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No textures showing in NGV8 on G8F figure SOLVED

michael@sla.vin[email protected] Posts: 21
edited January 2021 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

OK I'm totally flummoxed and exhausted. I was gifted a PC which was compatible with awesome GPUs and cool Daz scripts but found myself in what my son tells me is the Dreaded Windows Update Loop where the machine exhorts me to do security and feature updates that are Very Important and never complete, so I'd need to reinstall Windows. I did this on the smallish SSD that was supposed to have been the target the first time round but apparently needs to be the only drive plugged into the machine for that to work. Then after all that, reinstalling Daz, which had just updated to 4.15, I found myself with much content not working and none at all in Smart Content. Forums (thanx Richard) tell me best solution is to reinstall all 15 years of my stuff. I have now done so, but for a few items from such places as Rendo, and have now reinstalled NGV8 three times ... but I suspect that's not the issue.

The new gens have no apparent texture applied in the viewport or render. They do however in the Surfaces tab. In fact, if I select both the G8F torso and new gens the surfaces tab confirms that both are shaded exactly the same. So why is one skinlike and the other grey?? I did also try sliding the cutout to zero and they disappear, but it looks like nothing else works??

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  • michael@sla.vin[email protected] Posts: 21

    OK, now it's weirder, looks like the texture is applied only to the inside surfaces

  • IceCrMnIceCrMn Posts: 2,126

    Do you have a geoshell on the character?

    If so, you'll need to fix the geoshell surfaces for NGV8.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 99,413
    edited January 2021

    I would suspect that there is some kind of utility script that should copy the torso maps to the skin areas, so that it matches the base figure, with the internal surfaces having their own maps since they don't match the skin. Or perhaps you are meant to apply the materials preset for the character you are using to the add-on, with the same result - matching skin.

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  • michael@sla.vin[email protected] Posts: 21

    I don't mean the internal parts, but the inside of the character bubble. I've always seen the inside and outside surfaces of character figures showing the same textures. I tried applying textures again, but as I said selecting both surfaces and no others, scanning the surfaces tab parameters shows each with a 2 indicating both are selected, and no ? showing thay differ in value.

  • michael@sla.vin[email protected] Posts: 21

    SOLVED Fourth time is the charm I suppose, just reinstalled the package and updates and it is now working, thanx! Wow do I feel crazy today :p

  • marksinister_0f3a44caccmarksinister_0f3a44cacc Posts: 96

    In the future would you be so kind as to use Windows Snip & Sketch to screen grab what's going on in your description. I would do wonders.

    You can post you're images here and share the link with us.

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