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Content Manager "No Selection"

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I am having a problem with content added to the Content Manager. I downloaded all of the free Gen 4 figures back when Daz offered them and have installed them in to Daz Studio 4.5. I then added metadata to all of them and added them to the Content Manager to use with Smart Content.

The problem lies with several of the figures being "unselectable" therefore not filtering the Smart Content for that figure. Victoria 4, Aiko 4, Stephanie 4, SheFreak 4, and The Girl 4 all work fine. When I select one of these figures either by clicking her in the scene or selecting her in the Scene Pane, her materials, poses, etc show up just fine in the Content Manager.

However, Michael 4, Hiro 4, Freak 4 and The Kids 4 have the Actor selection greyed out (in the drop-down box of the Content Manager) and says "No Selection", thereby showing no content for them in the Content Manager.

I can load the figures through the Content Manager, but once loaded they are not showing as a selection. Make sense? I set up the metadata exactly the same as I did for the Victoria characters, but they are not working like the girls do.

I have removed the metadata, uninstalled, reinstalled, etc for these characters, and I have used the Content DB Maintenance to remove invalid paths, but to no avail.

Do I have outdated/bad files? These figures are no longer free, so I don't know what to do. I like the Content Manager and want to use it for all my figures. I know about using the File Manager, but don't want to go that way if I can help it.

I have also stopped and started the Content Management Service, so that isn't the problem.

I tried searching the forum and the knowledge base, but no luck. Any help would be great.

Brian


Recovering presets used in creating a scene in DAZ studio

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Hi All,

Is there a way, add-on or a script to be used in DAZ Studio to  list the character presets, materials,  skin maps, etc applied to a scene or a figure in the scene? For example, I created  a seashore scene where  a Genesis 2 female is posing  on sands. I applied Meridiana character to the Genesis 2 female, several other matherials like nail colors, make-up etc. When I go the scene tab, I  could only extract the  information that  there is Genesis 2 female figure in the scene. However, I can not see which character I used, which material preset I apllied  and so on. I would like to keep track of these things to manualy  reapply /incorporate to other scenes. If there is no easy manual way for doing this, is there any commercial or free script/add-on available?

Thank you for your comments in advance.

2 daz studio pro icons ?

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hi

i just downloaded the new version of daz and  have 2 Daz Studio iocns on

my desktop what one do i remove last night i only had one and today there is two ?

thanks

Thousands of errors in log after loading G3F/G3M

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First question:

When I open my log file in Notepad++, several common characters are replaced with %20 (space), %21, %2B (+) etc. Does anyone know how to make Notepad++ display these characters properly? The replacement makes the log useless when it comes to copy-pasting file addresses.

Second Question:

I have several hundred of these right at the top of the G3F queue in my log file after loading G3F:

WARNING: fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(1367): Failed to create alias!
WARNING: fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7340): Failed to add user alias property to node.

They appear in bunches, with nothing more specific. Are there supposed to be a bunch of them in a row, before I get anything that mentions a specific file and directory? Are they all referring to the next specified file/directory? Or is each some phantom problem that I'll never be able to solve?

Third Question:

What is this (from the same log)?

WARNING: fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7327): Could not find reference: 
[directory/file location snipped]

The snipped part is some nonexistent nonsense (something in v4 bodysuit, which shouldn't be in my G3F) that I don't want G3F referring to. The problem is not the nonexistence of the file being referred to, the problem is whatever is erroneously referring to it in the first place. I don't have a CLUE where the reference would be. Can anyone point me to what I'm looking for? Which file contains the reference, and how to go about removing the bad reference? I load G3F from all kinds of places; from the original dsf that lands in the library when I install G3F, or more usually, from one of the many saves I have that include G3F. But I have no idea where the actual file that contains G3F's references are stored. Is it in the aforementioned original dsf? It's the best guess I have, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, because I can save G3F as a dsf right next to the original, and something tells me it won't be linking to the original G3F dsf, but to whatever the original G3F dsf links to.

Fourth Question:

From same log

/data/DAZ 3D/Genesis 3/Female/Morphs/zantetsuken/genesis 2 morph infusion/Dani.dsf (1,1): Syntax error - expected '{' or '['

I used GenX to disable that morph, but upon reloading G3F, the error is still there. Again, the problem seems to be the reference, not what is being referred to (GenX shows the morph as still disabled when I exited DS and loaded a fresh copy of G3F, btw).

How do a I modify or delete these references? Or should I even be worried? I started investigating my log because of all the people here who say G3F loads for them in 10, 15, 30 seconds. It takes me about 130 seconds to load G3F, and I'd really like to make that faster if I can do so by deleting references or disabling morphs with GenX. But I have no idea how to delete references.

DS on my laptop

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I have DS on my desktop where I do all my rendering and animating, however, I just bought a win10 laptop to do my mocap and animation with apps I can't use on Win 7 and want to install DS there too.  Can I use the serial number associated with the DS on my desktop for the new install?

Anyone know if Surface Mask Creator works with DS>3 ?

Render Studio Iray

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https://www.daz3d.com/render-studio-iray

just bought this and its nice to have but...

1. mesh lights cannot made to be invisible so you do not see them in renders (setting "invisible in renders" turns down the light )

2. the lights cast shadows into the scene of themself

any help to avoid this ?

dforce to unreal engine

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Hello!

Please help me! Is there any way to dforce cloth simulate to export other program? specially unreal or unity? fbx not working, alembic is too slow in mobile.

Thank you.


Installing zip files

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Hi, I just downloaded some free props from 3Duniverse. And they downloaded as a zip file.

How do I install these to work in Daz3D ?

I looked on there website on how to do this but could not find anything.

Thanks for your help !

The single most useful feature needed in the next Daz Studio

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I have finally discovered what Daz Studio is missing and it would be

relatively easy to add and would be a game changer.

 

I relized what it was while shopping for 3D cad mice/mouse. I asked myself "why

do I need a $150+ mouse to control camera view while using the mouse for other work ?

I can get a programable multi axis joy stick for $30

 

Duh ! 

 

What the next Daz Studio needs is the ability to set 'custom' hotkeys for any regularaly used

function using any recognized input. WORKS LIKE THIS - I want a programable joystick hat

switch to control camera pan, go to camera pan icon, grab PROGRAM from a short drop down menu.

(menu would have 'Program' , Default, Clear ) then it will say 'left pan' - you push the hat switch left, then it will say

right pan....an so on.

almost all functions controlled with a slider or tool should be customizable.

 

Do this ... you can use ANY input tool of choice to speed up your work flow...ANY.

Game Changer

Technically easy to add on next version.

Please do this.

Thank You

DAZ Studio Camera Controls via Keyboard and Mouse

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Can someone please steer me to a forum discussion on this subject? Searching doesn't give me any results.

How can I use my keyboard and mouse to control the camera in DS 4 Pro like I can in Poser? So far I know I can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out, and space+option+mouse left click = free rotation. Would like to be able to pan in all directions and don't know how.

Thank you in advance!

Shader Mixer questions

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Hi!

I am a complete strager to Shader Mixer, it looks very difficult, but the idea of creating shaders is very interesting.

I love the idea of of having a layer with more optionsfor tatoos or makeup.

1- Can a diffuse layer have it’s own UV? Like a layered tatoo that will stay in plave regardless of the character’s UV?

2- Is it possible to add blending modes (multiply, soft light, etc) to the Diffuse Overlay or another layer?

I know LIE or Geometry Shell are options, but I have reasons to preffer something else. If any of this is possible, can someone please hint me in the right direction :/

Alias files, What's the point?

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can somebody explain what the purpose of an alias file is.

 

Can you put zero figure pose back?

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zero figure pose has been removed from the figure menu. It was very useful there can it be restored?  It is unhelpful under the hamburger menu in pose mode as I frequently use that option. This was a recent change in these latest updates.

 

I have an update to DS in DIM tonight ??

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is there an update for DS 4.10 ? I loaded up DIM to do a few purchases from yesterday and today and it is in there for download ..300 meg+ file


Problem with eyelashes

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Hi, i just bought a character and it has a problem with the eyelashes, can someone tell me how to fix it? i´'m new into this (also bad at english)

thanks

hi does anyone know how to light a lamp in iray daz studio

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i been trying and trying to get my lamps to light up  but they just  wont light up

i know iam doing something wrong can someone please help me

in other words i would like to get a dark scene and light the lamp in iray  thanks so much

Reinstall Victoria 4 (V4) on Daz Studio 4.X

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Hello,

I don’t know whether to do the long story or the short story. As of the time of this message, I have the most recent version of DAZ Studio. It says 4.10.0.123 Pro Edition (64-bit). I have been using Victoria 4 until probably some time in 2016, skipping over Genesis Evolution and Genesis 2. After getting ticked off at DAZ and going strictly with Renderosity and Poser, I got the impression that the pendulum was swinging back toward DAZ Studio on the strength of IRAY and Genesis 3. So I came back.

Things were going fine. I had my V4 characters in the same scenes as my G3 characters. I even went back and got some G1 and G2 characters. I had pose converters in place. And I even decided to get G8 just to keep up with the times.

I can see that this is turning into the long version of the story. So then I started thinking about the raw amount of space the files were taking up. And thinking about mistakes from the past that might have contributed to the size of the file library. I had items purchased that I thought would be good and later realized were not so good. I had items that were good years ago but not so good now. I had items that were good until I found items that were even better. And between the built-in DAZ content manager, the DAZ Install manager, and manual installs from DAZ and other sources, I surely had lots of duplicate files scattered about.

So I had this big plan to just start over. I kept backup copies of two folders where I saved personal files. And then I uninstalled everything and deleted the entire library. For what it’s worth, it takes quite some time to delete 745,000 files. And I would only reinstall the files that I wanted to use, or were required to support the files I wanted to use.

This worked great with G3. I used those personal files I backed up. All of my characters were saved as “Scene Subsets”. I clicked on my favorite character, which is based on Jazmine HD for G3. DAZ informed me that I needed to install Jazmine HD and Kara Hair. I did. Then when I launched the character a second time, it said some files were missing that I determined were part of a set from Renderosity. I unzipped the files in the DAZ folder, clicked on the character a third time, and had success.

Then I tried the same with a V4 character, and that is where things went wrong. First I tried clicking on the file I saved as a scene subset. A .duf file. It says some assets were missing and these files could not be found:

data/auto_adapted/legacy_blmilwom_v4b_68498/geometry_0bd93b59_46af_120f_93bf_8a1b08cbeb0b/legacy_geometry.dsf

data/auto_adapted/spicehairv4_57803/geometry_7c8adba4_5795_0dde_3e1b_58dd81664579/geometry.dsf

I ended up with a blocky figure with no texture or resemblance to the V4 character.

I also tried clicking on the original .daz file that I still had around. This one tells me some files are not found and to make sure my directories are properly specified. It results in a completely invisible figure that shows up in the “Scene” pane with all of the body parts or “bones” or whatever listed. Here’s a snippet of the log file:

2017-12-10 00:22:26.935 Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/blMilWom_v4b_68498/lEye/modifiers/morphs/PBMCC_06_0.dsd

2017-12-10 00:22:26.935 Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/blMilWom_v4b_68498/lEye/modifiers/morphs/PBMCC_07_0.dsd

2017-12-10 00:22:26.935 Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/blMilWom_v4b_68498/lEye/modifiers/morphs/PBMCC_08_0.dsd

Finally I tried manually clicking on a new V4, which works. And I clicked on my old character preset, a .dsa file. This seems to have applied the correct texture to the default V4 but she’s looking kind of anorexic. None of the Morphs++ stuff seems to be there. I looked in the folder where you can manually inject morphs++ features and only some of them are there, certainly not the full body injections.

My DAZPeople folder only has 7 files and 1 folder. I have been using strictly the DAZ Install Manager to install things, except for that one Renderosity product I unzipped. It seems like I don’t have the millennium woman files, or at least don’t have them where DAZ Studio is looking. And it seems like I don’t have Morphs++ installed. DAZ Install Manager was used to install the following:

DAZ Studio

Victoria 4.2 Base

Victoria 4.2 Base StudioCF

Morphs++

Morphs++ PowerLoader

Morphs++ Studio CF

Morphs++Developer Kit.

This has definitely become the long version of the story. I really want my Victoria 4 characters back. Is there a solution?

GamePrint 3D Print Plugin

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I just updated my daz3d to 4.10, and puchased GamePrint: 3D Print Plugin, but I cannot find it anywhere.  I even looked under Windows>Panes (Tabs)>GamePrint 3D Print, but it is not there, is it located somewhere else?

how to change the UI's font size

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I got a new monitor which I thought would be really amazing, until I realized the obscenely high resolution results in the tiniest text I have personally ever seen and it still be legible. However, it's gonna cause me some strain because i'm getting old and it ain't THAT legible ;)

 

Is there any kind of hack or mod or plugin or *any* way possible to bump the UI font size up?

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