Save Display Settings?

SickleYield

Me again.

This time I'm working on a conforming (not geograft) tail project and I need to hide Genesis' pelvis and legs. None of the presets I can find now seem to save the Display setting. Please tell me I'm just missing this? Hiding the actual bones results in much less render lag than transmapping them out. A morph will also be used but this is a good addition to have.

frank0314

Go into the scene tab and select the body part and click on the eyeball to the left and it will hide your selection

SickleYield

Frank0314 said:

Go into the scene tab and select the body part and click on the eyeball to the left and it will hide your selection

I know how to hide things, sorry if I didn't get that across well. I'm trying to save a preset so the user can have a one-click setting to hide all the relevant parts at once. I can save a pose, I can save a mat preset, but none of these seem to include the "Display" settings options.

frank0314

Sorry I misunderstood you. I'm asking now to see if that's even possible

Richard Haseltine

It should be possible, perhaps a Properties preset. If not a script would be easy to write.

frank0314

I have a render going otherwise I'd check to see if there's anyway

Richard Haseltine

OK, the presets don't work - which seems worth a feature request - so here's a script, just change the name to the name of the node you want to hide (and assuming it's a figure you acn get rid of the second half of each loop's if thens)

var items = Scene.getSelectedNodeList();

// Turn list of nodes into a list pof figures, plus non-figure items
var figs = [];
for ( var n = 0 ; n < items.length ; n++ ){
 if ( items[ n ].inherits( "DzSkeleton" ) ) {
  figs.pushIfNotExists( items[ n ] );
 }
 else if ( items[ n ].inherits( "DzBone" ) ) {
  figs.pushIfNotExists( items[ n ].getSkeleton() );
 }
 else {
  figs.pushIfNotExists( items[ n ] );
 }
}

// Check for bones or objects with the deesired name
var node;
for ( n= 0; n < figs.length ; n++ ) {
 node = undefined;
 if ( figs[ n ].inherits( "DzSkeleton" ) ) {
  node = figs[ n ].findNodeChild( "lShldr" , true ) ;
 }
 else if ( figs[ n ].name == "lShldr" ) {
  node = figs[ n ]
 }
 // Now if we have an item, hide it
 if ( node ) {
  node.setVisible( false );
 }
}

of for pure figures with no need to check for props

var items = Scene.getSelectedNodeList();

// Turn list of nodes into a list pof figures, plus non-figure items
var figs = [];
for ( var n = 0 ; n < items.length ; n++ ){
 if ( items[ n ].inherits( "DzSkeleton" ) ) {
  figs.pushIfNotExists( items[ n ] );
 }
 else if ( items[ n ].inherits( "DzBone" ) ) {
  figs.pushIfNotExists( items[ n ].getSkeleton() );
 }
}

// Check for bones or objects with the deesired name
var node;
for ( n= 0; n < figs.length ; n++ ) {
 node = undefined;
 if ( figs[ n ].inherits( "DzSkeleton" ) ) {
  node = figs[ n ].findNodeChild( "lShldr" , true ) ;
 }
 // Now if we have an item, hide it
 if ( node ) {
  node.setVisible( false );
 }
}

SickleYield

Thanks, and please excuse my total ignorance as I ask for scripting clarification.

When I paste that into a text file, change the extension to .duf, and change lShldr to pelvis, then try loading it on Genesis, I get a syntax error "expected { or [" message. What do I need to do?

Richard Haseltine

.duf is data, you need to give it a .dsa extension.

SickleYield

Richard Haseltine said:

.duf is data, you need to give it a .dsa extension.

Nope, same syntax error.

Lissa_xyz

Both work fine for me. I'd just copy/paste it and try again. I'd recommend using something to find/replace without manually doing it, also. That way you don't accidentally delete a symbol.

BlackFeather1973

You can save these as presets in Daz Studio, no need for custom scripts.
File -> Save as -> Deprecated -> Pose Preset
Make sure to check only the "Visible" box, so you won't record the actual pose or other properties.

kitakoredaz

Yes,,wao,,,the way of BlackFeather1973 perfeclty work @@;Thanks much ,,

As for me,, most easy way to record visiblity,
seems,,

load zero genesis, zen set node invsible as you like,
after that save as pose.dsa or dsb , with option Select All modified.
it only record the visilbility .

and I hope,,
if I buy the product,, it must need one more pose preset,, visible all nodes at once.

SickleYield

Thank you, BlackFeather!!

Yes, I will add a preset to restore visibility as well. I'm a big believer in giving utility presets to let the user of my product have more options.

Thanks everyone for your help. This really is the best forum in the world for getting real assistance with processes.