Oh, Misty, I forgot my Complaint Thread
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I have had no luck opening that set in anything so far,
run out of RAM, even Blender crashed after loading it when I tried to look at it
not tried Unreal Engine yet, as separate uassets likely can
You can import KB3D assets as OBJ, but you're definitely best off using an intermediary program to open the scene/project file, then export out individual assets. Once that's done, you're in for a decent stretch of applying maps.
yeah I lied, DAZ imports it untextured
I think the 4K textures are the problem, should have grabbed the 2K ones
I am retrying now on my other computer with 32GB RAM, the first one has only 16GB and cannot run Blender 3 as Win7
Carrara loaded my previous 2 freebies perfectly on that PC
I happened upon a UPS while rummaging through Goodwill one day, and I'm so glad I did, because I was just able to move my tower from one room to another without even canceling the render I was running, let alone powering it down.
Wendy and Gordig, ...thanks for the information. Kitbash 3D certainly has some really nice stuff, but sounds too much of a bother to deal with to use their models in Daz as I know nothing texture creation and mapping. From what I understand it involves a lot of digital painting, something I am terrible at with my unsteady hand.
Ah well.
KB3D models come with all textures, they just won't load properly into DS when you import. If you've ever imported an OBJ into DS, you can work with KB3D sets.
as I said, previous freebies I just exported the individual buildings textured from Carrara for DAZ
this loads on my Win10 but still uses 30GB of RAM so pretty sluggish
hiding everything in Blender 3 but one group at a time I can view each with Eevee
I am struggling with a 2080Ti though
only one visible in wireframe it uses 20GB of RAM
I tried rendering it with Eevee, see GPU-Z Windows closed Blender for me like on the other computer as it was using all my resources
Gordig you must have much better hardware than I have
I have unsteady hands now. I don't think it was that way when I was a teen?
the kitbash OBJ sets have a separate texture download. The biggest issue is that the whole set is one big obj, that will need each individual object you want exported on its own. for example, the OBJ file for Minerva is 3.3 GB. (the fbx file is 1.4 GB) That means you need an app that can handle those large files. The .mtl file is for the entire set, and so you will need to create your own MTL file from it for each exported objIts often easier to manually apply the textures.
THis is how the set imports.. I'll export one obj and pull it into daz and post the results in a bit..
I did export one from UE4 but that managed to crash too and took Windows with it when I tried opening the map
taking a break, had enough
This is one of the buildings exporeted on its own. File size was 108MB.. It renders OK with the stock materials in 3dl, but will need a lot of work to get it to render properly in iray..(native,uit renders as pretty much white).
iray
3DL
Yeah the "Everything is one big fat file clumped together" is a relatively common note on their Discord and Feedback Center, makes it tricky to load for some people because of the immense up-front load it puts on the program and your system, even with viewport options toned down and 2k textures. Since every set is in the 1 ~ 2.5 million polygon range that's quite a bit to load all at once.
https://kitbash3d.canny.io/feedback/p/daz3d Even if it wasn't DAZ-specific, having the option of the files being split individually from the get-go would be great, at least as an option.
TIL that the Spanish word for pregnant looks like it should mean "embarrassed".
I have been waiting for over four hours for my laptop to boot up. All it says is "Scanning and Repairing (C:): 100% Complete". And that's it, it hasn't done anything else. I think it has been at 100% for a good 2-3 hours. I though I had fixed this yesterday. I don't get it.
...complaint: checkout aisle vultures.
Tonight I sopped at the local Safeway on the way home, only needed to pick up a few items. As I was nearly at the checkout lane with nobody in line, this couple with a full trolley barged in front of me even though they saw I only had about 6 items.
Hope they get caught waiting for a two mile long freight train ,a presidential motorcade (Biden arrived in town this evening), or a protest march and their ice cream melts.
got KB3D into Carrara on my other PC with 32GB of RAM, it needed 20GB
https://www.facebook.com/wendy5/posts/pfbid0AJK43NEJReuFB9L4TZeSWfFMi6VMAmh4jV95SexgXJs2MLp67SkTZu6MCrhJTuU8l
half the maps load which is 100% more than DAZ
Carrara obj export imported into DAZ, sadly only diffuse maps and colour
I saved them all as separate.car files, exporting objs will take longer, Blender may be better for maps if I don't crash it
I call people out when they do that to me or other people, which I realize is not for everybody, but I've perfected sarcasm to the point where even the most belligerent a***ole doesn't know if I'm being nice or annoyed.
A couple of days ago there was some old fella on the self checkout line next to me at Shoprite, and this buffalo just crosses over in front of him pretending not to see him, so I did the "Hey I know you are in a hurry, why don't you just cut that nice gentleman off... Oh, I see you already did!... Nevermind..." so they are like real fakely surprised "Oh, I didn't see him" (yeah, my butt, you steered in front of him... what, you thought he was a cash register display for old age cream?)... so the old guy is like "oh no problem... you go"... so they instantly started to scan their stuff, no pause, or "no, you go"... which was BS because, One- it was a full shopping cart and the self check out is only for 20 items or less... granted, they looked like math or counting wasn't their forte, but apparently neither was Two, their ability to use a self checkout machine... like a street pigeon would probably do a better job and pigeons can only use one foot... literally each item was a new experience, I honestly don't think they understood the concept of a barcode, because it looked like they were just randomly scanning the surface... so the cashier in charge of the checkout line comes over and tells her to use the hand scanner instead of the built in one, and they are still randomly pointing the scanner at random spots... I had offered the old guy to go in front of me since I only had like six things, but he just smiled "no thanks" and continued watching the ethically challenged individual struggle with the concept of doing something for herself...
So the cashier comes over and starts to scan items for her, essentially doing the whole cart for her, but in the meantime the person in front of me has a problem with a coupon or something and since the other register for that line is out of service, my line is stuck... so we have to wait for the cashier to finish taking care of belligerent buffalo*, so she can move on to take care of the issue on my line... in the meantime, being both ethically challenged and technology impaired, she decides to add "full service" to her resume by waiting there for the cashier to pack her groceries, which she doesn't even lift a finger to arrange the bags or anything, just stands there waiting... I can hear the guy in back of me say to his wife "are you f***ing kidding me" and other people grumbling, but the cashier finishes with the person in front of me and goes over to Princess Doesnothing thinking she needs help with paying, realizes she wants her bags packed, says something to her which seems to annoy her (probably something like "this is self checkout, you pack your own bags") which put Princess Pissypants in huff...
At that point though, the other person in front of me has moved on, the old man and others in back of her on that line have moved on and I'm done watching that sad dumpster fire play out so I quickly scan my stuff, pay and head out.
So I go back to my van to put my stuff in the crates that I carry for groceries or loose items (which I do to save time on line, so I can arrange and transfer my stuff without inconveniencing others)...(I should mention that right before Covid hit, our county banned plastic bags, so the only sensible alternative most people opt for is bringing their own reusable bags which they pack themselves... which sucks for everyone in back of them 90% of the time)... (I prefer to just put my stuff back in the cart and deal with it at my leisure in the parking lot).
So I take my time moving stuff around in the back, as I'd just bought a bunch of lumber and stuff at Home Depot and I need to make room for the folding crate I use... (grapes and gallon bottles of concrete fortifier don't go well together)... so a good leisurely time later I'm leaving the parking lot and I pass the aforementioned individual putting her groceries into the trunk of her prissy pearl white BMW... of course parked crookedly, partly on the striped wheelchair zone of the handicapped parking space up front...
Some people are so clueless, self entitled and tone deaf it's almost baffling... its almost like they are so deep in their own heads nobody else exists...
I hate to say it, but around here since there is a HUGE income difference between those who live directly on the water or within two or three blocks of it, so you get to see A LOT of entitlement where it don't belong... I feel bad for my kids because their high school is full of the junior jerks from that part of town who think everyone is beneath them...which until 9th grade wasn't an issue because the rich kids went to a different elementary and middle school... now they have to deal with their crap all the time especially since both of my daughters run a woman's empowerment club which apparently is something a lot of the jerky kids are morally opposed to... Some of these kids are literally 80s B-movie caricatures of the "mean kids" in coming of age flick.
Megh... I wrote a tome to commiserate, sorry for the novel length reply.
*Belligerent Buffalo- Not a dig at someone's physical appearance or weight, it's a dig at behavior... Buffalos and many bovine variants tend to just plow forward, pushing other herd members aside... some people tend to mimic that behavior. It was also a character I made up for bedtime tales for my girls when they were little... I have no idea if it's been used before, but it wouldn't be surprising since most of the barnyard creatures I made up have preexisting character names.
My wife actually laughed at something stupid I did today...
I dunno... it's not my best effort, but whatever works I suppose.
I like it! Simple, but effective! (you really do have a huge supply of googly eyes, don't you?)
Dana
I do... I honestly believe Googly eyes can heal a broken mind, cure a wounded soul and even save the world (in fact, if I ever complete my book, you'll understand how they actually saved this stupid galaxy).
Only a true monster or sociopath can't appreciate a good googly eyeing... and even on a few occasions a true monster has, and that can change the universe.
If everyone went around with a package of assorted sized self adhesive googly eyes, the world would be a better place.
Its therapeutic too... open up an image editor and download my googly eye self amusement kit from ShareCG and deface the picture of whatever person in this world who is causing you stress and it'll make life that much better.
Here's an example... Vlad the Impaler... I think he's been sufficiently dead for long enough that he falls under the category of "historical figures it's okay to make fun of" and not be considered to be a current political figure or anything.
He was pretty bloodthirsty and kinda mean and had lots of issues with expressing his feelings appropriately... mostly manifesting in impalings, beheadings and lots of blood drinking and eating of his enemies hearts... basically he was a big jerk.
But... if you Googly Eye him, he's less menacing.
Honestly, he's actually kinda goofy looking to begin with, which I imagine probably led to his attitude and other bad habits, but some folks once kinda thought him to be pretty menacing...
If I had it my way, there are two guys currently dominating headlines that definitely need googly eyes, but I can't go there here, so we'll stick to old Vlad... well, this old Vlad...
Anywhoo... Googly Eyes are healing and will probably once again save the world if we use them properly.
Try it and see.
https://sharecg.com/v/79988/view/15/2D-Resources/Self-Amusement-and-Photo-Defacing-Kit-001
I got a page can't be found error message!
Dana
Here's hoping that it works out for you! <3
I can't believe how many ads I saw for the new Black Panther movie before it occurred to me that the reason we weren't seeing T'Challa is because Chadwick Boseman is dead.
The link works for me. Maybe try again?
It works for me, but in case the page at ShareCG isn't working, here's the zip file...(below)
This is what it looks like... it's basically a PNG transparency.
Must have been a temporary thing. It worked after.
Dana
...yes, When I have a number of items and the person behind me only has hs a couple I let them go ahead me.
That said, often those idiots who barge ahead with a trolley brimming full of items also tend to have "problems" when they scan their card to check out which only makes the situation more infuriating.
I personally tend to avoid the self checkouts as I often buy produce which I don't know the codes for which people at the checkout stands know by heart. Also I'm paying higher prices to pay the wages of those people at the checkout lines, so I like to get my money's worth.
...a friend of mine has googly eyes on her robo vacuum. Messes with the cats' minds.
I installed a software on my computer called Carrara. It wants a serial number or a cereal number? Now to remember which one and what that number is.
I found this page that has a bunch of serial numbers.