I have pointed out before that such poor quality products can in fact be also produced using 3D scans with drone footage 

Usually one has to spend a lot of time redoing the topology and textures because the scan cloud points converted to mesh is very messy

again, I don't know if it's the case here as wouldn't even buy the product looking at it but telling it apart from AI if that is the case, would be difficult 

I actually use AI to do 3D scans

(up to 4 photos, front, back, left, right in Hunyuan 3D on my PC)

I have also done it the mathematical way with 40 photos from a spiraling circular path around an object and Meshroom

the results were awful

so the lines are very blurred

JonnyBravo2010 said:

All products created with AI should be tagged with a "made using AI" designation.

Daz does not accept products made with AI.

Nyghtfall3D said:

Oso3D said:

I have moral and environmental and political objections to GenAI.

So did I, when I first learned about the tech three years ago.  I spent the rest of the year learning more about it so I could better defend my position, only to wind up adding it to my own toolkit after all.  As an artist with a strong, decades-long interest in photorealism, my objections became overshadowed by my need to express myself creatively, so I compartmentalized them and set them aside.

Incidentally, not having to rely on 3D content vendors and their ideas of women's fashion has been a godsend for me.

I want to respond to everyone, however this last sentence really got to me.

I really don't think PA's read the Product Suggestions.  Or, they don't read mine, anyway.

I have wanted a Dforce skirt with a ruffle in a circle so I could let it flow over anything I wanted.  I still want that.

However, I have used ChatGPT and Meshy AI to get what I want.

I am NOT happy about it, but that is better than NEVER realizing dreams I have had for so many years.

JonnyBravo2010 said:

All products created with AI should be tagged with a "made using AI" designation.

I totally agree. Yet, according to Daz's support, there are no such products in the store... But discussions about how accurate or inaccurate that is are shut down on the forums.

Oso3D said:

I have moral and environmental and political objections to GenAI.

So did I, when I first learned about the tech three years ago.  I spent the rest of the year learning more about it so I could better defend my position, only to wind up adding it to my own toolkit after all.  As an artist with a strong, decades-long interest in photorealism, my objections became overshadowed by my need to express myself creatively, so I compartmentalized them and set them aside.

Incidentally, not having to rely on 3D content vendors and their ideas of women's fashion has been a godsend for me.

daveso said:

Richard Haseltine said:

daveso said:

it seems this should be a great sales day, but not sure everything is adding up like it says they should. too much going on for there not to be errors? 
So the extra 20% off for premier member on the cart is already added into the product? or will another 20% be deducted in the cart when you check out? 

It is showing on the store pages.

The Honorary Member Discount,  DAZ+ items, state additional 30% off, or 50% off with debut new release.  https://www.daz3d.com/se-cyborg-maintenance-bay ; for instance shows $3.08 on the product page . The additional 50% off brings it to $1.54 but it is $2.20 in my cart with a debut new in cart. The same holds true for all products in that category. 

Are you a +/Premier member or not? I would assume the Honorary Member is for those who are not paying members - that is what the term usually means.

I have 3 qualifying Daily Dealz products but see no added discount with those. 

You already own or have in cart three of the current crop? Those should appear in cart, not on the store page.

on the Daily Dealz - I have the new one in cart and own 2 of the others shown on the product page. 

Can you give an example that isn't discountiung as you expect, so I can (try to) check it through.

As far as the DAZ+ items, using my tokens brings the price to 90% or more off anyway, so not a bad deal for sure. Yes, I am Premier member, so that's propable why the 50% is not applied then. . 

CAV_18687 said:

What exactly is the request here?  Any sketches or examples?  Photo-board even from pics from the web?  A description of what you are imagining in totality - like a 'terminator' but with cyberpunk style 'robotesque' design even in the human form?  The more description the better, likeness to current products past or present in certain areas? etc etc...

Probably this but for genesis 9: https://www.daz3d.com/cyborg-generation-8

All products created with AI should be tagged with a "made using AI" designation.

Remeber that is content was installed using Connect (through Daz Studio) then saved assets won't override those unless you copy the files to the /data/cloud/1_SKU/ folder location for the product.

What exactly is the request here?  Any sketches or examples?  Photo-board even from pics from the web?  A description of what you are imagining in totality - like a 'terminator' but with cyberpunk style 'robotesque' design even in the human form?  The more description the better, likeness to current products past or present in certain areas? etc etc...

garrett_3d said:

That is not strictly true, hence my asking. I have seen at least two sales in the last year that have included QG and OS.

That's why it says "unless otherwise specified". There have been sales that discount them (like the ones that let you get them for 1.69 instead of 1.99) but those told you they worked on OS/QG. And even if there have been ones that did work but didn't mention it (shocking to imagine Daz having errors, I know), the general rule and starting assumption is always that they shouldn't. So it's not really necessary to ask for clarification when it doesn't work on something

That is not strictly true, hence my asking. I have seen at least two sales in the last year that have included QG and OS.

daveso said:

it seems this should be a great sales day, but not sure everything is adding up like it says they should. too much going on for there not to be errors? 
So the extra 20% off for premier member on the cart is already added into the product? or will another 20% be deducted when you check out? 
The Honorary Member Discount,  DAZ+ items, state additional 30% off, or 50% off with debut new release.  https://www.daz3d.com/se-cyborg-maintenance-bay ; for instance shows $3.08 on the product page . The additional 50% off brings it to $1.54 but it is $2.20 in my cart with a debut new in cart. The same holds true for all products in that category. 
I have 3 qualifying Daily Dealz products but see no added discount with those. 
Its all really confusing. I think I'll pop this message into the problem thread. 
 

You are shown as a Platinum club member; so presumably the "Honorary Member" discounts don't apply to you.  You should be getting the "True Member" discounts instead. However, DAZ+ items are excluded from the "True Member" discounts, 

Richard Haseltine said:

daveso said:

it seems this should be a great sales day, but not sure everything is adding up like it says they should. too much going on for there not to be errors? 
So the extra 20% off for premier member on the cart is already added into the product? or will another 20% be deducted in the cart when you check out? 

It is showing on the store pages.

The Honorary Member Discount,  DAZ+ items, state additional 30% off, or 50% off with debut new release.  https://www.daz3d.com/se-cyborg-maintenance-bay ; for instance shows $3.08 on the product page . The additional 50% off brings it to $1.54 but it is $2.20 in my cart with a debut new in cart. The same holds true for all products in that category. 

Are you a +/Premier member or not? I would assume the Honorary Member is for those who are not paying members - that is what the term usually means.

I have 3 qualifying Daily Dealz products but see no added discount with those. 

You already own or have in cart three of the current crop? Those should appear in cart, not on the store page.

on the Daily Dealz - I have the new one in cart and own 2 of the others shown on the product page. 
As far as the DAZ+ items, using my tokens brings the price to 90% or more off anyway, so not a bad deal for sure. Yes, I am Premier member, so that's propable why the 50% is not applied then. . 

NylonGirl said:

I would have thought this thread would be been reborn by now.

"Soon".

Disappointment but non-complaint:  I still don't have my new 8,000btu air-conditioner installed.  It's still sitting in the box in my livingroom/office/lab waiting for neighbor guy to carry it upstairs and window it.  I'm not complaining because it hasn't been necessary yet.  This has been a cool May/June this year.  85F has been the highest, and that only for a few hours.  Nighttime temps haven't gotten over 72F yet.  With windows open, and an oscillating fan circulating the air in my bedroom at night it's tolerable.  And downstairs house temps haven't gotten above 79F during the day, which is also OK with the bathroom window fan pulling coolish air from the upstairs down through my livingroom/office/lab through the kitchen, and out the bathroom window.  Next week is going to be in the high 60sF so I haven't bothered neighbor guy.  But I think the late summer is going to be a lot hotter this year.  Just a hunch.

Complaint:  The tolerable weather has also put a kibosh on the potential sale of my unuseably oversized (12,000btu, 27" window req.) air-conditioner.  Also still sitting unboxed in its carton, in the kitchen forming the base of a pile of boxes used as extra kitchen counter space.  Nobody's responding to my ads.  I would really like to get rid of that HUGE box and recoup at least some of my money from it.​

daveso said:

it seems this should be a great sales day, but not sure everything is adding up like it says they should. too much going on for there not to be errors? 
So the extra 20% off for premier member on the cart is already added into the product? or will another 20% be deducted in the cart when you check out? 

It is showing on the store pages.

The Honorary Member Discount,  DAZ+ items, state additional 30% off, or 50% off with debut new release.  https://www.daz3d.com/se-cyborg-maintenance-bay ; for instance shows $3.08 on the product page . The additional 50% off brings it to $1.54 but it is $2.20 in my cart with a debut new in cart. The same holds true for all products in that category. 

Are you a +/Premier member or not? I would assume the Honorary Member is for those who are not paying members - that is what the term usually means.

I have 3 qualifying Daily Dealz products but see no added discount with those. 

You already own or have in cart three of the current crop? Those should appear in cart, not on the store page.

it seems this should be a great sales day, but not sure everything is adding up like it says they should. too much going on for there not to be errors? 
So the extra 20% off for premier member on the cart is already added into the product? or will another 20% be deducted when you check out? 
The Honorary Member Discount,  DAZ+ items, state additional 30% off, or 50% off with debut new release.  https://www.daz3d.com/se-cyborg-maintenance-bay ; for instance shows $3.08 on the product page . The additional 50% off brings it to $1.54 but it is $2.20 in my cart with a debut new in cart. The same holds true for all products in that category. 
I have 3 qualifying Daily Dealz products but see no added discount with those. 
Its all really confusing. I think I'll pop this message into the problem thread. 
 

it seems this should be a great sales day, but not sure everything is adding up like it says they should. too much going on for there not to be errors? 
So the extra 20% off for premier member on the cart is already added into the product? or will another 20% be deducted in the cart when you check out? 

The Honorary Member Discount,  DAZ+ items, state additional 30% off, or 50% off with debut new release.  https://www.daz3d.com/se-cyborg-maintenance-bay ; for instance shows $3.08 on the product page . The additional 50% off brings it to $1.54 but it is $2.20 in my cart with a debut new in cart. The same holds true for all products in that category. 

I have 3 qualifying Daily Dealz products but see no added discount with those. 

Again, until you can show some screenshots/logs it's difficult to know for certain.

In general, assets included in a scene that are part of linked libraries/base-paths will be saved with relative paths. This means that texture paths would begin with "/Runtime/Textures" (the case should not be important). These paths will be checked against every library/base-path that you currently have mapped under "Daz Formats" in the client in the order that they are listed. Therefore, if you had a library/base-path that included those textures last year but removed it this year then Daz Studio will not be able to find those assets as it has no-way of knowing where to look - and technically because you have also told it to NOT look there anymore.

However, if when creating the scene, your linked textures that were NOT in a known library/base-path then they will be saved as absolute paths and in that instance they will need to be in exactly the same place, down to the drive-letter (windows) or possibly mounted folder (OSX).

If, at any point you signed into your account within Daz Studio then Daz Connect can come into play and so you would now have cloud folders to deal with. In addition, libraries/base-paths are saved to the client application - thus if you are running multiple versions, e.g. Standard v4, Beta v4 and v2006/v6 then you would need to add the libraries/base-paths in the same way to each one.

Hopefully the above can help you track down where your issue is. But if you need more specific help then you'll need to supply more actual data/information.

The Portmerion Google Earth map is here. 

Lots of areas of the UK have no 3D buildings, they're putting them in slowly. My house & the rest of the village have been 3D'd in the last year or so, the local town was done a bit before. They have als 3d'd all the trees & bushes locally. It's quite surprising how much is visible. Anyway, possibly 25% of England is 3D'd with a bit lower percentage over the other countries in the UK.

It is amazing & disconcerting to find that the campsite at Ellis Beach, just north of Cairns QLD, a campsite we've been to a couple of times, is 3D'd. Absolutely amazing.

Regards,

Richard