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  • Exactly and as I previously mentioned, CPU-rendering worked perfectly in version 4.10.
  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979
    Exactly and as I previously mentioned, CPU-rendering worked perfectly in version 4.10.

    How do you have these settings at the bottom of the iray Advanced Settings?

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  • Totte I installed the first set of content that Daz Studio needs from the DIM then I installed the content I have in my backup with rendoinstall. Saturday morning Genesis8female worked with no problem but after I installed my additional content is when it looks like my earlier post. I even tried to reinstall Genesis 8 female starter again with no help.

     

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979

    Totte I installed the first set of content that Daz Studio needs from the DIM then I installed the content I have in my backup with rendoinstall. Saturday morning Genesis8female worked with no problem but after I installed my additional content is when it looks like my earlier post. I even tried to reinstall Genesis 8 female starter again with no help.

     

    That sounds like you have installed a broken morph, probably from a non DAZ product or freebee. Did you install the "non DAZ" content into it's own Content Library? Best to do that, then you can disable that in DS and if it works, you know what the problem is.

     

  • I C no just added it to my current content

     

  • Totte said:
    Exactly and as I previously mentioned, CPU-rendering worked perfectly in version 4.10.

    How do you have these settings at the bottom of the iray Advanced Settings?

    My settings are exactly as shown in your picture.

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979

    Then it must be something with 10.10. I have an old MacPro2008 (I guess running 10.9), I can probably get it up and running and check in  a few days

  • Here is the log-file of my DAZ 4.12.1.117 if it give any clue about the problem (I am not a technical person so that's why it doesn't tells me a much of anything).

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  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979

    Here is the log-file of my DAZ 4.12.1.117 if it give any clue about the problem (I am not a technical person so that's why it doesn't tells me a much of anything).

    It seems to not even initialize Iray at all, should have this in your log:


    2020-05-25 16:10:09.954 Initializing NVIDIA Iray...
    2020-05-25 16:10:09.954 Iray [INFO] - API:MISC ::   0.0   API    misc info : Loaded "/Applications/DAZ 3D/DAZStudio4 64-bit Private Build/libs/iray/libneuray.so"
    2020-05-25 16:10:09.954 Iray [INFO] - API:MISC ::   0.0   API    misc info : Iray RTX 2020.0.1, build 327300.3640, 30 Mar 2020, macosx-x86-64

    If you go to About Installed Plugins.. (under the Help menu), do you have Iray there at all, and checked?

     

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  • Totte though I hate to do it but should I format and statrt over

     

  • Yes, NVIDIA Iray renderer are in that Installed Plugins list and is also selected.

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979

    I would recommend having two folders on your content drive, dazcontent and thirdparty, and maybe even a third for freebees as they tend to bug even worse.
    So wipe the content drive and reinstall the content, yes, might solve your issues.

     

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979

    Yes, NVIDIA Iray renderer are in that Installed Plugins list and is also selected.

    OK, I really need to check this out, very weird but probbay something utterly stupid being overseen.

  • What I have learned in my life, sometimes the answers/solutions might be very tiny and simple (and even quite stupid ;) ) but very hard to find. I don't have any hurry so if you find solution i really appreciate your suggestion and help :) .

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202
    Totte said:
    inquire said:

    What's happening with Alsoft's DiskWarrior and Apple? I use DW to rebuild the Disk Catalogues. For the latest version of DW, Alsoft says it can recognize APFS disks but it cannot rebuild them. And its been this way for a horrendously long time. That's one of the reasons I stuck with Sierra, waiting for this to be resolved. Does Apple not want to share information about APFS disks with Alsoft? I read something like this about the disagreement Apple has with nVidia: that Apple wants the drivers placed someplace other than nVidia is willing to place them, and Apple does not want to reveal some of its specs concerning the APFS disks. 

    Have you updated DW?

    Oh, yes. And contacted Alsoft's Technical Support.  They have no timeline. I am on a mailing list to be notified of progress.  From their site: 

    1) Apple File System (APFS) disks (typically a macOS 10.14 Mojave or 10.15 Catalina Startup Disk) are recognized but ARE NOT able to be rebuilt by DiskWarrior 5.2. Click here to learn how to identify an APFS disk.

    2) Click here to join the Mailing List to be notified of progress regarding Apple File System (APFS) support and updates to DiskWarrior.

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979
    inquire said:
    Totte said:
    inquire said:

    What's happening with Alsoft's DiskWarrior and Apple? I use DW to rebuild the Disk Catalogues. For the latest version of DW, Alsoft says it can recognize APFS disks but it cannot rebuild them. And its been this way for a horrendously long time. That's one of the reasons I stuck with Sierra, waiting for this to be resolved. Does Apple not want to share information about APFS disks with Alsoft? I read something like this about the disagreement Apple has with nVidia: that Apple wants the drivers placed someplace other than nVidia is willing to place them, and Apple does not want to reveal some of its specs concerning the APFS disks. 

    Have you updated DW?

    Oh, yes. And contacted Alsoft's Technical Support.  They have no timeline. I am on a mailing list to be notified of progress.  From their site: 

    1) Apple File System (APFS) disks (typically a macOS 10.14 Mojave or 10.15 Catalina Startup Disk) are recognized but ARE NOT able to be rebuilt by DiskWarrior 5.2. Click here to learn how to identify an APFS disk.

    2) Click here to join the Mailing List to be notified of progress regarding Apple File System (APFS) support and updates to DiskWarrior.

    Ah, ok.
    I still use hfs+ journaled mostly for backwards compability (put the disk into another machine, I have a bunch of MacPro 2008 - 2012 used for different things.

  • jpetersen1jpetersen1 Posts: 148

    I was running DS on Mojave without problems UNTIL the latest Public Build. Now it doesn't work. You can load an existing scene but you can't do anything. Two or three minor tweaks to the scene and it crashes every time.

  • AkaHasturAkaHastur Posts: 10

    Hi everyone. First of all i'm french and my english isn't this good, i'm sorry. I'll try to explain my problem but i'm not good with technical terms.

    I was running DS 4.10 without problems until last week, on my new imac with Mojave. I tried to use dforce hair, didn't work, and someone told me to upgrade my DS to 4.12, what I did.

    Since this upgrade, I cannot render anything anymore. Render window appears, render begins but is never done. Sometimes I have to restart whole computer because it crashes. I really don't know what I can do :( 

    I have another older imac with DS on it, I tried to delete my new version of DS and duplicate the old files to the new imac, but don't work (but when DS is open it says I'm back to 4.10). I'm so sad. Could someone maybe help me please? Thank you so much.

     

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  • PlatnumkPlatnumk Posts: 669
    AkaHastur said:

    Hi everyone. First of all i'm french and my english isn't this good, i'm sorry. I'll try to explain my problem but i'm not good with technical terms.

    I was running DS 4.10 without problems until last week, on my new imac with Mojave. I tried to use dforce hair, didn't work, and someone told me to upgrade my DS to 4.12, what I did.

    Since this upgrade, I cannot render anything anymore. Render window appears, render begins but is never done. Sometimes I have to restart whole computer because it crashes. I really don't know what I can do :( 

    I have another older imac with DS on it, I tried to delete my new version of DS and duplicate the old files to the new imac, but don't work (but when DS is open it says I'm back to 4.10). I'm so sad. Could someone maybe help me please? Thank you so much.

     

    What does the DAZ log file say

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979

    What Olatnumk said: DS log.txt would be great. And is that Iray or 3Delight renders?
    There are some bad bugs in 4.12.1.x (release version), I would recommend you contact support to get the 4.12.0.86 files (that version is much more stable, even though the Iray version when using CPU is a little slower.

  • peterbobpeterbob Posts: 13
    edited June 2020

    I use an mac pro 2010 but since Mac OS X 10.13.6 my card Nvidia Geforce 1080 Ti don't work anymore.

    I want to buy a new Mac Pro 16 heart with Radeon pro Vega II Duo

    Does anyone know if it works well with DAZ3D ? Faster ?

     

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  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979
    peterbob said:

    I use an mac pro 2010 but since Mac OS X 10.13.6 my card Nvidia Geforce 1080 Ti don't work anymore.

    I want to buy a new Mac Pro 16 heart with Radeon pro Vega II Duo

    Does anyone know if it works well with DAZ3D ? Faster ?

     

    You probably updated to 4.12.1, ask customer support to get the 4.12.0.86 downloads again, then your 1080 will work. he new MacPro will only work with CPU renders, so it wll be faster than you have right now but much slower thatn you had with the 1080 card.

  • AkaHasturAkaHastur Posts: 10
    Platnumk said:
    AkaHastur said:

    Hi everyone. First of all i'm french and my english isn't this good, i'm sorry. I'll try to explain my problem but i'm not good with technical terms.

    I was running DS 4.10 without problems until last week, on my new imac with Mojave. I tried to use dforce hair, didn't work, and someone told me to upgrade my DS to 4.12, what I did.

    Since this upgrade, I cannot render anything anymore. Render window appears, render begins but is never done. Sometimes I have to restart whole computer because it crashes. I really don't know what I can do :( 

    I have another older imac with DS on it, I tried to delete my new version of DS and duplicate the old files to the new imac, but don't work (but when DS is open it says I'm back to 4.10). I'm so sad. Could someone maybe help me please? Thank you so much.

     

    What does the DAZ log file say

     

    Totte said:

    What Olatnumk said: DS log.txt would be great. And is that Iray or 3Delight renders?
    There are some bad bugs in 4.12.1.x (release version), I would recommend you contact support to get the 4.12.0.86 files (that version is much more stable, even though the Iray version when using CPU is a little slower.

    Thank you for your replies. I'm sorry I don't know where to find log.txt .  

    I was able to reinstall my 4.10 version. Sadly dforce hair don't work anymore but at least I can render again. I've created an incident ticket last week but i imagine i'm not alone and i got no answer since.

    Thanks again!

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979
    AkaHastur said:
    Platnumk said:
    AkaHastur said:

    Hi everyone. First of all i'm french and my english isn't this good, i'm sorry. I'll try to explain my problem but i'm not good with technical terms.

    I was running DS 4.10 without problems until last week, on my new imac with Mojave. I tried to use dforce hair, didn't work, and someone told me to upgrade my DS to 4.12, what I did.

    Since this upgrade, I cannot render anything anymore. Render window appears, render begins but is never done. Sometimes I have to restart whole computer because it crashes. I really don't know what I can do :( 

    I have another older imac with DS on it, I tried to delete my new version of DS and duplicate the old files to the new imac, but don't work (but when DS is open it says I'm back to 4.10). I'm so sad. Could someone maybe help me please? Thank you so much.

     

    What does the DAZ log file say

     

    Totte said:

    What Olatnumk said: DS log.txt would be great. And is that Iray or 3Delight renders?
    There are some bad bugs in 4.12.1.x (release version), I would recommend you contact support to get the 4.12.0.86 files (that version is much more stable, even though the Iray version when using CPU is a little slower.

    Thank you for your replies. I'm sorry I don't know where to find log.txt .  

    I was able to reinstall my 4.10 version. Sadly dforce hair don't work anymore but at least I can render again. I've created an incident ticket last week but i imagine i'm not alone and i got no answer since.

    Thanks again!

    The log you find under Help -> Troubleshooting -> View Log File...

  • peterbobpeterbob Posts: 13
    edited June 2020

    Please, can you tell me what is the best and faster today Nvidia Card for Mac OS X 10.13.6 for Mac pro 2010 ?

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  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,979

     

    peterbob said:

    Please, can you tell me what is the best and faster today Nvidia Card for Mac OS X 10.13.6 for Mac pro 2010 ?

    1080 as the 20xx series are not supported by nVidia, and you need to stay at DAZ Studion 4.12.0.86
     

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202
    edited June 2020

    Double Post. Sorry.

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  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202

    Some might want to look at this site, which features various 3D rendering engines and plugins, applicaitons, and the OSes: https://all3dp.com/1/best-3d-rendering-software/

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202
    inquire said:

    The plugin price for DAZ to Maya has been reduced, and there is now a video showing what supposedly happens. Has anyone tried this plugin? Is the promo too good to be true. It says "Auto Convert" for the shaders. And I think Maya is supposed to use Apple's Metal. The big drawback I see is that the plugin does not work with Maya LT, and the usage fee for 1 year of Maya is something like $1600 +. Here's the link for the DAZ to Maya Plugin: https://www.daz3d.com/daz-to-maya

     

  • mavantemavante Posts: 734
    edited June 2020

    From the FWIW Department: I installed DS on my new iMac and DIM installed 4.12.1.117. That computer has the latest version of Catalina. I've been using DS on it for a while, and because old habits die hard, I've been automatically using Command-S to save changes to scenes I'd already saved. Haven't had that crash on me.

    I don't have the mettle, patience, or time to wade back through 47 pages of this thread, but in another thread (click here), Richard Haseltine sed:

    Most of the Catalina fixes are in the release version now, it does still have issues with keyboard short-cuts - I thought the current Public Build had a fix for that.

    That was after someone was discussing issues with the release version 4.12.1.117 in that thread, the version I have. So I don't know which "keyboard short-cuts" 4.12.1.117 has issues with, but so far I haven't had any using Cmd-s for saving. Thought I'd mention my results with it in Catalina.

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