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Repopulating Smart Content after data transfer

galattgalatt Posts: 226
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)
So I was dumb and fried my mother board and damaged my hard drive (clean out the dust regularly folks) but I was lucky enough to be able to get all data from the drive. I finally upgraded to 4.9 and transferred my data back to the same pathway as it was before. However, it won't repopulate the Smart Content directory. I've tried reimporting the metadata database but it didn't work. I've been able to open old projects but it can't find some objects and textures. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,098

    Could be a pathing issue  -the folders you have set as content directories. Where are the Runtime and Data foldrs from your back up, and what are your content directories?

  • galattgalatt Posts: 226
    Everything is under username\daz\studio\my library
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,098

    So username\daz\studio\my library\data, username\daz\studio\my library\Runtime, and username\daz\studio\my library is set as a Daz Studio Format content directory and as a Poser Fomrat content directory?

  • galattgalatt Posts: 226

    Yes. (sorry for the delay, had to get home and check)

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,098

    Is newly installed content showing in the database?

  • galattgalatt Posts: 226

    no its not

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,098

    But you are not getting any errors about needing a PostgreSQL cionnection on launching DS? There have been a few people who have found that DS appears not to be able to access the database, or DIM appears unable to write to it - I suspect you are in their ranks. If you go to Edit>Preferences is there a CSM Settings tab? If there is, please post a screenshot.

  • galattgalatt Posts: 226

    Ok when I start Daz I get this

    Here is the settings screenshot

     

    daz error 1.png
    1440 x 900 - 147K
    daz error 2.png
    1440 x 900 - 135K
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,098

    OK, so the basic issue is that DS is not communicating with PostgreSQL - everything else flows from that. Do you have PostgreSQL installed?

  • galattgalatt Posts: 226

    That was it.

    It was't installed. I installed it and reimported the databas and its all there now.

    Thanks.

    Now I have to convince the DIM that everything in the "ready to install" directory already has been

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,098

    DIM goes by the Manifests folder, in the same folder as the default Downloads folder (Public Documents/Daz Install Manager or something like that).

  • galattgalatt Posts: 226
    That fixed it. Thanks. Unfortunately I copied over the data for my uninstalled Bryce and Hexagon files as well. Oh well, such is life.
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