I should probably add that my goal is not necessarily make it work with native Mac version. it's fine if it works in conjunction with Win crossover version
среда, 10 апреля 2024 г. в 02:40:53 UTC+4, Vladislav Baranov: > Dear Development team, > > I've tried (as far as my understanding goes) this method posted by FaceGen > Guru in 2018: > > *"Hi JD,* > *I will talk about FaceGen Artist which is the program used to create > custom faces for Daz Studio Genesis 1,2,3 and 8 figures (latter 2 require > pro version).* > *It's a Windows-only program that is designed to work with Daz Studio > Windows version.* > *.FG files are FaceGen internal files to store the face and have nothing > to do with Daz.* > *Exporting is done from the 'File' -> 'Export' tab and choosing the tab > for the desired figure.* > *Exporting writes files into one of you Daz Content Directories (the > program lets you choose which) from which Daz Studio for Windows can load > them.* > *The paths for the Daz Content Directories are found in the Windows > Registry under:* > *\\Software\Daz\Studio4\NumContentDirs* > *\\Software\Daz\Studio4\ContentDir#* > *So if you goal is to get FaceGen Artist under Parallels working directly > with the MacOS version of Daz Studio, you will need to discover your MacOS > Daz Content Directory, then manually add it to the Windows registry (using > a path accessible from within parallels) and hope that the formats are the > same between the Windows and MacOS versions of Daz Studio.* > *Please let us all know how it works out !* > *Best wishes,"* > > What I did exactly: > > 1) Installed both Mac and Win (Crossover) versions > 2) In Crossover I accessed registry using regedit command on a Daz 3D > bottle. > > the registry files Guru mentioned are located at: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DAZ\Studio4 > > There are two files: ContentDir0 and ContentDir1. (also CloudDir but I > didn't touch it) > > 3) I tried playing around with the values, changing it to > c:/.../Library/Application Support/DAZ 3D/Studio 4, > c:/Applications/DAZStudio4 64-bit, but neither worked. > By not "working" I mean that I launched the MAC OS version, loaded the > Genesis 8 basic male mesh and then opened FaceGen Artist and it still shows > me the "*Daz Studio does not appear to be installed." *message. > > > P.S. 1: I should mention that registry folder "Studio4" contains some > other "Dirs" like PoserDir, RenderDir, ImageOpenDir and maybe some others. > > P.S. 2: Is it normal that registry files opened with Daz Crossover bottle > (windows app) should control the relations of Windows (FG Artist) to Mac > native (Daz) app?... I'm confused here > > P.S.3: When I installed Windows version of Daz for the second time after > deleting it (1st time the Mac ver was uninstalled when I installed the Win > ver) along with the Mac app already existing on the machine, it started > showing me some PostGreSQL error: Now I can't access the libraries of > assets on the windows version so can't really test if it would work with FG > Artist > > I'm on MacBook pro M2 Pro with Sonoma 14.2.1 > > среда, 10 апреля 2024 г. в 00:03:50 UTC+4, Vladislav Baranov: > >> Hi everyone! >> >> First of all, I would like to thank the development team for developing >> such an amazing product (FaceGen Artist). It seems that it can solve my >> problem and if I can make the demo work, would definitely make a purchase. >> >> The app itself works superb on MacBook Pro M2 Pro through Crossover. >> >> However, I have encountered a problem with exporting to DAZ Studio. >> >> Here's the message I get: >> >> >> *Daz Studio does not appear to be installed.* >> >> ** Install Daz Studio on this computer,* >> >> ** Run it and load the desired Genesis mesh.* >> >> >> >> ** Restart this program.* >> >> I've installed Windows version of Daz Studio through Crossover as well >> after getting this message with the MacOS version installed. >> What I did: >> >> 1) I've enabled disk access for all apps involved in this process. >> I2) I've followed the instructions as in "*Run it and load the desired >> Genesis mesh"*, >> >> but it didn't help. Still get the same message >> >> >> >> So my question is the following: how do I enable Daz Studio exporting to >> either native Mac OS Daz or Windows version working through Crossover? >> >> best regards, >> Vlad >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FaceGen Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/facegen/c0c50eac-f1ae-42f4-a9a4-5cba0ef1d4e8n%40googlegroups.com.
