Rfriese.. idk what you're doing then.  sounds as if you're modeling on too large of a scale.  that stein i did was barely 1mb and it had 79000 vertices

Quote - have yet to fully test it out.. but this is where i'm hypothesizing that the issue is coming from. i gpu render on my computer.  laptop and son's computer don't have open cl  compatible vid cards... therefore the network render will default to cpu rendering only on those 2 boxes.  wife's computer can gpu render and this doesn't happen when i solo render or network render with just the wife's computer.  I'm going to do a cpu-only render and see what the results are.  

Bi-dir GPU rendering did have an issue with null materials. They became visible. When you apply a transmap, you get a mix material between the hair and a null. That's probably what you are seeing as it displayed exactly like you have there.

Bi-dir rendering with GPU acceleration is still experimental. You may also find that CPU and hybrid give differing results on the same scene at the moment.

reggie.. that's what i'm looking at.. i've taken a break from my testing to do a bit of modeling.. odd i know but it's relaxing for me

I'm having a problem with Daz.  I tried to checkout and pay for the things in my cart, but it keeps throwing me back to the first screen when you purchase something.  I figured I'd call Daz and have them do it over the phone.  When I called, it says that Daz is not available.  It gave me a choice to leave a message but I haven't had much luck with that so I didn't.  So I tried the alternate number and it just rings and rings forever.  Does anyone know about problems, other than the usual ones, that they're having or a suggestion about what I could do? I'd figure I'd ask since you all buy things, especially Abi. ;)

Quote - Horsey theres many more bugs in 4.5 and Reality 2.5 merging scenes is completely f87ed

Not anymore :)

Attached Link: Pet

Is there an update? I just opened DS & Reality did not see one offered...

Edit I just downloaded it many thanks

Celebreate with a render...

Quote - Looking at some of the .ply files in Lux's Resources-objects folder using MeshLab I found they contain 6x the number of vertices compared to the .obj files imported into DAZ Studio, but the number of faces is the same as in the .obj's (!). If I then let MeshLab remove duplicate vertices that number shrinks to about the original amount, and the resulting .ply's exported by MeshLab are several MegaBytes smaller. Why are there so many (redundant?) vertices in those Lux .ply's?

A couple of reasons. First, Lux needs to have the geometry grouped by material, not by shape. So, that means that in several cases we need to create "seams", actually edges, where there are none, because that's where the material boundaries are.

Second, the way Lux works about UV maps is that it needs the maps to be "unwrapped", and the same UV point needs to be repeated twice if the point falls along the seam of the map. It is, in fact, the hardest part of writing the geometry exporter.

I don't know how clear I can make it, it's fairly convoluted, but I hope this explains it a bit.

Cheers.

Quote - Rfriese.. idk what you're doing then.  sounds as if you're modeling on too large of a scale.  that stein i did was barely 1mb and it had 79000 vertices

Don't know why it did that either as same square was around 7kb in all my other 3d programs

There used to be a thread over at Daz (old forums)from others who had the same problem but it was kinda erratic about happening

Haven't tried it in a while since I've learned how to get my objects scaled right for Poser and DS in C4d

Anyway enough about this don't want to keep off topic

Quote - I'm having a problem with Daz.  I tried to checkout and pay for the things in my cart, but it keeps throwing me back to the first screen when you purchase something.  I figured I'd call Daz and have them do it over the phone.  When I called, it says that Daz is not available.  It gave me a choice to leave a message but I haven't had much luck with that so I didn't.  So I tried the alternate number and it just rings and rings forever.  Does anyone know about problems, other than the usual ones, that they're having or a suggestion about what I could do? I'd figure I'd ask since you all buy things, especially Abi. ;)

Not as far as I know... I bought the The Monument about an hour ago with no problems.

Maybe it's happy hour in DAZ land.

Quote - > Quote - I'm having a problem with Daz.  I tried to checkout and pay for the things in my cart, but it keeps throwing me back to the first screen when you purchase something.  I figured I'd call Daz and have them do it over the phone.  When I called, it says that Daz is not available.  It gave me a choice to leave a message but I haven't had much luck with that so I didn't.  So I tried the alternate number and it just rings and rings forever.  Does anyone know about problems, other than the usual ones, that they're having or a suggestion about what I could do? I'd figure I'd ask since you all buy things, especially Abi. ;)

Not as far as I know... I bought the The Monument about an hour ago with no problems.

Maybe it's happy hour in DAZ land.

Same here. I purchased a few things earlier today, no problems with that.

Paolo, did you see where I posted way back about the ACSEL being screwed up or at least not displaying correctly?

Quote - I'm having a problem with Daz.  I tried to checkout and pay for the things in my cart, but it keeps throwing me back to the first screen when you purchase something.  I figured I'd call Daz and have them do it over the phone.  When I called, it says that Daz is not available.  It gave me a choice to leave a message but I haven't had much luck with that so I didn't.  So I tried the alternate number and it just rings and rings forever.  Does anyone know about problems, other than the usual ones, that they're having or a suggestion about what I could do? I'd figure I'd ask since you all buy things, especially Abi. ;)

Hehe, do i come across as a shopaholic???  lol.

I've bouht a handful of things from the daz store over the last couple of days without any problems, I guess to test it properly I can go and buy something else now!?  be right back...  hehe

Abi.

Test done, daz store working fine here, at least I can claim this shopping spree was in the name of community support!  lol

Abi.

Quote - Test done, daz store working fine here, at least I can claim this shopping spree was in the name of community support!  lol

Abi.

What did you buy?   Can I see?   Please?

Quote - > Quote - Test done, daz store working fine here, at least I can claim this shopping spree was in the name of community support!  lol

Abi.

What did you buy?   Can I see?   Please?

I bought loads and loads of lingerie, if you wanna see then you'd better catch a plane quick!  oh wait, what did I buy from Daz?

These...

Epic Wings, http://www.daz3d.com/shop/epic-wings

Renaissance Romance , http://www.daz3d.com/shop/renaissance-romance

The Monument, http://www.daz3d.com/shop/the-monument

kaitey for K4, http://www.daz3d.com/shop/kaitey-for-kids-4

That's all, was just a quick test shop.  hehe

Abi.

Damn!   And I had one foot out the door..    Good thing I finished reading your reply..

What a let down... :lol:

Quote - Damn!   And I had one foot out the door..    Good thing I finished reading your reply..

What a let down... :lol:

I did get home to find the lingerie I'd ordered had arrived earlier, not tried it on yet, may need some assistance...  :tongue2:

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - Damn!   And I had one foot out the door..    Good thing I finished reading your reply..

What a let down... :lol:

I did get home to find the lingerie I'd ordered had arrived earlier, not tried it on yet, may need some assistance...  :tongue2:

Abi.

No more flights until tomorrow.   I'll just go and take a cold shower. :tongue2:

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Damn!   And I had one foot out the door..    Good thing I finished reading your reply..

What a let down... :lol:

I did get home to find the lingerie I'd ordered had arrived earlier, not tried it on yet, may need some assistance...  :tongue2:

Abi.

No more flights until tomorrow.   I'll just go and take a cold shower. :tongue2:

ah, images floating through my head...  lol

Time for bed, g'nite all.

Abi.

Night night!

how does one go about updating reality from within the plugin?  i can find no option on any of my screens to do so..  my plugins screen says i have version 2.5.0.112

I simply downloaded the update then removed Reality from the control panel remove program option and then installed the newer version

The little pop-up box used to come up when you opened Studio and had an internet connection. I haven't seen it work for quite awhile though. 

On the other hand, I haven't upgraded to 4.5 and have no plans to do so for the immediate future. 

it's on its way downloading now.. thought there was an easier way than going to preta3d.com and putting in my serial and order number every time.

i have a newfound respect for the clothing designers.. it's hard as hell to get something to look nice and be as smooth as they get it.  everything i've developed looks like a bag of mashed potatoes

Quote - how does one go about updating reality from within the plugin?  i can find no option on any of my screens to do so..  my plugins screen says i have version 2.5.0.112

http://preta3d.com/tasks/Reality2Download.php

To late :lol:

Quote - The little pop-up box used to come up when you opened Studio and had an internet connection. I haven't seen it work for quite awhile though. 

On the other hand, I haven't upgraded to 4.5 and have no plans to do so for the immediate future. 

The Reality automatic update feature is a victim if Studio 4.5 broken compatibility with the previous version of itself. I had to avoid using it because if I enabled the notification of the update it would break your installation. Studio 4.0 cannot run plugins for 4.5 so you would be forced to upgrade to 4.5, something that no everybody is doing. If you don't upgrade to 4.5 and not install Reality 2.5 then the popup would appear every time your launch Studio, which is annoying because you would not have any way of avoiding it.

So I am stuck with no options. If Studio had maintained compatibility, as it was expected, this would not have happened. As it is, I have no way to solve this situation except making the automatic update more flexibile, something that is planned for Reality 3.0.

On the other hand I can't have a link to freely download Reality from my site, so I need to bother you with the ID request. 

I hope this explains the situation a little bit, I appreciate everybody's patience.

Cheers.

Attached Link: http://www.3dworldmag.com/2012/09/18/review-reality-2-render-engine-plug-in-for-daz-studio/

At first glance, by the title of the article, I thought it would be painfully misinformational about what Reality is.  I was happy to see that it stated several times that Reality is a bridge between studio and lux and that Reality wasn't the render engine itself.

I downloaded the update for reality 2.5 for win64, uninstalled the previous one, and installed the new, but the about screen still says that my version is still 2.5.0.112. I uninstalled/reinstalled again and it didn't change.

The zip file I received ,downloaded and installed is called Reality_2.5.1.104_DS4_W-64 so I'm not sure whether I've got the newer version and the about screen is wrong or somehow the older version got zipped up as the newer.

I think you can also remove it manually from your ds4 plug in folder its in the RUG

Quote - I downloaded the update for reality 2.5 for win64, uninstalled the previous one, and installed the new, but the about screen still says that my version is still 2.5.0.112. I uninstalled/reinstalled again and it didn't change.

The zip file I received ,downloaded and installed is called Reality_2.5.1.104_DS4_W-64 so I'm not sure whether I've got the newer version and the about screen is wrong or somehow the older version got zipped up as the newer.

You don't need to uninstall, just install the new version. Yoummust select the folder where Studio is, if yu don't the plugin might be copied to a different folder than you think. Do not rely on the installer to figure out where Studio is. To uninstall Reality you must delete the folder where it is. You still have the old version installed, the archive for 2.5.1.104 has the right files.

All the best. 

Thank you Alex for the link. The review is actually the same that appeared a few months ago, it's just that it has been made publicvia the forum, now that the issues is out of print.

Cheers.

After reading your response, I uninstalled again.. (When I first downloaded the upgrade, I did attempt to install it without uninstalling anything, I forgot to say that in the first post) After uninstalling, I opened DS 4.5 and checked for reality... not there.. because I uninstalled it. Then I just installed the new update again and opened DS 4.5 and reality was there, so I opened a sample scene and the splash screen has the previous version again... I don't know what I'm missing, but it must be installing to the right location, since it wasn't in the render tab until I reinstalled.   As I'm typing, I installed the updated reality into a test folder as well to check against what is installed in the studio folder and it is identical. This is really baffling me...

Turtlefemm, what is the name of the executable in the zip file?

The name is Reality_2_5_DS4_64

Quote - The name is Reality_2_5_DS4_64

Ok, thank you. Let me ask others in the audience. Anybody installed 2.5.1.104 for Wi dows 64 and verified that is indeed 2.5.1.104?

Thanks in advance. 

Yes, I have installed it and it is 2.50.1.104.

Same here see post above

Yes, I have the correct version as well.

Thank you Sarge. So, Turtlefemm, try to retrace your steps and see if something is out of place. I would suggest to restart you PC, download 2.5.1.104 again and start fresh.

Cheers.

Quote - Yes, I have installed it and it is 2.50.1.104.

Same for me.....

Finally after uninstalling yet again, running ccleaner, rebooting, redownloading the update, it is the correct version... I have no idea what happened even now, since that was the only version present anywhere, but at least its working now. Thanks Paolo.

I'm glad that you resolved it.

Cheers 

Quote - > Quote - The name is Reality_2_5_DS4_64

Ok, thank you. Let me ask others in the audience. Anybody installed 2.5.1.104 for Wi dows 64 and verified that is indeed 2.5.1.104?

Thanks in advance. 

I have this one Reality version 2.5 -- Build: 2.50.1.104

Loud and clear Kim :)

Anybody notice the fantastic new film effects in the latest Lux release? The Fuji Cine films are faaaaan-tastic! 

Paolo, if that was your doing, I will officially kiss your feet! 

Am I the only one who has to ctrl+alt+del to close Lux after a render's been going for a few hours?  This isn't a once in a while thing, it's every single time.  That and when I go to remove a slave from a network render, it usually does notihng.  I click the remove button and the client is still there as an active session and every button on the network tab is greyed out.

Quote - Anybody notice the fantastic new film effects in the latest Lux release? The Fuji Cine films are faaaaan-tastic! 

Paolo, if that was your doing, I will officially kiss your feet! 

The File Response files are the same that were before but I did re-write their names ith the correct labels used by th manufacturers. In this way they have easier names to recognize. You will notice that the names match in Reality.

Cheers .