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[Fatalmasterpiece]

Okay, so I have 2 questions about this render:

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1: How do I get rid of the white see-through effect of her hair? When I view it in full screen (or the rendering window) it seems as if it is just grainy noise, but I can't seem to get rid of it.

2: How do I make her skin a bit more glossy, so she doesn't look completely dead? As a reference, I'm looking for something kinda like that, in terms of glossy-ness:

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You need to play around with the "Surfaces" tab for each figure; the hair and the skin of the model. This works differently between G8 and G8.1
This video covers the topic pretty well.

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[Yuuki4]

You need to play around with the "Surfaces" tab for each figure; the hair and the skin of the model. This works differently between G8 and G8.1
This video covers the topic pretty well.

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Yeah, that helped thanks! She looks a bit less dead now lol

 

[tripod70]

I think I know what the answer will be, but asking anyway... I am using DAZ V 4.15 and not going to update for a while I think. I have read a lot about how 4.20 is full of various bugs. I don't think that when I downloaded DAZ last year that I actually got or had the install file. I have a complete backup of the Libraries, but not the actual DAZ program itself. Is there a place/location that I can get/download the install file in case I have to actually do a rebuild ( Which I hope never happens, but to be safe ) Does any one know for sure if it is even available???

 

[osanaiko]

tripod70 There's no "official" way to access old release versions, for some reason Daz has that policy (probably so they don't have to support issues across different versions).

I've seen it written in the Daz forums that if you ask nicely (and are a paying customer i.e. have a history of paying for content) then their support team will give you old installers.

Otherwise, you need to get a installer from somewhere on the interwebs (Ahoy there matey).

For future reference:
1. always get/keep a backup of the installer so you don't have the same issue in the future
2. using Daz Install Manager, you can have an "official" and a "beta" install in parallel. I generally keep "official" on the known relatively stable version (4.15 at the moment) and just do "beta" installs of the newer versions until I find one that seems to have a good reputation and a compelling reason to upgrade.

 

[Yuuki4]

I don't understand how to get texture-presets working on dicktator.

I've gotten the dictator shell to load, and the dick changes color when I apply on or the other. I can't, however get dick veins to work. I'm selecting the displacement as in this picture:

I'm not getting any weird messages, and ^ that's what it looks like. I've got the Dicktator Shell selected in Scene as well.
To me that looks like it did nothing. So naturally I try to increase the effect by bumping it up, as shown in picture the second picture. I get a message that seems to me like it worked like intended, except that literally nothing happened. No matter how much I crank up that parameter.

What am I missing?

 

[acusrola]

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Check the shaders (surface) tab for the dicktator shell, find one of the dicktator texture sets - should be called dicktator part i.e. glans, scrotum. Find the shaft texture set and at the very bottom see if there's a displacement map even applied.

 

[Yuuki4]

Check the shaders (surface) tab for the dicktator shell, find one of the dicktator texture sets - should be called dicktator part i.e. glans, scrotum. Find the shaft texture set and at the very bottom see if there's a displacement map even applied.

Thank you so much!! That was it!

 

[EquiIibrium]

Hello! I have a problem with Daz Studio 4.20 and specifically with Golden Palace and soft buttocks/dforce Hip and Breast V2 for genesis 3/8/8.1 plugins compatibility. When I try to use them together I have strange issue like on screenshot below (its not texture shaded preview bug, it also happens in Iray preview and renders). Is there any fix for this? I tried applying GP first and then soft buttocks or dforce hip and vice versa, nothing changes.

 

[theKimb]

Can someone tell me how to place your scene on a higher position when using an HDRI or lower the HDRI?

I'm building a classroom that's on a higher floor (like 10th or something) so the only things visible when looking through the window should be other big buildings, their rooftops or just the sky.

I tried it with this one here:

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Activated the "Draw Ground" option, used the domes with Grounds, and lowered the position for the ground.

It works well for like the first max. 10m but when I go higher the distortion becomes rly bad (no matter if sphere or box mode).
Either the rotation is completely off or the HDRI is too close.
Sometimes I can make the dome look good but then the ground part is distorted af.

Any ideas how to do this properly?

I've just made some renders and used one of these HDRIs (one without clouds as ground)

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[amster22]

Can someone tell me how to place your scene on a higher position when using an HDRI or lower the HDRI?

I'm building a classroom that's on a higher floor (like 10th or something) so the only things visible when looking through the window should be other big buildings, their rooftops or just the sky.

I tried it with this one here:

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Activated the "Draw Ground" option, used the domes with Grounds, and lowered the position for the ground.

It works well for like the first max. 10m but when I go higher the distortion becomes rly bad (no matter if sphere or box mode).
Either the rotation is completely off or the HDRI is too close.
Sometimes I can make the dome look good but then the ground part is distorted af.

Any ideas how to do this properly?

I've just made some renders and used one of these HDRIs (one without clouds as ground)

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It is not possible do move an HDRI. For a small displacement (<1m), you can play with the ground position, but at 30m high, the vision of the town is completely different. You can see the roof of some buildings, the top of trees, etc. Obviously a lot of information that is not recorded in the original image.
If you absolutely want to use an hrdi, you should create your own. I havent found any hdri in any site that where suitable for a rooftop or high floor scene.
It is not very difficult to create an hdri. Look at this thread

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or this one

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[theKimb]

Thanks. I found

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and made one.
Not perfect tho. Have to change the sky a bit and rotate for better lightning.

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[Yuuki4]

Hi, I have this issue with Golden Palace on G8F. It's a completely new scene, and and T-posing G8F.

I'm literally just following the vag-setup, but it doesn't delete the old "non fun" stuff and clips together like in the picture. If I do the next step, 3, it shades the vag as it should but it doesn't remove the old stuff either. Shell-fix doesn't do it either (full disclosure, I have no idea what shell fix does).

How do I fix this?

 

[osanaiko]

Thanks. I found

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and made one.
Not perfect tho. Have to change the sky a bit and rotate for better lightning.

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Really nice work!

 

[EvasionYT]

Daz slapped me in the face when I found out they don't support AMD cards. So here I am! Calling all EXPERIENCED devs to give me an opinion. Should I go with an RX card but import everything from daz including characters placed and environments to blender for rendering and animation, or should I buy a 3060 (huge downgrade from the RX 6750XT) and use their tools?

 

[MissFortune]

Daz slapped me in the face when I found out they don't support AMD cards. So here I am! Calling all EXPERIENCED devs to give me an opinion. Should I go with an RX card but import everything from daz including characters placed and environments to blender for rendering and animation, or should I buy a 3060 (huge downgrade from the RX 6750XT) and use their tools?

I guess the biggest question is, what do you want to accomplish? Are you making a VN? Just making a few one-offs for fun?

Even if you did go the Nvidia route, a 3060 wouldn't be the way to go. a 3070 or 3070ti would be the absolute bottom I'd recommend, unless you're able to afford two 3060s. Which is still barely worth it, imo. Even then, can you afford it? Is it worth it to you to downgrade your GPU just for Daz? As far as I'm aware, AMD doesn't fare too much better in Blender, but it's still better than Daz. Do you have the time to invest into learning Blender? It'll take a solid month just to learn the UI. Transferring from Daz also comes with its own set of issues. Diffeomorphic (probably spelled wrong) is better than the official transferring plugin, though.

All that being said, attempt using Blender with your RX card and Daz before you go out and spend a fairly large some on another GPU. If you still feel like moving to Nvidia and using Daz after that, then start thinking about it.

 

[EvasionYT]

I guess the biggest question is, what do you want to accomplish? Are you making a VN? Just making a few one-offs for fun?

Even if you did go the Nvidia route, a 3060 wouldn't be the way to go. a 3070 or 3070ti would be the absolute bottom I'd recommend, unless you're able to afford two 3060s. Which is still barely worth it, imo. Even then, can you afford it? Is it worth it to you to downgrade your GPU just for Daz? As far as I'm aware, AMD doesn't fare too much better in Blender, but it's still better than Daz. Do you have the time to invest into learning Blender? It'll take a solid month just to learn the UI. Transferring from Daz also comes with its own set of issues. Diffeomorphic (probably spelled wrong) is better than the official transferring plugin, though.

All that being said, attempt using Blender with your RX card and Daz before you go out and spend a fairly large some on another GPU. If you still feel like moving to Nvidia and using Daz after that, then start thinking about it.

Wow very inspirational. In all seriousness I don't think gaming is life. I think that using our money to make more money is very valuable. So even if it sacrifices a couple frames in games I love, there is nothing more meaningful to me than learning. I will pick up a 3070, only downside I've heard is the VRAM. Surely someone here has suggestions regarding that

 

[acusrola]

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Uninstall GP and reinstall it. If you didn't install it through DIM (don't remember if GP DIM support), reload the archive and see where the files are and delete them. Then reinstall fresh. Technically, you might be able to just reinstall it on top, but it might be safer to remove first.

iirc GP had some updates to it, and there are like three version of it here at the forums, so just install the oldest (G8) version, install the second on top of that, and then the latest that introduced 8.1 support.

 

[Yuuki4]

Uninstall GP and reinstall it. If you didn't install it through DIM (don't remember if GP DIM support), reload the archive and see where the files are and delete them. Then reinstall fresh. Technically, you might be able to just reinstall it on top, but it might be safer to remove first.

iirc GP had some updates to it, and there are like three version of it here at the forums, so just install the oldest (G8) version, install the second on top of that, and then the latest that introduced 8.1 support.

acusrola to the rescue again! Thank you, that was it!!

For anyone having the same issue, all I did was download all three content-packs from:


Then install them in the order they are presented (I didn't uninstall anything) Just merged the folders (as you do when doing a manual install of DAZ stuff) and overwrite any file your PC wants to overwrite. Install them in the order they are presented in the GP thread:

1. Golden Palace for G8F
2. Genesis 8.1F Patch
3. October 2021 Update

 

[EvasionYT]

I see a bunch of animation assets on different storefronts for Daz and their previews come with models. Is it possible to change those models to your own, ofc still remaining in G8 or whatever they require

 

[amster22]

I see a bunch of animation assets on different storefronts for Daz and their previews come with models. Is it possible to change those models to your own, ofc still remaining in G8 or whatever they require

If the anim is for a given family (eg G8F), you must use a char of the same family or use a pose converter. Note that theses poses or anims generally require tweaks, though, especially is the char is interacting with an object (like a chair) or another char.