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How access all textures in scene? (DS 4.20)["solved"-not possible]

Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621
edited September 2023 in Daz Studio Discussion

I ran into this problem while building a large scene containing, so far, 20 Dystopia cityblocks with custom 8k PBR mats, two complete interiors, 10 full Genesis characters and spaceships and props and more. I go to the surface editor and browse a texture, the textures list opens but I can't access/see the columns far right, as the list fills the whole screen, no way to scroll left/right etc. The workaround is browsing to folder location, but now it's getting out of hand. Any easier way to quickly access any map loaded into the scene?

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  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    Moved to DS Discussion, as it truly is a DS issue. Obviously there is no solution to this annoying problem, but still hoping for a tip or two...

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,240
    Perhaps you could save your scene as several scene subsets and only load the one you want to work on. Then load all subsets back in for the final render. Or perhaps you could save a hierarchical materials preset for a group of items and then apply a mapless shader to those items to reduce the number of textures in the scene. Then reapply the saved materials preset when ready to render. Or you could buy a larger monitor. None of these suggestions is convenient. You should submit a help request about the problem. Daz developers won't see your comment here, we are told.
  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    barbult said:

    Perhaps you could save your scene as several scene subsets and only load the one you want to work on. Then load all subsets back in for the final render. Or perhaps you could save a hierarchical materials preset for a group of items and then apply a mapless shader to those items to reduce the number of textures in the scene. Then reapply the saved materials preset when ready to render. Or you could buy a larger monitor. None of these suggestions is convenient. You should submit a help request about the problem. Daz developers won't see your comment here, we are told.

    Thanks for the suggestions, might be useful under different circumstances! Was hoping I had missed some option in preferences or some menu somewhere.  Looks like I will have to continue locating half of the files by browsing to folder, for now the fastest way of making progress;)

    I'll consider opening a ticket, but y'know, it often feels like arguing with AI these days...

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,048

    I may be misunderstanding but why would you want to see the surfaces of everything at the same time instead of by item? Are you trying to make a universal change to everything at once?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,765

    It's the texture list, not the surface list, that is the issue. Other cases which had similar problems have beena dressed, I vaguely thought the textures menu had been too - have you tried the Public Build? If it iss till an issue you could report it via a ticket, though I would think they are aware of it.

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    Richard Haseltine said:

    It's the texture list, not the surface list, that is the issue. Other cases which had similar problems have beena dressed, I vaguely thought the textures menu had been too - have you tried the Public Build? If it iss till an issue you could report it via a ticket, though I would think they are aware of it.

    I might try the PB, and, as said, file a ticket;)

    Tks guys, case closed! 

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