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Answering DAZ questions!
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Samshah
I think that your question might get a quicker answer if asked in DAZ's Nuts and Bolts thread
This thread seems more about how to use Daz, not necesarily how to fix a broken DAZ.
Have you looked at your log file to see what errors you have?
You can usually find it (for a normal install) C:\Users\*USER-*NAME*\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4
I think that your question might get a quicker answer if asked in DAZ's Nuts and Bolts thread
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This thread seems more about how to use Daz, not necesarily how to fix a broken DAZ.
Have you looked at your log file to see what errors you have?
You can usually find it (for a normal install) C:\Users\*USER-*NAME*\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4
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after applying face transfer whenever i apply skin texture from skin 8 the face does not look same any solution?
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I found the solution Windows defender real time protection wont let me save files it keeps force closing daz whenever i do that.
What's the best way to create hair for Daz? I've tried Daz's strand-based hair, and while I like the results, the hair-creation UI crashes on me frequently. (Daz is otherwise perfectly stable for me, even with iRay chugging.) I've also tried making Fibermesh hair for Daz. Again, the hair looks good, but it's got high poly counts, making it a bit unwieldy to work with in Daz. Though not impossible if one hides the hair until render time, say. Should I be making hair cards? I don't have any experience doing that. How do people here typically make hair for Daz?
- Jan 19, 2019
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Using dicktator, how do I match the shell color with my character's skin. I know there's a shell choose color_iray, but am I just suppose to guess with that? Or is there some specific value I'm suppose to copy over. I tried coping the shaders from the dick and skin but that didn't seem to work(color was off and way too dark). Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.
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You have to (1)attach Dicktator to the character, (2)copy the materials, and (3)add "Dicktator shell"; then select the shell and apply the materials that are in the "Iray" or "3Dlight" folder... if you don't have enough there, take a look at this:
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Sorry, I don't use it
But it seems to already include a wide variety
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Prtty good for monster and othern but for humans there isn't a lot ^^
i should probably keep it for monster and use dicktator for humans
i should probably keep it for monster and use dicktator for humans
It's probably the best option
You can also take a look at this other one:
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Asking this here as I didn't really feel it was worth its own thread. I've noticed that some Daz plugins come with their own installer. For example Dforce companion and UV tailor.
The installer however doesn't actually seem to install anything. There are no options as to where it is supposed to install. Searching for said .dll on my computer or trying to manually open the .exe with 7zip leads me nowhere.
In the case of Dforce there was a .dll in the zip that I could manually install but alas no such .dll in UV tailor.
Seeing as two plugin installers have failed to work I'm wondering if I'm missing anything obvious here?
I'd like to use UV tailor to try and get a better understanding of editing my textures. I'm trying to make panties appear "wet" by adjusting the base mat and then adding a "Cutout opacity map".
Using the base texture as a base to paint over gets me a decent result but some stretching is occurring. It is to my understanding that I could use the UV map to get a better understanding of where I need to "draw".
Also thanks for all the useful information. I've only started used Daz a few weeks ago, its been a lot of information to take in but all the information that is freely being shared by devs has been a great boon.
The installer however doesn't actually seem to install anything. There are no options as to where it is supposed to install. Searching for said .dll on my computer or trying to manually open the .exe with 7zip leads me nowhere.
In the case of Dforce there was a .dll in the zip that I could manually install but alas no such .dll in UV tailor.
Seeing as two plugin installers have failed to work I'm wondering if I'm missing anything obvious here?
I'd like to use UV tailor to try and get a better understanding of editing my textures. I'm trying to make panties appear "wet" by adjusting the base mat and then adding a "Cutout opacity map".
Using the base texture as a base to paint over gets me a decent result but some stretching is occurring. It is to my understanding that I could use the UV map to get a better understanding of where I need to "draw".
Also thanks for all the useful information. I've only started used Daz a few weeks ago, its been a lot of information to take in but all the information that is freely being shared by devs has been a great boon.
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(This has been a great help for Dforce, worth getting!)It's an old bug. Short answer : if you can, install a vanilla Daz3D on a second computer with the default path, install your plugin(s) here and copy paste DLLs to your main install.
I'm using the default path
I did see that error come up a few times when I was searching for a solution but I believe those get a "install not found error" or along those lines.
For me it actually claims to install. But doesn't actually do anything.
I did see that error come up a few times when I was searching for a solution but I believe those get a "install not found error" or along those lines.
For me it actually claims to install. But doesn't actually do anything.
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Could it be a windows permissions thing somehow? when you run the installers, are you getting the windows "popup" for admin permissions to modify the install folder?I'm using the default path
I did see that error come up a few times when I was searching for a solution but I believe those get a "install not found error" or along those lines.
For me it actually claims to install. But doesn't actually do anything.
The installer requires admin permissions like you say and I give it those. The install info does tend to be very lacking.
Is it normal for it to be full of blank space? Kinda feel like there should be a directory path there.
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I've installed Daz on another pc. Exact same installer issue.
Fiddling a bit further with 7zip I managed to get the installer to open, inside however are from what I can see encrypted files so I still can't get the damn .dll out.
Are these installers even working for anyone? Using daz 4.12.1.11.7
Is it normal for it to be full of blank space? Kinda feel like there should be a directory path there.
Edit*
I've installed Daz on another pc. Exact same installer issue.
Fiddling a bit further with 7zip I managed to get the installer to open, inside however are from what I can see encrypted files so I still can't get the damn .dll out.
Are these installers even working for anyone? Using daz 4.12.1.11.7
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Ok... this one should be an easy one... but remember, I am still a rookie!
for the sake of argument, I load a scene.
Then I want to see how it looks with a character in it, so I load a character.
Now I have the character in the scene, selected in the scene pane....
HERE IS MY QUESTION...
the scene remains the "default" primary asset, for lack of better description, if I rotate around the asset, I am rotating around the scene.
I want to switch to the character, so that is the "primary" asset that I rotate around etc...
How do I do that?
for the sake of argument, I load a scene.
Then I want to see how it looks with a character in it, so I load a character.
Now I have the character in the scene, selected in the scene pane....
HERE IS MY QUESTION...
the scene remains the "default" primary asset, for lack of better description, if I rotate around the asset, I am rotating around the scene.
I want to switch to the character, so that is the "primary" asset that I rotate around etc...
How do I do that?