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No option for not installing the HD parts of DAZ Originals

Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
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Why does it seem like DAZ is forcing us to get the HD morphs even if we never plan to use them? I was plenty happy with them being fully optional and now I find that if I ever see a D AZ Original I want, I'm stuck with files on my hard drive I have no use for. And please don't suggest getting a bigger hard drive; I don't want them taking up space if I'm not going to do a render with them.

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  • PrefoXPrefoX Posts: 252

    if you talk about G9, then u need them for nipples and bellybuttons, thats why

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    PrefoX said:

    if you talk about G9, then u need them for nipples and bellybuttons, thats why

    There are basic ones included with the G9 Starter Essentials; now whether those were there initially or not, I don't know. What I'm talking about is Character Specific HD morphs, which I do not use, nor do I want taking up space on my hard drive.

  • PrefoXPrefoX Posts: 252
    edited October 2022

    well then yes, it consumes space on your drives but not that much tbh. most space is used by textures. I just wonder if you never use subd then? just base resolution?

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  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    PrefoX said:

    well then yes, it consumes space on your drives but not that much tbh. most space is used by textures. I just wonder if you never use subd then? just base resolution?

    I very rarely change the default settings that a figure loads in with, which for Genesis 9 is High Resolution, View SubD 1, and Render SubD 3. 

  • PrefoXPrefoX Posts: 252

    Daywalker Designs said:

    PrefoX said:

    well then yes, it consumes space on your drives but not that much tbh. most space is used by textures. I just wonder if you never use subd then? just base resolution?

    I very rarely change the default settings that a figure loads in with, which for Genesis 9 is High Resolution, View SubD 1, and Render SubD 3. 

    well then you just get free details which would get lost without the HD morphs. they don't consume more vram/ram as far as I know.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,309

    A lot of people want the HD details, and used to buy them separately. Daz presuambly thought adding them would save a step. You can delete the .dhdm files if they are taking up an unacceptable amount of space, at worst you would need to zero the HD morphs if a character loaded with them preset (and then save a new preset so you didn't need to do the same in future).

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    Richard Haseltine said:

    A lot of people want the HD details, and used to buy them separately. Daz presuambly thought adding them would save a step. You can delete the .dhdm files if they are taking up an unacceptable amount of space, at worst you would need to zero the HD morphs if a character loaded with them preset (and then save a new preset so you didn't need to do the same in future).

    Truth be told, I'd rather have separate installers so I didn't have to go through this with each character, but I suppose I can do this if I find a figure I want. I rarely render a character "out of the box", so the added character-specific details are pointless for me. 

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    PrefoX said:

    Daywalker Designs said:

    PrefoX said:

    well then yes, it consumes space on your drives but not that much tbh. most space is used by textures. I just wonder if you never use subd then? just base resolution?

    I very rarely change the default settings that a figure loads in with, which for Genesis 9 is High Resolution, View SubD 1, and Render SubD 3. 

    well then you just get free details which would get lost without the HD morphs. they don't consume more vram/ram as far as I know.

    I find that the generic HD morphs I've used on Genesis 3 and Genesis 8/8.1 have been sufficient for my needs, so character-specific HD is of no use to me. That is why I'm annoyed.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,500

    you probably won't want to install G9 at all then and save even more space wink

    I rarely use HD myself as FBX export doesn't support it and Carrara my my main program of choice needs a lot of steps to use it with a plugin but it's a really trivial thing as far as drive space and almost as people are looking for something to get upset about.

    (I certainly will use it the times I do DAZ studio image renders of closeups but most of what I render is animated in other software)

    I still want them for those rare occasions though if it's a detailed character or creature otherwise why would you even buy more than a handful, you could just use Facetransfer.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    you probably won't want to install G9 at all then and save even more space wink

    I rarely use HD myself as FBX export doesn't support it and Carrara my my main program of choice needs a lot of steps to use it with a plugin but it's a really trivial thing as far as drive space and almost as people are looking for something to get upset about.

    (I certainly will use it the times I do DAZ studio image renders of closeups but most of what I render is animated in other software)

    I still want them for those rare occasions though if it's a detailed character or creature otherwise why would you even buy more than a handful, you could just use Facetransfer.

    I'm just going to be a lot more selective of what I buy from here; I like G9, for the most part, and I agree that in some instances, like creatures, HD is a good thing. It's just when I can do most of what I want with generic HD morphs and custom-made SD ones that the mandatory HD gets annoying. 

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