File Errors with 3DU's Paige

KCMustang

Today I bought Paige from 3D Universe - https://www.daz3d.com/paige-character-hair-and-expressions-for-genesis-8-females

Cool character and she seems to work fine (from a quick check anyway) but after loading her the log is full of error messages. I won't post the full log as it is many lines long, here are some samples:

First there is a whole string of JSON Interpreter warnings, I've only pasted 3 but there are many more identical.

2021-09-18 19:24:09.752 Prepare asset load (open): /People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/Paige (3DU).duf
2021-09-18 19:24:09.752 Locking viewport redraw...
2021-09-18 19:24:09.752 Viewport redraw locked.
2021-09-18 19:24:09.787 Native format content directories: 3
2021-09-18 19:24:09.787 Poser format content directories: 3
2021-09-18 19:24:09.787 Other import format content directories: 0
2021-09-18 19:24:09.787 Begin asset load (open): /People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/Paige (3DU).duf
2021-09-18 19:24:09.800 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
2021-09-18 19:24:09.800 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
2021-09-18 19:24:09.801 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type

etc etc

And then an Alias property reference error:

2021-09-18 19:24:09.835 *** Scene Cleared ***
2021-09-18 19:24:09.835 Determining missing assets...
2021-09-18 19:24:09.955 Setting textures...
2021-09-18 19:24:09.995 Scanning for addons...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.513 Creating node geometry...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.517 Creating UV sets...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.517 Creating materials...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.565 Resolving legacy figures...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.566 Preparing modifiers...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.588 Creating modifiers...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.977 Creating property aliases...
2021-09-18 19:24:14.986 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(9364): Alias property reference not found: Genesis8Female:/data/DAZ%203D/Genesis%208/Female/Morphs/3D%20Universe/G8F/ctrlMouthOH.dsf#ctrlMouthOH?value
2021-09-18 19:24:14.986 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(1819): Property alias not created!

And finally dozens of Animation property errors covering most parts of the morph, I've only pasted a sample for the arms here.

2021-09-18 19:24:22.160 Applying animations...
2021-09-18 19:24:22.160 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Tags/value
2021-09-18 19:24:22.160 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/OutlineColorID/value
2021-09-18 19:24:22.160 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Render%20Priority/value
2021-09-18 19:24:22.160 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Propagate%20Priority/value
2021-09-18 19:24:22.160 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Base%20Mixing/value
2021-09-18 19:24:22.160 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic%20Weight/value
2021-09-18 19:24:22.161 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic%20Weight/image
2021-09-18 19:24:22.161 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic%20Weight/image_modification/scale
2021-09-18 19:24:22.161 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic%20Weight/image_modification/offset
2021-09-18 19:24:22.161 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic%20Weight/image_modification/grayscale_mode
2021-09-18 19:24:22.161 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic%20Weight/image_modification/invert
2021-09-18 19:24:22.161 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic%20Weight/image_modification/horizontal_tiles
2021-09-18 19:24:22.161 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\fileinput\dzassetdaz.cpp(7392): Animation property not found: name://@selection#materials/Arms:?extra/studio_material_channels/channels/Metallic

I'm running Daz Studio 4.15.030 and the latest version of the Nvidia drivers on my RTX3070.

Would anybody be able to explain where these errors are coming from please?

 

 

Richard Haseltine

How did you install the character? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling it? I would suspect that the first batch of warnings is breaking the proeprty loads that are then causing the other warnings when the things they are looking for are not present.

KCMustang

Thanks for your reply. I installed through Daz Central and I did uninstall and reinstall with no change (I should have noted that in the original post).

Richard Haseltine

Well, then it shouldn't be file corruption issues. I don't have that character to test, see if anyone else can come in and confirm the issue or say it's working for them but ultimately you may need to open a ticket.

KCMustang

I did a fresh Daz Studio install on my other laptop and only installed the Genesis Essentials and Paige, all of the errors came up there too. The character seems to be fully functional and I've tried some poses, expressions and a test render and all was OK. I'm still curious so will put in a ticket to see if I can get an explanation for the errors. Thank you for your help.