DAZ Premier Alpha - Geometry Scluptor?
Nexy
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Heyo!
Is anyone using DAZ 2025 Alpha?
They said the latest update now includes Mesh Sculptor for Premier (which I have), but I can't see it anywhere.
This is the blog post:
https://www.daz3d.com/blog/daz-studio-2025-alpha-updates?srsltid=AfmBOookMKSXW4_2g4njfz3AaBov51RbAZTY57C15IMU0EEVdRnDDiQJ
Does anyone know if there's a special 'premier' version I need to download or something to access it?
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You just need to Login... in Smart Content, so as to verify your Premier Membership. Wait for a couple of minuits ( 3 ~ 5 ), then close and relaunch DS. You should be able to find it under Tools as well as on the toolbar.
Make sure you've installed Geometry Sculptor plugin for ALPHA beforehand.
There's no specific version of DS alpha, but there should be a specific installer for the alpha version of the plugin. And then you will need to log in from the alpha so that it activates the premier plugin.
Ah! So I've finally at least got it to say 'Premier' in the top of the program now, that's progress!
However, it looks like I'm missing the "Premier - Geometry Sculptor for ALPHA" in DIM.
It's not showing up at ALL in my DIM, was that a manual download or something? I checked the filters and hit 'display hidden', but the Alpha version isn't there for me?
Is there a way I CAN get it as a manual download maybe?...
Unfortunately there's no manual download for Premier plugins... Can you see other Premier plugins for ALPHA ?
Make sure you checked : DAZ Studio 2025 (6.x), Plugin, Public Build in Download Filters. If you're still not able to find it, suggest you fill a support ticket in here to escalate your issue : https://bugs.daz3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new ;
Okay, FIGURED IT OUT!
Here's the deets for anyone else who may have this problem in future...
Long story short, my DIM was... corrupted somehow? It needed to be reinstalled.
The longer story:
It was it an older version of DIM (mine was 1.4.1.44 compared to it should have been 1.4.1.87 at time of posting), but had NO alerts of needing an update which is something that usually is forced on you automatically.
I could still USE DIM totally fine, download stuff as usual meaning it was live and not an 'offline' version, but somehow was still out of date.
The WEIRDER part was I downloaded the latest DIM from the site again, ran the installer and it threw up an error when trying to access the uninstaller for the one I currently had.
I manually tried to run the uninstall.exe, and Windows 11 said "This app can't run on your PC" perhaps implying Windows 11 can't recognise it as 64 bit.
Tried compatibilty modes, run as administrator, Windows developer mode, nada.
Even weirder was DIM was NOT listed in my 'installed apps' section in Windows where you can usually run uninstallers... so DIM wasn't even SEEN as an app in the first place?
In the end I got frustrated, just deleted the file folder from the computer.
Ran the installer again, and it all installed fine and with the updated version!
The installer now shows ALL the Alpha apps and DIM is now also listed as an app again in Windows so we golden!
In conclusion?... Not the foggiest idea what happened for this weird 'disconnect' to happen, but if it happens again a fresh install is the answer!
Thanks for all the help matie-potaties, I appreciate it!
Plug-ins - at least currently - have to be downloaded via DIM, DS can't install its own. It is the exclusive content (shapes for named characters) that is Connect only.
That is not true~ EXE installers of some plugins like Mesh Grabber, HEAT, Material MeshMaker, etc that I have... as well as DS4.x Premier plugins can be manually downloaded in Product Library ...
Ah, I mis-read and thought you were saying they were Connect only.