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Moving Project between computers

GranvilleGranville Posts: 697
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During the school breaks I stay in a different house with a different tower computer.  I am leaving on Saturday, but I am in the middle of a Daz project. How can I bundle up a project and make sure that I have all the files that I need. When I use Daz only content it is pretty easy, but I am working with an Obj file that I am texturing and some files from a different site. Even the daz models will be resurfaced.

I appreciate advice.

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  • kaotkblisskaotkbliss Posts: 2,914

    A lot of changes are kept in a data folder under your C:/users folders (on a pc) and lie texture changes in the temp folder in the users directory.

    The easiest way to make sure you have everything is to pick up and use the content gatherer here in the store. It will gather absolutely everything used in a scene and put it in a zip file for you.

  • TooncesToonces Posts: 919

    I've got this in my wishlist for such situations: http://www.daz3d.com/content-gatherer

    According to the description, it looks like it can work for specific scene(s) too, which appears to be your situation.

  • GranvilleGranville Posts: 697

    Thanks, It sounds exactly like what I need.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,205

    The Content Gatherer works great for transferring all the content needed for a scene from one computer to another, as long as that content was installed with the DIM or installed manually. Content Gatherer does not work with content installed with Daz Connect.

  • GranvilleGranville Posts: 697

    Okay, proof of concept failed. It did gather all the files, but it did not transfer to my other computer. It is looking for the exact absolute path, but the harddrive configuration is different. This means that it is asking me to load over 100 textures manually. - A no go.

    This is a severe limitation of Daz Studio. I can take my adobe after effects projects with me no problem. But not so with daz. This seems to relegate it to hobbiest software - not professional.

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    Studio will only write absolute paths in a scene file when the images were not stored in a recognized Studio library.  Ideally images should be stored in a sub-folder of a Runtime/Textures/ folder structure in a Studio library.

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,133

    You could maybe put your entire Daz content folder in Dropbox..? $9.99 a month for 1 TB space I think it is... Well worth it.

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,133

    Or put all your content on a portable external hard drive...

  • GranvilleGranville Posts: 697

    I have an unlimited dropbox account with 8 terrabytes already that will expand infinitly in theory, but when I tried to sync my entire Daz library it choked. Dropbox told me that there was after 1 milllion files it starts to get wonky. What I could do it though just sync my work project folder. Do a separate install on all the things I need for it.

    This is really not as easy had it should be for 2017

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