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I am attempting to apply the non-glossy (Celeste) trench coat to a character.
The glossy trench coat from 'Poser Formats>My Library>Figures>Clothing>Content>Runtime>Libraries>CHARACTER>CelesteClothsP4' will merge and load.
But the non-glossy trench coat from 'Poser Formats>My Library>Figures>Clothing>Content>Runtime>Libraries>POSE>CelesteClothsPP' will not load. And since there is a glossy trench coat next to the non-glossy coat (in the same path) that will not load, I assumed that those two icons were textures to be added to the one coat that actually merges.
(There is no non-glossy coat icon in the 'CHARACTER" path.)
But when i attempt to apply the non-glossy texture, it will not load. (The message box that pops up disappears too quick to read it and get any information.)
(If I had a choice, I'd rather have non-glossy.)
Any ideas why the non-glossy icon won't load?
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It's likely that the materials used are Poser specific and can't be imported into Daz Studio easily. Materials work differently in the two programs, so not all materials are instantly transferable. That said, you can manually tune down the glossiness by editing the individual surfaces which make up the jacket. Select the coat and look at the Surfaces tab. It will list all of the components you can reduce the glossiness on. Be sure to check reflections as well, as some clothing items use that in addition to regular gloss.
Once you've done all that, you can go File -> Save As -> Materials Preset. You can then load in your own custom preset to save time if you use the jacket again later.
The text of the message will be in the log file.
use Help-->Troubleshooting-->View Log file
This clothing set is designed for Poser and the material settings are not the best for DAZ Studio. That being said the main difference between the shiny & non-shiny is a texture map added to the reflection node in the surfaces tab. You won't notice a difference until you render it.
Are you having any other problems? These paths are showing you might have at least one defined content location inside another, which will eventually give you problems ranging from severe to catastrophic. How many content locations do you have (both D|S and Poser), and are any of them inside any of the others? (Note this doesn't include the Runtime folder, which is supposed to be inside the My Library folder.)
I was a bit concerned about that.
Yes, after having newbie trouble with zip files and empty pathways that did not fully auto-install, I ended up placing files all over the place. I probably have duplicates here and there, now. And some of them STILL don't seem to work!
(But actually...I think most of them do work now. I'm not sure, though.)
Am I heading for a '2012 kind of crash'?
The quickest way to find out is to open the Content Directory Manager (Edit>Preferences>Content Library and it's the button at the bottom), open the three format types for D|S, Poser and "other", and post a screenshot here. That should let us see if you're going to have any problems.
Fortunately most of the time this is (moderately) easily fixed, simply by dragging the wayward folders into what should be your content location. E.g. I suspect you might end up having to (BUT DON'T DO IT YET!!!) drag that Runtime folder in your path example into the My Library folder a few levels up where it belongs.
Someone showed me how to make a screen shot once- If I remember, it was a simple process- but the tab for actually making the process work did not appear on my screen for some reason. I recall giving up, and deciding to look into it later.
If you give me the directions on how to post a screen shot, I will try again.
Windows or Mac? I haven't used a Mac for years, but in Windows it's fairly simple.
• Get the screen showing what you want to capture, with (in this case) the D|S Content Directory Manager tab selected.
• Hold down the key and tap the < PrtScn > key to copy a picture of this active tab into the clipboard (just hitting < PrtScn > will copy your entire screen). The < PrtScn > key is usually on the F-key row at the top of your keyboard, above the arrow key cluster, but there are lots of different kayboard layouts.
• Open your favourite image viewer (I use IrfanView, but you can use anything — MS Paint, GIMP, even PhotoShop) and paste it into the viewer window to see what you've got. Edit the pic if you want to fuzz out your name in the file paths.
• Save this pic somewhere easy to find (I use the C:/temp/ folder) as a .jpg or .png with medium compression. This is preferred to other formats, and seven times never use .bmp format, since these files are HUGE and slow down the forum page for everybody.
• In the forums here, click to a post, type in your text, scroll down a bit and you'll see the "Attachments" section just above the "Submit" button. Hit the "Browse" button, navigate to where you put your screenshot, and select it.
And that's all there is to it. When you submit your reply, the pic will show up at the bottom of your post.
To screen shot on a Mac, press Cmd-Shift-4 and drag a marquee over what you want to take a pic of, or Cmd-Shift-3 to take one of the whole screen.