[OFFICIAL] Character Creator 4.6 Issues Thread

Character Creator Bugs & Issues
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Dear Character Creator Users,

Character Creator 4.6 is now available. However, as with all updates there may still be a few bugs, glitches or other annoying issues that remain.

Important: If you do find any bugs, issues or glitches in Character Creator 4.6, please can you report them first in the Feedback Tracker. Then feel free to discuss the issues in this thread but do try to include a link back to the original Feedback Tracker report or your tracker number.

As always it will help us greatly if we can keep all technical issues in the one place (this thread). This will help the development team keep track of any problems.

Please do try to provide your full system specifications and a detailed description of the problem when reporting issues and include screenshots and/or a workflow video whenever possible. If you can provide specific steps so we can try and reproduce the problem that will be even better.

Many thanks and have fun with Character Creator 4.6.

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I am pleasantly surprised to learn that RL continued working on CC4 despite CC5 :+1:

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After the new update to the latest version of CC4 v4.6 none of the created files, up until today, won’t open. It just crashes at ’ Process to Render’ Everything worked fine before updating this morning.

Already made a ticket in the feedback tracker.

Edit: After downgrading to the previous version everything is working as intended. Phew

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Kiddo pointed it out to me last night, but the Bake High Poly Maps function is borked. I installed 4 on his laptop yesterday and he went to paint some daz characters he created and when he loaded them up in Substance Painter, the arms and fingers of the model export were all jacked up. I tested 5 and the exact same issue appears. Only CC3 exports the mesh correctly. I’m heading to work but I’ll have Kiddo take screens and I’ll post them to the dev tracker this afternoon. Should I do a ticket for both 4 and 5?

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How easy was it to downgrade?I installed the 4.6 updates in the middle of a project and its completely shut me down. Did you just uninstall 4.6 and use the last 4.5 to reinstall? Hope you don’t mind my asking and thanks for any info/

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I did this the day after I upgraded to 4.6 because of all the bugs. It was pretty quick and easy. And now everything works again.
Just uninstall the app through the hub. Close the hub and install these files (If you also got iClone):
iClone 8.54: https://file.reallusion.com/IC854_Enu.exe
Character Creator 4.54: https://file.reallusion.com/ic/Character_Creator_454_Enu_Full.exe
Then restart Hub and it should now say 4.54
BUT anything you made in 4.6 will be broken (unless you clicked yes on the make backup file button)!

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Thanks for the reply. Fortunately I was just in the middle of using Zbrush to create expressions, and the update broke the pipeline. I almost upgraded to 5 until I found out it has the same issues. The Blender tools plugin is also broken on my system. It’s a mess. This will get me back to work. Appreciate it.

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I updated to CC4.6. It opens and closes. It stopped working.

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I just noticed that I can’t load any of the basic acting rigs now that I have upgraded to CC 4.6. Male, Female, Toon, and Neutral no longer work, a pop up window citing some CC 5 nonsense appears and then I am left with hitting OK or More to find out that a lot of other things are no longer functioning properly. I make sure to update my products like a good little consumer regularly, so this is troubling to me. Is anyone doing anything to fix this or are we simply being guided down the path to being forced to purchase CC5?

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@BusyShadows

To be able to offer any guidance it’s important to know what the error message says. Can you please either post a screenshot of the error message or write it down so we can understand what’s going on. Thanks.

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I tried uploading a shot of the pop-up window here but it won’t let me attach it to a reply.
“Failed to load the content containing CC5 enhanced data. Please try again with Character Creator 5. Click “More” for details.”
I did reply in the Feedback Tracker, and the number for that 12179.
Any information would be appreciated.

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Transformer DAZ to CC 4.6 and also CC5 imports Accessories as Shapes and Shapes can’t be moved or Modified

Link to the Feedback Tracker

I use the Transformer to import DAZ clothing and accessories frequently. With CC4.6 and CC5 when I ask the transformer to import an item as an Accessory, the transformer instead imports the item as a .Shape which means that I can’t move, rotate or Modify it.

I tested this with an fbx that the Transformer imported an accessory successfully in CC4.5, but will not successfully import in CC4.6 or CC5.

Importing the objects as Cloth is not a good option for many of them because the body causes the mesh to deform in ways that are very hard to fix.

Please change this back to the way CC4.5 and previous versions worked so that I can move my accessories around and / or Modify them into Cloth.

In the forums, others are having troubles with accessories as well

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I used to use a different method importing DAZ accessories. I have not tested it much lately with G9, but in nutshell I import accessory as Type: Hair,Brows,Beard and Layer: Hair Base.

This method is better than importing as an Accessory, because it does not dump all accessories to the root, but instead places them to the correct location “almost” perfectly. And it does not deform the mesh either.

I just test re-imported DAZ Cyborg parented to G8 Male.

Here I only selected 4 parts as Hair and the rest as Accessories

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After importing, I have applied a DAZ A-pose (converted from the fame FBX) and my imported Hair items fell in place just fine (unlike the rest which are currently Shapes due to a bug and on top of that dumped to root).
Finally I selected all 4 Hair items, converted to accessories and attached to the respective bones.

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Thank you for sharing your method :slight_smile:
Last night I reinstalled CC3 and was able to import as accessory and it was actually an accessory, then move it to CC5.

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Character Creator 4.61 has now been released which fixes a number of issues reported with the 4.6 release. Please update using the Hub.

If you still encounter issues after updating to v4.61, please continue to report them in this thread, and importantly also in the Feedback Tracker to get the issue logged. Thank you.

v4.61 (4.61.4509.1) released on Sep. 9th, 2025

Several bug fixes.

Know More

Fixed

  • Content
  • Updated SkinGen Transfer UV Tool compatibility for Daz G9. (update via Content Manager) Feedback Tracker
  • General

  • Content saved in C8.6, CC5, or CC4.6 did not display thumbnail previews in File Explorer. Feedback Tracker 1, Feedback Tracker 2

  • Missing Set Default Project option in the right-click menu of Content Manager Custom Projects.

  • Morph

  • Legacy Pack Sliders (non-CC3+) did not appear in the Modify panel after installation. Feedback Tracker

  • Hair Builder and Cloth Morph Sliders had no effect after adjustment. Feedback Tracker

  • Load File
  • Import FBX
  • FBX files imported via “Menu > Create > Accessory” cannot be repositioned or deleted when selected from either the viewport or Scene Manager. Feedback Tracker
  • Daz Transformer

  • Misaligned eyes and teeth when replacing them after importing Daz characters into CC via Transformer. Forum

  • Transformer imported Daz accessories into CC4.6 and CC5 as shapes that can’t be moved or modified. Feedback Tracker

  • Animation Player
  • Applying “Walking_F_Toon” (Acting > Toon) or “Idle” (Acting > Neutral) in Animation Player triggered an error message. Feedback Tracker
  • Appearance Editor
  • Certain clothing items did not respond when the Appearance Editor (Modify > Appearance > Outfits) is launched.
  • Optimized
  • CC crashed during Texture Optimize when Max Texture was enabled, Bump / Normal was unchecked, and Convert was executed.
  • GoZ
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Thank you, thank you. I was earllier experimenting with AI rendering but after updating CC4 and Iclone I’ve lost all the installation of AI render. But now setting it back to previous versions I got it all back. I’ve learned my lesson (I hope) and don’t install carelessy any ‘update’ :cold_sweat:

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CC4 4.61 BUG: Export->FBX->Clothed Character: [X] InstaLOD
Export once, ok, export again, now export options have changed by them self, Delete Hidden Faces is unckecked (still gray) and all faces are exported.

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Character Creator v4.62 (4.62.4523.1) has now been released (Sep. 24th, 2025)

Please update using the Hub.

If you still encounter issues after updating to v4.62, please continue to report them in this thread, and importantly also in the Feedback Tracker to get the issue logged. Thank you.

Several bug fixes.

Fixed

  • Basic Editing

  • The character’s bind pose was unexpectedly altered when exiting “Adjust Bones” mode after changing SubD levels.

  • Unable to use the up and down arrow keys for hierarchical bone selection while in the “Modify > Skin Weights” mode.

  • Animation
  • Unexpected deviations from the original expressions when an iTalk is saved and reapplied to the character in certain projects.
  • Export

  • FBX export, with “Mesh and Expression Sequence” setting enabled, fails for viseme 1:1 characters. Feedback Tracker

  • Mouth can’t open and suffers from inconsistent animation when mouth animation is export to Unreal via Auto Setup

  • Load File

  • Texture error after an application crash and unsaved project data is restored.

  • Excessive hang times when saving motion-plus, applying motion-plus, or replacing a character in the project. Forum Post

  • Optimize and Decimate

  • Application crashes when a character without the diffuse texture is converted to an LOD.

  • Character type reverted to Humanoid after running Optimize and Decimate > Custom > Facial conversion.

  • Transformer

  • Toenail mesh distortion on Daz Genesis 9 character imported via the Transformer. Feedback Tracker

  • Missing arms, body, and eye data from the INI file saved with the Transformer.

  • Render

  • The viewport turns dark and flashes when the Reflection Shader is applied to an object with “Preference > Performance > Enable DLSS” is enabled. Forum Post

  • iClone and CC crashes when “Preference > Performance > Enable DLSS” is enabled and “Mirror Prop (Reflection Shader)” is applied. Forum Post

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CC4 4.62
After exiting Edit Mesh mode, the mesh collapses unexpectedly.

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