Studio playing up, plan on a clean install - any tips?

junkgoshere

I am planning on a clean install of Studio, using the fresh start to tidy up the mess my content library is in.

Currently my steps are as follows:

• Back up my content database (will this keep my custom categories and lost and found fixes?)
• Back up all my scenes and subsets (do I need to back anything else up relating to projects?)
• Uninstall Daz (will this remove everything that can influence settings on a fresh install?)
• On install, seperate my store bought and 3rd part libraries (a good idea? I heard it on here!)
• Remove connect somehow. As a Premium user I'd still like to be able to log in to use features, can I map the connect library path into the void? (if not any tips welcome)

Also, grateful for any other advice from re-install veterans.

crosswind

junkgoshere said:

I am planning on a clean install of Studio, using the fresh start to tidy up the mess my content library is in.

Currently my steps are as follows:

• Back up my content database (will this keep my custom categories and lost and found fixes?)

Yes

• Back up all my scenes and subsets (do I need to back anything else up relating to projects?)

Better back up the Daz Library where you saved your Scenes / Presets. etc.

• Uninstall Daz (will this remove everything that can influence settings on a fresh install?)

Uninstall DS application per se won't ... but certainly you better back up %appdata%\DAZ 3D\  just in case... and plug-ins folder for saving some time of re-installation. If you plan to re-install OS and/or format your C, you should back them up.

• On install, seperate my store bought and 3rd part libraries (a good idea? I heard it on here!)

Surely a good idea from a certain perspective....

• Remove connect somehow. As a Premium user I'd still like to be able to log in to use features, can I map the connect library path into the void? (if not any tips welcome)

Yes, map its path to no "void" but just one of your Daz Libraries and then empty Daz Connect folder.

Also, grateful for any other advice from re-install veterans.

Still install DS to your C drive to avoid further troubles...

 

junkgoshere

Thanks Crosswind for clarifying my points

Reference backing up library, will be reinstalling everything from scratch, but will save those folders (Scenes and Scene subsets. Appreciate the input on saving plug-ins suggestion.

I have Daz on an M2 SSD, why install on C (which has less room)?

Also, not fully understanding the connect suggestion. I do not want anything to install at all, as it leaves blue thumbnails in my library I cannot get rid of. Is there a way to not have it install things?

The issues I am experiencing are due to mesh grabber, and its not the first time its happened, I accidentily grab the figure and not the clothing and it srews up that base figure everytime I load one, reinstall figure does not fix. First time was with G8F and it did not matter as moved my Daz to a new machine, this time its with G8M, and will be a full reinstall on that machine.

crosswind

junkgoshere said:

Thanks Crosswind for clarifying my points

Reference backing up library, will be reinstalling everything from scratch, but will save those folders (Scenes and Scene subsets. Appreciate the input on saving plug-ins suggestion.

I have Daz on an M2 SSD, why install on C (which has less room)?

So you have a dedicated drive to locate your Daz Libray, then what I mentioned doesn't apply for your case. You know quite a lot of users still keep using the default Daz Libary there on C drive...

Also, not fully understanding the connect suggestion. I do not want anything to install at all, as it leaves blue thumbnails in my library I cannot get rid of. Is there a way to not have it install things?

The way of not having it install things is : 1) DO NOT Update Metadata when Login... Daz Connect; 2) DO NOT right-click on a Product pushed from Cloud to Install in Smart Content. If you have point 1) done, you'll never have to worry about point 2).
But I don't quite understand what are blue thumbnails... any screenshot ? If you mean you find those thumbnails after Update Metadata, you can easily Delete them by: right-click on it > Show Product in Content Libray, then right-click > Delete. 

The issues I am experiencing are due to mesh grabber, and its not the first time its happened, I accidentily grab the figure and not the clothing and it srews up that base figure everytime I load one, reinstall figure does not fix. First time was with G8F and it did not matter as moved my Daz to a new machine, this time its with G8M, and will be a full reinstall on that machine.

I don't understand... I've been using Mesh Grabber for years but haven't experienced such issue you mentioned. Did you ever Saved the morph in MG's Tool Settings, then saved the figure asset to overwrite the default Base figure ?

 

junkgoshere

Thanks again crosswind. FYI (2 x dedicated internal M2 SSDs drives D & E for Daz)

The blue dotted thumbnails, if I click show in content library, even from a fresh start it opens to where I last was in CL, and if I navigate to the folder, there is nothing there to delete, so no way to delete as far as I can tell. Apologies on no images but posting images to this forum is a lot of jumping through hoops, and then nothing shows. The image is ble dotted outline with a hazard sign in the centre.

Regarding the mesh grabber bug, it’s when I use 3rd party content, specifically anatomy either on G8M or G8F, it breaks the anatomy textures and even redownloading or accessing from a different folder, the anatomy stays broken. Super frustrating, and this is second time it has happened to me, I should just avoid using Mesh grabber, but in the moment, it seems like a useful tool to have.