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iray defaults are missing

AdemnusAdemnus Posts: 744
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

As the title says, I no longer have my iray default shaders. Everything is up to date, including ds content.

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  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 11,620
    edited December 1969

    It's a bit difficult to assess the problem without more information. What version of DS are you using and did you have them up until this latest version?

    Did you install using DIM?

  • a-sennova-sennov Posts: 331
    edited June 2015

    People installing updates in the following order: Public Beta 4.8.0.55 - Release 4.8.0.55 - Public Beta 4.8.0.56 using DIM get their iray shaders wiped because of installing the latest 'Public Beta content DS' which actually is empty .zip. So installing it wipes all shaders that was in previous 'Beta content' and unfortunately they are the same shaders that one of release installers have. Reinstalling 'starter' content packs doesn't fix the problem as they have only character-specific shaders, not general or NVidia samples.

    This mostly affect people having content in non-default location (not in /Users/Public/My DAZ3D/) and trusting DIM to install everything. Like me :)

    Edit: I was too quick saying that release installer has default iray shaders. It only has MDL and NVidia example textures but not .dufs. So I think it has to be submitted as bug report.

    Post edited by a-sennov on
  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449
    edited December 1969

    The Iray shaders are now part of the Default Lights and Shaders for DAZ Studio 4.8+.

  • AdemnusAdemnus Posts: 744
    edited December 1969

    a-sennov said:
    People installing updates in the following order: Public Beta 4.8.0.55 - Release 4.8.0.55 - Public Beta 4.8.0.56 using DIM get their iray shaders wiped because of installing the latest 'Public Beta content DS' which actually is empty .zip. So installing it wipes all shaders that was in previous 'Beta content' and unfortunately they are the same shaders that one of release installers have. Reinstalling 'starter' content packs doesn't fix the problem as they have only character-specific shaders, not general or NVidia samples.

    This mostly affect people having content in non-default location (not in /Users/Public/My DAZ3D/) and trusting DIM to install everything. Like me :)

    Edit: I was too quick saying that release installer has default iray shaders. It only has MDL and NVidia example textures but not .dufs. So I think it has to be submitted as bug report.

    So how do I fix it? My content is in Public, but I do use DIM.

  • IceCrMnIceCrMn Posts: 2,142
    edited June 2015

    Have you tried re-installing the Default Lights and Shaders for DAZ Studio 4.8+ package from the DIM as jestmart suggested?

    The situation with DIM overwriting one install with another comes from having DIM install both the beta and the release to the same location.I use a 1TB drive for all my Studio stuff. I have 4 folders on it.Beta, Release, Install Manager, and Content.I use the DIM for everything and I've not run into a problem with this setup so far.

    Post edited by IceCrMn on
  • AdemnusAdemnus Posts: 744
    edited December 1969

    icecrmn said:
    Have you tried re-installing the Default Lights and Shaders for DAZ Studio 4.8+ package from the DIM as jestmart suggested?

    The situation with DIM overwriting one install with another comes from having DIM install both the beta and the release to the same location.I use a 1TB drive for all my Studio stuff. I have 4 folders on it.Beta, Release, Install Manager, and Content.I use the DIM for everything and I've not run into a problem with this setup so far.

    I had missed that. It did the trick.

    Thanks gang!

  • commorancycommorancy Posts: 39

    As an updated FYI, this problem still exists in Daz Studio 4.9 Pro. To fix the problem you must now uninstall and reinstall the package Default Resources for Daz Studio 4.9+. The package is no longer named Default Lights and Shaders for Daz Studio. If only Daz would standardize their packaging names across all versions so we can more easily find them after each update. I guess that's just too much to ask.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436

    The SKU is the same so if you are using DIM Default Resources should show as an update for Default Lights and Shaders as was.

  • PetraPetra Posts: 1,156
    a-sennov said:

    People installing updates in the following order: Public Beta 4.8.0.55 - Release 4.8.0.55 - Public Beta 4.8.0.56 using DIM get their iray shaders wiped because of installing the latest 'Public Beta content DS' which actually is empty .zip. So installing it wipes all shaders that was in previous 'Beta content' and unfortunately they are the same shaders that one of release installers have. Reinstalling 'starter' content packs doesn't fix the problem as they have only character-specific shaders, not general or NVidia samples.

    This mostly affect people having content in non-default location (not in /Users/Public/My DAZ3D/) and trusting DIM to install everything. Like me :)

    Edit: I was too quick saying that release installer has default iray shaders. It only has MDL and NVidia example textures but not .dufs. So I think it has to be submitted as bug report.

    I have my library on my SSD card which is my D.Drive as it has more space, I put the new path in the DIM and all installs well.

    Why is it better to have it in the default location?

     

  • ibraulibraul Posts: 0
    Ademnus said:

    As the title says, I no longer have my iray default shaders. Everything is up to date, including ds content.

    I set my filter to public builds and installed the new 4.9 as well as gen2 as suggested by a friend.  Everything installed nicely and I have the new Iray shaders. I've been working with it for almost a week now. So far so good.

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