Translucency menu not opening when using version 1.6.1.0798 and Blender 3.0.1

[Arthur Dent]

Clicking on Launch Material Editor and then choosing anything except “Bump And Normal” does not show the sub menu

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The only item that works is the Bump And Normal

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Is this just my installation that is acting weird or is this a possible UI bug ?

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I am using using 1.6.1.0798 and Blender 3.0.1 (Stable) and Blender 3.2 (Alpha)

[Thomas Larsson]

Does the active material (Face-3) have a DAZ Translucent node? Otherwise there is nothing to show. Also, the bluish material preview looks strange.

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[Arthur Dent]

Ah yes you’re right. There is no DAZ Translucency node generated in the Blender shader editor after I exported my character. The blue material is the result of me applying a blue tint material with SSS from “Fantastic Skins” on my Genesis 8.1 Female, (and I suspect that is the cause of the missing node)

I was following your instructions here http://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/2021/06/voluminosity-and-material-editor.html to improve the look, but I guess the steps are only applicable for a character’s original skin and not when used with the above mentioned product.

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[Arthur Dent]

Correction : I meant to say “Fantasy Skins”

[Thomas Larsson]

The material editor edits the nodes that are already present, but it doesn’t add any new nodes to the material.

[Arthur Dent]

Understood. Thank you for clarifying and for the quick responses.

I note that the UI of the Translucency group is slightly different than the one shown in the page I linked before. The Translucency color and the SSS Color have been replaced with one Color picker box. I assume that does not change anything when selecting the SSS color ?