Problem Loading "Winterland"

bradassociates

I purchased the following Daz product:

https://www.daz3d.com/winterland

I'm running Daz 4.11.   I have a recently purchased Dell i9 processor and a Nvidia DeForce 2060 w/ 6 GB GPU processor, yet when I try and render, it runs the system hard -- and if it runs this new powerful system hard, it would appear it's the Daz product, not computer.   It apparently runs in 3Delight, not in Iray.   I've read it might be because Nvidia makes Iray while also selling the most popular GPU chip; therefore, you cannot run 3Delight products on any of the GPU processors.

I tried to convert Winterland using Sickleyield's 3Delight to Iray script, but still no luck.  The Iray render engine won't recognize it.   Some of my characters are Iray.   Can the Winterland product be used for anything, and if so, how...or is it just a waste money for anyone that doesn't use the 3Delight engine and few characters now available?

Fishtales

I have used it a few times in Iray just by selecting all the surfaces and running the Iray Uber shader on it. It also has a Skydome that needs to be deleted as it blocks the light from the Iray Dome. When you delete it if you want the sky image then click on the Environment Tab under the render settings to add an image and look for the sky image that was loaded with the set and use that.

NorthOf45

There are some special shaders in Winterland that might not translate well, if at all, to Iray. The snow on the trees and the ground all use it, and that's 95% of the scene. You will need to manually replace the shaders as Fishtales suggests.

bradassociates

Fishtales said:

I have used it a few times in Iray just by selecting all the surfaces and running the Iray Uber shader on it. It also has a Skydome that needs to be deleted as it blocks the light from the Iray Dome. When you delete it if you want the sky image then click on the Environment Tab under the render settings to add an image and look for the sky image that was loaded with the set and use that.

Thanks for the help

bradassociates

NorthOf45 said:

There are some special shaders in Winterland that might not translate well, if at all, to Iray. The snow on the trees and the ground all use it, and that's 95% of the scene. You will need to manually replace the shaders as Fishtales suggests.

Thank you for that insight

bradassociates

Thanks, I ran the converter on it, then deleted the skydome, and it now renders in Iray.

 

NorthOf45

For simple terrain and water, Nature Shaders is a good, inexpensive (for PC+ members) start. For more sophisticated results (i.e., height- and slope-based), TerraDome 3 and add-ons have a good selection, and is an excellent morphing terrain on its own.

You can always try to apply the default Iray Uber Base with ctrl-click and ignore images, and see what sticks. You can always change the bitmaps manually if the one you want doesn't make it.

bradassociates

The Nature Shaders was a good find and inexpensive, thank you.

https://www.daz3d.com/nature-shaders

fastbike1

FWIW, it's hard to beat JGreenlee's shaders.