List of some previous RRRR Contests

In the PC Members Only forum: 
RRRR Summer Edition ( 13 June 2012 - 15 July 2012) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/2065/
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/5053/

RRRR “Back to Reality / My Summer Memory (15 August 2012 - 23 September 2012) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/5759/
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/9315/

In The Commons: RRRR Commons Premiere (9 October 2012 - 18 November 2012) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/9325/
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/12867/

RRRR “Sayings” Contest (6 December 2012 - 31 December 2012) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/12867/
Entries-Only Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/12877/
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/15094/

RRRR Contest (18 January 2013 - 24 February 2013) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/15285/
Entries-Only Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/15307/
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/17908/

RRRR “April Fool” Contest (with “Mini” Contests) (21 March 2013 - 21 April 2013) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/19109/
Entries-Only Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/19108/ ;
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/21780/

RRRR Summer Contest (23 May 2013 - 4 August 2013) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/21780/
Entries-Only Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/22664/ ;
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/27864/

RRRR “Chain” Render Contest (15 September 2013 - 13 October 2013) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/29000/closed-rrrr-chain-render-contest/
Entries-Only Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/28997/ ;
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/31526/

RRRR “Chain” Render Contest - Round II (1 November 2013 - 1 December 2013) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/31615/
Entries-Only Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/31760/
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/33417/

RRRR “Story” Contest (4 December 2013 - 12 January 2014) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/33479/
Entries-Only Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/33478/ ;
Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/36407/

RRRR - One day in XXXs life Render Contest: 13 February 2014 - 16 Mars 2014) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/37042/
Entries only thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/37041/
Winners thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/39504/

RRRR Classic (19 May 2014 - 22 June 2014) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/41451/
Entries only/Winners; http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/9325/

RRRR Freak Accindents (15 July 2014 - 10 August 2014) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/43832/
Entries only/Winners: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/43830/

RRRR Back to renders ( 25 Aug 2014 - 28 September 2014) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45619/
Entries only/Winners: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/45617/

RRRR Things to do before you die ( 13 October 2014 - November 9 2014) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/47518/
Entries only/Winners: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/47517/

RRRR Unleashed (3 December 2014 - 11 January 2015) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/49497/
Entries only/Winners: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/49496/

RRRR Not on the screen ( 29 January 2015 - 1 March 2015) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/52007/
Entries only: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/52006/
Voting & winners: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/53400/

RRRR Just Random (25 March 2015 - 3 May 2015) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/54371/
Entries only thread and Winners: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/54370/

RRRR Unlikely Occupations (20 Jun 2015 - 2 August 2015 )   http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/56841/contest-rrrr-unlikely-occupations-with-prizes
Entries only thread:http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/56835/
Winners thread:http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/61494/rrrr-unlikely-occupations-winners-announced

RRRR Stupid is as stupid does (September 1 2015 - October 4 2015) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/61970/rrrr-stupid-is-as-stupid-does-render-contest-closed/
Entries thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/61969/rrrr-stupid-is-as-stupid-does-entries-only-thread
Winners thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/64971/rrrr-stupid-is-as-stupid-does-winners-announced

RRRR Murphy's Law (November 15 2015 - Sunday January 10 2016) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/66026/rrrr-murphy-s-law-render-contest-closed/
Entries Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/66025/rrrr-murphy-s-law-entries-only-thread
Winners thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/70820/rrrr-murphy-winners-announced

RRRR The sequel ( February 11 2016 to Sunday March 20 2016) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/71563/rrrr-the-sequel-render-contest-closed/
Entries Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/71562/rrrr-the-sequel-entries-only-thread
Winners thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/78321/rrrr-sequels-winners-announced

RRRR Story ( April 8 2016 to Sunday May 15 2016) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/78671/closed-rrrr-story-render-contest/p1 ;
Entries Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/78666/rrrr-story-contest-entries-only-thread ;
Winners thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/92406/rrrr-story-winners-announced

RRRR Twisted Lyrics (June 7 2016 to July 31 2016) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/92481/rrrr-twisted-lyrics-contest
Entries Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/92471/rrrr-twisted-lyrics-entries-only-thread
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/108966/rrrr-twisted-lyrics-winners-announced ;

RRRR What does it mean (September 11 2016 to October 30 2016) http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/112771/rrrr-what-does-it-mean-render-contest
Entries Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/112766/rrrr-what-does-it-mean-entries-only-thread
Winners Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/127361/rrrr-what-does-it-mean-winners-announced

RRRR Alternative Holidays Render Contest (November 17 2016 to January 15 2017)  http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/127526/closed-rrrr-alternative-holidays-render-contest
Entries Thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/127521/rrrr-alternate-holidays-entries-only-thread
Winners Thread:  http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/147326/rrrr-alternative-holidays-winners-announced

RRRR - It could be true - 5th anniversary contest (February 20 -2017 to Sunday April 2 2017): https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/149891/rrrr-it-could-be-true-5th-anniversary-contest
Entries Thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/149886/rrrr-it-could-be-true-entries-only-thread
Winners Thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/167426/rrrr-it-could-be-true-winners-announced

RRRR A long time ago or Far far away Contest (June 22 2017 to Sunday August 20 2017): https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/178416/closed-rrrr-a-long-time-ago-or-far-far-away-contest ;
Entries:  https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/178406/rrrr-a-long-time-ago-or-far-far-away-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/197491/rrrr-a-long-time-ago-or-far-far-away-content-winners

 RRRR They're ba..ack ( September 16  2017 to Sunday October 29 2017) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/198056/rrrr-the-re-ba-ack-render-contest
Entries: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/198051/rrrr-they-re-baa-ack-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/214026/rrrr-they-re-ba-ack-winners-announced

RRRR - What can go wrong? (Monday November 27 2017 to Sunday January 14 2018) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/214591/rrrr-what-can-go-wrong-render-contest
Entries: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/214586/rrrr-what-can-go-wrong-entries-only-thread
Winners:  https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/232941/rrrr-what-can-go-wrong-winners-announced

RRRR Judged by the cover ( Saturday February 17 2018 to Sunday April 1st 2018) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/233496/closed-rrrr-judged-by-the-cover-render-contest
Entries: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/233491/rrrr-judged-by-the-cover-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/249461/rrrr-judged-by-the-cover-winners

RRRR - Error 404 Not Found! (Sunday May 6 2018  to  Sunday July 22 2018) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/251026/rrrr-error-404-not-found-render-contest
Entries: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/251021/rrrr-error-404-not-found-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/277091/rrrr-404-not-found-winners

RRRR RRRR Muddled Maxims ( Sunday September 16, 2018 to  Sunday November 18 ) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/278006/closed-rrrr-muddled-maxims-render-contest/
Entries: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/278006/closed-rrrr-muddled-maxims-render-contest
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/302491/rrrr-muddled-maxims-winners-announced

RRRR Build it and they will come ( Sunday October 20 2019 to   Sunday December 15 2019 ) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/360136/rrrr-built-it-and-they-will-come-render-contest/
Entries: Entries only thread

RRRR - But you promised entries thread (this one was the last and we never got enough votes, thats why no winners were selected) (Wednesday December 25 2019 to  Sunday February 16 2020 ) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/374106/rrrr-but-you-promised-render-contest-closed

RRRRR - Coming Late Excuses (another one where we tried a new voting system, that worked, but then wanted a shitload of money to actually get the vote results (as it was past the 10 day free trial time) (May 3 2021 to Sunday June 13  2021 : https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/497476/rrrrr-coming-late-excuses-voting-thread-closed

RRRR - Back From the dead: (Monday April 3 2023 to Sunday May 28 2023) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/627661/closed-rrrr-back-from-the-dead-render-contest
Entries thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/627656/rrrr-back-from-the-dead-entries-only-thread/
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/642826/winners-rrrr-back-from-the-dead-contest

RRRR "Behind the scenes": (WednesDay September 14 2023 to Sunday October 29 2023) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/650126/rrrr-behind-the-scenes-render-contest-closed
Entries thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/650121/rrrr-behind-the-scenes-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/660276/rrrr-behind-the-scenes-winners-announced#latest

RRRR "That went well" (Thursday November 23 2023, to Sunday January 28 2024 ) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/660851/closed-rrrr-that-went-well-render-contest/p1
Entries only: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/660846/rrrr-that-went-well-entries-only-thread

RRRR "As the story goes" (Saturday February 3, 2024, to Sunday March 31 2024 ) 
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/672471/rrrr-as-the-story-goes-render-contest-closed/
Entries thread:https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/672466/rrrr-as-the-story-goes-entries-only-thread
Winners:https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/683131/winners-announced-rrrr-as-the-story-goes-render-contest

RRRR "Picture or it didnt happen" (Friday April 19, 2024, to Sunday June 23, 2024)
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/683536/rrrr-picture-or-it-didn-t-happen-render-contest/
Entries thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/683531/rrrr-picture-or-it-didn-t-happen-entries-only-thread
Winners:https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/695536/rrrr-picture-or-it-didn-t-happen-winners-announced

RRRR "Render Contest Summer 2024"
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/696321/closed-rrrr-render-contest-summer-2024/p
Entries thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/696316/rrrr-summer-2024-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/705816/rrrr-summer-contest-2024-winners-anncounced

RRRR "Weird Holiday Traditions"
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/706621/rrrr-weird-holiday-traditions-render-contest-closed/
Entries Thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/706616/rrrr-weird-holiday-traditions-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/719746/winners-rrrr-weird-holiday-traditions-render-contes

RRRR Good Intentions / Mixed up Mythology
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/727991/closed-rrrr-good-intentions-mixed-up-mythology-render-contest/
Entries Only: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/727986/rrrr-good-intentions-mixed-up-mythology-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/736086/rrrr-good-intentions-mixed-up-mythology-winners

RRRR - Unusual Laws / Refused Sports
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/737821/closed-rrrr-unusual-laws-refused-sports-render-contest/
Entries Only: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/737816/rrrr-unusual-laws-refused-sports-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/745691/rrrr-unusual-laws-refused-sports-winners-announced

RRRR -  The Lyrics
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/745966/rrrr-the-lyrics-render-contest-closed/
Entries Only:  https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/745961/rrrr-the-lyrics-entries-only-thread
Winners: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/753416/winners-rrrr-the-lyrics-render-contest

RRRR It was a great idea but...
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/753491/rrrr-it-was-a-great-idea-but-render-contest
Entries Only: Entries only thread

Winners:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/758766/rrrr-it-was-a-great-idea-but-winners-announced

A new round of RRRR. no Aprils fool version this time.
The theme for this round is Remake or Sequel 
Think movies or TV-series, a remake or a new sequel that never made it, but would in the world of RRRR.
Check the entries only thread, first post, for an example on how to post an entry.

RRRR stands for Random Runtime Roulette Renders, and it's a contest that has been running for over twelve years now, on and off. We invite anyone to enter, specially all those new users who have shown up the past years. This is not the usual make a very nice render contest but more like tell a really great story, often fun, with your render!

How does it work?
Make your pull of 4 items, and if your any Lucky Bastards, you pull one extra item per LB.

Who can play?

Anyone can play!

How do you prepare yourself for play?

The rules are very simple, but first you need to have all your items in some kind of order in a text file, dumped from the itemized history into a text file or a spread sheet. Remove things like software, gift certs, and special plugins from the list and items that wil not work with the software you work with.
 For example if you have items for Poser, Bryce or Carrara, and want to use DAZ Studio, remove those other items from your list. If you have loads of older figures, M3, M4, a ton of non Iray stuff and you only want to use Studio with Iray, remove all the junk from you list. 

Then you use a randomizer to randomly pick items from your list (your Runtime/My Library) for your start pull . You can use items from any store. Now build a scene with those 4 items plus any other items you want to add to make a fun scene. For newcomers I heartly recommend looking at the previous contests below to get ideas how you can do this. 

Working randomizer:: https://www.random.org/integers

There are some situations where you allowed to redraw, these are:


- You pulled something that doesn’t work, broken thing, only works in a version / software not used etc etc, or you forgot to remove that item from you list even though you knew it wont work, or figure that out later.
- You pulled a software or add-on to a software or anything you should have filtered out from the list.
- You pulled only huge environment props and will not be able to render a scene without crashing.
- You pulled an item you already have been using in two RRRR renders in this content and that was picked randomly. Three is a curse - rule!

Lucky Bastard Rule!
I say this again: If you have Lucky Bastards, you pull one extra item for each LB you have, simple as that. 
Explaination of Lucky Bastards. 
Lucky Bastards, or LBs, are a form of handicap system which makes the contest a little more difficult for those who have won.

Current Lucky Bastards Standings

How to play?
You pull, you compose and you Render. You post your images and pulls in this thread (Don't miss that, entries without pulls and posts in this thread will be disqualified!!).
Then the entry should also be posted in the Entries only thread.

Bundles
If you pull a bundle, use two or three complete items from it, or more if you like, but you do not need to use all, but only picking a hairpin from Victoria 8 Pro Bundle is “too little”. Clarification: A bundle still counts as only one pulled item.

Poses, Expressions and textures/colors
If you pull a pose pack, an expression pack or a texture/color pack, you only need to use one of them, not all. For example if you pull 500 expressions for Genesis 8 Female, use one, if you pull 128 colors for Frappe Hair, use one.
Accidenty breaking the TOS
If your entry is removed by the forum mods because it accidentally, not deliberate, broke the TOS, you do not have to redo that entry but can move on and make a new pull. 

The rules of madness! 
Now you have successfully and randomly picked your items, make a scene, you can add other items as well but the one you picked should be prominent or cleverly used. Render it, post it and make us all laugh! Remember though that the renders must follow the TOS of the forum. As we have a theme on the contest, the render should in some way touch that theme. 

The contest categories! 
There are two categories Best and Funniest. Every image will compete in both categories.

Contest duration!
It starts now at Thursay April 2 - 2026, and will go on until Sunday June 7 2026 at 23:59:59 local DAZ time. 

This months sponsors so far:
Totte (Code 66) is sponsoring with two items from his store
Elliandra is sponsoring with two items from her store
3Diva is sponsoring with two items from thier store
Dartanbeck is sponsoring with items from his store

We want more sponsors!

Do you want to sponsor the RRRR?
Please chip in a gift card sponsorship, sponsors can play, they should play, they are even extra encouraged to play, as sponsors always plays for keeps.

Maximum number of entries? 
For this round it will be a maximum of 12 entries per player.

So, good luck and start your render engines!

I love the program, so nice to see all my stuff, even nicer to put it in folders but I installed the update and tried to add new purchases and append them and they can't be found in any search. I thought maybe because I deleted folders and such I goofed it up so I removed the program through dim and reinstalled it andafter renaming my USER folder I had it create a new USER folder which went fine but when I had it scan it said it couldn't find files or something like that so I looked in the log and seesaying it was starting scan of C:/user/public/documents/My Daz 3D Library which I have never used, all my content is on my E drive and I checked the EZFINDER in the scripts folder and it is in the the DAZ folder on the E drive and works for the old content just not the new and  I don't get the chance to tell it which library to scan, it just scans it and the new stuff  isn't there. Am I doing something wrong?

murgatroyd314 said:

Ron Knights said:

I seem to remember talk about DAZ Studio running in "emulation mode," using Rosetta.

I did a Google search, and here is a quote:

 

"Yes, Daz Studio runs on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) Macs, but it operates through Apple's Rosetta 2 translation layer, not natively. While the app is stable for modeling and scene setup, Iray rendering is significantly slower than on dedicated NVIDIA PC hardware because it relies on the CPU. "

Hopefully the developers are aware that Apple plans to phase out Rosetta 2 starting late next year. 

According to the "Evergreen" thread

Apple Silicon (arm64) is currently supported through Rosetta emulation

• Native support is pending

Ron Knights said:

I seem to remember talk about DAZ Studio running in "emulation mode," using Rosetta.

I did a Google search, and here is a quote:

 

"Yes, Daz Studio runs on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) Macs, but it operates through Apple's Rosetta 2 translation layer, not natively. While the app is stable for modeling and scene setup, Iray rendering is significantly slower than on dedicated NVIDIA PC hardware because it relies on the CPU. "

Hopefully the developers are aware that Apple plans to phase out Rosetta 2 starting late next year. 

I'm using the 2026 beta build 6.25.2026.6423 and I'm having a strange problem. I use both 4.24 and 2026 beta on the same PC and they share the same DAZ database.

I built a scene in 4.24 with a number of G8 and G3 figures in it. There are no G9 figures in the scene. I had already closed the scene in 4.24 and opened it in 2026 beta when I noticed that I forgot to set one of the G8 Female character's feet for the heels she's wearing. Since it was only a small detail I decided to fix her feet rather than closing the scene and re-opening it again in 4.24. If I had been using 4.24 I would have selected a 'Low Heels' pose that's I put into my 'Favorites. It's from one of the numerous Zeddicus products I own: Z Coffee Love Prop and Pose Mega Set. Unfortunately it's not in my 'Favorites' in 2026 beta but I thought it would be easy to find using the 'Smart Content' pane. Unfortunately I was very wrong.

I selected my G8 Female character and went to the 'Smart Content' pane and to my surprise only 6 G9 feet poses showed up. I then un-checked the 'Filter by Content' box to search for my usual 'Low Heels' pose for G8. To my surprise it found 113 feet poses but all of them are for G9 even with 'Filter by Content' unchecked. I don't know what was so special about the original 6 that were found, they are for G9 but so are the other 107 that were found when I un-checked 'Filter by Content'. I closed the scene and opened it in 4.24 and with the same G8 Female character selected and 'Filter by Content' checked if found 373 feet poses and all are for G8. If I un-check 'Filter by Content' if finds 754 feet poses including G3, G8, and G9.

Does anyone have any idea why the 'Smart Content' pane is behaving so badly? Since I always create my scenes in 4.24 I haven't noticed this before now.

barbult said:

The biggest problem that I see is that nothing in the Daz Store advertisements can ever be believed. Sure, some things work as advertised, but every day several things are later determined to be "errors". How is a customer supposed to know what is intended and what is an "error"? Customers can never be confident that the price they are being charged is the right price. This has been going on for years. It feels like Daz only fixes errors after customers waste hours complaining here in the forum, and administrators waste hours trying to recreate and understand the problems. We are all working for Daz for free. We are all tired of it.

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The biggest problem that I see is that nothing in the Daz Store advertisements can ever be believed. Sure, some things work as advertised, but every day several things are later determined to be "errors". How is a customer supposed to know what is intended and what is an "error"? Customers can never be confident that the price they are being charged is the right price. This has been going on for years. It feels like Daz only fixes errors after customers waste hours complaining here in the forum, and administrators waste hours trying to recreate and understand the problems. We are all working for Daz for free. We are all tired of it.

Welcome, garrett_3d! Yes--any image that complies with the general challenge rules and the forum Terms of Service (especially sections regarding content policy) is fine--there is no restriction on the theme or subject of the image as long as it complies with these rules.

A new round of RRRR is here and  this one may be slightly more unhinged than usual.

The theme for this round is:
Swimsuit Babes

Yes, exactly. Sunshine, swimwear, glamour, disaster, absurdity, confusion, romance, chaos, or all of the above. Whether it turns into beach beauty, poolside mayhem, jungle pin-up nonsense, post-apocalyptic bikini racing, or a completely doomed tropical picnic is entirely up to you.

Check the Entries Only thread, first post, for an example of how to post an entry.

RRRR stands for Random Runtime Roulette Renders, and it is a contest that has been running for almost fifteen years now, on and off. We invite anyone to enter, especially all the newer users who have shown up over the years. This is not the usual “make a very nice render” contest — this is more about telling a great story, often a funny one, through your render.

How does it work?

For this round, the pull rules are a little special.

You must use:

• at least one animal
• at least one land vehicle
• at least one set of food
• at least one april fools release item
• plus 2 random items

And because this is a special round:

Lucky Bastards are counted twice.

That means that for this round, each Lucky Bastard gives you two extra random pulls instead of one.

So your base pull is:

• 1 Animal
• 1 Land Vehicle
• 1 Food Set
• 2 Random Items
• 1 April fools item
• + 2 extra random items per Lucky Bastard

Who can play?

Anyone can play!

How do you prepare yourself for play?

The rules are very simple, but first you need to have all your items in some kind of order in a text file, dumped from your itemized history into a text file or spreadsheet. Remove things like software, gift certificates, special plugins, and items that will not work in the software you use.

For example, if you have items for Poser, Bryce, or Carrara, and want to use DAZ Studio, remove those other items from your list. If you have loads of older figures, M3, M4, a ton of non-Iray stuff, and you only want to use Studio with Iray, remove the junk from your list first.

Then use a randomizer to randomly pick items from your list (your Runtime/My Library) for your pull. You can use items from any store. Build a scene using those required items plus anything else you want to add to make the scene work, tell the story, or make it even more ridiculous. For newcomers, I warmly recommend looking at previous contests below to get ideas for how this usually goes.

Working randomizer:
https://www.random.org/integers

Redraws

There are some situations where you are allowed to redraw. These are:

• You pulled something that does not work: broken item, wrong version, wrong software, etc.
• You pulled a software item, add-on, or anything that should have been filtered out from the list.
• You pulled only gigantic environment props and cannot reasonably build or render a scene without crashing.
• You pulled an item you have already used in two RRRR renders in this contest and that was randomly picked both times. Three is the curse rule!
• You pulled something for one of the required categories that clearly does not fit the category after all.

Lucky Bastard Rule!

I say this again:

If you have Lucky Bastards, they count twice in this round.
 

Normally, each LB gives one extra pull.
In this round, each LB gives two extra random pulls.

Explanation of Lucky Bastards

Lucky Bastards, or LBs, are a form of handicap system that makes the contest a little more difficult for those who have won before.

This round, the handicap is extra evil, because April 1st seemed like a good day for bad decisions.

How to play

You pull, you compose, and you render.

Post your image and your pulls in this thread.
Do not miss that part — entries without pulls posted in this thread will be disqualified.

Then the entry should also be posted in the Entries Only thread.

Bundles

If you pull a bundle, use two or three complete items from it, or more if you like, but you do not need to use all of it. Only picking a hairpin from Victoria 8 Pro Bundle is too little.

Clarification: A bundle still counts as only one pulled item.

Poses, expressions, and textures/colors

If you pull a pose pack, expression pack, or texture/color pack, you only need to use one of them, not all.

For example:

• If you pull 500 Expressions for Genesis 8 Female, use one.
• If you pull 128 colors for Frappe Hair, use one.

Accidentally breaking the TOS

If your entry is removed by the forum mods because it accidentally, not deliberately, broke the TOS, you do not have to redo that entry. You may move on and make a new pull.

The rules of madness!

Now you have successfully and randomly picked your items, make a scene. You may add other items as well, but the ones you picked should be prominent, important, or cleverly used.

Render it, post it, and make us all laugh, cheer, groan, or question your judgement.

Remember, the renders must still follow the forum TOS.

Because this round has a theme, the render should in some way connect to Swimsuit Babes. That connection may be glamorous, comedic, weird, action-packed, romantic, absurd, or catastrophically ill-advised.

The contest categories!

There are two categories:

• Best
• Funniest

Every image will compete in both categories.
The contest starts today, April 1st 2026 and ends on April 1st 2027 23:59:59 Local Daz time
Lets play!

Ta. Don't know why that didn't come up in forum search....

I've been a bit lazy about 3D lately, although I'm still reading the forum.

NGartplay: The test image is OK; they remind me of balloon animals. The trees with the sphere in the background have a special appeal.

Horo: The jagged mountains fit the landscape perfectly and make an excellent background. The unknown microorganism gives me the creeps. The waves on the coast by the sea look fantastic. Both versions of the mountainous region look great. The lake reminds me of a volcanic crater filled with water. I found the landscape with vegetation and rocky hills very beautiful. The lake in the partially snowy landscape is similar to those in Nordic countries. I loved the version with the inverted terrain; it looks like a photograph of an unknown island. The fires in the wells don't exactly invite you to visit them, although the visual result is very good. The train is a feast for the eyes—congratulations! The stream with the boat turned out excellent; it's another scene that invites relaxation. Your abstract is beautiful and, to some extent, terrifying as well (I don't know why it makes me think of evil forces). The cavern in the water looks very realistic, especially the textures; the pillar-like rock columns remind me of Machu Picchu.

mermaid010: The landscape with the boat and the dove looks very relaxing; the rendering of the rocks gives an impression of dryness and desolation; the boat in front of the island also invites relaxation, although I wonder where its passengers are; the image with the sun in the background keeps reminding me of MojoWorld, well done; the islands with trees look good, they're like the ones in Chiloé in the south of my country.

Electro-Elvis: Very good scene of the man looking out the castle window, I like how the light reflects on the stones.

krickerd: Your version of the lake photograph is good.

StuartB: Interesting exercise having the AI ​​create a version of the image in Bryce.

Hansmar: Excellent abstract, it's like a liquid metal nanobot.

Okay, to catch up I'll add an image of my own:

Something simple, nothing too elaborate, titled Marine Rest.

kpr said:

rokkr said:

There's this orange banner coupon for Plus/Premiere subscriptions, but now you can't accumulate subscriptions, right? That is, while my subscription is running, I can't buy another one, isn't it? So, I guess, this is useless for anyone with current subscriptions, if I'm not mistaken. (Moreover, there's this 10% rebate on the cart, but it says it's not stackable... Is this really so?)

The (unofficial) answer in the member forum is that you would have to cancel and then subscribe... Would prob work okay(ish) if you are paying monthly but annually maybe not so much (I don't know if there's a refund of time unused etc?)

I was going to ask if this was fixed. Sigh.

rokkr said:

There's this orange banner coupon for Plus/Premiere subscriptions, but now you can't accumulate subscriptions, right? That is, while my subscription is running, I can't buy another one, isn't it? So, I guess, this is useless for anyone with current subscriptions, if I'm not mistaken. (Moreover, there's this 10% rebate on the cart, but it says it's not stackable... Is this really so?)

The (unofficial) answer in the member forum is that you would have to cancel and then subscribe... Would prob work okay(ish) if you are paying monthly but annually maybe not so much (I don't know if there's a refund of time unused etc?)

V3Digitimes said:

Yes it's 100% 2026 related.

I think more likely Qt 6 - the link in the post above is not a DS script.

It rather often occurs.
It never prevented my scripts to work in DS2026. Even complex scripts where any mistake could be dramatic.
So I trust the warning status as the correct status, with no influence as mentionned in the link just shown above my post.
And using : pragma NativeMethodBehavior: AcceptThisObject in script intro is useless.

edit :
Do you want me to report in the 2026 forum?

Yes, please.

Yes it's 100% 2026 related.
It rather often occurs.
It never prevented my scripts to work in DS2026. Even complex scripts where any mistake could be dramatic.
So I trust the warning status as the correct status, with no influence as mentionned in the link just shown above my post.
And using : pragma NativeMethodBehavior: AcceptThisObject in script intro is useless.

edit :
Do you want me to report in the 2026 forum?

Sorry, but I don't see the picture: you likely deleted the attachment by mistake since it seems to be hosted on the forum.

richardandtracy said:

I've just uploaded a few new poses for Richard  Cat Zeus that may be useful and/or amusing. They're in the freebie forum, https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/758646/poses-for-cat-zeus-by-vyusur

Might be useful.

Regards, Richard 

@ArtAngel, my words were particularly aimed at a short term problem. They do fall down when an expected short term problem stretches to be a chronic one, but the sentiment is correct even then, it's just that external respite needs to be sought, and it's rarely available without a fight. On a different note, could you check your forum messages? Sent you one on the 16th.

Regards,

Richard.

I've just uploaded a few new poses for Richard  Cat Zeus that may be useful and/or amusing. They're in the freebie forum, https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/758646/poses-for-cat-zeus-by-vyusur

Might be useful.

Regards, Richard