I really don't want, and can't afford, to invest in yet another "generation" of characters, along with all the "extras" that are needed to get the best from the figures.

I will not use G9F until DAZ fixes the bend parameters of the knee, thigh, and elbow.  In these areas G9F is a large step backwards from G8F and G3F.  Also, DAZ is trying to milk more $$$ out of us by selling things like expressions and makeup separately.

G9's materials are IRay.  G9 is a DAZ product and should work properly.  Try updating your NVidia drivers.

Setting is from 0..1.  0 is invisible, 1 is solid.  Value examples: .25, .3, .5 etc.  If the .dub is compressed, use the "Batch Convert" pane to uncompress.

This article should help: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-performance-cpus,5683.html

I favor the Ryzens because they generally run cooler and draw less power, even if the 12th Gen Intel CPUs perform better.  Most of the work in rendering and gaming is done by the GPU, so the CPU performance is not as important, to me.

Hi all, thanks for the info-

My 16 year old Motherboard fried the other day and I decided to go Ryzen 9 series to replace the internals of the 1st revision I7 that served me for a long time. CPU rendering was a dog though until I got the RTX 3080 TI. Should the GPU for some reason drop the render I would be glad to see that a modern CPU would pick it up and not take 48 hours to finish a render lol.

I chose my AMD Ryzen 5800x because of power efficiency and thermal performance.  The latest Gen 12 Intels are better performance-wise, but I did not think the gain was worth the extra power draw and heat. 

user12x posted at 8:46 PM Tue, 21 June 2022 - #4440175

Know this is a old thread; ...but before you spend too much money on a new graphic card consider this – daz is known for dropping out of gpu and using the cpu. Just check out their forums, people don’t like that they spend a certain amount of money on a gpu and daz ends up using the cpu. And yes it is explained how if your scene is too big / does not fit in the gpu memory daz will use the cpu instead.

But here is the thing you can make a computer do what you want [not you reading this, but programmers] so the people at daz should recode the program to look for gpu drops and figure a way to feed the gpu smaller bits of the scene so it[the gpu] will not throw up. You know bits and bytes (see what I didn’t do there)

My suggestion is to inspect the .obj file and check the materials in Poser.  Maybe some transparency setting got messed up.

This may be a bug in DS's exporter.  You might post your question in the DAZ Studio forum on their website or submit a help ticket.  

This is a good deal, with a 3yr warranty.  It is the system I purchased for my grandson.  Please see my posts earlier in this thread.  The Dell Alienware system that I mentioned is no longer available.

https://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gaming-RDY-SLMRG206

Looks like a good solid system with quality components, Torquinox.  The Lego support stack is a good idea.

Happy rendering and gaming, everyone!!

Nice to have a "local PC guy" who can work with you and build you what you want, 3DSublime.  Where I live, we have Best Buy, Costco, Office Depot, and mail order.  For mail order, Amazon, iBuypower, and Dell ship for free.  Newegg does not.

What kind of system did you end up building, Torquinox?

I hope 3DSublime is happy with his/her choice.

I purchased an iBuyPower machine back in December 2021, when my machine died.  I normally build my own systems, but I was pressed for time and I wanted to upgrade my graphics card.  As you recall graphics cards were quite unavailable at the end of 2021. The system I purchased was very close to what I would build component-wise, plus it came with a 3-year warranty.  My system is liquid cooled and has 4 case fans.  Dollar-wise, the price was about the same as purchasing the components separately.  I was so happy with my system that I bought another "JR" version of it for my grandson a couple of months later.  

I evaluated the Dell Alienware system before making both purchases, but chose the iBuypower because of the better price and warranty.  The Alienware that I recommended on this forum thread is liquid cooled, though it is a bit light on case fans.  However, Dell claims that the case design and layout has been optimized for cooling.

Here is a deal on pre-built systems for you: https://deals.dell.com/en-us/member/productdetail/e9yf

If you go the pre-built route, buy the basic system with no options, then buy your memory and storage upgrades from Amazon or New Egg.  You can build/upgrade your present machine, but that would involve new processor, motherboard, ram, cooling system, and possibly the power supply.  That adds up fast, but the AMD CPUS are very attractively priced right now.  I would go with an AMD CPU, because of they draw less power and generate less heat compared to their Intel counterparts.

Look for an NVIDIA card with at least 10-12GB Vram, RTX3060 or higher.

3WCreations posted at 8:46 AM Sun, 8 May 2022 - #4438288

Right click on scene tab with camera selected, click on "Lock selected node". Shift-U unlocks it.

hmm, that's not an option in 4.12.0.86, they must have added that later in 4.15. I still use 4.12.0.86 because its the best for animation and backwards compatibility with plugins which i need. in any case, the script is great for locking and unlocking anything.