrding this issue. Basically HeadShop looks at files in locations on c: drive

In summary:

1. OneClick works without problems for all users who installed DAZ Studio in the default location, which is c: drive. 

2. OneClick works for those who have their content on other drives as long as their User folder is in the c:drive. Inside the User folder are two important temp files that OneClick uses:

In Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ Library/Runtime/FaceShop/fs are temp files OneClick needs to pick up texture and morph information

In Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Abalone/HeadShop ditto.

Also: Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/FaceShop (see picture)

In conclusion: If you want OneClick to work properly in a non-default Studio installation, the answer is to create a new c; Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ Library/Runtime folder on your c: drive. Place 2 folder inside: Runtime/FaceShop and People/Genesis 2 Male (and Gen 2 Female, Gen 3 Female etc.). This setup will work - I just replicated and tested. Just ammended my note with another thing that needs to be on c: (Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/FaceShop)

 

I surely DID accept the defaults for the DAZ library / runtime location when I installed, but the paths DO NOT match what you specified.  [I checked a second machine where I know I did a "quick" install of DS and it is the same]: I have C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library and under that .\People with all the Genesis 2 Female etc; and also .\Runtime with Geometries, Textures etc. under it but your installer did not create any FaceShop directory.

Please review what you typed above and say if you may really mean paths like this C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library which is what my installations defaulted to, I am CERTAIN that *I* did not type in any extra "3D" in that path.

OK I've bought this product and installed it but it just will not show in DAZ 3D UI, I've checked and re-checked, I've uninstalled and re-installed and there is no way I can get 'OneClick' to appear anywhere in DAZ.

I've browsed to my programe folder and everything seems to be there that would suggest 'OneClick' has installed and I've also checked and re-checked that I am installing the correct (64bit) version for my DAZ Studio but still no way will this product show up in any of the menus.

 

Any ideas please ?

You may also start under Help/About Installed Plugins. If you see it there, it should also show up under the Edit/Start HeadShop

That isn't going to work either I'm afraid because it's also not showing in Installed Plugins.

Had some problems when downloading this program through downloader manger, wouldnt work so I downloaded it manually. Still couldnt get it to work so I contacted Laslo via email then skype, he helped me get it running. I like the plugin alot. Thanks Laslo.

I checked the installation as suggested earlier and the HeadShop OneClick files are in the places they belong

Still, after I select an image file I get a display with the points shown on the face but an error message "Daz model not found."

This happens whether I use Gen2 or Gen3.

DAZ Studio is installed and in working condition.

What is your problem and can you tell me how to get past it? 

 

PS I obliterated some details in the attached image.

Please see some of the previous comments reagrding this issue. Basically HeadShop looks at files in locations on c: drive

In summary:

1. OneClick works without problems for all users who installed DAZ Studio in the default location, which is c: drive. 

2. OneClick works for those who have their content on other drives as long as their User folder is in the c:drive. Inside the User folder are two important temp files that OneClick uses:

In Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ Library/Runtime/FaceShop/fs are temp files OneClick needs to pick up texture and morph information

In Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Abalone/HeadShop ditto.

Also: Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/FaceShop (see picture)

In conclusion: If you want OneClick to work properly in a non-default Studio installation, the answer is to create a new c; Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ Library/Runtime folder on your c: drive. Place 2 folder inside: Runtime/FaceShop and People/Genesis 2 Male (and Gen 2 Female, Gen 3 Female etc.). This setup will work - I just replicated and tested. Just ammended my note with another thing that needs to be on c: (Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/FaceShop)

I checked the installation as suggested earlier and the HeadShop OneClick files are in the places they belong

Still, after I select an image file I get a display with the points shown on the face but an error message "Daz model not found."

This happens whether I use Gen2 or Gen3.

DAZ Studio is installed and in working condition.

What is your problem and can you tell me how to get past it? 

PS I obliterated some details in the attached image.

OK I've bought this product and installed it but it just will not show in DAZ 3D UI, I've checked and re-checked, I've uninstalled and re-installed and there is no way I can get 'OneClick' to appear anywhere in DAZ.

I've browsed to my programe folder and everything seems to be there that would suggest 'OneClick' has installed and I've also checked and re-checked that I am installing the correct (64bit) version for my DAZ Studio but still no way will this product show up in any of the menus.

 

Any ideas please ?

You may also start under Help/About Installed Plugins. If you see it there, it should also show up under the Edit/Start HeadShop

It should be under the edit tab (Edit > Start Headshop)

 

Yeah, its the vert mismatch that's my issue. It looks like headshop exports a head obj, not the full figure, which obviously means importing manually will mistmatch since nearly all of the body is missing. There must be something headshop is doing under the hood to facilitate this, but unfortunately the pipeline just isn't working for me. I'm normally quite good at working around these issues, even reverse engineering them, but this one has me stumped. Everything is installed correctly, all the folders are in the right place, but still Geo mistmatching no matter the res nor source. Hopefully op can drop in at some point and sherlock the problem.

Actually HeadShop exports the whole figure. However, it was not built to manually match and morph but as a plugin (you are right when assuming that we do stuff under the hood.). 

My suggestion is to go with the flow and use OneClick as intended - as a plugin. 

Well that's the problem, it's not working at all at the moment. Everything is installed correctly but i'm still getting vertex mismatch. I'm using the default install location, all of the user files (including temp folder) are in the right place and i'm still getting vert mistmatch. Headshop is even exporting to the correct directory (temp folder) but it's still not loading the morph. Any ideas?

Have you tried different figures, like Genesis 3, instead of 2? Please send me an email to [email protected] to set up a skype techsupport ASAP.

 

Yeah, its the vert mismatch that's my issue. It looks like headshop exports a head obj, not the full figure, which obviously means importing manually will mistmatch since nearly all of the body is missing. There must be something headshop is doing under the hood to facilitate this, but unfortunately the pipeline just isn't working for me. I'm normally quite good at working around these issues, even reverse engineering them, but this one has me stumped. Everything is installed correctly, all the folders are in the right place, but still Geo mistmatching no matter the res nor source. Hopefully op can drop in at some point and sherlock the problem.

Actually HeadShop exports the whole figure. However, it was not built to manually match and morph but as a plugin (you are right when assuming that we do stuff under the hood.). 

My suggestion is to go with the flow and use OneClick as intended - as a plugin. 

Well that's the problem, it's not working at all at the moment. Everything is installed correctly but i'm still getting vertex mismatch. I'm using the default install location, all of the user files (including temp folder) are in the right place and i'm still getting vert mistmatch. Headshop is even exporting to the correct directory (temp folder) but it's still not loading the morph. Any ideas?

 

Yeah, its the vert mismatch that's my issue. It looks like headshop exports a head obj, not the full figure, which obviously means importing manually will mistmatch since nearly all of the body is missing. There must be something headshop is doing under the hood to facilitate this, but unfortunately the pipeline just isn't working for me. I'm normally quite good at working around these issues, even reverse engineering them, but this one has me stumped. Everything is installed correctly, all the folders are in the right place, but still Geo mistmatching no matter the res nor source. Hopefully op can drop in at some point and sherlock the problem.

Actually HeadShop exports the whole figure. However, it was not built to manually match and morph but as a plugin (you are right when assuming that we do stuff under the hood.). 

My suggestion is to go with the flow and use OneClick as intended - as a plugin. 

Has anyone solved the vertex count mismatch thing? I get that there's a whole drama around directories, but even when i try and manually import the obj that headshop kicked out, i still get vertex count mismatch? I've exported at base rez and subD, to no avail. Anyone solved this riddle?

Edit: Cancel that, it looks like headshop is exporting just the head, and there is more trickery under the hood. Are people still getting mistmatch issues with default install directories? Is it alternate content directories that are the issue?

The default directory issue seems to be limited to the TEMP folder setting inside DAZ Studio. If that TEMP folder setting is anywhere else but the default, HS will not find the head it creates, as that is stored in the TEMP folder specified in the Studio parameter settings. Once reset the TEMP to default, HS will work without having to move around content and create empty folders. 

How very strange. I have the default c drive temp folder (C:\Users\Andy\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp\FaceShop), and faceshop is actually outputting files to it. I still get the vertex mismatch for some reason though. In-fact, digging around the thread and looking at what faceshop is actually doing, i have all the folders it requires in the correct position, but still no dice.

Oh, sorry, that was a misunderstanding, then. I thought you were referring to the earlier error with the missing object, not the vertices one. That, I don't know anything about, sorry.

Yeah, its the vert mismatch that's my issue. It looks like headshop exports a head obj, not the full figure, which obviously means importing manually will mistmatch since nearly all of the body is missing. There must be something headshop is doing under the hood to facilitate this, but unfortunately the pipeline just isn't working for me. I'm normally quite good at working around these issues, even reverse engineering them, but this one has me stumped. Everything is installed correctly, all the folders are in the right place, but still Geo mistmatching no matter the res nor source. Hopefully op can drop in at some point and sherlock the problem.

Has anyone solved the vertex count mismatch thing? I get that there's a whole drama around directories, but even when i try and manually import the obj that headshop kicked out, i still get vertex count mismatch? I've exported at base rez and subD, to no avail. Anyone solved this riddle?

Edit: Cancel that, it looks like headshop is exporting just the head, and there is more trickery under the hood. Are people still getting mistmatch issues with default install directories? Is it alternate content directories that are the issue?

The default directory issue seems to be limited to the TEMP folder setting inside DAZ Studio. If that TEMP folder setting is anywhere else but the default, HS will not find the head it creates, as that is stored in the TEMP folder specified in the Studio parameter settings. Once reset the TEMP to default, HS will work without having to move around content and create empty folders. 

How very strange. I have the default c drive temp folder (C:\Users\Andy\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp\FaceShop), and faceshop is actually outputting files to it. I still get the vertex mismatch for some reason though. In-fact, digging around the thread and looking at what faceshop is actually doing, i have all the folders it requires in the correct position, but still no dice.

Oh, sorry, that was a misunderstanding, then. I thought you were referring to the earlier error with the missing object, not the vertices one. That, I don't know anything about, sorry.

Hello,

I had an error when work is finish and trying to transfer it in daz by closing headshop :

"HeadShop closed before it could create the necessary files .."

What can I do to solve this issue ?

 

Don't just close Headshop. In the upper left corner of Headshop click on file > export

Hello,

I had an error when work is finish and trying to transfer it in daz by closing headshop :

"HeadShop closed before it could create the necessary files .."

What can I do to solve this issue ?

Has anyone solved the vertex count mismatch thing? I get that there's a whole drama around directories, but even when i try and manually import the obj that headshop kicked out, i still get vertex count mismatch? I've exported at base rez and subD, to no avail. Anyone solved this riddle?

Edit: Cancel that, it looks like headshop is exporting just the head, and there is more trickery under the hood. Are people still getting mistmatch issues with default install directories? Is it alternate content directories that are the issue?

The default directory issue seems to be limited to the TEMP folder setting inside DAZ Studio. If that TEMP folder setting is anywhere else but the default, HS will not find the head it creates, as that is stored in the TEMP folder specified in the Studio parameter settings. Once reset the TEMP to default, HS will work without having to move around content and create empty folders. 

How very strange. I have the default c drive temp folder (C:\Users\Andy\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp\FaceShop), and faceshop is actually outputting files to it. I still get the vertex mismatch for some reason though. In-fact, digging around the thread and looking at what faceshop is actually doing, i have all the folders it requires in the correct position, but still no dice.

Has anyone solved the vertex count mismatch thing? I get that there's a whole drama around directories, but even when i try and manually import the obj that headshop kicked out, i still get vertex count mismatch? I've exported at base rez and subD, to no avail. Anyone solved this riddle?

Edit: Cancel that, it looks like headshop is exporting just the head, and there is more trickery under the hood. Are people still getting mistmatch issues with default install directories? Is it alternate content directories that are the issue?

The default directory issue seems to be limited to the TEMP folder setting inside DAZ Studio. If that TEMP folder setting is anywhere else but the default, HS will not find the head it creates, as that is stored in the TEMP folder specified in the Studio parameter settings. Once reset the TEMP to default, HS will work without having to move around content and create empty folders.