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[osanaiko]

Thank you for this information. Do you by chance recall any specific keywords I might use as a search starting point?

EDIT: I may have found it: https://f95zone.to/threads/genesis-8-morph-issue-please-help.31259/
Was this what you remember seeing?

This is not the exact post I recall, but Rich 's advice is perfect. That is exactly how you might be able to fix it if there is a "rogue" JCM morph in play.

The other advice in the thread about temporarily moving some morphs out of the relevant folder and reloading daz and remaking a g8f is also good if Rich's method does not help. The only thing I would change is to do a "binary search" when looking for the broken morph - instead of moving "5 at a time" do this:

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[ryankenn]

I am having trouble applying this hair:

https://f95zone.to/threads/dforce-classic-blowout-hair-for-genesis-8-and-8-1-females.97547/

All other hair seems fine but this ends up looking like a blown up octopus with no way for me to weight the hair down. What am I missing?

 

[osanaiko]

I am having trouble applying this hair:

https://f95zone.to/threads/dforce-classic-blowout-hair-for-genesis-8-and-8-1-females.97547/

All other hair seems fine but this ends up looking like a blown up octopus with no way for me to weight the hair down. What am I missing?

"a blown up octopus"

I gotta see this, pictures please!

 

[amster22]

I am having trouble applying this hair:

https://f95zone.to/threads/dforce-classic-blowout-hair-for-genesis-8-and-8-1-females.97547/

All other hair seems fine but this ends up looking like a blown up octopus with no way for me to weight the hair down. What am I missing?

Haven't used this asset, but many dforce hair are like that and start completely tousled. This way they do not collide with the shoulders or the head which would make the dforce simulation explode.
What you are missing is just to simulate them. The product page states: "This Product only works with dForce Cloth Engine."

 

[ryankenn]

"a blown up octopus"

I gotta see this, pictures please!

 

[osanaiko]

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Yeah, you need to run a DForce simulation on the hair. Check the Daz official youtubes for training videos if you don't know how to dforce.

What you're seeing is the initial state of the hair so all the hair strands are separated and are not colliding, and they can then fall "naturally" once the effect of gravity is added.

 

[ryankenn]

I did find some video's to help me out. I haven't used DAZ since 2018 and quite a bit has changed. With the added realism has come alot of additional complexity that's for sure. I finally have a half decent computer and it still takes me 40 mins to render an image.

 

[Fatalmasterpiece]

I have to learn to walk before I can run... Sigh...

Is there a way to convert assests from one 3d engine to DAZ or vice versa. Like something from Honeyselect, or a game mod to daz? of is there a place with a tutorial video or something?

I made a tutorial on how to do this which only covers the basics of bringing pre-existing 3d model files from Blender into Daz Studio. As for converting and rigging models from games like honeyselect, that is an entirely additional process.
https://f95zone.to/threads/how-to-i...and-assign-textures-or-shader-presets.111759/

 

[Ashbringer]

Hi,

Can anyone help with changing the colours on DBXXX's XY? https://f95zone.to/threads/xy-v1-5-g8m.22346/

I've tried highlighting the Character, the shell and i've tried using the 'surfaces' tool but nothing changes the skin tone.

Many thanks

 

[osanaiko]

Hi,

Can anyone help with changing the colours on DBXXX's XY? https://f95zone.to/threads/xy-v1-5-g8m.22346/

I've tried highlighting the Character, the shell and i've tried using the 'surfaces' tool but nothing changes the skin tone.

Many thanks

Did you also get the "High Definition Materials" addon? (linked on the asset page) https://f95zone.to/threads/xy-hdm.28797/

Generally you can't easily adjust skin tone much using material controls, it doesn't look right if you try. The other genital add-ons like dicktator have scripts to copy textures from the parent figure. not sure about XY.

Also: did you read the whole thread on the asset page? there's lots of other Daz learners having similar issues and helpful people replying.

 

[Ashbringer]

Did you also get the "High Definition Materials" addon? (linked on the asset page) https://f95zone.to/threads/xy-hdm.28797/

Generally you can't easily adjust skin tone much using material controls, it doesn't look right if you try. The other genital add-ons like dicktator have scripts to copy textures from the parent figure. not sure about XY.

Also: did you read the whole thread on the asset page? there's lots of other Daz learners having similar issues and helpful people replying.

I probably didn't make myself clear in my original post. I'm not having an issue transferring the skin mats to the XY shell, I'm trying to use the colour preset options.

I did read the posts on the above thread and also checked https://f95zone.to/threads/xy-hdm.28797/ and neither had answers for my query, plus I've seen moderators as members not to post technical queries these pages, so I posted mine here.

 

[osanaiko]

I probably didn't make myself clear in my original post. I'm not having an issue transferring the skin mats to the XY shell, I'm trying to use the colour preset options.

I did read the posts on the above thread and also checked https://f95zone.to/threads/xy-hdm.28797/ and neither had answers for my query, plus I've seen moderators as members not to post technical queries these pages, so I posted mine here.

* NOTE: sorry for all the DICKPICS. Unless you like dick, in which case, you are welcome

Well, here are the steps I took.

1. I don't have the extra skins installed, just the base "dbxxx-XY" product

2. Loaded a random dark skinned character "Kingston for G8M"

3, made sure the character was selected.

4. Added the XY with the "01" script.
- at this point the torso skin is white.


5. Made sure I selected the Character object in the scene tree

6. Copied the torso mat using script 02
- now the torso skin is correct. but the dick is the basis color.


7. In the Surfaces tab, selected the XY and drilled down to "Base->Diffuse->Translucency"

8. Changed the "Translucency color" setting until it looked close to the body skin.


Even now if you zoom in closely, you'll see the difference between the torso and dick surfaces. This is because the Diffuse Map is simply different. There's not much you can do to fix this except play with the material controls (translucency, sss color, base reflective color etc) to get as close as you can.

Does that help?

 

[acusrola]

Victoria 8.1 comes with (and I guess G8.1 too) a PBRSkin shader, but I cannot find it anywhere in the shader menu. I can find the iray uber base shader easily enough. Any clue on where it would be?

I managed to hack together a G8F character with a PBRSkin shader applied by jumping through some hoops, but I'd like to have a base shader available that I could just apply on any character.

 

[Dragonbait]

Hey everyone! I am sure I am not the first to ask this, but if someone is willing I would love any advice, directions, or even discord shared screen help in learning DAZ 3d and more of the advanced features. I have been playing with tutorials so far but I find them basic and lacking in actual usefulness. Well it is nice to know where to start I am looking for more of a power user guide or instructions. I am new to DAZ 3d and this side of design, but the tools are familiar and I find a lot of my knowledge seems to be semi transferable.

I have done a lot of drafting and 3d BIM building designs throughout my rl career and thought I would go back to my roots as a programmer by making a game.

I appreciate your patience and thank-you for your time.

 

[MissFortune]

Hey everyone! I am sure I am not the first to ask this, but if someone is willing I would love any advice, directions, or even discord shared screen help in learning DAZ 3d and more of the advanced features. I have been playing with tutorials so far but I find them basic and lacking in actual usefulness. Well it is nice to know where to start I am looking for more of a power user guide or instructions. I am new to DAZ 3d and this side of design, but the tools are familiar and I find a lot of my knowledge seems to be semi transferable.

I have done a lot of drafting and 3d BIM building designs throughout my rl career and thought I would go back to my roots as a programmer by making a game.

I appreciate your patience and thank-you for your time.

What are you looking to do? Lighting? Erotic? Find the direction you want to start with and then go on from there. Narrowing what you're looking is going to make it easier to seek out what you want.

For lighting, I'd recommend looking at Dreamlight's stuff. He goes over the different lights (might be basic), but puts them to actual practical use. The Magical 8-Point Light Set

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,

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, and

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(all of which can be pirated if you know where to look.). There's also his

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. Also one for

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stuff. Though, I'd hold off on those for now. His

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, dunno if he's planning on reupping it.

 

[Dragonbait]

What are you looking to do? Lighting? Erotic? Find the direction you want to start with and then go on from there. Narrowing what you're looking is going to make it easier to seek out what you want.

For lighting, I'd recommend looking at Dreamlight's stuff. He goes over the different lights (might be basic), but puts them to actual practical use. The Magical 8-Point Light Set

You must be registered to see the links

,

You must be registered to see the links

, and

You must be registered to see the links

(all of which can be pirated if you know where to look.). There's also his

You must be registered to see the links

. Also one for

You must be registered to see the links

stuff. Though, I'd hold off on those for now. His

You must be registered to see the links

, dunno if he's planning on reupping it.

Lighting is definitely something I could use help with as I am used to working in lumens. I feel the general principal should be the same but not entirely sure.

My goal is to simply make some games. Though I would prefer to get the quality of models/backgrounds/lighting and poses right before I do anything. Quality matters and it really shows when people take the time to put a little love into their projects.

Once I get those down I would love to learn tricks for compression and animation to make things look more professional. Well I do intend to be adult focus on the game side I really want to get the characters right.

 

[Fatalmasterpiece]

Hey everyone! I am sure I am not the first to ask this, but if someone is willing I would love any advice, directions, or even discord shared screen help in learning DAZ 3d and more of the advanced features. I have been playing with tutorials so far but I find them basic and lacking in actual usefulness. Well it is nice to know where to start I am looking for more of a power user guide or instructions. I am new to DAZ 3d and this side of design, but the tools are familiar and I find a lot of my knowledge seems to be semi transferable.

I have done a lot of drafting and 3d BIM building designs throughout my rl career and thought I would go back to my roots as a programmer by making a game.

I appreciate your patience and thank-you for your time.

There are simply too many features to point to any one guide in general for "advanced" stuff. Also depends on your learning style. If you're a visual learner, YouTube is the best and there are some awesome tutorials there. I recommend WP Guru and Thundorn/Game Development Training has some good tips. It will help you have some experience. I had a background in Revit and Maya and found Daz pretty easy to learn but difficult to master. Recommend learning to manage your content library early and sorting everything if it is something you plan to really get into.

FYI lighting in Daz also uses lumens. Imo using HDRIs as lighting is a great shortcut and preferable to constantly setting up your own lights when possible.

Personally I have not found the official Daz forums to be very good but you may try there for specific tips.

Programming a game is going to be a whole other can of worms to get into. For many people that is harder than the modelling portion but your mileage may vary.

 

[Deleted member 1121028]

Victoria 8.1 comes with (and I guess G8.1 too) a PBRSkin shader, but I cannot find it anywhere in the shader menu. I can find the iray uber base shader easily enough. Any clue on where it would be?

I managed to hack together a G8F character with a PBRSkin shader applied by jumping through some hoops, but I'd like to have a base shader available that I could just apply on any character.

(PBRSkin) My Library\Shader Presets\Iray\Daz PBRSkin
(Uber) My Library\Shader Presets\Iray\DAZ Uber

You can also find/add them from the surfaces preset pane.

 

[Dragonbait]

There are simply too many features to point to any one guide in general for "advanced" stuff. Also depends on your learning style. If you're a visual learner, YouTube is the best and there are some awesome tutorials there. I recommend WP Guru and Thundorn/Game Development Training has some good tips. It will help you have some experience. I had a background in Revit and Maya and found Daz pretty easy to learn but difficult to master. Recommend learning to manage your content library early and sorting everything if it is something you plan to really get into.

FYI lighting in Daz also uses lumens. Imo using HDRIs as lighting is a great shortcut and preferable to constantly setting up your own lights when possible.

Personally I have not found the official Daz forums to be very good but you may try there for specific tips.

Programming a game is going to be a whole other can of worms to get into. For many people that is harder than the modelling portion but your mileage may vary.

Thank-you for the feedback bit excited about the news on lumens, my EIT experience will come in handy with lighting by the looks of it! I will try some of those suggestions as well. The only issue i was having with tutorials was the quantity and having to sort through them to find the one that was useful. Almost like swimming in the ocean with no land in sight lol

I guess I was more hoping to apprentice someone as it were, but that is probably asking alot. I'll start with WP Guru tonight and see how it goes! Programming for me isnt an issue did that for years early on and from the looks most of these things only use basic scripting or code.

Was thinking ren'py till i get the hang of things.

Though now that I think on it do you happen to know a good specific tutorial for asset aquisition or even making your own unique characters/assets in daz? (if it is possible) I saw blender today and that felt pretty simple and almost like playing with clay lol.

Either way I appreciate your time,

 

[Fatalmasterpiece]

Thank-you for the feedback bit excited about the news on lumens, my EIT experience will come in handy with lighting by the looks of it! I will try some of those suggestions as well. The only issue i was having with tutorials was the quantity and having to sort through them to find the one that was useful. Almost like swimming in the ocean with no land in sight lol

I guess I was more hoping to apprentice someone as it were, but that is probably asking alot. I'll start with WP Guru tonight and see how it goes! Programming for me isnt an issue did that for years early on and from the looks most of these things only use basic scripting or code.

Was thinking ren'py till i get the hang of things.

Though now that I think on it do you happen to know a good specific tutorial for asset aquisition or even making your own unique characters/assets in daz? (if it is possible) I saw blender today and that felt pretty simple and almost like playing with clay lol.

Either way I appreciate your time,

Understandable, I feel that way about coding haha. There is also the rat race on hardware to consider but you probably already know this. If you get really into working with DAZ be prepared to spend a lot of money on your machine.

Making your own characters is a bit of reinventing the wheel but is definitely possible. People use ZBrush or Blender for custom "morphs" or sculpts. There are thousands of good premade characters though, tons of existing morphs and it's easy to mix and match all of them to your taste. Primarily you want to start with Genesis 8 or 8.1 (Victoria 8+) and go from there. Previous generation is Genesis 3 (Victoria 3-7) which there is also a lot of content for.
That is kind of the entire point of using DAZ, an almost unlimited supply of ready made assets. Otherwise animating in Blender, Unreal and iClone is arguably much better.

I recommend installing and managing all your content manually. Others will disagree but this gives you an intimate understanding of what files you download, install and where they are on your PC.

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