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Share your experience: File size of Daz products

lina.catfishlina.catfish Posts: 63
edited September 11 in The Commons

Hello!

Today I wondered: Is there any way to figure out how large a product file is (before purchasing & downloading)?

Somewhere I saw something like that. But maybe I'm confusing the DAZ shop presentation with another one...

 

Thanks in advance!

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  • LeanaLeana Posts: 13,514
    edited September 11

    Unfortunately it's not listed on product pages or in the readme at Daz.
    Renderosity includes it on product pages, maybe that's the shop you were thinking of.

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  • LaPartitaLaPartita Posts: 418

    I've asked multiple times for this to be included, and have been told I can ask the help desk before buying a product, and therefore Daz does not need to bother includign it in the product description.

  • lina.catfishlina.catfish Posts: 63
    edited 7:55AM

    Leana said:

    Renderosity includes it on product pages, maybe that's the shop you were thinking of.

    Thank you. And I wanted to proudly announce: "Found this feature at Renderhub" – they have it too :)

    It's a pity that Daz doesn't see it the same way. For me, it is information about the quality of a product and can be relevant for deciding between two products.

    Edit: One more thing to research-before-buy: If I want to buy something at the official price, I might ask a lot of people. Help desk, forum, etc. But for me, Daz becomes a hobby. No purchase becomes vital.

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  • tsroemitsroemi Posts: 3,615

    I have asked for this feature too, as I've had some really bad experiences with product files being so huge I couldn't use them at all because they took up way too much space or were simply unwieldy in DS with my specs. Of course, you can always return things, but it's just so disappointing if you already fell in love with, say, a gorgeous hair. That wouldn't happen if the file size was stated plainly on the promo page.

    What i usually do is I check other products I own from the PA in question, and if I have reason to suspect the file size might be too large for me I ask in the forums if someone already owns it. Saved me quite a few times from making a purchase I later regretted, so can recommend that.

  • garrett_3dgarrett_3d Posts: 877

    I'll be honest, I've never considered file size when purchasing. If the item is cheap enough and I can envisage a use for it, I'll buy it. It will get downloaded onto my storage drive ready to install when I need it, on whichever PC I want to use it on.

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 6,110

    What some folks have to consider is their download speeds and amounts per month and if they are the sole user in their household or share with a family. And then there is where the products might be stored. Until recently my flatmate and I have shared 1.1TB of downloads or use per month. He has three websites he maintains, data on Google docs and research he does for his writing, along with a LOT of podcasts and YouTube videos and downloading of movies and books from Amazon or other sites where he purchases them.

    Me, I have had to build and rebuild my DAZ Studio databases too many times and that required me monitoring how much each file I downloaded would use and the running total for the month. When a PA is polite enough to tell us up front the files are broken up and the sizes it helps. I have a bit of a shock when a new file shows up in the online Product Library listing out for a large number and each a moderate to high MB/GB size.

    Now we are on an unlimited plan. That helps.

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