Kiko 8.1 body render white

ukebeauty101

So I'm using kiko 8.1 modle for my vtuber avitar but when I try to render her she comes out with a white body instead of the skin tone eye color and makeup she has in the view port. I'm also useing her in the gamer girl room location I bought on daz so I'm not sure if it's the lighting or the character can someone please tell me house to fix this cuz I spent like over $90 on all this stuff and a mocap software to use with daz and I'll be disappointed if I cant fix this because I cant return it for a refund which I dont want to cuz i love the character and set up i have

Richard Haseltine

Which version of Daz Studio are you using? The new PBR Skin shader requires pretty much the current version.

margrave

You could have the materials applied incorrectly, or the lights could be so bright your character is blown out. Some pictures would help--just remember not to show nudity.

ukebeauty101

So I made a previous forum asking about kiko 8.1 rendering white. I figured out that I can apply makeup and skin from other characters. But this time I want to use that cat face makeup that came with kiko but it still comes out white. If anyone knows how to apply the makeup properly it would be greatly appreciated.

Daventaki

What version of DS are you using?

Richard Haseltine

Merged threads - please check the things you were asked about the first time.

ShelLuser

In addition to the used version I think you should also mention what render engine you're using, without that piece of info this will become a wild goose chase.

Anyway, owning Kiko 8.1 myself (one of my favorite models!) I think I know what's up: you added the base model "as-is" and then tried to render her using the 3Delight engine, when I do that it gives me the exact same results. While there are different material settings available I can only get a normal render out of her using either Iray or the Filament viewport render engine (if you go this way then don't forget to add a filament node to tone down the lighting).

However... when looking at the storepage I noticed that it does mention "normal map on/off presets", even so I can't find that so quickly. Both provided material maps ("All maps HD" and "All maps") provide me with the same result: a white figure with 3Delight.

ukebeauty101

ShelLuser said:

In addition to the used version I think you should also mention what render engine you're using, without that piece of info this will become a wild goose chase.

Anyway, owning Kiko 8.1 myself (one of my favorite models!) I think I know what's up: you added the base model "as-is" and then tried to render her using the 3Delight engine, when I do that it gives me the exact same results. While there are different material settings available I can only get a normal render out of her using either Iray or the Filament viewport render engine (if you go this way then don't forget to add a filament node to tone down the lighting).

However... when looking at the storepage I noticed that it does mention "normal map on/off presets", even so I can't find that so quickly. Both provided material maps ("All maps HD" and "All maps") provide me with the same result: a white figure with 3Delight.

thanks for the help I'll try the different rendering and comment back the results. I have been using the 3Delight default. I'm still figureing the program out lol

ShelLuser

ukebeauty101 said:

thanks for the help I'll try the different rendering and comment back the results. I have been using the 3Delight default. I'm still figureing the program out lol

Ah, in that case welcome to the club! ;-)

Let me elaborate a bit here then, just to help you get started... You can refer to my attached screenshot ("Filament.jpg") for details about the things I'm listing here:

• First change the viewport render engine, I marked the option in the upper right corner of the viewport. This option is always placed next to the "view menu" (where you can switch between front, back, perspective or a specific camera view). You need to set this to "Filament", which you can recognize by the "roundish" icon.
• Add the 'Filament draw options node'; you can either use the create menu (as shown in my screenshot) but... maybe something to keep in mind for now: you can also change / customize your interface and simply add the option to one of the toolbars (if you look closely at the toolbars in my screenshot you'll notice the option there as well, I became somewhat "addicted" to Filament because it can often provide a good / decently looking render without the long waits).
• Now open the 'Parameters' tab and use the options I marked to lower the light settings. By default Filament is heavily over-exposed, and this is how you can fix that. Of course...  I merely marked the options which I prefer to use, others can also have their uses.

After you've done that then you should have something comparable to my "demo" screenshot. If you want to use this as an actual render then you can change the "render settings" and switch the engine to "viewport", this will create a one on one copy of your current viewport. Not very useful when you're using the 'textured shaded' setting but with Filament it can result in a good looking render.

However... do keep in mind that while Filament can provide awesome results it's not perfect. As you can see in my "demo" screenshot her hair looks a bit bland even though I applied a specific color material. This is happening because Filament is not a perfect substitute for the Iray render engine.

Also, for the other random readers: the white legs is what you get to see when you render Kiko with the 3Delight engine. I simply used spot render to illustrate the effect, so... this has nothing to do with Filament (figured I'd showcase the problem).

Hope this can help!  And good luck with your renders... like I said: Kiko is also one of my personal favorites, the model is very well designed so, yah, I think you're going to enjoy working with her.