Random thoughts and questions and ideas from a long time DAZ user..
Designem
Posts: 64
I've been using DAZ Studio since the V4 days, I actually started off on Poser but found the interface of DAZ easier to use, especially using the camera and adding lights in the scene so I stuck with it and I enjoy it to this day. So, after a few years of using it I came to some questions that come to me when I use it, I'm not the the smartest guy so maybe some of my questions are simple to answer but here goes...:
How do I get the content in my DAZ to sync with the content that is in Install manager (please don't get rid of it, more on why later) and DAZ Central? I have content in my DAZ that's installed, however, when I go into IM or DC the install button is there as though I haven't installed it. I have a lot of content (4000 items!) It's difficult to coordinate which is and isn't really installed.
DAZ Central needs to have a way to find out where the items are installed at. I have to go to Install manager often to find out where odd props are or where something I just installed is..
I wish there was a tutorial that went through what each button in each drop down does. There so many good features in DAZ but many procedures are complicated and there really isnt a place, other than the forums to understand how to do things. A place where it all resides to look up or watch would be beneficial. The wiki, well... sometimes useful most times it tells me the technical aspect but not the reason why I would use it or in other words the application of it as it pertains to the scene.
I need to upgrade my computer, I would like to know what I need to have on my machine to have DAZ run smoothly and quickly. Price no object, but I'm tired of my renders causing my computer to crash, like really crash because the thing needs to restart. If someone knows..please tell me.
Other than that, I love using DAZ! It gives me my relaxation, my escape, and my creativity a place to explore and connect with people with the same likes.
Best regards,
Designem
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I'm not sure where the fiels are showing as installed and where they are available - if this is installed through Daz Studio (Connect) then you can set the Download Filters to exclude Connect Installed items (or rather deselect showing them) and there's also a filter in the magnifying glass menu if you installed the Default Install Manager Filters package.
How seriously is money no object? A pair of 3090s (or even the Awhatever quadro-likes) with a Threadripper and as much RAM as the system would take, plus some multi-terabyte SSDs, would be very nice (but wouldn't eliminate waiting as many processes are inherently single-threaded).
Yea. that sort of rig does the job nicely ;)
If price were no thing, I'd go with a Quadro RTX 8000. 48 GB of VRAM is nothing to sneeze at, and even though it's slower than a 3090 there's an amazing amount of freedom to be found when you absolutely put scene size out of your mind.
Thanks everyone for helping me understand what it is that I need to get to improve my DAZ experience. My rig is 7 years old and I see that I'll have to do some research and see what's untimately feasible, definitely memory and storage.
As far as the fields saying install, I meant that when I open DAZ Central on the right side most of my assets have show an install button when I already have the item installed on my machine. Install manager does the same thing, under the downloads tab many items in that list I already have installed on my machine. I was wondering if there was a way I can synce the three together so I know in DC and IM what Iis installed.
I would use one install solution and one alone. If possible.
Still.. I have always had this issue with IM. Items say install instead of uninstall although I have it on my machine. I'm just thinking it would be nice if everything sync'd up.