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Morph Dial Suddenly Defaults to 100%

jim_doriajim_doria Posts: 126
edited March 2021 in Daz Studio Discussion

I seem to be having the same problem as in this thread:

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/4260591/

I have the Omari for G8 character on my system, and I've had the product for months & months.

But I must have done something wrong recently because now every character I load appears with the Omari Head morph dialed up to 100%. This even happens with the default G8.0 character.

I can always just slide it back down, but ideally I'd like to fix it. In the other thread, Richard Haseltine said:

if you click on the Controllers tab at the bottom of the (parameter settings) dialogue one of those is likely to be the culprit.

So there is one controller there, but I have no idea what to do with the "culprit" now that I've caught it.

Thanks!

EDIT: I went back and looked, and it turns out the whole character morph is being dialed in at 100%. I didn't notice at first because the full character morph dial and the body morph dial, while reading 100%, are grayed out as if this was the default value. Only the head morph dial is "lit up" at 100% as if that's the one not at its default setting. However, doing a parameters reset on it doesn't change its value or its lit-up state.

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  • PerttiAPerttiA Posts: 10,024

    To fix any ill-behaving (non-zero default value) morphs, do as follows;

    1. Open DS and load "Genesis 8 Basic Female" (to an empty scene)
    2. Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File (clear the log, close it and select "Save" when asked)
    3. Left Click at "Active Pane Options" tab->Preferences->Choose "Show Hidden Properties" (part 4 zeroes only 'visible' dials)
    4. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Zero->Zero Figure (Zeroes the value of all the 'visible' dials)
    5. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Memorize->Memorize Figure (Sets the current value of all the dials as their default value)
    6. Edit->Save As->Support Asset->Save Modified Assets (Writes the changed default value to the morph files that were changed)

    When saving "Modified Assets" DS shows a dialog and asks for confirmation;
    "The following file(s) will be permanently modified:" - "Accept/Cancel" - Choose "Accept"

    Close DS and wait -> Open DS again and load "Genesis 8 Basic Female"

    Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File (Save the logfile somewhere you can easily find it)

    If the above procedure didn't fix the problem, attach the saved logfile to your post.

  • jim_doriajim_doria Posts: 126

    Thank you PerttiA that did the trick! I've added these instructions to my collection of DAZ notes should I bump into this again.

  • avalentin6544avalentin6544 Posts: 12

    PerttiA said:

    To fix any ill-behaving (non-zero default value) morphs, do as follows;

    1. Open DS and load "Genesis 8 Basic Female" (to an empty scene)
    2. Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File (clear the log, close it and select "Save" when asked)
    3. Left Click at "Active Pane Options" tab->Preferences->Choose "Show Hidden Properties" (part 4 zeroes only 'visible' dials)
    4. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Zero->Zero Figure (Zeroes the value of all the 'visible' dials)
    5. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Memorize->Memorize Figure (Sets the current value of all the dials as their default value)
    6. Edit->Save As->Support Asset->Save Modified Assets (Writes the changed default value to the morph files that were changed)

    When saving "Modified Assets" DS shows a dialog and asks for confirmation;
    "The following file(s) will be permanently modified:" - "Accept/Cancel" - Choose "Accept"

    Close DS and wait -> Open DS again and load "Genesis 8 Basic Female"

    Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File (Save the logfile somewhere you can easily find it)

    If the above procedure didn't fix the problem, attach the saved logfile to your post.

    Ditto that! Thanks a lot PerttiA! This is the best advise for fixing wrong default values I have seen. Its perfect!
    Never have I been so happy to be able to render that bland default face :D

  • Knightmare560Knightmare560 Posts: 7

    PerttiA said:

    To fix any ill-behaving (non-zero default value) morphs, do as follows;

    1. Open DS and load "Genesis 8 Basic Female" (to an empty scene)
    2. Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File (clear the log, close it and select "Save" when asked)
    3. Left Click at "Active Pane Options" tab->Preferences->Choose "Show Hidden Properties" (part 4 zeroes only 'visible' dials)
    4. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Zero->Zero Figure (Zeroes the value of all the 'visible' dials)
    5. Right Click at Parameters Tab->Memorize->Memorize Figure (Sets the current value of all the dials as their default value)
    6. Edit->Save As->Support Asset->Save Modified Assets (Writes the changed default value to the morph files that were changed)

    When saving "Modified Assets" DS shows a dialog and asks for confirmation;
    "The following file(s) will be permanently modified:" - "Accept/Cancel" - Choose "Accept"

    Close DS and wait -> Open DS again and load "Genesis 8 Basic Female"

    Help->Troubleshooting->View Log File (Save the logfile somewhere you can easily find it)

    If the above procedure didn't fix the problem, attach the saved logfile to your post.

     

    Ok, mind showing step by step via images. What's the "active pane options" tab?

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