Digital Art Zone

I think I saw the answer to this, but I can’t find it.  How do you filter out the Mac products now in the downloadable products?  I thought there was still some way to do it in the new store, but I’m not finding the option.

There is no way to currently filter them. They are going to going to zips for everything soon so it won’t matter shortly.

really? No more installer EXE files?

That’s the plan, a lot of people don’t like the installers, I don’t care either way.

Frank0314 - 20 December 2012 01:16 PM

There is no way to currently filter them. They are going to going to zips for everything soon so it won’t matter shortly.

We’ve been hearing “soon” and “shortly” about this for over half a year now.  Has there been any actual progress?

Yes, I miss being able to filter out Mac downloads. As for swapping the .exe for zip files. Not sure if I like that…I like the ease of installation with .exe. Unpacking zips is usually where I screw up Although it will allow for better content management…if I dared to actually try to sort the mess of my runtime.

There will be a Install Utility that will install any Zip file to your Content folder as long as the file structure is set up correct. When it (the Utility) is Released to the Community you can look for all Downloads to go to Zip very fast.

Jaderail - 20 December 2012 08:53 PM

There will be a Install Utility that will install any Zip file to your Content folder as long as the file structure is set up correct. When it (the Utility) is Released to the Community you can look for all Downloads to go to Zip very fast.

... and a breakdown of the DAZ servers. That’s why I still say they should release new content in zips also so there won’t be such a stampede to download everything. In fact they should start releasing older items weekly and informing the community as released.

Murgatroyd - 20 December 2012 07:00 PM

Frank0314 - 20 December 2012 01:16 PM

There is no way to currently filter them. They are going to going to zips for everything soon so it won’t matter shortly.

We’ve been hearing “soon” and “shortly” about this for over half a year now.  Has there been any actual progress?

A lot of the older items have already been converted. I guess it’s happening piecemeal. About 15% of the 100s of old items I have ordered this month have been zips.