Preexisting scenes refusing to load: Output property and duplicate formula warnings.

Cowrie

Since yesterday, I've been unable to load a number of scences I made previously in Daz Studio.  I try opening them, and Daz stops responding while reading assets.  No matter how long I wait, it will not start responding again.  I've tried restarting my computer, uninstalling and reinstalling Daz Studio, doing a disc cleanup, and various combinations of actions such as uninstalling, restarting the computer, and then reinstalling.

 

Looking at my log file, when I try and open the scenes, I get dozens of errors like this:

2020-03-03 14:31:16.712 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5759): Could not find output property for formula: lHeel:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Genesis8Female.dsf#lHeel?center_point/x in file : /data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Morphs/retrodevil/Grey%20Alien/GreyAlien.dsf2020-03-03 14:31:16.712 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5759): Could not find output property for formula: lHeel:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Genesis8Female.dsf#lHeel?center_point/y in file : /data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Morphs/retrodevil/Grey%20Alien/GreyAlien.dsf2020-03-03 14:31:16.712 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5759): Could not find output property for formula: lHeel:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Genesis8Female.dsf#lHeel?center_point/z in file : /data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Morphs/retrodevil/Grey%20Alien/GreyAlien.dsf2020-03-03 14:31:16.713 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5759): Could not find output property for formula: lHeel:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Genesis8Female.dsf#lHeel?end_point/x in file : /data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Morphs/retrodevil/Grey%20Alien/GreyAlien.dsf

and this:

2020-03-03 14:32:28.877 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5995): Duplicate formula found linking yEnd & BG-SmallBody in C:/Users/Owner/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library/Scenes/prompt 5 restaurant.duf.2020-03-03 14:32:28.877 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5996): 	owner: Genesis8Female2020-03-03 14:32:28.878 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5997): 	output: lToe:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Genesis8Female.dsf#lToe?end_point/y2020-03-03 14:32:28.878 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5998): 	input: Genesis8Female:/Scenes/prompt%205%20restaurant.duf#BoyG-SmallBody?value2020-03-03 14:32:29.407 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5995): Duplicate formula found linking zEnd & BG-SmallBody in C:/Users/Owner/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library/Scenes/prompt 5 restaurant.duf.2020-03-03 14:32:29.408 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5996): 	owner: Genesis8Female2020-03-03 14:32:29.408 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5997): 	output: lToe:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Genesis8Female.dsf#lToe?end_point/z2020-03-03 14:32:29.408 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5998): 	input: Genesis8Female:/Scenes/prompt%205%20restaurant.duf#BoyG-SmallBody?value2020-03-03 14:32:29.937 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5995): Duplicate formula found linking xOrientation & BG-SmallBody in C:/Users/Owner/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library/Scenes/prompt 5 restaurant.duf.2020-03-03 14:32:29.937 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5996): 	owner: Genesis8Female2020-03-03 14:32:29.937 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5997): 	output: lToe:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Genesis8Female.dsf#lToe?orientation/x2020-03-03 14:32:29.937 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5998): 	input: Genesis8Female:/Scenes/prompt%205%20restaurant.duf#BoyG-SmallBody?value2020-03-03 14:32:30.490 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(5995): Duplicate formula found linking yOrientation & BG-SmallBody in C:/Users/Owner/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library/Scenes/prompt 5 restaurant.duf.

In the scenes I've been trying to load, there are two G8F figures, but neither of them are using any of the morphs that I've noticed the error messages to mention.  Does anyone have any idea what is going on here and/or how to fix it?

Richard Haseltine

When Daz Studio loads a figure it reads through the assets, ncluding morphs, so that it can populate the proeprty lists and so that it knows which proeprty triggers/is triggered by other properties (it doesn't keep the shape changes in memory until they ar actually needed, however). The warnings you quote are related t the linkages - the first set are harmless, they just indicate that there is a link (usually to correct the way one shape applies when another is present - e.g. making the eyes close properly) and you have the property that owns the link, but not the thing it is linking to; DS will simply ignore that, which is fine since there would be no need for it. The second set or messages are actually errors - they say there are two links between "property X" and "property Y" either because of an error in setting up the links or because the same name has been used for two distinct properties. You did say, in your reply to a post that had to be removed, that you had some converted morphs from a previous generation fgure - it is possible that the covnerted morphs have the same names as some native Genesis 8 Female morphs, which could throw up duplication. It's also possible that the person creating BoyG-SmallBody made an error in creating the morph and so it has duplicate formulas (I don't know if that morph is a store product, which should not have such issues, or a freebie/home brew). Still, these should not completely stop the scene from loading though dealing with them might slow DS down. Can you load a plain version of the base figure? Did you create any custom morphs (through dForms or via Morph Loader) in the scene that is giving trouble?

Cowrie

The product in question there is a paid product from Renderosity.  There isn't anything custom in this particular scene.

Richard Haseltine

And is the base figure still loading?