installing products in new daz update
jkrimminger
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Having trouble in installing some of my products into the lastes daz version. While others are being installed correctly, quite a few are not. For some I have to uninstall, re-install, and hit refresh and they will be installed. But, others are just being plan stubborn. Genesis 2, genesis 3, genesis 8 - -some of each are not installing correctly. I have my main area of installation on my external drive so nothing will be placed on my computer's hard drive. I have a Omen 1T gaming computer (new) so I am trying to keep it as free-spaced as possible. Also, have a new 5T external drive, which I switched my daz software over to and formatted the 1T for more external space. However, getting back to the matter at hand, should I set both 64 bit software and 32 bit software for the same destination? Would that work for those that doesn't seem to want to be installed? Or, am I going to have to manually install them? Any suggestion would be a great help.
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By the sound of it you are isntalling with Install Manager? No, you should not have the 32 and 64 bit destinations set the same. It would probably help to see a screen shot of your path settings, and one of the Daz Studio Content Directory Manager settings (Edit>Preferences, go to the Content tab, click Content Directory Manager).
If this is Windows 10 get the thing you want to take an iameg of open, then go to Windows button>Snip And Sketch, click New, and drag out a rectangle over the area to capture. Click the disc icon on the right of the tool bar to save. Then in a post here click the Attach a File link, click the Browse button, and select your screen shot images in turn.
I took a snap shot and attached as a file. Let me know what yout think. Thank you.. I hope the attahed pic helps. Let me know if there is anything else.
There are a number of issues there. The Manifest Archive stores the files telling DIM what it has isntalled and where (this is separate from the Content Management system, as the latter doesn't care exactly where the files are as long as theya re in a content directory). The manifest location also needs to be separate from the Package archive, as that will have a separate set of manifests files - if both are in the same place then the two will overwrite each other, naking it impossible to manage your instalaltions.
The software paths should be different, and not in a content directory 9as you have the 64 bit path) or other directories (the 32 bit path is also your manifests path).
The data folder in the content directory is for the back-end fiels for Daz Studio content - the basic models, their morphs, and so on - not the database. The database path should be separate from other locations.
You could have a catch-all H:/Daz 3D/ folder if you like, but within that I would hae a folder for DIM with separate folders for downloads and manifests, a folder for the database, and a folder for content directories (either for use as the only content directory you use or as a container for other content directories if you prefer to split things) - never put one content directory inside another, though.
You haven't shown the Content Directory Manager settings yet.
So, from what you have seen so far, how would you set up the installation for daz studio on the external drive. I'll send you a snap shot of what you asked for.
Merged threads.
If you hold down the ctrl(Win)/cmd(Mac) key and click the gear icon at top-right of Install Manager you will get a dialogue box that lets you set a base path to be used as a container for the various specialised folders.