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Yeah, I don't think ease-of-use is the point of this, but rather DRM.
I want them to release the Mac version just so I can try it on my colossal library and watch it whimper and admit defeat.
How does this play with custom runtimes? I kind of like the browsing through content aspect, but don't want automatically installing anything (not plugins, not content - just tell me there's an update and I'll take care of it).
If that is the case, haven't we been here before and said NO already?
Also: DIM, Central, Connect - no wonder people think it's complicated.
But as long as I can install and organise by hand according to my own system...
And you're basing that assumption on what, exactly?
Having just installed it and checked it out, it's ease of use, not DRM. Looking at it there are a *lot* of requested features in it that I've seen people asking for in the forums. The tutorials section alone I think would be worth it to a lot of folks (especially new ones). I have a... tricky setup, so I'll see how it handles it. Looks very slick though. I definitely like being able to see what figure stuff is for before I install it.
I installed it and it tells me that I am running DAZ Studio 4.12 but does not distinguish between the General Release and the Beta (I am using the Beta). Nor does it give me the full version number (4.12.1.117). It says I need to update 4.12 but, again, which (GR or Beta)? And to what version?
Mine tells me I don't have Studio and offers to install it, despite being pointed to the correct existing install path.
It sees my content, but wants to install all of it. Also, it doesn't seem to group any of it in any useful way, or at all.
I don't see how this, in its current form, is an improvement on P3DO, which does show my stuff in its directories, and has an awesome search tool
Also, is there a way to uninstall it other than just deleting the install directory? I'm going to keep it for now, and see how it develops, but software should always have an easy way to UNinstall. Okay, it does offer the regular Windows uninstall options after yet another restart.
Not a good start, it's telling me I need to install Daz Studio 4.12 when it is already installed in the path it has in it's settings.
EDIT
Apart from that it appears to work OK, and a lot friendlier than DIM when people first start with Daz Studio,
Well, it is a beta :D
@Daz_Jacob, Mods, should we post issues/problems/suggestions here or is there another thread for that?
Sorry, I don't get what's the point of this app?
Sounds for me like a better looking DIM with less features?
All software is a beta these days.... I would have thought figuring out if the application is installed is something they should have got right before it even became an alpha...
Wasn't impressed.
It forced a restart, which I aborted, and promptly deleted the item. I wouldn't have been able to abort, but for having unsaved work in various places and windows played nice (who knew?), giving me said abort option. I know you warn it may do that at the bottom of your post, but even so... a bit unfriendly.
No thanks.
Well, this is getting to be a habit.
I may be missing something pretty fundamental and obvious here (I have just such a hibit!) but I have to ask myself, and anyone else reading this, "what, why?"
Ok, One click open - saves me a click when I have the item I want to hand. My index finger thanks you!
Easy content sorting - I am not sure anything is really going to help me find something if, as usaul, I am not quite sure of the name of the product or PA, though any attempt tohelp search capability is nice.
Plug-in capabilities - now, just what? Not even sure I can frame a coherent question on this!
Sleek user interface - this makes me nervous. Ok, I have not see it (and I don't think I will be), but that, to me, usually is a herald of 'this is our way of doing stuff, live with it'.
From the one-click load option this is, presumably, able to run alongside Daz Studio, but unlike DIM can also be used for downloading and installing whilst Daz Studio is running.
I eschew Connect, and would not touch that with the langets barge-pole in the world. DIM, I like. It could have been done better, but it does what it is supposed to. Now a third 'content control' mechanism? I can only think that one existing method is heading for the scrap heap.
I hope that's Connect.
Don't think it does. Of course, I have only been able to sign in once.
I just get a list of stuff and it wants to install everything, so I am thinking you're right, it doesn't.
My most frequent use of DIM, other than installation, is to right-click on a package and check the location of installed files. Hope a new system retains this function, or something that serves the same purpose.
DIM can install while DS is running, PostgreSQL is much more robust than Valentina was.
Sorry, not interested. Sounds too much like an unholy child of Connect and Not So Smart Content. I have no issues with DIM.
Found my install paths for downloads were reverted to my C: drive. And only because of a major Windows 10 update today. My drive was maxed out. Thanks. It took a bit, and finally found a slew of 'Custom' paths added to my DIM that were not there yesterday. Deleted them, uninstalled today's downloads, and reinstalled to my F: drive.
Now, how the heck do you uninstall DAZ Central? I don't want a program that is going to override my paths and preferences behind my back.
Mary
Someone has already mentioned using the 'standard' windows add/remove program mechanism to do this.
Yeah, my DIM download and install paths were changed as well (disclaimer: I don't use DIM to install, just to download updates)
That's not good. What else did it mess up that I haven't found yet?
I'll be deleting the DAZ Central folder and using Ccleaner to remove any remains.
I tried the standard Window uninstall, but it is not listed. I looked in the program and its uninstaller gave me a weird message about not able to be used or something. I used DIM to uninstall it, but the files are still in C:/Program Files/DAZ 3D/DAZCentral. Oh that message I got was 'This app can't run on your PC' when I clicked on the .exe file to remove DAZ Central. This is like a sticky spider putting tentacles into my system.
I went and deleted the folder, found the warning by security this time. Then deleted the desktop icon.
My Windows 10 update was able to run now.
Feedback to the DAZ Team. Please, take into consideration that many of us have our content on drives other than C: and allow us to easily adjust this product to read our DIM setups initially before it decides it is going with a default mode. Or at least ask questions, and allow us to direct the program to our desired paths.
I hate Wednesdays that start this way.
I use DIM for this too. It's how I usually get at tutorial videos, etc.
On a box running Windows 7 Pro:
Automatic forced restart without the normal "Requires restart - do you want to do this now?". What is the thinking behind designing it this way?
Spun for 3 min after launching and entering my credentials, until finally coming up saying I don't have DS installed (which I do) - no mention of what it was doing all that time. I almost killed it, but it should really tell you what it's doing.
In the settings:
Update Assets Automatically default as ON. This should be OFF by default.
No mention of what version of DS it wants to install. When you click on Details, it does say 4.12, but that's as specific as it gets. The fact of the matter is that different versions break things and there are reasons people may not always want the latest version installed. This is especially important since past installers are not available to us unless we archive them oursleves.
Not listed under "Uninstall or Change a Program". This is basic functionality and it should be listed there.
Using the link it installed to "uninstall", I get an error message saying the uninstaller is not a valid program.
So how do I uninstall this?
- Greg
Wait, what? I read a post in the forums that clearly stated that DIM and DS should not be open at the same time, as it would mess up the database. I don't have to make sure one is closed and leave several seconds before starting the other?
I, too, have read this and I make sure I do, despite having been a database admin for many years and wholly bemused about how a multi-user application cannot cope with such things. I suspect they really and truly now mean just the don't update Daz Studio via DIM whilst DS is running.