Quote - Hi

I guess I'd try creating the folder on my desktop, putting the preference files in it, and then copying the folder to both locations one at a time and see if it works.

I'm not sure why our locations are so different.

I don't think that Windows 8 is that much different the 7 as far as that kind of thing goes.

Mike

  I was following some simulare advise i had found on the net and just deleted the preference files all-together.  I have not yet attempted to create a new Vic 6 /M5 animation yet to see if this fixed the problem but it is my intent.  It is however loading alot faster now so i may give it a shot with an animation of the same frame count. one of the questions i do have is..what is the best still rendering extention to use.  i am currently saving in .jpg format but owning the the CS6 Masters edition from adobe, i can really use anything.  the reason for this question is .....maybe a different extention such as .png or .tiff will cause less crashes with poser.  again, i ask this because I am currently stationed in Afghanistan and my personal time is very limited and setting up sceens and animations takes a long time for me (usually weeks) where most people it takes only a couple of days.  i dont want to waist my time if it doesnt work.  I appreciate any recommendations.

Quote - A great many of us are unable to get good results from DSON. You are not alone. It may be time to go back to something that was designed to work in Poser and get on with your project.

agreed..it is a shame that a good company like DAZ can no longer create the characters we love.  they had some very good pieces.  I am by far not the expert otherwise i would do it myself, but hopefully someone has the knowledge to build a character like VIC 6 and M5 that would actually work with poser...it is unfortunate that Smith Micro doesn't have a character that is just as intence or as popular as the Vic and M series.

will try your suggestions SVDL but i have just about given up hope to tell you the truth with V6  in fact its to the point where i truely believe i have wasted my time with the purchase.   constant clothing issue.   constant archiving while trying to pose. and to top it all off there are multiple renduring crashes.  either directly after the first frame or at frame 50 of a 130 frame render.  i render in still format with jpeg extention and them piece it all back together with After Effects.  it never crashes on standard v4 avatars or below.   i am not running any type of virus software or the like.  i use win utilities pro to clean registary. and my system is as follows;

i7 4960

512 Gb SSD

24GB Ram

nvidea GTX 780

i think it is an issue with the DSON importer and its in-ability to  handle v6 in poser pro 2014 properly but i dont know for sure

 anyone got any ideas? cause it looks like i am going back to the basics with v4

anouther question i have is "why are there only a select few clothing items for Vic 6"  i mean she is definiatly not made for nude poses with her crappy genitals,that are totally unmorphable other than size and crease.  She must be designed for less erotic style renders.  in this case what are people doing to get V4 stuff to fit her because there is really nothing out there for V6?

the main reason i have even been dealing with V6 is because of her high poly count that and sub surface that does (in my opinion) giver her more realism.  i am considering going back to V4 but modifying the OBJ file in maya to increase the poly count in the mesh and using the standard sub surface for V4 with it to see if i cannot get more realism without having to go through the DSON exporter and causing the posing and rendering lag...has anyone attempted this and if so what were the draw backs

Quote - Select the figure and it will add (hidden) morphs to the clothing that is currently conformed. If the clothing relied on smoothing and collision detection in DS then it won't help, or not a great deal, as those features could not be implemented in the DSON importer (for performance reasons - they can be slow even in DS itself).

thanx will give it a shot

sorry to be such a noob  but the manual reads in stereo

Quote - > Quote - and since i am here...i have also noticed that the standard clothing for V6 will not take on the morph/dials that V6 has. they have the standard size, transition and such but the body morphs are not present such as waist, belly and breast so any changes to the figure do not incur changes to to the clothing. This project is becoming a real pain in the butt

Try going to the Script menu, DSON Support, Transfer Active Morphs.

now do i select the item i want it transfered too and do this or do i select the avatar.  i attempted it with selecting the avatar and using the tranfer active morphs but it did not ask me what i wanted to transfer them to. so i am assuming that i need to select the item i want it to transfer to and running the script.  however when i did do that there were no dials on the target item.  i am assuming that when  i dial the originating figure that the target item should automatically change its form to match.

i should have mentionion in my first question too...i have rendered all my prior shots in the subdivision level 1 without the issue occuring. but again on the same settings i get a the pixilated bands with my fith that i am trying to complete

and since i am here...i have also noticed that the standard clothing for V6 will not take on the morph/dials that V6 has. they have the standard size, transition and such but the body morphs are not present such as waist, belly and breast so any changes to the figure do not incur changes to to the clothing. This project is becoming a real pain in the butt

sorry to be such a pain in the butt, but i have seemed to have run into anouther issue.  I am rendering both V6 and M5 in firefly into jpg format in order to piece it back together in After Effects.  it is a 130 frame scean that will be cut into a main video with other clips previously renderd.  the problem is this...the 4 prior shots (with 120 frames) rendered just fine without issues. however the 5th of the series constantly renders with a wide darked band of pixelation in the middle of the sceane.  I am rendering at the same settings i have done with the 4 prior scenes exactly.  the only thing that has changed in the fith is the motion of the actors (of which they are not extreame motion changes).  I had originally thought it may have been a glitched prop in the way but there is nothing there.  I have rendered several times without making changes to the shot and the pixilated band changes width and location every time...anyone got a clue?

Quote - I've asked about the other options and it was, as far as my source was aware, down to the limits of converting from the way the materials were set up in DS to Poser's system.

yep thought so....i have been using the standard SS materials and then replacing them manually in the material room with the others that i needed.  thought there might be an easier way but guess not....thanx for the help though

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - That's the texture folder, not the library folder - or do you mean you have no way of applying those textures? Is that Content folder, whatever the path leading to it is, showing in your Poser library folder? You should have a subfolder of the Materials>DAZ Genesis>Michael 5 folder called Eyes which has the settings for the eyes in it.

sorry to get back so late but i am currently deployed in afghanistan and the internet is crap here.  what i was showing was that all the textures are under that folder on the hard drive to enclude the philip no hair. however the only icon that appears in my poser library in poser itself  is philip no hair.  the other textures that are included in the package  do not appear in the library in poser what so ever although they are present in the harddrive folder in the same one as philip no hair.  (i hope through the explaination i did not confuse you)

Right, but that was the texture folder so it won't appear in the library. if you look in the library you should have a folder called Eyes that holds the presets for applying those textures.

let me try this again...as per you photo mine looks exactly the same however, you you look in the actual computer file in materials there are several more textures you can add to michaels body.  these do not show up in the library materials folder and i have to add them in the material room manually.  what i was wondering is if this is always the case or if i had installed michael 5 wrong and there should be more textures listed in the library.

Quote - That's the texture folder, not the library folder - or do you mean you have no way of applying those textures? Is that Content folder, whatever the path leading to it is, showing in your Poser library folder? You should have a subfolder of the Materials>DAZ Genesis>Michael 5 folder called Eyes which has the settings for the eyes in it.

sorry to get back so late but i am currently deployed in afghanistan and the internet is crap here.  what i was showing was that all the textures are under that folder on the hard drive to enclude the philip no hair. however the only icon that appears in my poser library in poser itself  is philip no hair.  the other textures that are included in the package  do not appear in the library in poser what so ever although they are present in the harddrive folder in the same one as philip no hair.  (i hope through the explaination i did not confuse you)

here is a snap shot of how i have them orderd on the harddrive...you should be able to see the path by the browser line...if this helps