Where the all scenes saved in .DUF format prior the merge?

Yep... Everything in the building scene is defaulted back to glossy hours of work converting and hiding materials to null down the drain...

Maybe others can check if this is happening. I can't reproduce the problem.

Could it be cartain sets?

I doubt it.

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So what then all I know before Reality 2.5 and studio 4.5 this was a none issue

What is your workflow bob, and which sets?

Think I finally got my bump settings for this character dialed in perfectly.  The hair still needs some work as not even a smoothing modifier could correct the jagged parts of it.  Could just be due to the position of her head.  One step closer to my optimum Callad-esque render settings.

Ok I built the building I posted above reduced gloss coverted some windows & street lamps ect. Before that I had saved several characters as scenes with reality adjustments clothing eyes ect. I open the building scene then select merge scene in DS to bring in said character then all the building is back to full gloss for everything I converted all the converted lights are wiped out and my character is also back to default with the clothing all fully glossed

Just out of curiosoity Bob, when doing your Reality scene for merges, do you actually start the render in Lux? I'm not sure why this makes a difference, but it works for me (read below).

I've noticed that, even if I only make one change with Reality for a lux scene, I need to save it in Studio immediately after as Studio will occasionally forget if I just go off of the scene pre-reality. I normally do this after the export to Lux has completed and Lux is starting up. Close reality, save scene in Studio.

I merge scenes quite often, but then again, I'm still using 4.0.3.47

I always save the scene in studio once completed (which I had then I rendered the bare scene you commented on) This morning upon merging the character I had saved to work in Reality, I select the surefaces of the clothing I had set to matte it was all glossy again then when I re adjusted & ran a test render, I noticed all my convert to light were not lit up I look in the light groups and see them all AWOL then I check the metarials I had converted most of them had reverted to full glossy as well. I dont get it...

Bob, 32bit or 64bit?

Quote - Think I finally got my bump settings for this character dialed in perfectly.  The hair still needs some work as not even a smoothing modifier could correct the jagged parts of it.  Could just be due to the position of her head.  One step closer to my optimum Callad-esque render settings.

Nice skin, love the eye shadow! the jagged hair is due to position and a poor hair product with simple rigging/geometry. You shouldn't have to apply the smoothing modifier to hair. That is the first thing I look for when buying a hair product and why I tend to stick with certain vendors that don't have this issue with their models. I am always leary of SWAM, propschick, nikisatez and outoftouch hair addons for that very reason. Something to be said for quality over quantity since these vendors seems to mass produce products.

Quote - Think I finally got my bump settings for this character dialed in perfectly.  The hair still needs some work as not even a smoothing modifier could correct the jagged parts of it.  Could just be due to the position of her head.  One step closer to my optimum Callad-esque render settings.

The skin is choice..   My only suggestion would be to increase gloss on the lips.

I like the pose but take a close look at her left eye, the pupil is down inside her lower eyelid.

It's old school hair, best of luck with it.   Nice work!

Quote - Bob, 32bit or 64bit?

64 all of it

Ok Bob, and when you save, do you save in Reality or Studio?

Studio could that be the problem? because in Reality it does not let you "save as" and have had it overwrite the wrong file before.. It was fine with the previous version

Quote - Night Night

Quote - Callad

(now a little 'doc tease': Going to the bedroom and slowly will undress, then will put on a slightly see-through nightgown and will slide gracefully into my bed. No daubt I will dream of.. counting sheep! :P )

IBL is Winter Forest from HDRlabs:

http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html

The Gown is a Dynamic cloth by Khory for DAZ Studio being released soon. This scene was created before I developed Gynophobia.

Oh LOL! You wished Doc! Now my nighty is SLIGHTLY see-through! and has straps, is a little shorter and has lace at the 'crucial' top-part.  :laugh:

~very nice render btw!~

Haven't been much on-line lately since work is hectic and my 'better half' is at home with severe back-problems. (needs a lotta TLC)  ..and -no- Doc.. the back-problems aren't due to ..uhm.. that. :P :b_bashful:

On the plus side I have everything re adjusted and its rendering lightning fast!

Quote - Haven't been much on-line lately since work is hectic and my 'better half' is at home with severe back-problems. (needs a lotta TLC)  ..and -no- Doc.. the back-problems aren't due to ..uhm.. that. :P :b_bashful:

"that"   Is the only way to go.  :lol:  It's called pain with a smile. 

"that"  Could also be the cure..   Just a thought.

Quote - Studio could that be the problem? because in Reality it does not let you "save as" and have had it overwrite the wrong file before.. It was fine with the previous version

There is something wrong somewhere, as Reality should let you "Save as" if a scene hasn't been saved before.

I created some test files, try those. Load the master, then merge the corresponding file labelled secondary. The clothing should all be Matte. The files labelled Reality were saved in Reality, others in Studio. So both ways work.

http://www.4shared.com/zip/LBrbdeOJ/Scenes.html

I sit in the dark with only the single warm glow of this candle in my hand.

It's warmth matches the warmth I hold in my heart for you.

Let it be a beacon that you may follow.

Come  home to me Doc, I miss you............................... :tt1:

Quote - > Quote - Think I finally got my bump settings for this character dialed in perfectly.  The hair still needs some work as not even a smoothing modifier could correct the jagged parts of it.  Could just be due to the position of her head.  One step closer to my optimum Callad-esque render settings.

The skin is choice..   My only suggestion would be to increase gloss on the lips.

I like the pose but take a close look at her left eye, the pupil is down inside her lower eyelid.

It's old school hair, best of luck with it.   Nice work!

It's actually brand-new hair.  I always thought that swam and oot were good stuff.. who'd you recommend as vendors for "good" hair?

Quote - You have strayed afar into the evil darkness my love....

I sit in the dark with only the single warm glow of this candle in my hand.

It's warmth matches the warmth I hold in my heart for you.

Let it be a beacon that you may follow.

Come  home to me Doc, I miss you............................... :tt1:

 

Very nice KH!

I'm afraid it'll be a long wait, as I need to find the cure for Gynophobia

Quote - You have strayed afar into the evil darkness my love....

I sit in the dark with only the single warm glow of this candle in my hand.

It's warmth matches the warmth I hold in my heart for you.

Let it be a beacon that you may follow.

Come  home to me Doc, I miss you............................... :tt1:

 

LMAO, well Doc, this may be your lucky day.  The day you announce you don't like girls, you get KH trying to win your heart!!!

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - You have strayed afar into the evil darkness my love....

I sit in the dark with only the single warm glow of this candle in my hand.

It's warmth matches the warmth I hold in my heart for you.

Let it be a beacon that you may follow.

Come  home to me Doc, I miss you............................... :tt1:

 

LMAO, well Doc, this may be your lucky day.  The day you announce you don't like girls, you get KH trying to win your heart!!!

Abi.

ROFL Doc i dont have an account and it should work when I save the materials

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Think I finally got my bump settings for this character dialed in perfectly.  The hair still needs some work as not even a smoothing modifier could correct the jagged parts of it.  Could just be due to the position of her head.  One step closer to my optimum Callad-esque render settings.

The skin is choice..   My only suggestion would be to increase gloss on the lips.

I like the pose but take a close look at her left eye, the pupil is down inside her lower eyelid.

It's old school hair, best of luck with it.   Nice work!

It's actually brand-new hair.  I always thought that swam and oot were good stuff.. who'd you recommend as vendors for "good" hair?

It may be new but old school rigging......  I have several hairs from Bice and OOT that work great and some that are crap so it is hard for me to recommend a vendor.  Most of my hairs have not been reinstalled but I will run some quick tests on what I have and let you know which ones work well. I don't think I have anything from Swam that's worth a crap.... IMHO

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - You have strayed afar into the evil darkness my love....

I sit in the dark with only the single warm glow of this candle in my hand.

It's warmth matches the warmth I hold in my heart for you.

Let it be a beacon that you may follow.

Come  home to me Doc, I miss you............................... :tt1:

 

LMAO, well Doc, this may be your lucky day.  The day you announce you don't like girls, you get KH trying to win your heart!!!

Abi.

 

ROFL Doc i dont have an account and it should work when I save the materials

Not me, it's the girl that want's him back.........

Quote - > Quote - You have strayed afar into the evil darkness my love....

I sit in the dark with only the single warm glow of this candle in my hand.

It's warmth matches the warmth I hold in my heart for you.

Let it be a beacon that you may follow.

Come  home to me Doc, I miss you............................... :tt1:

 

Very nice KH!

I'm afraid it'll be a long wait, as I need to find the cure for Gynophobia

Suck it up Doc.   She is the cure...... :lol:

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - You have strayed afar into the evil darkness my love....

I sit in the dark with only the single warm glow of this candle in my hand.

It's warmth matches the warmth I hold in my heart for you.

Let it be a beacon that you may follow.

Come  home to me Doc, I miss you............................... :tt1:

 

uh, yeah, sure, whatever you say ( I thought art usually visualised what was in the artists mind).

Abi.

LMAO, well Doc, this may be your lucky day.  The day you announce you don't like girls, you get KH trying to win your heart!!!

Abi.

 

ROFL Doc i dont have an account and it should work when I save the materials

 

Not me, it's the girl that want's him back.........

Yeah, right, whatever you say (I thought art usually showed what was in the artists mind).

Abi.

(for some reason hitting post removed what I'd typed!?)

It's like riding a bike, you just jump on and ride, it will all come back. :lol:

"uh, yeah, sure, whatever you say ( I thought art usually visualised what was in the artists mind).

Abi."

It does and if I had rendered a stud horse you might have somthing.  :lol:

Quote - "uh, yeah, sure, whatever you say ( I thought art usually visualised what was in the artists mind).

Abi."

 

It does and if I had rendered a stud horse you might have somthing.  :lol:

Considering the thought process of you hitting on Doc, if you had rendered a stud horse then I'd be getting worried for Doc's "tradesmans entrance"!  lol (I want a copy of any photo's if you do "get together" though!  hehe)

Abi.

Quote - (for some reason hitting post removed what I'd typed!?)

Are you a blond?   It was there you just typed it in the middle of the quote. "wink"

Another shot of Wendy, got her on the couch eventually...

Whatcha Doing Down There? aka "Coming up for air"

Enjoy,

Abi.

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Are you a blond?   It was there you just typed it in the middle of the quote. "wink"

Lol, so it is, who moved it? own up, it wasn't me!  No I'm not blonde (anymore!), I'm naturally cherry red.

Abi.

Quote - Another shot of Wendy, got her on the couch eventually...

Whatcha Doing Down There? aka "Coming up for air"

Enjoy,

Abi.

No commit on the title. :rolleyes:  Nice use of deformers, I really need to learn how to use those....

Quote - > Quote - Another shot of Wendy, got her on the couch eventually...

Whatcha Doing Down There? aka "Coming up for air"

Enjoy,

Abi.

No commit on the title. :rolleyes:  Nice use of deformers, I really need to learn how to use those....

I cheated, I used 1, and that was on the panties where the thigh was messing the mesh, the sofa has some pre-formed poses for V4 and the sofa.

Abi.

(dammit, did it again, posted in the middle! hehe)

The old cursed panty chafe...   Clothes are such a bother, they should be banned. 

Quote - The old cursed panty chafe...   Clothes are such a bother, they should be banned. 

I agree, I'm a dental floss girl anyway!  hehe

Abi.

Thank you for the suggestions for the forest. I don't do Bryce so I think I'll wait for a sale on Stonemason's set.

I need some more help.  I haven't been posting because I can't figure out how to post and get the large version when you click on the smaller picture. I think Sharkey stated how to once, but I didn't understand. I need the "for dummies" explaination. Please?

Off Topic alert-

Just a heads-up for you bird lovers, Ken Gilliland is a featured PA today at DAZ, 50% off!!! Good time to pick up all that Songbird ReMix stuff you've been wanting! ( I just picked up a few myself)

When posting an image, once the image is added to the post, right click on it and select insert/edit link.  In the pop-up, enter the url for the large image (I use the image page on DA, or the image on Rendo gallery), select open in new window from the drop down list (preferable to changing the current window) and hit ok.

Abi.

Xandi:

1. Select Insert/Edit Image at the top of the message post box.

2. Enter the URL of the image. Then click on Appearance tab and enter 600 in the first Dimensions box. Make sure Constrain Porportians is unchecked and the 2nd Dimensions box is blank.

3. Once the image has appeared in the post message box, click it and then click on the Insert/Edit link icon. Enter the image URL again, and select Blank New Window.

That's it :)

Quote - Xandi:

1. Select Insert/Edit Image at the top of the message post box.

2. Enter the URL of the image. Then click on Appearance tab and enter 600 in the first Dimensions box. Make sure Constrain Porportians is unchecked and the 2nd Dimensions box is blank.

3. Once the image has appeared in the post message box, click it and then click on the Insert/Edit link icon. Enter the image URL again, and select Blank New Window.

That's it :)

That's a lot of work, just go to the Attach a File below the message  and browse to the image location on your computer. It's the same as Daz, keep it under 500 kb..

Edit:  If you want to post the full 1or2 mg file you will need to go the other route.

Quote - > Quote - Xandi:

1. Select Insert/Edit Image at the top of the message post box.

2. Enter the URL of the image. Then click on Appearance tab and enter 600 in the first Dimensions box. Make sure Constrain Porportians is unchecked and the 2nd Dimensions box is blank.

3. Once the image has appeared in the post message box, click it and then click on the Insert/Edit link icon. Enter the image URL again, and select Blank New Window.

That's it :)

That's a lot of work, just go to the Attach a File below the message  and browse to the image location on your computer. It's the same as Daz, keep it under 500 kb..

Urgh, adding attachments, uh, yuk, thats like, so last 2011!  hehe

Abi.

"Urgh, adding attachments, uh, yuk, thats like, so last 2011!  hehe"

hehe!   I'm lazy.   And you still get the full size just lower quality.

Quote - "Urgh, adding attachments, uh, yuk, thats like, so last 2011!  hehe"

 

hehe!   I'm lazy.   And you still get the full size just lower quality.

I've heard you suffer with quality issues, might wanna get together with Doc and talk about that - oh wait, you ARE trying to get with Doc!  hehe

Abi.

Just remember one thing. IF and I say IF, I should ever "visit" Doc, I will only be a few miles from you....  Scary thought isn't it......

Quote - Just remember one thing. IF and I say IF, I should ever "visit" Doc, I will only be a few miles from you....  Scary thought isn't it......

Hehe, that a promise or a threat?  I have enough "implements" to use on both of you!

Abi.