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I can't give the official answer, but I would think that having a choice of things to click (DIM and Daz Central) would immedaitely introduce a new layer of complexity and confusion for new users.
Is DAZ Central using the same type of Manifest files for installed content as DIM? If, are they shared if you use both (if that's possible)?
Since DazCentral is using the DIM engine I would assume so, but I haven't checked whether an item installed with DazCentral shows as installed in DIM.
OK, so you have both installed on the same system?
No, I don't have DazCentral installed anymore.
In theory yes. I have both and installed and they share what is and isn't installed. At least during beta, now centrals wants me to update to use and i'm not inclined to test my luck again. While i had no issues (i don't use default paths, btw), lots of people shared horror stories with this. I prefer DIM in every aspect except visuals. But visuals can be deceiving. Also search is good in central, but i need that level of good inside DAZ, no in an outside app.
OK, thanks. Yes, though I haven't tried DAZ Central I probably never will, DIM works great for me, and I write my own tools for whatever else I feel I need.
Hear, hear! Why replace what isn't broke? And why upgrade if the main inconvenience(s), like using an external app, aren't what's corrected?
Strange, when I started DIM today it said there was an update, and went through the usual update process, but it's still the same version - 1.4.0.35 / 64 - after the update?
Yes, no update.
I updated to the latest version just now, and it won't start. I get this:
"The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application."
How do I get it to work? I didn't click "Run as Admin" because I know that doesn't work (it won't run with elevated priveliges).
Well DIM updated again now - this time it worked, it's now version 1.4.0.46. Downloading and installing some products, so far no problems.
The first post now has details of the changes https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/382131/daz-install-manager-dim-1-4-0-46-now-available-updated/p1#top
I just noticed that after the order we have again the option to download directly with Dim, this morning was daz central only.. thank you!
I'm trying to stay calm about all of this, but it looks like there have been new paths created.
My Daz Application has been on my C drive under Program Files, My default content library has been D:/DAZ/My Library for a long time.
Now it looks like Install manager wants me to use new created folders starting with and under Applications for both the application and content. - D:/DAZ/Applications/Data/DAZ 3D/My DAZ 3D Library and D:\DAZ\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\Content Database.
Is this required, or can i continue to use the old paths? Install directory currently show only 24 installed and over 2,000 ready to install - which i have to tell you is genuinely obnoxious. I have absolutely zero interest in using Daz Central, since my experience with it was quite horrible.
You can use the old paths, but why do you think it wants to use the Applications folder for both application and content?
Does somebody else have the problem that that pesky "Default Install Sets" shows up every time I am starting DIM, or even when deleting packages?
(faulty downloads with unextractable zips ... thanks ... not)
YES, I unticked the "Show automatically" thing.
I didn't have that problem with the last version of DIM.
No problem here - I had problems with getting rid of it in the previous version but if finally went away, and I don't see it either after the upgrade to 1.4.0.46. I think I downloaded the things it recommended anyway, for other reasons, which may be what made it disappear. If you haven't done that, that could be the reason you are seeing it again.
It's DS 4.12 and some of the Starter Essentials ... yes, I am still on DS 4.11 ...
OK, I will just hope it goes away by itself. Pffffz!
I just manually downloaded this onto my second computer and I am glad I did - it is changing all the paths I have set and I am having to manually go in and set them back to the correct one. I'm still fighting the the Manifest Archive path, and DIM is currently saying that I have nothing installed on this computer, which is wrong. At least I know now to go in and take screenshots of all my paths on my main computer before upgrading.
This is NOT how you update a bit of software and not respect the settings already there. This hasn't happened with any update before, I avoided Daz Central after hearing the horror stories I heard about that, and now DIM is changing settings. Not good enough.
[Update - sorted Manifest Archive and now it sees what I have installed - but I shouldn't have to do this!]
A new DIM with shiny promises? My curiosity says this is a good day to end it resetting the database and reloading all the metadata again to recover my content...
...After the install...
Working perfect, no issues.
Beauty stuff in this version beside the word "BLENDER"
I've just updated DIM on three different PCs - one Win 8 and two different versions of Win 10. Everything went flawlessly. All paths except to the CMS are non-default (modified by me to point to other drives) and it hasn't changed any of them.
These were the defaults when i looked into advance settings - and the Application folder is not one that i ever created
I updated it on my main computer via DIM itself - which I never do as several versions wouldn't work that way, I just got into the habit of downloading the installer each upgrade. Worked fine within DIM, same set up Program C:, Content D: manifest in same place. So it may only be if you use the stand-a-lone installer that it is changing paths - never been a problems before.
I download the .exe and I didn't get changes.
Anyone else having issues with content installed via DIM 1.4.0.46 not showing as installed in Smart Content in Daz? I'm having to reimport metadata in Daz every time I install via DIM now, which is pretty annoying.
Got an error when trying to update DIM, and then when I went to get a fresh installer, I get this error.
Go to the file in Program Files and check the permissions. A couple of times in the past I've had a DIM or DS install fail because the Owner information on the file got corrupted and it couldn't be deleted. After a reboot it worked correctly.
Repeatedly or from one session? It's possible, if you closed DS and then opened DIM, that PostgreSQL was not available when DIM was running and so did not get updated.
It's happened with my last 2 purchases, with a reboot in between. The connection between Daz and DIM seems to have gotten broken somehow (but not entirely broken, since I'm still able to reimport metadata to fix things).