Well, I reduced the bucketsize to 8 and everything else to 2 and it still crashed when it got to that same spot, so I uninstalled the free-standing version of 3delight to make sure that wasn't the problem. Unfortunately, even after uninstalling the free-standing 3delight (to make sure that wasn't the problem), it continues to freeze with even those low render settings. =/

Now, I should note that it's freezing when it reaches the characters eyes. I dont know what that would have to do with it, as the pair of glasses she is wearing are rendering fine, and I've tried changing the eye textures as well.

I've rendered these scenes completely before and the only changes that were made were to a completely different character in the scene than the one having the problems. DAZ support has yet to respond to me (They haven't responded to any of my help requests since I was having trouble with my old system last year and asking for assistance on a semi-regular basis), so I'm still totally stumped. :(