Dynamic clothing not showing
Does Studio v 4.7 no longer support dynamic clothing?
Whenever I load a piece of dynamic clothing, it is invisible. It's in the scene tab (with the word "_Rig" after it) and with the eye symbol off. Even when I switch the eye symbol on, it's still not showing. It appears in the scene just as the universal locator but there's no actual geometry there.
Any ideas?
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What piece of Dynamic clothing is this, and what are you fitting it to?
The RIG always has the eye symbol switched off, but it should be part of the item above it (child) You should not see the rig on it's own.
It's happening with any of the dynamic clothing. I have quite a lot.
I am using 4.7, and it all works as expected for me.
Can you please give an example. Most dynamic clothing is made for Generation 4 figures, but it should still be workable with Genesis and G2.
for example CargoPant V4 http://www.optitex-dynamiccloth.com/FreebieDownload04.php
But it's doing it for all my dynamic clothing. They all used to work fine!
DO you have the full DCC product, and if so do you have the correct version (bit-ness and version) for your version of DS?
not sure what you mean? It's the same content as I had installed under DS4.5. It worked fine then. Why would I need to update it?
I have just downloaded and installed the V4 Cargo Pants from Optitex, and they work as expected for me.
As you can see from the image below, there is a container for the rig called 'CargoPant_V4' in the Scene pane after it is loaded, your image does not show that. You may not have installed the item correctly from the ZIP file.
Inside the ZIP is a folder called 'content'. You must empty that folder into your 'My DAZ 3D Library' folder, and not just copy the content folder over. In other words, you should NOT have a folder called content inside your My DAZ 3D Library folder.
But you seem to be missing my point. The content was installed two years ago and has been working. The installation must therefore be correct. Here's how it looks i the folder structure
Do you have the Dynamic Clothing pane (Window>Panes(Tabs)>Dynamic Clothing)? Do you use the basic plug-in, or have you purchased the full Dynamic Clothing Control plug-in?
I just tried this again with V4 loaded, and it still works perfectly in DS4.7 The folder was created with today's date, but the contents have exactly the same dates as yours do.
If I were you, I would download and reinstall it again, because something isn't working out right. It may be that DS4.7 is a little less forgiving than previous versions as to where files are installed to. There is a data folder and Runtime folder as well as the People one, so maybe one of them is not installed to the correct place.
aah.. the dynamic clothing pane seems to be missing! I hadn't got as far as draping yet. Hmm..
(I use just the basic version)
so how do I get the dynamic clothing pane back?
I suspect you installed the Control plug-in, which comes with DS, so it has repalced the basic plug-in. Uninstall both the control plug-in and DS, then reinstall DS. If you use DIM delete the control plug-in (right-click on it in ready to Install, if it's there) and then find it in Ready to Download and hide it (right-click) so that you don't have the same issue in future (if you do later buy the control version you will need to enable the display of hidden items, check-box at the top of Ready to Download, and then unhide the package).
I have also recently LOST my Dynamic Clothing CONTROL in Daz Studio 4.7 (I lost the entire dynamic clothing pane).
If I uninstall and reinstall Studio 4.7 I get the dynamic clothing PANE back... but I still do not have access to the CONTROL plugin.
When I reinstall the CONTROL plugin, the entire dynamic pane vanishes again...
I have noticed the latest version of the CONTROL plugin says it is for Studio version 4.8?
Is this what is causing the CONTROL plugin to no longer function in version 4.7?
Is there a way for me to download the older 4.7 version of the Opitex Dynamic Clothing Control plugin?
Please help!
Thanks...
If you don't have a backup of the 4.7 version then you should contact DAZ support to ask them if they can provide you with a copy.
Or you can update your DS and use 4.8 version of both.
Thanks Leana... I'll try contacting support...
Im running 4.8.0.59 and tried to install the dynamic clothing advanced plugin using the DIM - it shows installed but I see nothing under 'view' - just the animate controls. Where is the control plug-in - I cannot find that either. I am at a loss. Any suggestions - I have de-installed and re-installed the app but I can find no reference to dynamic cloth control anywhere.
Just get the serial number from your Account page https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/serialnumbers and paste it into the box in help>About Installed Plug-ins.
Ha, I have been trying to figure out this issue for a while. I have tried everything suggested. Finally, I thought I would try something. The way I got the advanced controls to work, is I went into the help menu clicked the About Installed Plugins and unchecked the Dynamic Cloth Plugin - Basic and the advance settings are now available. I remember reading somewhere about unchecking a box but could never figure it out. Thank you, Richard, you mentioned putting in the serial number which pointed me to this solution..