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Access Problem - Skin Overlay for V4 and M4 Skin Sets

R25SR25S Posts: 595
edited December 1969 in New Users

I bought the Skin Overlay for V4 and M4 Skin Sets http://www.daz3d.com/skin-overlay-bundle but now I can't use it because the control window is to big... the process button is way beneath the task bar; even if I close the task bar I can't reach the buttons (see screenshot)and the control window can't be minimized. The maximum screen resolution is 1366 x 768 but it is not enough.

Is their any other way to us it?

skin_overlay.jpg
1366 x 768 - 92K

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  • R25SR25S Posts: 595
    edited December 1969

    Problem is solved or should I better say not solved....
    Zev0 answer my pm and sadly there is no actual way to use it with my screen resolution...
    I hope for a product update or a new computer.

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
    edited December 1969

    Crazy ideas: you probably won't want to do this but you never know. Could you, even temporarily, rotate your display and monitor 90 degrees to the side so it's taller than it is wide? (via Windows or possibly your graphics card's window manager).
    I have also never messed with font sizes in Windows and don't know if that will translate to DS font size changes, but I think possibly they might be adjustable; would making them smaller bring the bottom window elements upwards? Similarly, would a different layout in DS affect it?

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
    edited January 2014

    One more idea. I don't know where you are using DS (at home on a desktop, on the road on a laptop, etc.) but if there is another monitor at your location (such as the computer of a family member, roommate, etc.) and your graphics card can handle a second monitor, If you could temporarily borrow their monitor you could extend your Windows desktop onto a second monitor; it looks like in Windows 7 at least you might be able to put the 2nd monitor below the first monitor.

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  • cecilia.robinsoncecilia.robinson Posts: 2,208
    edited December 1969

    Can't you simply resize the window? It works for modules like AniMate.

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    That is a SDK Dialog Box. They are not Sizable by default. The Code dictates the size.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 101,091
    edited December 1969

    Click on the Body Diffuse entry fro Acne in your screen shot. click again to restore it to unselected (or selected if you want it on). That should put the dialogue's focus on the control - now press tab once and the focus will be on the out-of-sight Process button (if you had the box checked you will need to press Tab twice, once to get to the radio buttons for less/More (you will see a dotted outline) and then a second time to get to process. Now press the space bar and the script should run with your options. (In fact just pressing return/enter seems to work, without worrying about focus, and Esc will cancel the dialogue without applying the script.)

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,244
    edited December 1969

    Not this so far as I have not bought it yet (returned the merchant resource intending to but it was on sale at time waiting for again)
    but
    I get this issue with other things occasionally in opened tabs not just Daz studio
    LAMH selection by surfaces/shading domains being one if figure has excessive number, the supersuit the one in question
    wish all windows had a scroll bar.

  • R25SR25S Posts: 595
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for all those ideas.
    I use DAZ on a labtop and there is no other monitor around (only the tv wich I can use as a Monitor but not as a split Screen). Since I actually use the highest screen resolution and the smallest font size this is no alternativ for me,too.

    The idea of rotating the display for 90 degrees is as simple as it is ingenious - this works perfectly! Thank you Sean.
    (I wonder why I didn't came up with this idea myself...)

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    Are your video drivers up to date?

    It could be that the drivers aren't reporting all the resolutions they are actually capable of...which often is fixed by updating them.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 101,091
    edited December 1969

    A lot of laptops have a vertical resolution of 768 pixels, which isn't enough for the full dialogue. I was helping my father buy a new one and it seemed to be pretty standard on 15.6" and smaller screens, though his previous machine went higher. I blame the shift to 16:9 instead of 16:10 aspect ratio on consumer devices.

  • R25SR25S Posts: 595
    edited December 1969

    Driver is up to date.
    And yes, it is only a 15.6" Labtop.

    I have nearly the same Problem with the the Reality 2.5 control window but the process buttons from Reality can be reached by closing the Task bar. But this doesn't work with the skin overlay window because it is bigger - so rotating the display is the easiest way.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 101,091
    edited December 1969

    Did you try just pressing enter when done setting it up?

  • R25SR25S Posts: 595
    edited December 1969

    yes; but pressing enter always produces an error:

    "Executing DAZ Script file: C:/Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ 3D Library/Scripts/Skin Overlay/SkinOverlay Gen5UV.dse
    WARNING: Script Error: Line 1497
    WARNING: TypeError: Result of expression 'oMap' [null] is not an object.
    WARNING: Stack Trace:
    ()@:1497
    Error in script execution!"

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 101,091
    edited December 1969

    OK, then try the tab key trick I suggested above - I'm pretty sure that works (I did get an error from enter but thought it was because I had an untextured Genesis selected - your figure needs to be textured before running the script).

  • R25SR25S Posts: 595
    edited December 1969

    My fault!
    I forget to texture Genesis before running the skin overlay.
    "Enter" works fine.
    Thank you.

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