I have purchased both the Hivewire cat & dog. I use Carrara and normally just input things through my Content folder using the Poser information. The model would load, but when I tried to pose them, they warped out. I was instructed to make a new Content folder to use the DazStudio info. This time, it loaded AND posed great. However, I now have a problem when trying to apply a different material through the Material folder. I get an error message. Can anyone suggest something to help me out with this problem?
all workarounds have been posted for you at the Carrara board at DazForums ..
I'll put it here as well..
steps:
from the browser tab select your Content tab
then select
My Daz 3D Library>Animals>HiveWireHouseCat> select your cat model.. then either double click it or drag it onto the scene with your mouse.
If DS Make sure the cat is selected in the instance tab ( the second one in the tree ) double click the texture to apply if it's DS..
note: some vendors textures don't apply in Carrara so you have to do it manually if this happens .
in the tree select the Hivewirehousecat not the grey tabby 3
then apply the 3delight texture
don't bother trying to use the Poser version at all.. it won't work in Carrara
same applies to all the HW animals as well...
you need to know the location of the texture files on your PC to do that.. it's easy once you know how
I suggest consolidating shaders first - Edit/Remove Unused Masters/Consolidate Duplicate Shaders
then adjust the individual shaders in the shader room... You need to adjust the body, head, ears and ear hair sheets shaders to do a better job.
then after doing all the changes you can either
1. save the adjusted global shader to your shader tab for future use
2. save the adjusted cat to your objects folder for future use
or as I do ... do both
this assumes you have a general knowledge of working in Carrara.
hope it helps
