Forum: DAZ|Studio


Subject: Any ideas as to why DAZ has begun to shut down on a trial render?

netsuke opened this issue on Aug 16, 2020 ยท 5 posts


netsuke posted Sun, 16 August 2020 at 3:59 PM

I can't figure this out and DAZ help has been useless. I have 400 gb of free memory, I'm using a Intel core i7 with 16gb RAM and Nvidia GEFORCE. I've cleaned the roaming DSON cache. It will not render any complex scenes and have used the memory setting. Any suggestions?


Heatherlly posted Mon, 17 August 2020 at 1:56 AM

Have you looked at your error logs for any possible clues?

Assuming you have a standard set up, the log file (log.txt) should be located in Users/Your Name/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/Studio4. Please pull that up and paste any error messages you see from your most recent render attempt.


jenniferkillby posted Tue, 18 August 2020 at 5:59 PM

Try going into the render settings and set the computer to render only by use your Nvidia card and see what happens. Sometimes Daz will have hiccups for no reason and if left alone for a day or two will work perfectly fine. Also check your logs like Heatherily suggested.


jenniferkillby posted Tue, 18 August 2020 at 6:17 PM

Also to add, always make sure your graphics card is up to date. If it's not, this too can cause those types of issues.


Heatherlly posted Wed, 19 August 2020 at 7:56 AM

Absolutely. Updating your graphics card drivers can make a huge difference.