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Lost and Found has items which have no metadata, or which have incorrect metadata. This allows Daz to know what items need to have metadata updates, and ensures that they show up in the database in the meantime.
The first products released with metadata used inconsistent categories, for example some animas were under Defaut/Animals and some under Default/Creatures. Daz standardized the default categories to use "Default/Figures/People" and "Default/Figures/Animals", but not all of the earlier products were updated to match the standards.
i would like to have a big window for that
not to big
I have one more question. Unfortunately I am Carrara user too. then if I need to use ds contents in Cararra,
and I up-date all items by DAZ connect, then un-install files which isntalled by DIM, Cararra can not see encrypted contents installed by DAZ connect?
that means, I need to install same package (from DIM and DAZ connect, eg genessi2female starter essential,,,
) in my same PC? real night mare, I feel.
If you use both Daz Studio and Cararra I would recommend using DIM to install your products, for the current release of Cararra at least. Daz Connect will load the latest metadata in for your products so you won't be restricted to the metadata in DIM. It will still show the option to "upgrade" your products to Daz Connect versions so that Daz Connect can handle doing all the updates but the Daz Connect version of your product files are not generally compatible with any product that doesn't understand Daz Connect.
Here is the follow up:
Nearly one day later the content has appeared in my library. I had made up a help ticket so I closed it out but not without remarking how the unavailability of purchased content immediately was opposite of the usual DAZ good business model. I hope the bugs get resolved and I guess we must now all have faith in the stability of the DAZ studio company to harbor our content and not go kaput. I do prefer it over their closest competitor (I have both programs and Daz workflow has been better for me).
To get a fresh start with the General Release of DAZ Studio 4.9 I am planning to
- completly clean my runtime of all previous data
- download the DAZ Studio General 4.9 Release and the official DAZ Studio plugins with the DIM
- download all products from directly inside DAZ Studio with DAZ connect.
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On my first try I on my laptop I ended up having two different cloud directories because I did not check the installation paths when switching from the Beta to the General Release.
Now I want to make sure that I set the official paths in the Content Directory Manager.
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What are the official installation paths with DAZ Studio 4.9?
- for DAZ Connect Data
- for DAZ Studio Formats
- for Poser Formats
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Quite possibly a server glitch.
They should automatically be created\listed when you perform a clean installation.
Note that there's no such thing as an "official" path: the paths that appear in a fresh, pristine installation of D|S are only the defaults — as with everything else in D|S, you can change them if you want the paths to point somewhere else. And, of course, if you're updating from a previous version the old paths will be preserved.
Especially note, though, that the Connect path is new, because Connect itself is new, so this path will not follow any changes you might have made to the other paths. If you want the Connect path to point somewhere else, you must go into Content Directory Manager and do it yourself.
Thanks to DoctorJellybean and SpottedKitty.
Your comments inspired me to double check this with my laptop.
What I can observe is that the recommended path for DAZ Studio Format files in the DIM is not the default path used in the DAZ Studio 4.9 General Release!
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Preparation:
Before starting the test installation
- I uninstalled all files with the DIM
- I uninstalled the DIM in the windows app management
- I manually deleted all remaining files in C:\Users\USERENAME\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D
- I manually deleted all DAZ Studio libraries
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Test Reinstallation:
In the DIM the recommend path is
Documents\My DAZ 3D Library
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- I installed DAZ Studio 4.9 General Release with the DIM
- I checked the Content Directory Manager
DAZ Connect Data
Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DAZ Connect Library
DAZ Studio Formats
Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DAZ Library
Poser Formats
Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DAZ Library
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- I installed the latest DAZ Studio 4.9 Public Release (Beta)
- I checked the Content Directory Manager
DAZ Connect Data
Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DAZ Connect Library
DAZ Studio Formats
Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DAZ Library
Documents\My DAZ 3D Library
Poser Formats
Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DAZ Library
Documents\My DAZ 3D Library
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This means:
- Users that install content directly inside DAZ Studio with DAZ Connect will not have any issues.
- Users that install content with the DIM will NOT find it in the General Release because in the Content Directory Manager the DIM path was not added to DAZ Studio and Poser formats.
Issue 1: The default installation path in the DIM leads to a complety different folder
The official path used for DAZ Studio file formats in the General Release is not the same path as used in the DIM.
Documents\My DAZ 3D Library is used in the DIM by default
Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DAZ Library is used by DAZ Studio by default
Issue 2: Differences between General and Public Release
This "issue" may not have been discovered in the BETA because for some weird reason the Beta version of DAZ Studio seems to automatically add the DIM path as well.
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At the moment it seems recommended to double check the DIM and DAZ Studio default install locations to make sure they actually match and are added in the Content Directory Manager.
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Can anyone else confirm this behavior of the default installation?
BTW:
Issue 3: The wiki page should probably also be updated.
There the recommended path is still
C:\users\[your user account]\My Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library
compare:
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/artzone/pub/software/dazcontentconfiguration
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This means while searching around for the answer I discovered three different default installation paths for DAZ Studio file formats.
Two actually used by the DIM and DAZ Studio and one obsolete location on the wiki page.
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That considered installing with DAZ Connect really seems to be the prefered solution because all those errors with setting the wrong path in the DIM should now be a thing of the past.
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DIM has always had a different default path for content installation - to avoid clobbering any customization people had done to the DAZ Studio default.
For the most part, I don't let anything use default paths - just being me. :-)
What is the safest way to delete the saved ZIP packages? I have DAZ Studio backed up 3 ways so really don't need all that extra on my hard drive. I see there are .dsx and .zip files in the DIM Downloads folder.... If I deleted the Zips and left the .dsx files would that be safe for DIM to continue on without hiccups?
I took the plunge and installed 4.9 on my newer Dell XPS. So far, so good. I haven't encountered any problems.
Once you've installed the package you don't need either component. Easiest way is to select the product(s), right-click, and select 'delete package' -> 'all selected'.
DIM tracks installs in c:\users\public\public documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager - back it up. :-)
I experienced that same problem when i installed the release version. I had DS 4.8 and DS 4.9 Beta(RC) both installed and pointed at the same data source. When I installed the DS 4.9 Release, it overwrote the DS 4.8 Release, as I would have expected, left the DS 4.9 Private Beta intact and started giving me the same error message as you are seeing.
I resolved the problem by making a copy of my data, just in case... and un-installing EVERYTHING, DS 4.9 Beta and Release and the PostgreSQL CMS, all verisons... I rebooted, re-installed DS 4.9 Release and the PostgreSQL CMS and the error went away and everything worked. I didn't even need the backup data copy. It was an hour of my life I will never get back, but everything is working just fne now.
I hope you find this information helpful.
So, does anyone know if it is possible to see the content installed via DAZ Connect in the 'Content Library' sub-folders? I have been fiddling around with the Content Directory Manager trying to find a method, but so far I have not found anything that links the DAZ Connect content to the Content Library structure.
It would be very helpful in the process of categorizing the content, if one could take advantage of the existing folders to isolate the various aspect of the products.
See this thread: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/70056/what-are-the-ways-to-see-daz-connect-content#latest
But without some internal list won't DIM then display all those packages again in the Ready to Download tab?
@ JD. I did all that but upon trying to figure out where my "Connect" freebies were installed I noticed that my newly imported metadata was again reset. So some stuff showed up. I do work for Hivewire so at first I saw Dawn and Dusk in the metadata but now, after a couple of reimport tries I'm still not seeing them listed, even a searh in Smart Content pane brings up nothing for those figures. Something else is amiss! :-(
That list is in the folder namffuak was talking about.
Well I found my Smart Content files under a "Local User" icon in the Smart Content pane, all my stuff has been unwantedly organized under this "umbrella" of sorts which also includes quite a few DAZ files too like stuff for Genesis....... Weird stuff! VERY annoying!
Also restarted DAZ Studio after a couple more files added in via DIM.... guess what? Got the can not connect error once again. Shut down DS, turned off all my system protections, restarted DS and got the logon dialog and got back my lists again. This is quite annoying to say the least. DAZ, you really know how to screw up stuff when you want to! I can't help but laugh at this mess. Does little good to get my blood pressure up over a bunch of digital content. Can't wait for your fix to come live... when ever that will be.............. *sigh*
The attached render is in Daz 4.9, using FWSA Taia in Iray Skydome Desert World5 with Hongyu's Bikini with Synthetics Iray Polished Teal shader. This render is from a relatively inexperienced user.
Thanks Leana, that thread helped answer one half of the question, so I posted my remaining queries there. :-)
Which new products are connect only?...Can someone confirm?
Oops, nevermind...Got egg on my face...
THANK YOU, DAZ_Rawb! - I was able to fetch them! <3
Seems I can't find the 4.8 version download link in my Product Downloads, wonder if DAZ yanked it to prevent reverting to previous version... I didn't catch the DIM in time to prevent the 32bit from being updated and installed but did cancel the 64bit before it even finished downloading. I have no desire to use anything with DRM or encryption and I REALLY hate the 'cloud' and will never use it. It is a shame that DAZ is so proud of the Connect portion of this update even saying it is the core.
This has been he case since sometime before the Studio 2.x days - the available download version is the current version and changes when a new version goes live. The caveat to this, for those of us who have been around long enough, is that the final version of a major release (2.x, 3.x) is available if we got it from DAZ and not a magazine offer.
That's why I mentioned, in the first two beta threads, that it was time to grab the 4,8 installers before they went away.
is it ok that i didnt uninstall the beta version of this program before i installed the new version ?