Saving Dforce hair simulations ...
marty.russell56_7809659940
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Is there a way to save a Dforce hair simulation as part of a scene file? Simulation works fine but disappears when I save and reopen forcing me to run (three hour) simulation again each time before rendering more frames.
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Have you checked the timeline to make sure that it is at the end of your simulation? I know sometimes when I open saved simulated scenes it reverts them back to the start of the animation instead of at the end.
Elli
Thanks, Elli. Yes, I've checked it a million ways from Sunday. I've tried saving it from the end of the timeline and from the beginning and neither works. Just reverts back to non-simulated for the length of the timeline when I reopen it. Very frustrating.
Hmm ok gimme a bit I just picked up the house cat with it's dForce fur. Also which product are you using that is not saving out? Is it just that one product or are you having the issue with other products as well?
Specifically it's PhilW's (I think) Longdrape Hair. I picked up the cat hair too and ran one simulation with it and it looks great but I didn't save and try and reopen it so don't if that's going to be a problem also. Those are the first (and only) dForce hair products I've purchased so far.
hmm ok I don't have Phil's hair I did pick up MRL dForce Long Hair though but atm I'm fighting to get DS to actually load anything for me it's having a hissy fit today.
Haha! Yep, know the feeling although 4.11 has been pretty stable since I installed it a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to try the cat again and save and reload and see what happens with the hair simulation on it. It'll probably be tonight or tomorrow before I get a chance but I'll post results here. Is your dForce Long Hair simulation saving with the scene? Thanks!
Ok finally got DS loading stuff again and yea no the MRL hair isn't saving the dForce simulation when I save out the scene either. Looks like we may need to do a bug report on it.
Ok dropped a bug report on the Hair simulations not saving with the full scene saves and a link to this thread
Sorry to hear it's not just me but a real program problem. Thanks for filing a report. I'll wait for the glacier to pass by while we wait. So have you tried the cat? Does it save? Gonna have to try it this weekend again.
Ran a 30-frame hair simulation on the cat and it wouldn't save either. Also, there seems to be a problem with the cat growing long, odd hairs from its belly in the simulation. Looks like we're stuck having to run a hair simulation each time we load a saved animation file. :(
Fixed in this build http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/change_log#4_12_0_23
Thanks! Willing to give it a try but where do I find that version? Change log only offers 4.11.0383 as the latest available.
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/341006/daz-studio-pro-beta-version-4-12-0-33#latest
Thank you so much! If this works it'll save me lots of time. Thanks again!
Rofl thanks Cho! I just heard back from the tech guys about the bug report and it is indeed supposed to be fixed in the 4.12 build you linked above!
You're welcome Elli, but it's Rob you need to thank, he whispers hints and we pass them on.