Gator762 posted at 2:37PM Sat, 23 January 2016 - #4250689

lwaves posted at 5:28PM Fri, 22 January 2016 - #4250669

I stopped using 3Delight the day after Iray appeared, so I can't testify to any improvements there. But Iray seems much more stable to me, maybe even slightly quicker. It can handle significantly more figures in a scene (roughly 2or 3 in 4.8 to 7 or 8 in 4.9) and using Iray to preview in the viewport is much more responsive. In fact the whole program seems more stable. In 4.8, GenX2 would usually crash when loading a figure into it for the first time, that doesn't happen with 4.9. Another advantage is that the database is significantly quicker when showing content, Even massive directories take only a second instead of several.

It's also worth bearing in mind, as there is a lot of confusion and mis-information about this, but you don't have to use Daz Connect or even see it. You can carry on with DIM or manual installs just like with 4.8. There is no need to sign in or send them any details. It will all work perfectly well in offline mode and that's what I'm using.

Interesting. One of my concerns was the encryption - I edit all the textures for my characters, as well as displacement maps. Can I still do this?

I just installed 4.8 a few days ago, and just got Victoria 7 Pro bundle. I've been contemplating V7 for a while now, and I was stoked to see her on sale 87% off! Only $17.90 for the Pro bundle! I now own V7.

I've only played around with D|S a few days now, I could go to 4.9 or should I stick to 4.8? Sounds like with the SSS bug improvements & library speed up it may be worth it. I don't have a library built yet, so it sounds like it may be better to start learning V7 & Iray with the Iray crashing & SSS bug fixes.

I have upgraded to 4.9 and I must say I'm enjoying the new version. Especially some of the Daz Connect features.

The only files that are encrypted are the .duf product files, texture files will remain available to edit as you have been. Also not all Daz Connect products are encrypted just ones that state that they are Daz Encrypted.

You should be fine to dial back if you feel the need, but having installed 4.9 it's hard to see a reason you would need to.