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I have several free clothing items for Genesis at ShareCG. They are all .dsf format. Will these still work in DS4.5?
Same here, every thing I had seems fine.
Yup DS4.5 will read .dsf fil;es, it just won't write them.
Some may need updating, to fix Duplicate IDs or to add region info to morphs, but essentially they work
Edited to add it's a question of making sure you stick to the rules (everything must have a unique name, which 4.0 didn't enforce, and morphs must have a region assignement)
It's mainly not having the geoemtry, nodes or materials having a name in common, or matching the figure name
I am getting fed this info as I type lol
3. a lot of them, yes,
Richard,
Is there anyway for us to know which products have been updated?
Is there a list some place that we can do a compare against what we have?
Could we get a "Last Downloaded" "Last Updated" added to the "Itemized Order History" so we can tell which products have been updated? (Sorting the "Itemized Order History" by something other than product name would be Great!)
I reset two products that say they have been updated, but the Versions of the available Files are the same as the Version I have, which I think came out before 4.5 was release in Beta. So you might understand my confusion.
Do we only need to reinstall if it is the same version?
The last time I started from scratch it took a month of sundays to reload.
Halsor
I'm having problems loading DAZ-files saved in DS3A version 32 (last version). But I can load everything else as set up in DS3A. The issue is that it can't find DSO-files.
Anyway, a first render in DAZ Studio 4 Pro, using Sparky's Anubis for M4, and DreamLight's Egypt City. Touched up with some Gaussian blur in PS.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/norse_graphics/7850562768/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Don't forget there is the warning in the "Updated Genesis Products" thread to the effect that
"One or more of the older uninstallers will remove some of the Genesis files and some Studio 4 files that it wasn’t supposed to I discovered a few days ago when I couldn’t launch Studio with out error messages after doing updates."
In other words THE RECOMMENDED UNINSTALL AND THEN REINSTALL UPDATES PROCESS MAY ITSELF CAUSE ERRORS THAT PREVENT DAZSTUDIO 4.5 FROM RUNNING.
Still reading this thread. Still NOT updating to 4.5. But, I believe, after musing about this for hours, that there needs to be a warning list posted to the effect that "IF you bought any of these Genesis products, they will cause problems in 4.5. Remove them from 4.0 and do not reinstall until you get an email saying that one of them has been updated and is ready for version 4.5."
And there should be a second part to this list, saying "Here are Genesis products that have been updated and are SAFE to install in version 4.5."
Perhaps it would better to uninstall the "likely-to-cause-problems-Genesis-products" from version 4.0 BEFORE updating to version 4.5? Then, if the uninstallers removed files that they weren't supposed to remove, perhaps the installation of version 4.5 would replace those files? I don't know that this would work, but I think it's worth having the DAZ administrators considering and informing us about.
This present policy of "hassle it out for yourself" is egregiously indecent, horrendously obtuse, and ineffably plutocratic.
I don't understand the issue - download the current free Pro version and install it, enter the serial number, and use it.
Sorry I don't understand this statement at all. The item is not loading, I'm getting error boxes. Why am I getting error boxes? The item is something in .dsf format.
What is in the file? I was thinking it was a .duf scene file from a previous beta, in which case whatever it couldn't find would have loaded as a staack of boxes big enough to enclose each part, but if it's a .dsf file from 4.0 that won't happen.
Richard: You do NOT understand the issue?
Richard,
Is there anyway for us to know which products have been updated?
Is there a list some place that we can do a compare against what we have?
Could we get a "Last Downloaded" "Last Updated" added to the "Itemized Order History" so we can tell which products have been updated? (Sorting the "Itemized Order History" by something other than product name would be Great!)
I reset two products that say they have been updated, but the Versions of the available Files are the same as the Version I have, which I think came out before 4.5 was release in Beta. So you might understand my confusion.
Do we only need to reinstall if it is the same version?
The last time I started from scratch it took a month of sundays to reload.
Halsor
There isn't an automatic way - if you get Duplicate IDs when loading the item, check to see if there's an update (most should have one) or run my script; if morphs don't appear in the Shaping pane, check for an update (or see the post in the FAQ, which lists most of the sets which have been updated). If you don't get either of those issues the thing probably doesn't need updating.
Richard: You do NOT understand the issue?
Why there's confusion for users of DS4Advanced in particualr, no. Pro includes all the features they currently have, so they just download that and carry on.
For the most part you shouldn't need to uninstall the old content to add the updated versions, as long as you place them in the same folder. the very old Genesis Evolution Expressions did need to be uninstalled as the folder with the morph files has changed, so simply installing the updated would leave both in place, but I'm not aware of anything else that absolutely needs the older version removed before putting the new version on.
Same here, every thing I had seems fine.
I've been getting those duplicate ID errors, but they don't prevent me from using the content. For me, the duplicate ID errors are perhaps less annoying than having to reset, re-download, and reinstall dozens of items, especially since there doesn't seem to be an easy way to check to see if I have the latest version or not. Just starting that process now, but I'm taking my time about it...
One positive I do have to give it. Its not so sluggish while working inside the scene pane.
I've been getting those duplicate ID errors, but they don't prevent me from using the content. For me, the duplicate ID errors are perhaps less annoying than having to reset, re-download, and reinstall dozens of items, especially since there doesn't seem to be an easy way to check to see if I have the latest version or not. Just starting that process now, but I'm taking my time about it...
This is just what I did. DS says duplicate error, I click ok, item loads, and we move on with the scene. :)
When the auto-downloader thing comes out I've read it will also check for updates and I'll deal with it then.
Just wanted to thank you guys for making misbehaving Poser Models work in Studio.
These are two construction set I got at RNA which didn't behave in Studio 3.0 of 4.0.
Now in Studio 4.5 they are behaving nicely.
So thanks again.
Haslor
Richard,
Is there anyway for us to know which products have been updated?
Is there a list some place that we can do a compare against what we have?
Could we get a "Last Downloaded" "Last Updated" added to the "Itemized Order History" so we can tell which products have been updated? (Sorting the "Itemized Order History" by something other than product name would be Great!)
I reset two products that say they have been updated, but the Versions of the available Files are the same as the Version I have, which I think came out before 4.5 was release in Beta. So you might understand my confusion.
Do we only need to reinstall if it is the same version?
The last time I started from scratch it took a month of sundays to reload.
Halsor
There isn't an automatic way - if you get Duplicate IDs when loading the item, check to see if there's an update (most should have one) or run my script; if morphs don't appear in the Shaping pane, check for an update (or see the post in the FAQ, which lists most of the sets which have been updated). If you don't get either of those issues the thing probably doesn't need updating.
Richard,
I have to say I really like Studio 4.5, the improvements and speed, not to mention the Round Tripping of FBX will be extremely helpful.
That said, I have to shake my head and say your suggested solution above is a poor resolution of the issue.
It could be months before you hit a misbehaving product, then you do it could be crunch time and you don't have time to deal with it.
I guess another solution would be to step through every item in your library to find the items which need to be replaced.
It would be much easier if we just just see which of our installers/products are out of date, before we have the issue.
Even a "Last Updated" or "Version Number" on the product's page would be a better solution.
Then we could look to see when we could check the purchase date against the Update date, or check our installer against it.
But the best solution is a sortable "Itemized Order History" with the "Date Updated" or "File Version" added to the item's row.
I know the Web Site Team has been busy making improvement to the site since it's redesign.
I also know the requests for improvements to the "Itemized Order History" started the day it was debuted.
This may be the perfect time to act on some those requests, to help us all through the transition of Studio 4 to 4.5.
Just a suggestion
Haslor
Why there's confusion for users of DS4Advanced in particualr, no. Pro includes all the features they currently have, so they just download that and carry on.
OK! So may I ask, rather than pour through the whole forum again, apart from installing DS 4.5, and I presume 'Genesis Starter Essentials 1.3' which I understand updates Genesis in some way or other, what else amongst the plethora of files I have downloaded do I also need to install.
Such things as 'Decimator', 'GoZ; I'm not too sure about although having checked them out, they do seem to simply be extra plugins.
Addenda:- This business of only having one version on your system is actually Tosh! Whilst admittedly I have multiple drives and partitions, I have had for some time:- DS2, DS3 32 & 64, DS4 32 & 64 all working without any conflicts.
What the heck is this ".duf" format - and how come I can't save scenes in the old format?
I recently "upgraded" to DS Pro 4.5. I can open my scene files okay, and I can access all my old content - and the auto-fit feature even seems to have been improved.
However, I CANNOT save these scenes in the old .daz file format. The ONLY option I'm given is ".duf." When I relaunch the application, I can't even see these when I select "open." The only way I am able to access them is when I open a scene and choose "Save As" (which I can only do in this dysfunctional format), then click on it, choose "Open" - which launches a 2nd instance of DS - and close out of the first one.
When it comes up, I get the following message: "Some assets needed to load the file were missing. The content may not work as expected. The following files could not be found:"
Then it lists the Genesis .dsf files.
When the scene finally loads, this is what I get (see attached screenshot).
Why do you people keep trying to fix things that aren't broken? 4.0 had some glitches, but at least it worked.
Ah, You need to download an install the "14812_GenesisStarterEssentials" that is why Genesis is missing.
Once you start using it I think you will find you will like most parts of the 4.5.
Genesis loads in a fraction of the time and saves are faster. (Seconds rather than minutes)
if you use the built in render engine, I think you will find it much faster. (cut 75% of the rendering time off)
Yes there is some updating you will have to do, but for the most part it fixes a lot of the issue with 4.0, (My experience)
I hope that helped.
Haslor
Ds 1, 2, 3 and 4 can coexists, and you can have 32 and 64 bit versions at the same time. What you can't safely do is have two different versions of DS4/4.5, even if one is 32 bit and the other 64 bit.
People have asked why do I care if I can now share my Scenes with someone?
What about sharing scenes with yourself?
Have you ever had your system crash and had to reload Studio and everything else?
And then you try to open one of your Scenes and you get all sorts of errors?
This was caused by the differences between the two installs of Studio for each install gets a specific code attached to it.
I have reloaded studio twice and come up against this very issue twice.
So while you may not work in a group or share your scene files with others, you do want to be able to open the files your create after you recover from a system crash. Yet another good reason to upgrade to 4.5.
At first I WAS impressed with teh speed of 4.5
Until i tried to use something other than genesis that is. took over 10 minutes to load V4. TEN FRICKIN MINUTES. And there's a lot of lag trying to open non-genesis stuff.
Do we need to reinstall GenX? will it still work with 4.5?
If its broken I'm throwing Daz out the window until its fixed. I *NEED* genX. There's just not enough Genesis content yet without it. Do we also need to reinstall the iconic shapes for converting clothes?
Ah, You need to download an install the "14812_GenesisStarterEssentials" that is why Genesis is missing.
Once you start using it I think you will find you will like most parts of the 4.5.
Genesis loads in a fraction of the time and saves are faster. (Seconds rather than minutes)
if you use the built in render engine, I think you will find it much faster. (cut 75% of the rendering time off)
Yes there is some updating you will have to do, but for the most part it fixes a lot of the issue with 4.0, (My experience)
I hope that helped.
Haslor
Thanks - I hope so. Where do I find this file? Do I have to pay for it?
Thanks - I hope so. Where do I find this file? Do I have to pay for it?
No it should be included in your downloads
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if you use the built in render engine, I think you will find it much faster. (cut 75% of the rendering time off)
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Sept Reality / Lux is the SH*t DS 4.5 Reality 2.5 Lux render... It takes longer but I have been working with it for a while and quite like the results...
The Dressing Room
GenX is a plug-in, and all plug-ins needed to be updated to work in 4.5. Many are already updated, but I don't know how the GenX one is coming along.
I think this the thread with the current updated plugins:
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/5976/
I swear I'm getting so fed up that I might NEVER update to 4.5! There is so much conflicting information about how/how not to install and what works and doesn't work that I'm almost ready to dump Genesis and go back to Poser and that wierd looking Antonia weight mapped figure from that other outfit. And I HATE Poser!!!
The really sad thing is that the knuckleheads in charge of this D|S 4.5 boondoggle could have made it a painless process. All it would take is an Official "How to Install or Upgrade to D|S 4.5" thread. But you know what? THERE ISN'T ONE!!!
The very first post in this thread has a link to the installation instructions for D|S 4 on Windows (or Mac). So I click the stupid useless link and what do I get? A friggin empty post! There is nothing in that thread except a table of contents for the instructions that do NOT exist and 2 images to help me find out where to install my serial number. Not only was this post not updated for 4.5 it doesn't even have any content for 4.0. Epic Fail!
WTF Daz??? I KNOW you can do better than this!
Richard,
Is there anyway for us to know which products have been updated?
Is there a list some place that we can do a compare against what we have?
Could we get a "Last Downloaded" "Last Updated" added to the "Itemized Order History" so we can tell which products have been updated? (Sorting the "Itemized Order History" by something other than product name would be Great!)
I reset two products that say they have been updated, but the Versions of the available Files are the same as the Version I have, which I think came out before 4.5 was release in Beta. So you might understand my confusion.
Do we only need to reinstall if it is the same version?
The last time I started from scratch it took a month of sundays to reload.
Halsor
A list of the latest version number of all Genesis add-ons can be found here:
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/3885/
Both improvements to the Itemized Order History and the Install Manager are being worked on; in the interim, Jay Nola is kindly maintaining that list.
I've been getting those duplicate ID errors, but they don't prevent me from using the content. For me, the duplicate ID errors are perhaps less annoying than having to reset, re-download, and reinstall dozens of items, especially since there doesn't seem to be an easy way to check to see if I have the latest version or not. Just starting that process now, but I'm taking my time about it...
Latest version numbers of Genesis add-ons: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/3885/