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dm legends wand sphere

freni-kynfreni-kyn Posts: 394
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Maybe I'm just being dense but I can not get the sphere in dm legends to show up, even less to have a flame or any type of glow.  Hoping someone can give me a clue. 

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  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    Could you give a link to the product?

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,848
    edited September 2016

    That set doesn't have DS materials. The "flame" around the staff is actually a sphere using a poser procedural material, so DS can't read that at all.

    edit: maybe one of Will's free procedural shaders could work to replicate the effect in DS?

    Post edited by Leana on
  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    Ah... in that case, the best option (if you are using Iray) is, select the surface, and to go to Shader presets --> Iray --> DAZ Ueber and use an emissive shader on it.

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,848
    BeeMKay said:

    Ah... in that case, the best option (if you are using Iray) is, select the surface, and to go to Shader presets --> Iray --> DAZ Ueber and use an emissive shader on it.

    That should work to give you a "full" glowing sphere.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    Leana said:
    BeeMKay said:

    Ah... in that case, the best option (if you are using Iray) is, select the surface, and to go to Shader presets --> Iray --> DAZ Ueber and use an emissive shader on it.

    That should work to give you a "full" glowing sphere.

    Will's flame does look pretty cool applied to a sphere...

  • freni-kynfreni-kyn Posts: 394

    Here is the link for you.  http://www.daz3d.com/dms-legends ; Thanks for the advice.  I will give that a try.  Will's flame? 

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited September 2016

    Yeah, either a straight emmissive preset or Will's flames would work on that.

    Not sure how easy it would be...if the sphere is a separate material zone or not.  If it's not, you can use the Geometry Editor to create a new surface for just the sphere.

    Post edited by mjc1016 on
  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    You can also use Jepe's Elements, for example. http://www.daz3d.com/jepe-s-elementz-ii

    His stuff is my go-to for a lot of FX, and it's a good start for getting all kind of flames and such into place.

    If you're adventorous, you can also try http://www.daz3d.com/idg-iray-fx-props-and-shaders

  • freni-kynfreni-kyn Posts: 394

    Sorry I have not responded.  I ended up in the hospital and only made it back to that project yesterday.  I had forgotten I'd even posted a request for info.  I think I will probably end up doing postwork in photoshop as I have tried a bunch of emissives that I have on it and they are just not giving me the effect I want.  Then I found out that it is supposed to be a gnarled wood staff so I bought a wand set and stretched one into a staff and added a special effect stone from another set to the top.  I'm just not digging the effect and want something a little more unique.  It's a good placement piece for hand and body position though.

    mjc1016 said:

    Yeah, either a straight emmissive preset or Will's flames would work on that.

    Not sure how easy it would be...if the sphere is a separate material zone or not.  If it's not, you can use the Geometry Editor to create a new surface for just the sphere.

    I'm not sure what product Will's flame is.  If you could post a link I would appreciate it as I am sure this will not be the last time I want special effects.

    BeeMKay said:

    You can also use Jepe's Elements, for example. http://www.daz3d.com/jepe-s-elementz-ii

    His stuff is my go-to for a lot of FX, and it's a good start for getting all kind of flames and such into place.

    If you're adventorous, you can also try http://www.daz3d.com/idg-iray-fx-props-and-shaders

    Those are great!  I actually have something similiar to the second one, but so far the only thing I tried with it was to create emmissive dragon eyes.  I'll have to add them to my wish list though as I purchased way too much while I was heavily medicated at the hospital.  Daz shopping is great for helping distract from pain btw.

    Thanks for all the advice and help.

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