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Daz Studio Pro BETA - version 4.9.2.70! - Released - (*UPDATED*)

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  • rbtwhizrbtwhiz Posts: 2,287

    Notice that the first post has been updated to reflect the fact that a new build (4.9.2.55) has been posted to the Public Build channel.

    -Rob

  • rbtwhizrbtwhiz Posts: 2,287
    edited May 2016

    Has the NVIDIA Iray renderer been updated?

    Yes, it has.

    *Note: The entries below come directly from the NVIDIA Iray 2015.3.11 release notes. Some entries, such as the mention of Linux support, have no bearing on Daz Studio itself but are included for completeness.

    Iray 2015.3.11, build 246000.20154

    Added and Changed Features

    • General
      • Trial licensing is now supported on Linux as well.

    Fixed Bugs

    • General
      • A memory leak when displacement changes got applied has been fixed
      • When changing displacement settings interactively, resetting these to the original value was not handled properly. This has been fixed.
      • Some issues with trial licensing have been resolved. When trial licenses for Iray-based plugins were used either by multiple users or multiple applications on one machine, some issues occurred. The same was true when the system time was changed (e.g. daylight saving time was switched). All of these problems have been addressed.
    • Iray Photoreal
      • An issue in detecting invalid geometry when running Iray Photoreal with "iay optix prime" off has been fixed.
      • Problems with procedural noise functions used as displacement have been fixed.
      • Occasional rendering failures when a single host failed while rendering with multiple hosts have been fixed.
    • Material Definition Language (MDL)
      • Code generation for the terniary operator in the JIT backend has been fixed.

     

    Iray 2015.3.10, build 246000.18637

    Added and Changed Features

    • General
      • Multiple users are now allowed to run the same trial license of a product on the same machine. It is not possible for multiple users to use individual trial licenses on the same machine.

    Fixed Bugs

    • General
      • An RDMA hang that previously occurred with multiple concurrent transmissions (e.g., heavy load) has been fixed.
    • Material Definition Language (MDL)
      • The warning "’n’ is written but not read" has sometimes been issued wrongly. This has been fixed.

     

    Iray 2015.3.9, build 246000.16951

    Added and Changed Features

    • Iray Bridge
      • The Iray Bridge snapshot context now supports the "bridge address" and "bridge security token" options, same as for the cloud render contexts. This is the preferred way of configuring the bridge address and security token, both for cloud render contexts and snapshot contexts.
      • Cloud render/snapshot contexts will no longer react to changes to the global bridge application address and security token. The global value will be used as a default if "bridge address" and "bridge security token" options are not set on the render context or snapshot context. The preferred way is to configure each context individually rather than use the global setting.
    • Material Definition Language (MDL)
      • The non-standard \X escape code has been removed from the MDL compiler (use \x instead).

    Fixed Bugs

    • Iray Bridge
      • A problem when database elements larger than 953 MB were transmitted over Iray Bridge has been fixed.
      • When multiple users were saving snapshots to Iray Server at the same time this could lead to failures. This has been fixed.
    • Iray Photoreal
      • An infrequent hang with the caustic sampler enabled after a scene edit has been fixed.
      • Unexpected noise after editing a light source in scenes with very few light triangles has been fixed.
      • An issue with huge geometry/triangle counts when using "iray optix prime off" has been fixed.
    • Iray Interactive
      • A bug has been fixed that caused a driver timeout or system crash on graphics drivers of version 364 or later.
    • Material Definition Language (MDL)
      • The auto type analysis of uniform array types inside the MDL core compiler that could lead to wrong/missing error messages has been fixed.
      • The auto type analysis calculating wrong dependencies for multiple assignments in the MDL core compiler that could lead to wrong/missing error messages has been fixed.
      • Rare crashes in the MDL compiler if an enum type must be implicitely converted to an integer has been fixed.
      • The MDL compiler now correctly inlines material presets if used inside the body of other materials.
      • The auto type dependency calculation for array constructor calls in the MDL core compiler that could lead to wrong/missing error messages has been fixed.
      • The MDL compiler now correctly issues an error if the material preset default values do not form a continuous set at the end of the parameters.
      • A rarely occuring memory leak in MDL has been fixed.
      • The MDL core compiler erroneously ate up the next character following an octal or hexadecimal escape code. This and the \0 escape have been fixed.
      • Escape codes \r, \v and \\ are now handled correctly when exporting MDL string constants.
      • The MDL preset export which missed necessary imports for user defined types in some rare cases has been fixed.

     

    Iray 2015.3.8, build 246000.12076

    Fixed Bugs

    • General
      • Interactive changes to the scene unit attribute (meters per scene unit) were not reported to the Iray Interactive and Iray Realtime renderers. This has been fixed.
    • Iray Photoreal
      • Incorrect handling of nested base::transform coordinate has been fixed.
      • The incorrect implementation of the projection transform in cylinder mode of base::coordinate projection (only triggered in conjunction with JIT-compiled MDL code) has been fixed.
      • A bug has been fixed that resulted in noise or energy loss after editing light sources like changing intensity, moving around, etc.
    • Material Definition Language (MDL)
      • Iray supports only uniform values for material.volume.absorption coefficient and material.volume.scattering coefficient while the MDL specification allows varying values here. A warning is now issued in that case and the values are set to 0.0 in the non-uniform case.
      • Rare cases have been fixed, where expressions containing math operators were identified as varying instead of uniform. The wrong detection caused either unsupported value warnings or runtime penalties.
      • The MDL core compiler auto type analysis on array types when modifiers are involved has been fixed. In some rare cases this could have led to wrong calculations of varying/uniform property of values, causing either wrong errors to be generated or wrong code to be passed.
      • Auto type analysis calculating wrong dependencies for multiple assignments has been fixed. For assignments like a = b = c or implicit assignments like return a = b, the dependency was calculated faultily, causing either wrong errors to be generated or wrong code to be passed.
      • The MDL core compiler’s implicit type conversion rules for enum types has been fixed, avoiding crashes in some rare cases.
      • The MDL compiler’s handling of material presets has been fixed. These can now be correctly inlined when used inside material bodies. This enhances the precision of several analyses inside the compiler and avoids some "possible different transmission on both side of a material" errors.
      • The auto type dependency calculation for array constructor calls has been fixed. This could have led occasionally to wrong calculations of varying/uniform property of values, causing either wrong errors to be generated or wrong code to be passed.

     

    Iray 2015.3.7, build 246000.10766

    Added and Changed Features

    • Material Definition Language (MDL)
      • Error detection for unsupported varying values on the absorption and scattering coefficients of the MDL volumetric material properties has been added.
      • Builtin support for the nested use of the base::transform coordinate() functions in MDL materials has been added.

    Fixed Bugs

    • Iray Photoreal
      • An additional check against unusable devices has been added.
    • Iray Interactive
      • A deadlock when the cpu limit was set to 1 has been fixed.
      • Acrash on exit of the Iray Interactive plugin when it was initialized but no render context was created has been fixed.
    • Material Definition Language (MDL)
      • A crash bug in the case that the expression for a MDL material definition was not of type material has been fixed. The compiler reports now a proper error message.
      • A crash bug for certain JIT-compiled MDL materials on Windows 8 has been fixed.
      • An overflow check to protect against huge triangle counts has been added.
      • Wrong results for MDL materials which used a base::transform coordinate() function as argument to another base::transform coordinate() function have been fixed.
      • A problem with transformed cylindrical projections in the base::coordinate projection() function has been fixed that caused the result to look wrong if the function was JIT-compiled.
      • A bug that could have caused undeterministic rendering results on materials with specific uniform expressions on the absorption and scattering coefficients of the MDL volumetric material properties has been added.
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  • SyphonapteraSyphonaptera Posts: 190
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Syphonaptera said:

    Has  Daz Studio Pro BETA - version 4.9.2.44 dealt with my/these  issues ?

    Cheers

    Which version are you currently using - Help>About DAZ Studio?

    I found an old 4.8 full install on my drive, that is what I am using now. I got rid of 4.9 Pro about 1 week ago, after trying everything Daz support asked me to.

  • PetraPetra Posts: 1,156
    edited May 2016

    When I run the update, will it ovwerwrite my Style and Layout settings that I customized so that it works for me best?

    I have DS 4.9.1.30 right now.

    Is it advisable to update to a Beta Version, I am a bit worried but of course would like ot have the latest options.

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,601
    Pet said:

    When I run the update, will it ovwerwrite my Style and Layout settings that I customized so that it works for me best?

    I have DS 4.9.1.30 right now.

    Is it advisable to update to a Beta Version, I am a bit worried but of course would like ot have the latest options.

    No, it will keep your style and layout, if they were for the previous beta.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,449
    Pet said:

    When I run the update, will it ovwerwrite my Style and Layout settings that I customized so that it works for me best?

    I have DS 4.9.1.30 right now.

    Is it advisable to update to a Beta Version, I am a bit worried but of course would like ot have the latest options.

    No, the beta has separate settings from the release version anyway (so you won't have your layout but it won't be lost). Even when you do update the release version your current and saved layouts will not be overwritten (modified styles that ahven't been saved under a new name may - I know I had to reset my modified highlight colour on the Darkside style fairly often).

  • PetraPetra Posts: 1,156
    edited May 2016

    Thank you again guys, always great to get the support.

    I shall run the update now.

    Having a strange problem, maybe it is not a problem.

    it says in my Nvidia Controle Panel under Manage 3D Devices  where I added DS that Ambient Occlusion is not supported for that Aplication * DS *

    Or is that correct?

    I posted this in the Tech.. Forum here but thought you guys might know the answer.

    For now my head is spinning with Iray Render Settings and I got lost in Emitters and fell over some Mesh Lights. wahhh

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,601

    That's hardware-rendered AO (OpenGL), not software-rendered.

  • AlienRendersAlienRenders Posts: 793
    edited May 2016

    Huge memory leak in this version I'm afraid. Just slowly keeps eating memory.

    And it's REALLY slow, even when I use OpenGL.

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  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    AlienRenders said:

    Huge memory leak in this version I'm afraid. Just slowly keeps eating memory.

    And it's REALLY slow, even when I use OpenGL.

    Not noticed anything yet, but hardly used it; good job I keep copies of old betas

     

  • Silver DolphinSilver Dolphin Posts: 1,616

    Iray renders with this new beta are slower than with last version.

  • PetraPetra Posts: 1,156
    edited May 2016

    I like the new version so far, have seen a drop in speed but not that much.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,777

    I've noticed that if I do an Interactive Iray Preview in the Viewport, GPU-Z says that memory is not freed up when I change back to Texture Shaded. If I then try to render my scene in Photoreal mode, I don't have enough GPU memory left and if falls back to CPU and takes forever. It used to crash with Interactive mode if I had an HDRI in the Render Settings environment. Now it doesn't crash, it just won't release the memory.

  • rbtwhizrbtwhiz Posts: 2,287

    The first post has been updated to reflect the fact that a new build (4.9.2.60) has been posted to the Public Build channel.

    -Rob

  • SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634

    Glossiness Squared?? Can anyone enlighten me to what that is? I tried looking but haven't found an answer yet.

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,231

    I know this is a tiny niggle but it's still annoying after all this time. 

     

    Can you PLEASE set up the image save after a render to save when one hits the Enter key on the keyboard?  If not why?  Seems like a very intuitive action but nope, not for saving out an image, we have to hit the OK button... silly!

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    RAMWolff said:

    I know this is a tiny niggle but it's still annoying after all this time. 

     

    Can you PLEASE set up the image save after a render to save when one hits the Enter key on the keyboard?  If not why?  Seems like a very intuitive action but nope, not for saving out an image, we have to hit the OK button... silly!

    +1

  • JDStriderJDStrider Posts: 100
    RAMWolff said:

    I know this is a tiny niggle but it's still annoying after all this time. 

     

    Can you PLEASE set up the image save after a render to save when one hits the Enter key on the keyboard?  If not why?  Seems like a very intuitive action but nope, not for saving out an image, we have to hit the OK button... silly!

    I third the motion! This is pretty standard behavior in Windows, I am not sure about the MAC world.

     

  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,643
    • Added support for Non-Blended Draw modes in the NVIDIA Iray DrawStyle

    Could someone tell me what this is? 

  • wgdjohnwgdjohn Posts: 2,634

    A rather dumb question I have is Content Creater Toolkit also included with DS 4.9 BETA version or do I need to also install standard DS 4.9?

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,601
    wgdjohn said:

    A rather dumb question I have is Content Creater Toolkit also included with DS 4.9 BETA version or do I need to also install standard DS 4.9?

    It should be in the beta as well.

  • Arnold CArnold C Posts: 740
    Szark said:

    Glossiness Squared?? Can anyone enlighten me to what that is? I tried looking but haven't found an answer yet.

    DAZ uses a method similar to what the Walt Disney Animation Studios implemented in their so-called "Disney 'principled' BRDF" [if I remember correctly, in use since "Wreck-It Ralph" (2012)].

    To have a (qoute-unquote) "more perceptually linear change in the roughness" (a physically based renderer simply doesn't know what Glossiness is, it knows only Roughness), the (final) roughness value used for rendering calculations is the square of the value put into the parameter field. That results in, that an input of 0.5 will be actually only a 0.25. When using measured values on such a shader, one needs to calculate the square root of that value to get what he actually wants. (For a measured value of 0.3 the square root is 0.5477226 for example).

    That's the method already in use on the PBR Metallicity/Roughness setup of the Iray Uber shader since the first Beta. On PBR Specular/Glossiness on the other hand, if you put in a 0.7 it was really a 0.3, because for rendering calculations the value will be (internally) reverted back to "Roughness" or 0.3 (The result of 1.0 - input value). The different methods (calculations) resulted in, that a value for 0.3 using PBR Metallicity/Roughness didn't visually match a 0.7 of PBR Specular/Glossiness in the final render, although it should have, as "Glossiness" is just the reverse of "Roughness".

  • SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634

    Ar right I see Arnold, thanks so much for helping me out. Well I don't use the Specular/Glossines model so I am ok. :)

  • kitakoredazkitakoredaz Posts: 3,526
    edited May 2016

    Tool setting pane >> Joint editor, Inherit scale option, corrupt in this beta.

     it seems double labbeled with "Promote Selection."  and I can not check on-off this option .(or it not work as expected)

    I close the pane, re-open pane,, or change style etc,, but it could not remove this problem.

    Request #218971 (confirmed )

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  • kitakoredazkitakoredaz Posts: 3,526
    edited May 2016

    And,, I can not convert prop to general weight Figure, in this version.  everytime it shut down DS. and has encountered fatal erroer.

    Request #218971

    I do not know, what cause change,, but I test again,with  re-install DS 4.9.

    now it seems work .I can convert prop to figure.  about joint editor option prolbem , it still remain .

     

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  • SyphonapteraSyphonaptera Posts: 190
    RAMWolff said:

    I know this is a tiny niggle but it's still annoying after all this time. 

     

    Can you PLEASE set up the image save after a render to save when one hits the Enter key on the keyboard?  If not why?  Seems like a very intuitive action but nope, not for saving out an image, we have to hit the OK button... silly!

    +1 Thumbs up   :)

  • DoctorJellybeanDoctorJellybean Posts: 8,656
    RAMWolff said:

    I know this is a tiny niggle but it's still annoying after all this time. 

     

    Can you PLEASE set up the image save after a render to save when one hits the Enter key on the keyboard?  If not why?  Seems like a very intuitive action but nope, not for saving out an image, we have to hit the OK button... silly!

    Submit it as a feature request.

  • wgdjohnwgdjohn Posts: 2,634
    RAMWolff said:

    I know this is a tiny niggle but it's still annoying after all this time. 

    Can you PLEASE set up the image save after a render to save when one hits the Enter key on the keyboard?  If not why?  Seems like a very intuitive action but nope, not for saving out an image, we have to hit the OK button... silly!

    Yes it's agrevating.  Also if you plug in the file extension .png it will add the .png twice. Ex: "deleteTHIS.png.png"  This has been true since at least DS 4.8.

  • wgdjohnwgdjohn Posts: 2,634
    Fixmypcmike said:
    wgdjohn said:

    A rather dumb question I have is Content Creater Toolkit also included with DS 4.9 BETA version or do I need to also install standard DS 4.9?

    It should be in the beta as well.

    Thanks I figured it was but wanted to be sure.

  • JDStriderJDStrider Posts: 100
    edited May 2016

    Ok, can anyone explain what Beta 4.9.2.60 (and previous 4.9.2.x versions) is doing when loading the application and the splash screen is displaying the message 'Upgrading CMS...'

    This message displays for several seconds on my machine (i7 6700K with 32GB of RAM) so I would imagine less powerful machines will display it for much longer.

    It displays the messgae every time I launch the software, how many times does the CMS need to be upgraded and what is being upgraded?

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