Does Daz Central come without digital signature? I just downloaded and installed DazCentral from https://www.daz3d.com/get_studio and I see that installer has no digital signature certificate. Is it normal and safe?

That is one of the Microsoft Visual C++ 14 libraries, used in building the application. This installing Daz Central itself, not installing soemthing else with Daz Central? You could try using Install Manager, which is the same core application but with more granularity in its settings https://www.daz3d.com/get_install_manager/

I just made my account and downloaded Daz Central, but alas....I'm already facing problems. I followed the steps needed, but it fails to install one of the DLL's. The error code reads "The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP140_1.dll was not found. Reinstalling may fix this problem." Sure, sounds fine. So I reinstalled, only to meet this again. So I uninstalled the software and re-downloaded. SAME ISSUE! Am I forgetting something? Did the devs screw up somewhere? Is there a way to fix this at all or am I doomed to never use this? What irks me is that the missing dll actually is missing, which makes me wonder if it is even in the installer at all. Every other dll and file is there. I installed this in multiple folders, with the main one being Program Files (x86). Any help is much appreciated!

ravenzvideo_095cbd6007 said:

Was this ever FIXED!?

What? Yes, Daz Central works for installation - though ti lacks the flexibility of Instal manager (which was the whole point of the exercise). If you want help, seveal versions later, you are going to have to be more specific about your issue (and ideally include system details).

I had this hanging install issue and tried multiple suggestions from the forum and other sites with no success.  Eventually I found that closing Daz Central when it stuck, reopening and clicking install permitted it to progress the installation. A couple of times and a long time later Daz Studio installed.

Hello,
I opned Daz 4.15 (windows 10 - 64bit) and saw this new update, so I closed the software.
And did these steps:
1 - I Launched Daz Central tried to install it as suggested by default, when it was done, "LAUNCH" did nothing.
2 - So I tried via the Install Manger, after downloading and install I get this: Install Errors message box:
" This file could not be opned for reading. This package cannot be installed. "
I tried to uninstall, and re-install, but I get the same message.
Is this a bug? is there a way I can install 4.16 latest version?
 

UPDATE: - SOLVED!
It seems like Daz3D was still working in the background after closing it,
I closed it via the Task Manager > Services, then installation worked.
I hope it helps, just in case anyone had the same issue.
 

My daz central won't even open

jgirvan_6e1653c253 said:

imac 27 inch 16 gig ram os 12.1

well i see daz can be installed on os12. is there a road map? it never works for me. gets pat way there and say it will be installed after previous installations. if i leave it the beach ball spins for hours. if i click backcount it brings a screen fir istalling assets. I choose daz studio it gets to 57% and beachball time.  If instead of daz i pick an asset same happens. Any idea what might cause this? 

jim

I had the same problem. Tried with both Daz Central and DIM and both had the same issue. I'm on BigSur. Tried on a MacBook Pro running Monterey and no problem. The issue was to do with security settings. Go to System Preferences / Security & Privacy  select the Privacy tab and select "Full Disk Access". Put a tick in the box beside the DAZ3DIMHelper (or DazCentralHelp) items. 

Your apps should finish now (well it worked for me). I then turned off the access once uploaded just to be extra paranoid ;)

HimAnI said:

Ok. Uninstalled DAZ everything except my content directory. Re-installed DAZ 4.16.03 on my Mac running Monterey (I figured Big Sur wrecked my set-up, so why not update again?)
Also installed Daz Central, which freezes before I can even enter my password.
Installed new Install Manager and pointed the content path to my external NAS' My Library file. That stil shows I have 1,500 + things to install...
Then the DAZ program still has this PostgreSQL communication issue, so it;s unusable.
I'd like to start by getting the DAZ3D app working first, so solving this Postgre thing would be first.
I have deleted library files and aplication support files prior to re-install, but I have hit a roadblock.
Any other thoughts on how I can get back to making this work? Thanks - KK

I suggest creating a new CMS directory.  You can leave everything as it is and simply change the CMS directory path from DAZ Studio.  Do not log in to DAZ Central - do everything offline or DAZ Central will start working in the background and that is likely to create confusion.

Do not put the CMS on a NAS.  It might work, but databases uses special features of the file system and these are often not implemented by NAS servers, or by network file systems in general.  This link explains it for people who are familiar with NFS/Samba/etc, here's the executive summary:

Using a network file system is also possible, though care must be taken that the file system has full POSIX behavior (see Section 18.2.2.1).

Most NASs are more Windows compatible than UNIX compatible (even though most of them run a UNIX variant...)

You should be able to start DAZ (offline, do not log in) and change the CMS directory to a new directory on your root or home folder (i.e. not the network).  Make sure you can see the "Content Library" tab (preferably select it.)   Then try this; if you have a PostgreSQL installation issue you won't get to the end:

1. Right click on the "Content Library" tab, select "Stop CMS...", chose "Fast".
2. Right click again, select "Content Directory Manager..."
3. You get the "Content Directory Manager" pop-up window.  Look on the right and find "CMS Cluster Directory", click on the [+] to the left of it and select the path name that appears.  Make a note of this directory.
4. Right-click, select "Edit Base Directory...".  Now, in the browser window, find some place on in your home directory to create a new directory give it a reasonable name (e.g. "CMSTest".)
5. Select the new directory (you will see that directory name listed as the selected folder), Click "Select Folder" and then "Accept" in the Content Directory Manager pop-up.
6. Select the "Smart Content" tab and it should be empty (this is expected - you haven't got any of the metadata yet.)
7. Right click on the "Content Library" tab itself and select "Content DB Maintenance".
8. Check "Re-import Metadata..." in the pop-up and then select "Accept".
9. You should see a massive list of all your products.  Since your products are installed on the NAS it might take a while.
10. Uncheck all of the boxes; ALL of them (you can do this by unchecking the left-most boxes in the list to deselect all the children.)
11. Check the first, and only the first, product in the "All products" list (i.e. don't check "All products", just the first one below it.)
12. Check Accept.
13. You should see another pop-up appear and disappear as the meta-data is added to the list.

You might see something in "Smart Content" if you get this far.  In any case you can repeat from step (9) and include more products - just don't include all of them because it will take far too long.

If you do get this far you have a working PostgreSQL and there is something wrong with the original directory, from step (3).  These directories can be copied around - you just have to update the "Cluster Directory" setting to the new location.  If your content is on a NAS you really want to copy a working CMS directory rather than recreate it from scratch, but if it has been damaged or was for a diffferent version of Postgre that may not work.  If you have to re-import all the metadata from content on a NAS you need to accept that it will take a day or two; you can guesstimate the time by trying a small number of products at a time.  Incidentally it isn't actually necessary to manually start/stop the CMS - Daz does that automatically if the cluster directory is changed, but I find it makes me feel safer ;-)

I've upgraded my Mac to a Macbook M1 Max and I had no choice but to use the pre installed macOS 12.0.1 (Monterey).
I installed a clean version of Daz Studio 4.16.0.3 and linked up my Content and Library folders (All on USB-C SSD ) as usual in the Studio Formats area. 
This techniqe has been how I've always used DS because I do not use large system drives so content is always on external drives.
The problem - This mostly effects facial expressions and dials, I've not looked much further into any other areas it's effected so far though.
In the Posing pane I try to dial in an Expression but it has no effect. One or two do work but not as they should.Also, a lot of the dials are missing, like the eyes.
Has anyone else had this kind of issue aftwer moving to a new machine? I thought I'd placed copies of everything from the old Mac into the correct locations on the new Mac but maybe I missed something?
Another fun new change is Daz Central freezing on start up.
I'm using a duplicate set of files (installed on the PC) on a PC running the latest update of DS and there are no issues at all like the above.
Sorry for such a long winded post, if anyone has some helpful info I'd be very greatful if you could share it. Fingers crossed I've made a simple error... I hope.
FIXED WITH A FULL DS REINSTALL

We certainly don't have a problem of too many buses around here.  

However, we do have one bus route that serves the east side of the county.  It goes through here at 8:10 AM and returns around 4:00 PM and it takes nearly a half hour to go the eight miles to the city (by bus). So you couldn't use it to go to an 8-hour job.  It does take you to the central hub to catch other buses to the rest of the city but if you live in the sticks you're lucky to have even one bus and even luckier still to have it return.

I don't like to ride it because it's filled with Beavis & Butt-Head types.  (Well, I say "filled" but it's a very small bus, which forces everyone close together.  So it doesn't take many B&BH types to become irritating or intimidating.)

Note:  For those not familiar with Beavis and Butt-Head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head.

Ok. Uninstalled DAZ everything except my content directory. Re-installed DAZ 4.16.03 on my Mac running Monterey (I figured Big Sur wrecked my set-up, so why not update again?)
Also installed Daz Central, which freezes before I can even enter my password.
Installed new Install Manager and pointed the content path to my external NAS' My Library file. That stil shows I have 1,500 + things to install...
Then the DAZ program still has this PostgreSQL communication issue, so it;s unusable.
I'd like to start by getting the DAZ3D app working first, so solving this Postgre thing would be first.
I have deleted library files and aplication support files prior to re-install, but I have hit a roadblock.
Any other thoughts on how I can get back to making this work? Thanks - KK

I can't get the Daz to Blender script to show up in Daz Studio. Its only showing Daz to Bryce and Daz to Hexogen. I reinstalled the script in Daz Central. And its added in Blender, just can't find it in Daz3D.

There are directories and files and database services when you install DAZ Studio that always endup hidden in the hidden user/system AppData folder. Those don't grow to be massive though. The files you should consider installing to an external drive are the DIM and/or DAZ Central "3D model product" install zips and the actual "Content Library" directory when all those zips get installed to. For the DAZ Studio app itself, and other related apps you are petter off installing on the system C: drive.

Also, if you modify Smart Content by adding more catagories or classifying more DAZ Studio product content you need to manually save those in DAZ Studio via CMS dB functions (see them by looking a Content Library Pane and right clicking). You do this if you ever clean install DAZ or Windows. Note: Unless you recategorize Smart Content you don't need to do so. You can't accidently recategorize Smart Content so you'll know if you do.

Finally, clean installing DAZ 3D or Windows will force you to reinstall all DAZ 3D model product zip files you bought (even if the Content Library is in the exact same location as last time) because the CMS dB will not be correct or current and when you install those products CMS dB does get updated. That is why you should save those files locally so you don't have to re-download hundreds and even thousands of products when you clean install DAZ 3D or Windows (or Mac, or so on). The easiest way is to use DIM (DAZ Install Manager) and use the "queue" feature in it. 

contedesfees said:

By default, the DAZ Studio installation process puts a lot of folders and presets in default locations on the C: drive in the /username/ folder and elsewhere. I'm no system administrator, but I suspect that installing DAZ Studio elsewhere will result in a bit of confusion. You will very probably have difficulties updating when upgrades are released; DIM and DAZ Central need to know where you've put things. If you're confident that you can sort that out, give it a try. Most people however install the program in its default locations and put the content wherever it suits them. I keep DAZ Studio on my C: drive, install my content on an external hard drive, and tell DAZ Studio where to find it. My only problem so far has been learning to use DAZ Studio, which was designed and programmed by Albert Einstein on one of his bad days.

Despite the overall programming which probably has something to do with that 640K partition deep inside. 
The incredible think about studio it will run from anywhere. 
Note, I've never installed it on another drive but before I let Daz update... I drag my current studio folder to another drive. 
And voila, it runs .. actually once when I was trying to debugs something I ran back to 4.6 (406?) from other drives. 
Well I have 415 on the C drive I also have 412 on another drive and often run them at the same time. 
I haven't had the issues that assume caused Daz to make the new versions single instance only. 
But I'm not saying you should try running multiple dazs unless you have dual xeons and 64g ddr4. 
But apparently when you launch studio from another drive it does grab all it needs from the C drive (roaming et al) I do leave the basic library on there and put stuff like morph packages in it but I think it's at a mundane 20g 
the other 2000g are spread on two other. 
I do break my library into multiple folders --- multiple directories ... by content ... mainly because I can't picture having them all in one folder.  
But in this case my daz lib is on C... my busy folders (about 6) are on E because G was down to a couple gigs left out of it's 2tb. 
---
so give daz for kudos for being flexible ... but then I haven't backed 415 off to another drive to run it yet. 

Cayman Studios said:

Genesis 8.1 Female has been released by DAZ today.  I have provided updates for all four Genesis 8 Female Legacy UVs products: Victoria 4, Victoria 5, Victoria 6 and Genesis 2 Female, and they should be available now through DIM and other download methods.  The scripts have been amended to accommodate the new figure and surface changes, and there are new UV Sets for the new 8.1 Eyelashes mesh.  The operation of the products should be as before.  

If you have any problems or questions please let me know.

I just puchased and installed Legacy UVs for Genesis 8/Victoria 4. I used Daz Central to install. It's not working with 8.1. It says "You must select a Genesis 8 Female figure in the Scene before running this script." 

By default, the DAZ Studio installation process puts a lot of folders and presets in default locations on the C: drive in the /username/ folder and elsewhere. I'm no system administrator, but I suspect that installing DAZ Studio elsewhere will result in a bit of confusion. You will very probably have difficulties updating when upgrades are released; DIM and DAZ Central need to know where you've put things. If you're confident that you can sort that out, give it a try. Most people however install the program in its default locations and put the content wherever it suits them. I keep DAZ Studio on my C: drive, install my content on an external hard drive, and tell DAZ Studio where to find it. My only problem so far has been learning to use DAZ Studio, which was designed and programmed by Albert Einstein on one of his bad days.

IceCrMn said:

DIM is fine for installing everything.It's the oldest and most tested.

Central maybe aswell, I just don't like it's lack of customization.So haven't even attempted to use it.

Connect is the install method with the least amount of options, none really.Other than where to put the library.

Connect also uses a very unique directory structure that is very different from DIM and Central.Which causes problems for products that need the DIM/Central style directory structure.

If you have something that isn't showing up in DIM it should be reported as there may be a server side problem that has nothing to do with your setup.Wouldn't the first time that has happened actually.

I used Daz Central for one thing I don't install anything at all. I change one setting in it. When you install Central and open and sign in close the window that wants you to install, a folder is created on the C Drive. You can move that folder to another drive. Go to settings and change it from DIM control to the custom directory you want on another drive, then close it. Open DIM change the path to the drive folder you want. Delete all recommend paths, use the custom path you created. All the pathways change for install and the content looks somthing like in the last pic.

The plus seems to be you don't have to do much to share across networks just do a bare install of DAZ if you share your library across the network.

Hello DAZ Gurus;

I got an alert in DIM that DAZ had a series udate so I allowed it to install through DIM.  

Once all five files had downloaded and installed, my DAZ disappeared!   I can't even launch it with my old icon anymore..  It's gone.

Did anybody else encounter this?   When you go to the DAZ page to look for a totally new version you just get redirected to DAZ  Central.   Where'd Daz go and how do I get it back?????

It looks like DAZ disappears for a while when the DAZ Central applications are loading.   After that it came back so I've got my DAZ back thank GOD!!! 

margrave said:

AbovU said:

Good morning. Appreciate the help!
I have tried to download Genesis 8 Starter Essentials over and over. Keep getting errors.
I have tried to download what Daz Install Manager tells me I need to download to work properly. Keep getting errors.
 I came across Daz last week and was hoping to find a nice relaxing hobby to try and be creative on what little down time I have.
I understand theres always a learning curve, but it has been nothing but stress.
I have uninstalled, and reinstalled, used different zip extractor services etc....
I'm trying to remain optimistic and have a bunch of add ons on my wishlist I was wanting to purchase, but after buying my first one and all this happeneing it has been tough staying positive.
Thank you all for your help. I'm hoping this can somehow get resoved. Much appreciated.
Maybe the screeshots can shed some light on something?

Uninstall everything except Daz Install Manager. Use that to re-install everything, including Daz Studio itself. It should automatically sort the program and the asset files correctly, to the content folder specified in DIM's options menu. Ignore Daz Connect and Daz Central; mixing install methods usually leads to errors like this.

I tried and uninstalled what you said.
Now I cannot even download Daz again.
I've just about had enough.
I really, really, REALLY wanted to use Daz and have fun.
This isn't my idea of fun. This is a lost cause.
I just want to thank everyone for the willingness to help and take the time to try and help me.
You seem like a very nice community. I wish this could have worked out.
Take care.