You have probably installed Alice also inside DS in 'Smart' Content (=DAZ Connect), which installs everything the second time into a different location, doubling the space usage and causing all sorts of other problems.

Not knowing the path to your DAZ Connect installed content, the path has a 'Cloud' in it

In general, if you are installing content with DAZ Central, Install Manager or manually, do not log in/sign in to DS, because the only reason to do so, is to use DAZ Connect inside DS to install your content.

Richard Haseltine said:

Does it give any kind of error message? Have you checked the log?

 

The issue obviously went away since, but the log?  Which log? There's a log on DAZ central or install manager?  

Richard Haseltine said:

The only things which store the absiolute location, from drive lette on, are the manifests created by Daz Central or Install Manager - assuming you still have those, if this is moved from your old machine.

I'm not sure what you mean by that, I still use Daz Central and sometimes Install Manager when I buy things from a 3rd barty vendor who uses that method for installing files. But I don't know what those "manifests" are or if I have them.

I'm beginning to believe that my only way out would be to whipe the last installation clean and start from scratch. But than again, would Daz Central put everything where I want them or go by default to my C drive? Or even install each thing back to where they were last installed?
 

Daz Studio doesn't care where the content directories are, or what they are called, as long as the files and folders within the content directory are correct. The only things which store the absiolute location, from drive lette on, are the manifests created by Daz Central or Install Manager - assuming you still have those, if this is moved from your old machine. If you still have the zips DIM has an option to reinstall selected items using the current path in the right-click menu in the Installed tab.

tombraider4ever said:

It's crazy that Daz haven't added this feature, only show wishlist, only show owned, ect,  on their own. I can't shop without it, I'll skip any sale that isn't like pc+ for a day/1.99/2.99 dollars each item. Then it can be worth scrolling endlessly. Less discount than that: NOPE! So Daz: if you want me to spend money here, add the Daz deals features! And to make this change days before Xmas, that's just stupid. Thanks Daz for saving me money! .

 

Same thing here. I'm not going to shop without a "show wishlist" included. I already have a long wishlist and it takes time to go through some sales *with* the wishlist, but without it, no way. Even a small sale has dozen of pages of items, a big one might have hundreds. I'm not going through 100 pages of items looking for those I wishlisted. I don't have hours every day to shop on DAZ (nor would I want to spend hours even if I could). 

And "show owned" is extrememly convenient when I'm looking for something I already have bought and either isn't installed (the wide majority of my assets aren't installed) or is installed but I'm unable to find it in my library and need the read me to find the files. Given that DAZ central, for instance, doesn't offer any option to search by item category. If, say, I want to see what G2 hair I own and could use and install, I'd need to go through *everything* in Daz central to find them, and would probably miss some. I'm looking for a quiver part of a clothing asset I own, but I've been unable to find it after spending one hour in DAZ central looking for it while I could have found it in minutes wth "items I own". 

It's possible that DAZ has no interest in letting us see the price history, but tools like "show wishlist" shoudn't even require an addon.  

 

Then again, of course, DAZ is free to change its shoping interface, but given how popular DAZ deals is, how widely it is used and how convenient it is, it's a problem for I would guess the majority of customers. As far as I'm concerned, DAZ shop could as well be broken and unusable at the moment. I opened a sales page and immediately closed it when I saw that DAZ deals wasn't working and I'd would have to wade through pages upon pages of stuff I'm not interested in to look for things I'm interested in. And even *if* I was doing that, I still wouldn't buy anything without checking the price history as money is very tight for me at the moment. 

Our Albert (my avatar cat) never pulled his old claw sheaths off, he just chewed through them to expose the sharp central claw point. Also, because he treated washing as being an optional activity to be carried out by other cats, he ended up with bacteria laden fuzziness around each claw point. The net result was that every leg puncture wound from his kneading on our laps festered. We have had far fewer stomach upsets since he died...

Hui there 

 

I am currently preparingthe upcoming DAZ Studio intro and  training session for beginners :

I 'purchased' all the free asssets for the workshop (Daisy 8), insttled Daz Studio and Daz Central - but for some reason I am unable to access 'wardrobe' and 'hair' assets that shoul dhave been installed. 

What I am getting is error : file not installed. What's wrong?

Thanks,

Stef

If you re using Daz Central or smart content, I can't help since I don't use either. I use DIM to install my DAZ content and then have another folder I install 3rd party content into. I use the content library to find all my content and know where everything is installed because I know the file paths.

talihawk said:

Did you use the dazcentral system to download it or did it manually? I let daz install it all so I'll try manually! thanks!

I'm old school, so I do everything manually.

Haven't used DazCentral and it's possible it doesn't show you everything that is included in the Genesis Starter Essentials package (there's a lot of non-Genesis related stuff). If the stuff doesn't show up in DS after installation, DAZ Central must be installing it to a wrong place as far as DS is concerned.

Hi to all,

I havent been using Daz a lot in the past year and I used to not mind too much about the folder "disorganization" my Daz3d software had suffered over time.
Let me explain: I changed computers twice over the past few years, and for some reason, when I migrated from one to the other my Daz installation got somewhat mixed-up. Now when I get products from other providers Renderosity or others, I have a hard time knowing where I should unzip my files. I Have like 3 sets of Daz libraries.

So, my question is: How can I move things from one place to another without screwing things up even fruther? I wouldn't want my Daz Central to get "confuzed" and not be able to find my stuff at all.

Thanks for any tips...

Richard Haseltine said:

PerttiA said:

If you are using Install Manager to install your content, do not log in/sign in to DS, set your DS Preferences->Start Up as in the attachment, otherwise DAZ Connect within DS will highjack your smart content.

Which won't make the products available if they aren't, it will just stop them from appearing at all.

That is another problem that needs to be solved, but at least the distraction (DAZ Connect) is no longer messing up even more.

Product installed with DIM or even manual installation, will appear in smart content and if they don't there is a problem with the installation and/or the database, but logging in/signing in to DS is not the cure, quite the opposite.

There is just one reason for logging in/signing in to DS and that is to install content with DAZ Connect within DS, and if that method is chosen/preferred, there is no point in installing content by the other available methods (DIM/DAZ Central/manual installation), as DAZ Connect installed content will override content installed by any and all other means, even when DAZ Connect installed content fails to work.

It sounds like you are trying to launch Hexagon from with in Daz Central, what I've done is to Pin in to my Start Menu. Did a quick screen grab, it's stored in the DAZ 3D folder but you can change the location with the app installer.

I'm still using Win 10, maybe there's a problem with Win 11, if so please fill in a ticket - https://www.daz3d.com/help 

I propose an interesting question. I am trying to complete an upgrade on my Mac as my Safari browser cannot be opened.  I use Safari a lot and it upgrdes on Mac upgrades. My issue is I cannot do it until I close all programs. I have tried and tried but cannot get Daz Central to close and thus it keeps blocking the restart for the upgrades. Any suggestions?

I would really lke to finish the upgrade but so far....I have to get Daz Central closed down. 

Has anyone else bought this yet? I'm having a bit of trouble making it all work together, and I was wondering if there was something missing.

1. The character's icon doesn't appear in the main People/Genesis 8 Male/Characters listing, but if you look in the invidual character folders underneath that all of the bits are there.

2. The problem is that the pieces (body, feet, hands, etc.) aren't parented to a character as a whole, so even if you go in manually and parent the hands to the body, etc., once you pose it they are completely separate from the body and won't move with it.

3. The clothing won't fit to the feet, or body or whatever, and will not move with them.

I'm at a loss as to how to actually use this bundle, but I don't want to do a return since I'm assuming there's a fix for it in the works, or something that I am missing. I don't use Daz Central, I always use DIM to install if that makes a difference. Help! :D

I've been trying to get Studio installed on my Mac for months. No luck at all. First time out I got to 50%. since then DIM stalls at 0% and doesn't move. DIM eventually has to be force-quit.

Based on recent posts in this thread, I thought I would try again. Looked at my "Full Disk Access" list and much to my surprise, there were entries for both DIM and DazCentral. Both items were un-installed a while ago.

I guess it's common knowledge that the un-installer does NOT remove all the DAZ files. But I also combed through my library folders deleting all the random trash that DAZ likes to scatter around the system. For some reason, I cannot find these two files to get them off my Security & Privacy pane. (show in Finder is not working on these  files).

Regardless, I did re-install the latest DIM and checked boxes for both. No dice. DIM loads up and lets me log in, but that's it. Any attempt to install something still stops at 0% and the app must be force-quit.

Support is useless. They were responsive for a while in September (although they kept giving me solutions for a Windows system). I've sent them the crash logs they requested, but they seem to have walked away from the problem. It's been radio silence for a while. I really want their products to work (and have access to the assets I have accumulated over the years). Fact is that none of their software has ever worked well on a Mac. Every time I come back I end up regretting it. All I really want to do at this point is get my files converted to a format I can use in Blender.

Two questions:

1. Any other tricks for getting DIM or Central to work on a Mac? (Security settings didn't work. There are no hidden dialogs)

2. Does anyone have a full list of the trash the DIM installer spews on the system? I'd like to do an actual uninstall.

 

 

 

 

Richard Haseltine said:

3Dmadness said:

I deleted Smart content and Daz central because it's not needed. All you need is the Content Library and manually install your content.

Does AutoFit work correctly?

Yes 

3Dmadness said:

I deleted Smart content and Daz central because it's not needed. All you need is the Content Library and manually install your content.

Does AutoFit work correctly?

I deleted Smart content and Daz central because it's not needed. All you need is the Content Library and manually install your content.

Daz Central does allow you to set a base path, however, so you are not bound to use C:.

I really dislike both Daz Central and the Install  Manager. I also can't seem to find the Genesis 8.1 bases anywhere. I scipped 4.15 and went directly to 4.16. I'm not sure that has anything to do with it.