My_W.i.p_Progress..tips and advice welcome :)

[orion_uk]

Hi linvanchene, Many thanks for your reply and sorry for my late one!

I am currently trying to recover this scene after a crash in DS
I did have a `master` and a backup version but neither of them will open! The usual processes for getting the files to open again dont seem to be working this time but there is no chance of me giving up

@ bloom / glare effect

I find it interesting that octane has it built in. May certainly come in handy for some occasions.

As you wrote yourself though the issue seems to be that the built in glare affects the whole scene.
This gives the whole image a blured effect.

Areas that could be sharp also become affected by the bloom.

I have been having some strange results with bloom & glare! Loading up a plastic mat from the LDB seems to make that surface react like it has a Blackbody emission attached to it, even though it does not!, resulting in me needing to turn down the specularity or opacity to remove the bloom/glare effect from the object in question! Still, on a positive side, this `effect` has enabled me to chose what meshes created to simulate `light` are effected by bloom/glare Being new to all this I have been struggling with how to get a bloom/glare effect that does not `wash out` my scene/characters and make me loose thier clarity/detail!

@ Wall texture:

I absolutely like it! I have seen quite some buildings that combine floor and wall tiles.
Especially in hotels that feature swimming pool, spa and training areas.
Your image made me think of some roman or istanbul type of spa.

Thank you , I was kinda coming from the idea of a modern Roman Spa but not sure I pulled it off! To me, it looks more like a shiny metal (highly reflective) spaceship hull
IF I can recover the scene, I may keep that look/tweek it or start a fresh.. Not sure yet!

EDIT: DONE IT, kinda

I can open my backup scene but its missing a few updates such as the characters in the scene but at least it opens
Seems that after adding the characters, my master scene wont open!

I get a DS error:DAZStudio.exe caused ACCESS_VIOLATION in module "C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins\OctaneRender\plordazs.dll" at 0033:000000000DBF6DFD, DzMatrix3::operator float * __ptr64()+1830549 byte(s)

At least I dont have to start from scratch

[larsmidnatt]

Yeah I have a few scenes that I can't open either, so sorry to hear that it happened to you. Hopefully there will be a fix soon.

[t_3]

important info: even if a scene refuses to load, there is a 99% chance that an update, which sorts out bugs and stability issues, will load it again, without anything missing. scene data is saved in a way, that it should be always possible to restore it, even if it already contains garbage (like the light cams, which should not be there)...

[orion_uk]

Thanks t_3