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Quote - I took a look at the file list in the readme, and tbh this product "smells" of a vender that's clueless as to what is required.

First is the poor packaging, you don't tell people to unzip it into the "My Library" folder and then have that folder as the first one in the zip, that gives the user two My Library folders, one inside the other which can cause you problems.

Second is the bad mix of Poser & DS format files, if the product is meant to be only for DS then you don't need .obj & .pp2 files if your including .daz & the data folder files, even the MAT files are .pz2 rather than properly setup .dsa/.dsb MAT files.

Then there's the files that are a waste of time, pp2 prop files outside the runtime structure wont be seen by either DS or Poser.

For me this is a Poser product that the vender has (badly) converted to DS with DS3 and jumped on the DS4 bandwagon by trying to add meta data (Support folder).

This zip setup is the required setup by Renderosity.

Also the material files are in .dsa format. I'm not sure which materials your looking at in pp2 format?

This product was developed for Daz 4 and is not a poor Poser convert.

All files are essential for this product to function correctly even ones that seem to be outside the normal runtime.

But I will admit the install instructions are a little on the poor side. 

I will update them to these instructions which I use for my newer products. If you have any suggestions to further clarify them pls let me know.

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You should be able to find your "My library" folder at the following path this is where most of your Daz Products will need to be installed/unzipped/merged.

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PC USERS (WINDOWS VISTA, WINDOWS 7

C:users[your user account]My DocumentsDAZ 3DStudioMy Library

DS4*

Default Content Install Path, 

Windows XP

C:Documents and Settings[Your User Account]My DocumentsDAZ 3DStudioMy Library

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DS4 Default Content Install Path, Mac
Users[Your User Account]DocumentsDAZ 3DStudioMy Library



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In Daz 3 it was known as the content folder.

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You can either merge the two "My Library" Folders or Unzip the product folder as described below.



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*To Install when Unzipping for Windows 7
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Unzip files to 
CUsersyour user accountDocumentsDAZ 3dStudio



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*Or for Mac
Unzip files to Users[Your User Account]DocumentsDAZ 3DStudio 

(Only if you can merge folders)



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This will put the files into "My Library" and ready to use.

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Hi All,

THe best way to install Skyreach is as described by PoppaC, 

Simply unzip to the desktop and merge the product 'My Library Folder' to your content library 'My Library Folder'.

This product passed testing because it works when installed correctly.

The main issue here is that unfortunately products vendered through renderosity are not going to come with either a product or metadata installer.(This is something I would like to see in the future.) The main reason for a seperate installer for metadata is its an optional install.

And yes this product does have meta data, you can find the files in your support folder of your Daz 4 runtime. The metadata is made up of three files a .dsa, .dsx and a jpg thumb. You may need to reimport your metadata for it to show up.

The reason why I chose to use ppz formats is for the broader compatibility across versions for example a .daz file with its associated data files will only work in Daz version forward from the the version it was exported. So a data file from 4.2 will need 4.2 installed to work. So anyone for whatever reason using an older version will need to upgrade to use the product. 

This product is pretty complex and those ppz's you can see outside of the normal runtime are used in the scripts for the presets.

When Vitachick requested a refund I had no problem letting this go through, the issue here is in relation to install processes for Daz Studio 4 and not my product. I really want people to be happy with my products and this is only the second install issue in over 100 purchases.

I do work hard to make these products as functional as possible and I am always open to suggestions on better content delivery.

Please feel free to ask any questions here in regards to the product and I will check back with answers.

Sorry this didn't work out for you Vita,

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Well everyone should of received there update message by now. 

And hopefully version 1.1 is running smoothly.

Let me know if you run into any issues with the new version

I'll send out another tip email in the next day or to for those who were interested in receiving more.

I just made up some free poses that will make the moon and the planet pack more compatible with Skyreach Pro clouds. 

Both the moon and Planets use a Sky Arc prop where the Planet/moon texture is displayed. The original pose setting collided with the outside cloud layer. 

The new Poses fix any collision issues and place the sky arc between the Outer Cloud layer and the background layer. 

Some of these will only look good on a dark background because this is how the textures were setup for viewing on a black star dome. 

But plenty look great and you can adjust the texture using the Diffuse ambient and opacity settings to more closely match the sky. 

The Sky Arch has a spotlight as part of its components you may need to adjust the Intensity of this if there is to much flare on the clouds. Changing the color of the spotlight will also help to blend the planet moon closer to the sky.

So you can just load the sky arc and use the new poses to place it at the right distance between the other objects. I can now say yes they are compatible with a few small limitations.

Get the new Poses here for free

If you have any questions or need any help just PM me or leave a message here.

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Good news folks,

V1.1 is on the way. 

I've resolved both the zip errors and the cast shadows default now to off.

I'm just waiting to upload the new zip so expect an update email soon.

I can now say it is compatible with Daz 4 and Reality 2.

I'll post some Reality shots soon.

Ben

Skyreach Pro Clouds is currently under testing for use with Reality 2 plugin. I should have some more info abouts its compatibility soon.

One small bug has come to light.

When Unzipping it will generate an error report as some file names have some character symbols which windows doesn't allow. Generally the file will be renamed and as its a non-resource file everything will function as normal with the modified file name.

I will address this in an update soon.

Heres a few more preview images.

Thankyou parisgranville. I'm glad you like them.

In relation to the issue with Cast shadow options which may make a scene darker than normal when infinite lights are used. And also cause problems with other shadows.

Its easy to fix with one setting change. 

This one is available now at:

Skyreach Pro Clouds

Some notes:

You will need to turn cast shadows of the domes manually. You just need to select the domes when there in the scene and on the Paramaters tab under display turn OFF cast shadows.

Everything will render fine with it on though infinite lights will cast a shadow from the domes when Cast shadows is turned on.

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Compatability with The Skyreach moon set you can apply the new clouds to the cloud dome but when you load a moon with the new Skyreach Clouds setup you may see some collision and the transmaps for the moons would need some work to look right on colored skies.

Because of the .ppz setup. You will need to Turn shadows off manually on the domes to get true shadows.

After a little more testing I've found that the Daz Moon won't be entirely compatible with this new Sky set due to the way the Transparency mapping works. The Daz Moon needs a black background.

I'll look at updating the trans maps for the Daz Moon set when I can, if people would like these sets to work together.

This shouldn't be to big an issue as the moon is mainly for night scenes where this is mainly a day sky generator.

The more testing I do with this set the more impressed I am with its capabilities.