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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 1,030

    Torquinox said:

    SilverGirl said:

    And today's time-sucking marketing idea is...

    (spins wheel)

    A grab bag where the number of items you pick out of a curated selection determines their price.

    ....and the curated selection is over 16k items.

    I guess you could put the first ten in your cart, then start dropping WL items in and see if they match or not?

    Waste of time. Filter price high to low. Look at the highest price item and how many there are. It's $29.95 msrp. There are some, if you want them, but price for 10+ is $3.99 each - Gotta spend $40 to get 10 of those and no other discounts apply. Is that a good deal? IMO no. And as you go down the list to lower price items and/or buy fewer items, the deal gets worse. Thus I pass on this grabbag without another thought.

    Yeah, I did a quick check to see if there was a favorable bundle, but after that it was an easy nope from me. I was more commenting on the absurdity of the design.

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,208

    barbult said:

    Wonderland said:

    This is weird. https://www.daz3d.com/cj-pallas-fashionista-bundle already had a heart on it like I'd put it in my wishlist already but showing as being released new today. Was it briefly released previously? 

    Well, there's no readme, so we can't see any release date.

    Did you already report this? I'm not seeing a report from us to Daz.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,623

    frank0314 said:

    barbult said:

    Wonderland said:

    This is weird. https://www.daz3d.com/cj-pallas-fashionista-bundle already had a heart on it like I'd put it in my wishlist already but showing as being released new today. Was it briefly released previously? 

    Well, there's no readme, so we can't see any release date.

    Did you already report this? I'm not seeing a report from us to Daz.

    No, I didn't report it to you in the sales errors thread.

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529

    SilverGirl said:

    Yeah, I did a quick check to see if there was a favorable bundle, but after that it was an easy nope from me. I was more commenting on the absurdity of the design.

    +1, I agree! Absurd design!

  • murgatroyd314murgatroyd314 Posts: 1,537

    Judging from what does and doesn't work from my wishlist, it looks like the criteria for the grab bag sale are simple: Every item released on or before December 31, 2019, with a base price under $30, that is not in any other sale, is in the grab bag.

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529
    edited December 2024

    Are you kidding me?! Fine, if you insist, I accept! LDs. When they're hot, they're hot! And the Edward 8 bundle dropped to $5 in my cart!

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  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529
    edited December 2024

    I dropped in 1 token and it ended sort of like this. Average $6/pro bundle is pretty good!

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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 1,030

    Torquinox said:

    I dropped in 1 token and it ended sort of like this. Average $6/pro bundle is pretty good!

    Well done! Enjoy!! 

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529

    Thank you @SilverGirl! I appreciate that!

  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 2,752

    Seems DAZ decided that there will be no present for the 31st, as the 30th is the last date mentioned today... so here my nominees for the next-to-last "nearly priceless presents of 2024":

    The #1 and totally priceless slot is taken by P3D Sigrid for G8F (SKU 78998, Base Price again $ 19.95) and the slightly less priceless slot is the #2, Melantha Wings for G8 (SKU 84445, Base Price $ 11.95), which made my choice, again, quite easy.

    Due to the 31st being no longer being shown, I pre-decided between the two eligible DOs in my wishlist and removed one of them. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when the DAZlanders are (maybe) back in office and maybe decide to put the 31st back in the race... or not... wink

  • doubledeviantdoubledeviant Posts: 1,185
    frank0314 said:

    barbult said:

    Wonderland said:

    This is weird. https://www.daz3d.com/cj-pallas-fashionista-bundle already had a heart on it like I'd put it in my wishlist already but showing as being released new today. Was it briefly released previously? 

    Well, there's no readme, so we can't see any release date.

    Did you already report this? I'm not seeing a report from us to Daz.

    Re-release status and missing DO discount were reported and fixed:

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9008961/#Comment_9008961
  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 1,030

    maikdecker said:

    Due to the 31st being no longer being shown, I pre-decided between the two eligible DOs in my wishlist and removed one of them. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when the DAZlanders are (maybe) back in office and maybe decide to put the 31st back in the race... or not... wink

    Okay, so it's not just me then... other people remember the 31st originally being on there too? 

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,126
    edited December 2024
    SilverGirl said:

    maikdecker said:

    Due to the 31st being no longer being shown, I pre-decided between the two eligible DOs in my wishlist and removed one of them. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when the DAZlanders are (maybe) back in office and maybe decide to put the 31st back in the race... or not... wink

    Okay, so it's not just me then... other people remember the 31st originally being on there too? 

    . Yes, but maybe something special for 31 and new year
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  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,446

    SilverGirl said:

    maikdecker said:

    Due to the 31st being no longer being shown, I pre-decided between the two eligible DOs in my wishlist and removed one of them. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when the DAZlanders are (maybe) back in office and maybe decide to put the 31st back in the race... or not... wink

    Okay, so it's not just me then... other people remember the 31st originally being on there too? 

    Yes, it was still there yesterday, just gone today. 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,013

    Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November/December
    All the rest have thirty one
    Excepting February alone
    Which has only twenth-eight days clear
    And twenty-nine in each leap year
    While October of thirty two avails
    To allow for double Halloween Sales

  • ainm.sloinneadhainm.sloinneadh Posts: 514

    Put the 32nd of October in your calendars, everyone, and hope that by then December hasn't grown to 33 days.

  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 2,752

    SilverGirl said:

    maikdecker said:

    Due to the 31st being no longer being shown, I pre-decided between the two eligible DOs in my wishlist and removed one of them. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when the DAZlanders are (maybe) back in office and maybe decide to put the 31st back in the race... or not... wink

    Okay, so it's not just me then... other people remember the 31st originally being on there too? 

    As I adjusted my wishlist to have an DO item for each day shown in the calender offer, I can answer this with a "yay!" wink

  • felisfelis Posts: 4,579

    maikdecker said:

    SilverGirl said:

    maikdecker said:

    Due to the 31st being no longer being shown, I pre-decided between the two eligible DOs in my wishlist and removed one of them. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when the DAZlanders are (maybe) back in office and maybe decide to put the 31st back in the race... or not... wink

    Okay, so it's not just me then... other people remember the 31st originally being on there too? 

    As I adjusted my wishlist to have an DO item for each day shown in the calender offer, I can answer this with a "yay!" wink

    Maybe they unexpected ran out of gifts... devil 

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,208
    edited December 2024

    We did report the missing day earlier this morning.

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  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 2,752

    felis said:

    maikdecker said:

    SilverGirl said:

    maikdecker said:

    Due to the 31st being no longer being shown, I pre-decided between the two eligible DOs in my wishlist and removed one of them. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when the DAZlanders are (maybe) back in office and maybe decide to put the 31st back in the race... or not... wink

    Okay, so it's not just me then... other people remember the 31st originally being on there too? 

    As I adjusted my wishlist to have an DO item for each day shown in the calender offer, I can answer this with a "yay!" wink

    Maybe they unexpected ran out of gifts... devil 

    LOL!!!!!

    ROFL even.... laugh

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529
    edited December 2024

    https://www.daz3d.com/frozen-lake-cabin is a whopping 2GB download. 1.93Gb due to 149 8k jpg textures. Normal maps are 25.4mb up to 104mb. There are over 30 solid-color 8k jpgs - Black or light grey, a few are normal map purple (is that a real color?) and one is white. They will eat a lot of VRAM and I'll probably resize them to some tiny size, 1x1 or 8x8px sounds good. I'll have to think about resizing the good maps to 4k. It will be a problem when the product is updated, too. >_>

    On the bright side, it's gorgeous and it renders pretty quickly. So, cheers to that! The scene itself can load as a whole and a lot of the pieces can be used as separate props. Also, I finally learned to navigate large scenes quickly using WSADQE keys and the directional spinner in the preview window. I discovered that a while ago. I imagine it was noted somewhere, but I never saw it. What else to say? Not bad for $1.79!

     

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  • gfdamron1gfdamron1 Posts: 404

    Torquinox said:

    https://www.daz3d.com/frozen-lake-cabin is a whopping 2GB download. 1.93Gb due to 149 8k jpg textures. Normal maps are 25.4mb up to 104mb. There are over 30 solid-color 8k jpgs - Black or light grey, a few are normal map purple (is that a real color?) and one is white. They will eat a lot of VRAM and I'll probably resize them to some tiny size, 1x1 or 8x8px sounds good. I'll have to think about resizing the good maps to 4k. It will be a problem when the product is updated, too. >_> How do you all deal with products like that?

    Thanks for pointing this out! 

    I don't think my system is going to handle this very well. It's in my cart right now, but I'm having second thoughts about it.

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529
    edited December 2024

    gfdamron1 said:

    Thanks for pointing this out! 

    I don't think my system is going to handle this very well. It's in my cart right now, but I'm having second thoughts about it.

    I have a 3060 and it's handling the scene pretty well. When I add characters and more stuff, we'll see what happens. It might really be time to look into scene optimizers.

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,433

    Torquinox said:

    gfdamron1 said:

    Thanks for pointing this out! 

    I don't think my system is going to handle this very well. It's in my cart right now, but I'm having second thoughts about it.

    I have a 3060 and it's handling the scene pretty well. When I add characters and more stuff, we'll see what happens. It might really be time to look into scene optimizers.

    https://www.daz3d.com/code-66-toolbox--volume-5 

    YAY for Totte and his utilities

  • doubledeviantdoubledeviant Posts: 1,185
    Re: the cabin, it seems very "limited use" - the structure is in such disrepair as to be unsuitable for human habitation in such a harsh environment. I suppose it could be used for a scene of coming across a long abandoned cabin, but how often does one need such a thing?

    It also suffers from "random diagonal boards nailed all over" syndrome. I think artists mean this to be a "realistic" detail, but I find it to be quite the opposite. Same with random gaps in structures meant to protect from the elements.

    But with punches, it is quite cheap. I'm thinking about buying it for the frozen lake scene, which looks quite nice.
  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529
    edited December 2024

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    https://www.daz3d.com/code-66-toolbox--volume-5 

    YAY for Totte and his utilities

    Thanks Wendy! I was also looking at https://www.daz3d.com/scene-optimizer

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  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529
    edited December 2024

    doubledeviant said:
    But with punches, it is quite cheap. I'm thinking about buying it for the frozen lake scene, which looks quite nice.

    It all looks quite nice. Some of those huge maps do serve a purpose!

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  • gfdamron1gfdamron1 Posts: 404

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    Torquinox said:

    gfdamron1 said:

    Thanks for pointing this out! 

    I don't think my system is going to handle this very well. It's in my cart right now, but I'm having second thoughts about it.

    I have a 3060 and it's handling the scene pretty well. When I add characters and more stuff, we'll see what happens. It might really be time to look into scene optimizers.

    https://www.daz3d.com/code-66-toolbox--volume-5 

    YAY for Totte and his utilities

    Thanks for that link, WendyLuvsCatz! I have his Instancify script, which I use a lot. This looks like another set of useful tools. 

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 1,030

    doubledeviant said:

    Re: the cabin, it seems very "limited use" - the structure is in such disrepair as to be unsuitable for human habitation in such a harsh environment. I suppose it could be used for a scene of coming across a long abandoned cabin, but how often does one need such a thing?

    It also suffers from "random diagonal boards nailed all over" syndrome. I think artists mean this to be a "realistic" detail, but I find it to be quite the opposite. Same with random gaps in structures meant to protect from the elements.

    But with punches, it is quite cheap. I'm thinking about buying it for the frozen lake scene, which looks quite nice.

    I did chuckle at the description, which paints the cabin as "cozy" and having "warm charm."

    The scene is definitely lovely in its own way, and would be great for the use you mentioned. Unfortunately not something that fits in my story, but I'm sure others will do cool things with it.

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,529
    edited December 2024

    The laziest possible effort that took under 3 minutes to render with an hdr sky and a little matte fog looks surprisingly good. This is going to be a lot of fun, actually.

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