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  • LD1LD1 Posts: 172

    Thank you felis. I didn't realize that long strip was a button.

    LD

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,781

    LD1 said:

    I don’t know If I should split my questions into separate Post to get them all answered. Hope not.

    I just used Content Wizard for the first time (I saved while working on it). I have a three of questions:

    1) How do I clear the previous content so I can start on a different content package?

    Click the "New Product" button on the Product tab page

    2) My first package was a vehicle. Content Wizard did add it to the Content Library tab’s: My Content/Vehicles. But I can’t find it in the Smart Content (yes, I did also press the: “Install Smart Content”). 

    I would like it to also show up in the Smart content’s Transportation/ Land Vehicles (I assume this is a default folder and not one that I created years ago). Either way, is this possible?

    Yes, Smart Content is separate from Content Library. You can assign a category that is not like the folder names

    3) Do I need to click on BOTH the “Install content” AND the “Install Smart content” to get a full install? Or is clicking only on the Install smart content going to unzip the file and install it in both locations (IF it hasn’t already been installed)?  

    Yes. Always click Install Content before Install Smart Content. AFTER doing that, it is highly recommended to "Export ZIP Files" and "Save Configuration File..."

    Please answer all three questions if you can.

    Thanks

    LD

  • tiberious214325tiberious214325 Posts: 4

    i got this and it does not work even when i uninstall and reinstall is there something i need to do different?

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,781

    tiberious214325 said:

    i got this and it does not work even when i uninstall and reinstall is there something i need to do different?

    What does the Daz Log say?

  • RaketeRakete Posts: 93
    edited October 26

    When there is a file with Unicode characters in it the name Content Wizard still just ignores it (No user facing files found). I already complained about that before but it is driving me kind of crazy because Tri-X puts greek capital letter I into everything!

    Buy TX Imani on Renderhub and try to install it with Content Wizard and you'll understand my pain.

    Anyways. Turns out it is not just greek capital letter I. It is also lowercase "character" in the asset info:

    "asset_info" : {		"id" : "/People/Genesis%209/Characters/TX%20Imani%209.duf",		"type" : "character",		"contributor" : {			"author" : "Tri-X",			"email" : "",			"website" : ""		},		"revision" : "1.0",		"modified" : "2025-10-04T21:52:18Z"	},

    When I have "character" Content Wizard refuses to acknowledge that that the file exists. Once I replace it with "Character" it works! (Don't forget you also need to replace greek capital letter I in Imani of course).

    EDIT: Actually it is the words "man" (or "female") in the filename that trigger it, so "I man i.duf" fails, but "Ima ni.duf" works.

    EDIT2: Well, still not sure if that is actually what is going on, other files with "man" in them seem to work even when type == "character", so no idea.

    EDIT3: Ok, so ALL of the types are lowercase, changing it character to Character probably just breaks something else in a way that the file is accepted but not categorized correctly. But, this problem only seems to happen for Genesis 9 characters.

    EDIT4: In the end I just replace character -> Character in the Genesis 9 character duf and then it worked. But there is obviously a bug. In fact it seems Content Wizard is not able to categorize any Genesis 9 character correctly now that I think about it. Probably the combination of "man" in the filename plus this being a character type triggered another bug that caused Content Wizard to think there are no user facing files for this product. But other Genesis 9 figures work, though they never end up in the Figures category.

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  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,781

    Rakete said:

    When there is a file with Unicode characters in it the name Content Wizard still just ignores it (No user facing files found). I already complained about that before but it is driving me kind of crazy because Tri-X puts greek capital letter I into everything!

    Buy TX Imani on Renderhub and try to install it with Content Wizard and you'll understand my pain.

    Anyways. Turns out it is not just greek capital letter I. It is also lowercase "character" in the asset info:

    "asset_info" : {		"id" : "/People/Genesis%209/Characters/TX%20Imani%209.duf",		"type" : "character",		"contributor" : {			"author" : "Tri-X",			"email" : "",			"website" : ""		},		"revision" : "1.0",		"modified" : "2025-10-04T21:52:18Z"	},

    When I have "character" Content Wizard refuses to acknowledge that that the file exists. Once I replace it with "Character" it works! (Don't forget you also need to replace greek capital letter I in Imani of course).

    EDIT: Actually it is the words "man" (or "female") in the filename that trigger it, so "I man i.duf" fails, but "Ima ni.duf" works.

    EDIT2: Well, still not sure if that is actually what is going on, other files with "man" in them seem to work even when type == "character", so no idea.

    EDIT3: Ok, so ALL of the types are lowercase, changing it character to Character probably just breaks something else in a way that the file is accepted but not categorized correctly. But, this problem only seems to happen for Genesis 9 characters.

    EDIT4: In the end I just replace character -> Character in the Genesis 9 character duf and then it worked. But there is obviously a bug. In fact it seems Content Wizard is not able to categorize any Genesis 9 character correctly now that I think about it. Probably the combination of "man" in the filename plus this being a character type triggered another bug that caused Content Wizard to think there are no user facing files for this product. But other Genesis 9 figures work, though they never end up in the Figures category.

    Thank you for the information.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,060

    I bought Content Wizard yesterday. I'm very impressed to see so many people in this discussion.

    I'm not exactly sure when I'll get to it.

    It's "the Holidayts," and I'm pretty maxxed out. These days I mostly try to stay in touch with my neighbors in this senior citizen apartment building.

    I started reorganzing my DAZ content originals. I want to easily find everything.

    I've been concentrating on People. Generations 1-4 are in one collection. All generations of Genesis are in another collection.

    So far I've been at this for two days. Maybe have another 2-3 days to go.

    I plan to use Content Wizard to organize/install collections from scratch. I'll keep the other collections as well

    Thanks for a great products. I'm sure we'll communicate in the future.

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,781

    Ron Knights said:

    I bought Content Wizard yesterday. I'm very impressed to see so many people in this discussion.

    I'm not exactly sure when I'll get to it.

    It's "the Holidayts," and I'm pretty maxxed out. These days I mostly try to stay in touch with my neighbors in this senior citizen apartment building.

    I started reorganzing my DAZ content originals. I want to easily find everything.

    I've been concentrating on People. Generations 1-4 are in one collection. All generations of Genesis are in another collection.

    So far I've been at this for two days. Maybe have another 2-3 days to go.

    I plan to use Content Wizard to organize/install collections from scratch. I'll keep the other collections as well

    Thanks for a great products. I'm sure we'll communicate in the future.

    You're welcome! Any questions, just let me know. 

    It sounds like you might be interested in my Smart Collections product: https://www.daz3d.com/smart-collections It allows you to create "special, user-created Smart Content products that are collections of already existing smart content, whether individual assets or entire products, in your Daz library. Have you ever wanted to create a collection of assets for a particular theme (70s clothes, steampunk robots, anime, actor look-alikes, etc.), the best poses from a list of products, or your favorite environments?"

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,060

    Thanks for your reply. I just realized I hadn't subscribed to the thread.

    I want a simple installaton. I don't want Smart Content. I use the Content Librart exclusively.

    I eliminate all "PA or Vanity" folders.  When they are eliminated. For the most part, that leaves a folder with a proper name for the product.

    My main two collections are "Gen4" (all characters before Genesis,) and Genesis.

    I have gone back and forth with additional collections like "everything else," or Scenes, etc. 

    I have been trying to learn the Moonshine products. I'd like to have one collection just for that.

    Are you willing to give me a general road map to achieve my goals? I confess I've been a real bumbling amateur for over 20 years!

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,781

    Ron Knights said:

    Thanks for your reply. I just realized I hadn't subscribed to the thread.

    I want a simple installaton. I don't want Smart Content. I use the Content Librart exclusively.

    I eliminate all "PA or Vanity" folders.  When they are eliminated. For the most part, that leaves a folder with a proper name for the product.

    My main two collections are "Gen4" (all characters before Genesis,) and Genesis.

    I have gone back and forth with additional collections like "everything else," or Scenes, etc. 

    I have been trying to learn the Moonshine products. I'd like to have one collection just for that.

    Are you willing to give me a general road map to achieve my goals? I confess I've been a real bumbling amateur for over 20 years!

    Content Wizard won't help you. CW is for adding smart content to products that do not have it already.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,060
    edited December 8

    That's a surprise. The product description spoke about being able to install products wherever you wanted.

    It specifically stated you can work without Smart Content. But you know your product.

    You might want to have a closer look at your product description.

    I am quite disatisfied.

    However, I commend you for taking the time to respond.

    Post edited by Ron Knights on
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,297

    There is another product, which I need to test myself on the recent freebies from Rendo.

    I have not used it yet, so I do not know how well it work, but from the description and screenshots

    it looks promising. Below is the link to it:

    https://www.daz3d.com/content-package-assist

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,297

    Just found a proper thread:

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/210511/tutorial-how-to-use-content-package-assist

     

  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,781

    Ron Knights said:

    That's a surprise. The product description spoke about being able to install products wherever you wanted.

    It specifically stated you can work without Smart Content. But you know your product.

    You might want to have a closer look at your product description.

    I am quite disatisfied.

    However, I commend you for taking the time to respond.

    CW is able to break up an existing product and install the major directories (e.g., Animals or People) so that anything in the product you are trying to install that is under the People folder can go into the location you want. However, it seems to me that you want finer control than that, down to generations in the People folder, which it does not do.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,060

    Thanks for your responses. 

    I've decided not to try any other utlities or scripts.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,060
    edited 5:29AM

    OK, how about this scenario:

    I've moved all the DAZ Genesis original files into their own folder. 

    Could CW use that folder to install the content? I'd like to do the install without any PA folders.

    I originally started using Winzip to do a manual install. But the content got installed under a "Content" folder.

    And some of the stuff just got installed in the same folder as the original item's own folder.

    That makes a real mess.

    Post edited by Ron Knights at
  • RiverSoft ArtRiverSoft Art Posts: 6,781
    edited 12:35PM

    Ron Knights said:

    OK, how about this scenario:

    I've moved all the DAZ Genesis original files into their own folder. 

    Could CW use that folder to install the content? I'd like to do the install without any PA folders.

    I originally started using Winzip to do a manual install. But the content got installed under a "Content" folder.

    And some of the stuff just got installed in the same folder as the original item's own folder.

    That makes a real mess.

    CW uses the product zip files to install from. It cannot use a folder to start from.

    If you don't care about breaking smart content, just move the user facing files (i.e., the files under People/Genesis 3 Female/Clothing/Rhiannon) wherever you want in your My Library. They usually do not have pathing requirements except for being under the top level folders that DS knows about. Just do NOT touch anything under the data directory. The user facing files look for their materials, etc in very specific paths in the data folder

    1. Unzip product file to My Library
    2. Using Windows Explorer, look for the user facing folder (e.g., My Library/People/Genesis 3 Female/Clothing/Rhiannon)
    3. Move everything out of the user facing folder to whatever folder you like

    Your Smart Content will be completely broken but you don't care about that. This also might not work with script files. You should test after each one you do to make sure nothing broke.

    Post edited by RiverSoft Art at
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