DS 4.9.3.166 strange warnings, anyone else ?

Padone

WARNING: dzneuraymgr.cpp(403): Could not add path: "C:/Users/../AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/shaders/iray"
WARNING: dzneuraymgr.cpp(403): Could not add path: "C:/Users/../AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4/temp/shaders/iray"
WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile

DS 4.9.3.166 x64 windows 8.1 nvidia 376.33

I updated the drivers to the latest version and performed a clean installation of DS 4.9. Did some GPU renderings with iray and everything seems to work fine so far. It is just that in the log I get those odd warnings.

I can see that the installer placed the "shaders" folder inside the "programs" folder. This is somewhat odd since from windows 7 on the "programs" folder is read-only for the applications. Any working data should be placed by the installer in the "users" folder. While the "roaming" folder should be used to store preferences only.

C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\shaders\iray

As a final note I don't produce renderings for printing but anyway I'm interested in color fidelity. I have my display calibrated for sRGB gamma 2.2 that is the PC standard. I saved some renderings in various formats and tiff seems to be the only one saving metadata. But I can't see any color profile tag, so I can't understand what iCCP is claiming about.

 

Richard Haseltine

The Shaders folder in the application folder is for code that is placed by the isntaller, not for files that are written on the fly (which go in the AppData folder). Similarly there's a Scripts folder in the application folder for core or add-on scripts thata re placed by an installer.

I'm not sure what dzneuraymgr is - I suppose it could ne nVidia somethingorother - but I get the same messages in my log so it looks benign.

Padone

Thank you very much for your reply Richard. This is what I was looking for. My fear was the installation went wrong for some reason. But if these warnings are common then it means everything is fine. As far as DS can do.