Why can't I color the eyes?

WillowRaven

It's not like I'm new to DS, lol. Been what, over ten years? When was DS3 out? Anyway. This is happening, and I can't figure out why.

I've reinstalled the figure and tried different materials from other G8F figures. No matter what I do, her eyes stay white, even in 3DL.

Ideas?

Matt_Castle

Something's mucked with the materials of the cornea and eye moisture layers (which are over the top of the other layers, and will thus block them), and most eye colour presets do not set anything for those surfaces (so won't reset bad parameters on those surfaces)

WillowRaven

I can't imagine why it's this way out of the box ... but I'll look there. Thanks.

WillowRaven

Is there an 'ideal' eye moisture and cornea setting?

Hylas

Load a base G8F, or a character whose eyes you really like

Save as Material Preset, unclick all boxes except Eye Moisture and Cornea

Apply Material Preset to problematic character

Linwelly

you can just use a water shader for the eye moisture and a glass shader for the cornea, works really good and I often do that when there are some reflections preset into the eyes

WillowRaven

Both good tips. Thanks :)

miladyderyni_173d399f47

So glad I found this thread. I had this happen to a pair of G8 characters I was using earlier today, that I don't think I've used before. (Lee 8 & Sol for G8F)

WillowRaven

So glad my bumbling like a novice has helped someone else, lol. I always feel like a newb every time I have to ask questions that seem so obvious for much newer users than me, lol.