As I said, reimport metadata will not help with content installed through Daz Studio - it would work for content installed through Daz Central or Install Manager.

Sorry if it wasn't clear. I mean I have an external drive where all my Daz library is. I did a clean install of windows and installed Daz again. (It was a disaster using the Daz Central (?) app so deleted all the Daz stuff and not sure if there are lingering registries also causing issues because uninstall couldnt find Daz Studio. Not sure if this info is related or even needed). This install of Daz seems to be working and connected to the Daz Install Manager. I moved all of my original Daz Library files (structures intact) to the new Daz library (overwriting the new files). My Rendorosity files show up in the Smart Library in Daz Studio but none of the files I downloaded via Daz Studio. However when I installed one test file again thru Daz Studio it went to the exact same folder already in my Daz library and now that one file shows up in Daz Studio but none of the others. I tried Content DB Maintenance->reimport Metadata and it seemed to just refresh the content I installed from Rendo. Not sure if there is somewhere else I need to update.

If you mean content installed through Daz Studio and you don't have a back up of the database (which would haev been on the C: drive by default - %AppData%/daz 3d/cms/ - if you didn't reformat the drive it may still be in the windows.old folder) then you will have to reinstall, though it should recognise the existing files and not need to download them once it has verified that their signatures match those on the server.

If you do mean installed via Install Manager (or Daz Central) then, once you have the content directory settings correct (so that you can see the files in the Content Library under Daz Studio Formats and they load), open the Content Library option menu (the lined/hamburger button in the top corner or right-click the tab)>Content DB Maintenance, check reimport Metadata, check everything in the enxt dialogue (there is a master checkbox), and let it do its work for a while.

Sephiroth said:

This is an ongoing communication issue I have had as well. If you switch the directory it wont read the smart content, and then you cant double click assets into the scene which IS a deal breaker and signficant time waste.

If you switch the setting without moving the database then the database will be empty. Apologies if you are moving both, in lockstep.

I have successfully moved the directories following the advice on here but you almost have to install everything TWICE ion order to get the full use of the software. If you allow Daz Central to install to the default location you dont get the smart content. If you install smart content you can't install all of the Daz Central Exclusive content. If you do just Daz Central you dont the double click funtionality. It's literally 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other with this sopftwasre which is infuriating when you have TB or hundreds of GB worth of assets you are trying to manage!

That sounds like a mismatched databse path - though I am not sure whether you mean daz Central (similar to Install manager but with simplified options) or Daz Connect (installing through Daz Studio) - currently neither has content that cannot be installed through Install Manager so it is not clear what you mean by exclusive content.

Is there a fix yet or not?

A fix for what? The system does work, in general, but there are situations in which it doesn't - fixing those generally requires fixing the particular circumstances that are triggering the problem.

This is an ongoing communication issue I have had as well. If you switch the directory it wont read the smart content, and then you cant double click assets into the scene which IS a deal breaker and signficant time waste. I have successfully moved the directories following the advice on here but you almost have to install everything TWICE ion order to get the full use of the software. If you allow Daz Central to install to the default location you dont get the smart content. If you install smart content you can't install all of the Daz Central Exclusive content. If you do just Daz Central you dont the double click funtionality. It's literally 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other with this sopftwasre which is infuriating when you have TB or hundreds of GB worth of assets you are trying to manage!

Is there a fix yet or not?

How shall i install bryce 7 pro? im not using central app or other. i just want to install what i purchased. 

IceCrMn said:

Sounds like bad metadata to me.

Has that package ever been installed with Connect(inside Studio) and then a second time with either DIM or Central? Don't mix install methods.It gets complicated to keep them working correctly.

Are you logging in inside Studio? Don't if you use DIM or Central for installs.

Not intentionally or to my recollection. I only use DIM for content installation and consider Connect an annoyance. I do log in from DS because it pesters me to sometimes - is that only for Connect? If so, how do I shut up or disable Connect?

Sounds like bad metadata to me.

Has that package ever been installed with Connect(inside Studio) and then a second time with either DIM or Central? Don't mix install methods.It gets complicated to keep them working correctly.

Are you logging in inside Studio? Don't if you use DIM or Central for installs.

Thank you Richard for letting me know that.

I will stop using Daz Central and go with Daz Install Manager instead to install my content.

I think that Connect is using the folder My DAZ 3D Library\data\cloud to download/update the content.
I don't know if I can only "update" content thru Connect (...).

I will do a Content Database Maintenance to clean it up just in case.

Don't instal the same thing in multiple ways - Connect and Daz Central/Install Manager use different locations. Uninstall one of each.

Hello. I downloaded Daz Studio a month ago, tried my hands on it, then decided to remove it. I may make another thread about why I gave up on it. Anyway, I first opted to uninstall it from within the daz central suite, then removed daz central itself too. Everything was supposed to be gone after that, but too bad it's not:

https://ibb.co/dJgKLy3

https://ibb.co/NmrJqsX

I go to Windows' applications list (in Settings) but nothing 'Daz' is present there anymore to uninstall from there.

So why are have these pesky leftovers persisted and how can I actually get rid of them?
Also, Norton flagged Daz as malware, is it for real, is that why it can't be removed the normal ways?

https://ibb.co/7CTJbmT

I use DAZ Central to find files I can't locate until I get comfortable with finding them.

Trying to access, say, Genesis 8 Male Body (or Head) Morphs or the female version only ends up with the attached message.

It keeps saying to download a needed file (without telling me what file) or that I can find it at DAZ (which I cannot).

What's a schmoe to do?

Thx in advance

charles said:

If you set the translucency down to 000001 and crank the Lums to offset it now after the BUG FIX. (And how were we suppose to know it was a BUG?)  Iray will waste too much processing on the over cranked light and will degrade the quality of your image. Simply try it once with a ghost light, and then again with a point light and see if it makes any difference.

Hm, this might be true.

First version: central area is illuminated by point and spot lights. Area outside the ring of pillars is illuminated with self-made ghost lights (Opacity 0.0000001, Luminance 1000000000 cd/cm^2)

Second version: All ghost lights are made normal emissives (Opacity 1, Luminance 200 cd/cm^2)

Both versions reached Max Samples of 15000. I think rendering time was roughly the same, I didn't really pay attention to that. Second version had reached higher convergence by the time it had reached Max Samples.

2nd version definitely looks less grainy, including in the central area, which in both versions is illuminated by normal lights.

Rendered in 4.20.

Thanks Leana and PerttiA.

So I just need to log out in DS and delete the content in the DAZ Connect folder and half my storage will come back? 

I feel like that simple of a statement should be included somewhere in the process - choose one of Connect, DIM or Central, not multiples. 

Daz Central seems to be a bit fussier about MacOS versions, it may be worth trying Install Manager instead (though I thought this generally affected Big Sur or later) https://www.daz3d.com/get_install_manager/

I get no Install button on the Daz Central Hexagon screen. It should be above “Version Details,” according to Daz Help Center.

iMac, macOS 10.15.7 (19H1824)
Thanks in advance for any help/info.

Good evening,

I have new computer and try to install Daz studio via Daz central (on my old one it was older version installed withouth it) and every few moments i face issues - the installation stops.
Once it moved over 32% to be back into 28% moment later and then stop installing. Right now it managed to reach 63% but constatly keeps stopping and install since 0 over and over. 

What can I do ? reinstalling didnt changed anything at all

I am using windows 10 and its new laptop, which shouldn't have any sort of issues. 

And if you use DIM to install your content, do not log in to DS (ever), do not let DS use your credentials to log in to DAZ servers automatically.

Logging in to DS is only necessary when you use DAZ Connect inside DS to install content, and if you install content inside DS, installing them with DIM or DAZ Central has no purpose as any content installed by DAZ Connect inside DS, overides content installed by all the other means - One is just wasting space installing everything at least to two different locations.

Don't use DIM and Central.  Central is a dumbed down version of DIM so stick to using DIM.

hacsart said:

woke up to -12C (10f) and snow .. and its sticking..

kyoto kid said:

...the weather outside is cold.  Only 39° (officially) and it's about 13:40 here. . Woke up to about an inch or so of white stuff covering streets and sidewalks,.  "Fortunately" that has all been washed away by icy cold drizzle. 

Going to need to pull the winter coat and scarves out of the closet again a I need to be somewhere today.

...however, you are in west central Canada where like Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, that can be expected  (I remember snow in late April and even early May). Here In Portland the normal temperature for this time of year is about 12° higher than Edmonton AB, or Steven's Point WI. Normally we are in the low to mid 60s but have been about 12° - 15° below normal since the weekend.  I confirmed with life long residents (a few even older than me) here that Monday's snowfall was the latest they have ever seen in the city.