Can't install OBJ and maps

jdemille

I purchased the following product, https://www.daz3d.com/obj-ripped-tiny-jeans-shorts, but have zero clue how to install it. I've found some stuff that says import and then assign the maps in the surfaces tab, but no instructions on exactly how to assign maps. I can import the .obj just fine. Please help!

Richard Haseltine

File>Import to load the OBJ, I'm not sure which preset it will want but try the Modo one. Once you have the imported OBJ, seelct it and open the Surfaces pane, go to the Editor tab, and click on the object's name top select all its surfaces. Now the simplest way to apply the maps is probably to find them outside Daz Studio, in a file browser window, and drag the base colour map onto the Base Colour picker in the Surfaces pane, then scroll down to the Normal section and drag that map onto the button. That will give the object the maps, though yopu will probably want to adjust various properties in the Surfaces pane.

lilweep

I have bought many of Polgyonal Miniatures stuff on other marketplaces, but i think it's ridiculous that Daz thought it was a good idea to put such a product on the store without even the bare minimum of packaging it as a figure/prop asset with a material preset.  Not to mention they didnt even bother to rig it with transfer utility for you.  It would have taken them five seconds to do that for you. Crazy.

Anyway, to answer your question: You can add the texture maps to their respective slots of the shader on the Surfaces tab.

By the looks of things, it has a Normal Map and a Base Color map.  So just browse to where the files are located on your system and either drag-drop them into the Base Color and Normal Map slots on the shader or alternatively import them via the Surfaces tab.

imo, turn glossy roughness up high.