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There was a thread about it a while back: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/257606/finding-dim-manual-only-available-content-i-e-only-non-connect-ones
That question is way easier asked than answered. Just to give an idea of the complexity involved:
Automated access -
Most marketplaces are designed and optimized for manual interactions and not for automated bulk access using any tool. Not all sites have the need nor the capability to handle automated downloads. In fact, several of these marketplaces may have safeguards to prevent such automated bulk access in order to avoid spikes of overload or prevent any DOS attack to their servers. Daz may be handling this scenario by routing calls from DIM/Studio to different servers than those that are used to access content catalog/description using web browser. So if you try to circumvent such site-wide measures using a tool, you risk getting flagged as a malicious user.
Proprietary metadata -
3rd party marketplaces sell their 3D content according to formats supported by popular tools used by professionals. Each additional format require additional effort from their publishers to support that format. For the few sites that support the Daz format (such as duf files) outside Daz, there is a severe lack of formalization to provide metadata that would facilitate categorization and searching inside studio. Publishers just get away with providing a path to access their content in the content library in a readme file and that have been deemed sufficient so far. As revolting as it may sound, but the support for arbitary manual installation of content diminishes the requirement for formal metadata. So in the absence of Daz prescribed metadata, your content is "invisible" to any tool that relies on the presence of it.
Of course, there are further concerns regarding standardization of - access to content "repositories", federated content search/discovery using content "registries". But those challenges are way beyond the simple hurdles I mentioned above.
Is DazCentral compatible with DazConnect ?
I mean detect the installed content in [UserProfile]\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\
Never saw the need for DazConnect other than as an effort to seize control
My very first thought when I installed it to check it out was, "Wow! This would be great for new users!"
Save diskspace
DIM = Useless Poser CF files and all the packages are stored by default.
DazConnect = Only the Daz Studio files are installed. No package is stored, no Poser CF files.
And I wonder how the idiom "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" gained prominence. Did anyone actually threw out a real baby ...ever?
As to Daz Connect-- a lot of folks use it exclusively because they like to install within DS and uninstall the same way. They only want what they're using installed.
Select automatically delete files after install if you don't want to have an archive that YOU control
Select file types to be installed
Daz Connect = no control over your files
Anyways we don't need to derail this thread over how useful or useless DIMM or DazConnect is compared to each other
Too many stories of "now I'm installed, I know best where all your files and programs need to be" and auto-installing stuff that's already installed to make me comfortable.
I've never needed Smart Content to find all my stuff because I've arranged it manually.
I've never needed DIM to install all my stuff, because I do it manually.
I've never wanted to use Connect because the way it works is too different from how I think.
DAZCentral... guess what?
Okay, it seems this is a set of training wheels for new users because they don't know what us old hands do about content installation and content library maintenance. Does it let new users understand what it's doing so they can become experienced users? Or is it training wheels forever?
It's your choice if you want to download CF files or whatever, and you can choose to delete packages after install with just one click.
Huh? Then why am I seeing "DazCentral Mac64" at the top of my Product Library list in my account? See attached.
And why don't I see DazCentral at all in DIM? I have DIM 1.4.0.36.
Shhh... DIM isn't supposed to know...
Somehow I thought we were supposed to install it with DIM, because people talked about uninstalling it with DIM. I guess that would be dumb to install it with DIM, it this is supposed to allow new users to skip DIM.
May have found one nasty bug where during installation the installer decided to do a system restart, if not for windows halting it and allowing me to cancel I would be rather angry.. Thing is when I tried again the installation went without a hitch so just to let you know about this..
While Daz Central looks nice going to have to stick with DiM for content installation, since there seems to be no option in Daz Central to install content to custom folders..
I have not installed it because of that.
The fact DRM still exists in, is one reason Im not interested in Smart Content. It largely colours my perception of the product as a whole
use DIM to install everything and obvious anything is then not installed with Connect.
That's a deal breaker.
I wasn't going to bother until they'd removed the forced restart; if this is the case, I'm not interested at all.
I am still putting this down to still being beta but there is no asset sorting either such as people, props, clothing and so on, all this really seems to be is just a really fancy version of the DiM that can't install to custom folders..
My first impression is that I really like the look and feel of DazCentral. I am optimistic about it!
I have two suggestions for improvement:
1) I would like the ability to configure which version of Daz Studio is launched when an item is clicked. I would like DazCentral to launch the latest beta version of Daz Studio by default as that is what I mostly use.
2) I would like the ability to perform more complex (e.g., boolean and metadata) searches. Like others, I have a fairly large content library. I would like to be able to search within current search results. Also, to be able to tag items from multiple searches and view all the tagged items as their own group or category would be very handy.
Going forwards, I will use DazCentral as much as possible. However, it will need to have the same functionality as DIM before I switch permanently to DazCentral - I have come to really appreciate what DIM can do!
I am the same, I will use Daz Central more when it has the features that DiM currently has such as custom folder install, and new features such as better sorting of content into catagories..
PostgreSQL does work on the Mac, though there have recently been some (fixable) configuration issues that seem to affect new installs.
You can't ding ding ding something that plainly isn't correct, and has been confirmed to be incorrect.
It is for new users who have trouble with the options in DIM, as explained above. Since it uses the same system as DIM (just with a streamlined UI, as explained above) it will presumably not do anything with content that isn't set up to work in DIM - I dion't know if it will work with the small number of items from other sites thata re set up to work with DIM, though.
As was expalined earlier, this is aimed at new uers who find DIM overwhelming - so I think we can be confident that it won't be getting all the options DIM has. DIM will continue to be avaialble for those who need the additional options.
Since the uninstall program that is linked to in the start menu is a 0KB file, could you please provide a file list, a list of registry entries, and a list of any other system configurations/settings that were modified when this was installed so it can be removed/undone?
Thanks.
- Greg
With a tool making metadata before installation is enough. I use for rendo products and freebies a Rstudio script to create metadata, manifest, support files, generate ID and introduce a custom category, then I zip all and set in DIM package folder, and DIM install the product. So, If I can do it, daz can do it better. The same using Riversoft content wizard plus doctot jellybean content package (I can't afford the money for these so I needed be creative and write my own primitive version)
In fact, we don't need DIM if we don't care about the capacity of uninstalling or be tired reading the metadata in Daz Studio. A well made metadata is enough..
It is good to know. The tool is a good replace for begginers for the product library web page in our daz account instead of being a suitable content install manager.
Smart Content was around for many years before DazConnect/DRM arrived. The two are completely different beasts. I use Smart Content a huge amount, but none of my content has been installed by Connect.