Daz Central is designed as an alternative, simplified interface for the same base code as Install Manager. As such it takes only one setting for location and places everything else in sub-folders of that location. Install manager allows the setting of individual destination folders.

Is the PostgreSQL issue that it isn't isntalled or that it is isntalled but not connecting? Check the database location in the Install Manager settings, and the permission settings for that location.

rensimon_da1d44e3b7 said:

pierpaolodamiano said:

Hi all,

I've the same problem, i think, except that i can't find the solution even following what is in the pictures posted by cm152335

Furthermore, I can see the thumbnails of the figures but if I doubleclick it, then i get the message that the files are not found (see 01.jpg)

my settings are as in 02.jpg

Can't understand what's going wrong

Any help?

Thanks

 

Same issue here, all is setup correctly, and still getting this error.

For which product(s)? If you find them in the Smart Content pane's Products tab does the product thrumbnail, before you double-click on it, have a downward pointing triangle in a broken circle at top-right? Assuming you installed through Daz Central or Install Manager it should - if not try right-clicking on the product thumbnail and selecting Uninstall, then try loading the content.

Can someone please tell me how I can obtain a current working version of the DAZ Studio application. The website currently does not. The link to download DAZ Studio takes me to a link to download DAZ Central. And a Help request was useless.

It may be appropriate to mention that I am using an ancient but still relativley well behaved Imac 27" with an SSD drive...

So to begin with I couldnt find any uninstallers to remove DS from my machine, so I put everything I could think of into the trash and deleted that. Seemed to do the trick and as I had already deleted DIM in favour of Daz central, I thought I was okay to go ahead. So using DC I installed DS 10.15 and opened the thing up. First off there was this notification and the second one which I havent had to deal with since some years back when I first got this notice. So I just delted the notices and DS seems to work fine regardless.  However all my mistakes from past years are still present in this new version of DS which I wanted to avoid. The whole purpose of this exercise is to obtain a clean version of DS in which smart content will work along with all the other bells and whistles that have been added over the years. The content from other places and content that I have installed by hand myself was going to be backed up and loaded in at a later date.

Question is that there seems no means to download DIM any longer because DC has replaced it and the advice I recieved suggested I install DS and then DIM and then use DIM to install my content. I dont think this is possible but I may well be wrong, can this be done and if so how? 

notretsam said:

Richard Haseltine said:

Daz Central is meant to simplify the process of installing, so it takes just one location setting and places everything within that. If you want more granular control you should use Install Manager.

This is part of why Daz Central is so inferior to Install Manager, it's lack of control but Daz studio did install via that, so why I wondered about it.

It is inferior for experienced users who want fine control; it is superior for new suers who just want to get started

Also, DC is in no way simpler to use than IM, IM you just check all and install everything, DC list is bloated with info and would take forever to install your library as there no install all option I could see.

But if it is aimed at newer users they will probably have fairly small libraries, so that isn't a major issue.

I have not had any time today to really look into my issue more, so still not got it fixed, my hands are tied until I can get Daz Studio installed and installed correctly. 

I may need to contact support directly, as 4.15 release will install on C drive but it just doesn't like my D drive for some reason. 

Richard Haseltine said:

Daz Central is meant to simplify the process of installing, so it takes just one location setting and places everything within that. If you want more granular control you should use Install Manager.

This is part of why Daz Central is so inferior to Install Manager, it's lack of control but Daz studio did install via that, so why I wondered about it.

Also, DC is in no way simpler to use than IM, IM you just check all and install everything, DC list is bloated with info and would take forever to install your library as there no install all option I could see.

I have not had any time today to really look into my issue more, so still not got it fixed, my hands are tied until I can get Daz Studio installed and installed correctly. 

I may need to contact support directly, as 4.15 release will install on C drive but it just doesn't like my D drive for some reason. 

notretsam said:

how do I change the library within Daz Central like I do with DIM? or is that possible? 

I mean set where the manifest files, thumbnails and folder the downloads go to in Daz Central.

If I can get Daz studio to install correctly then manual install of all assets would work I'm sure, then I'll back up my complete library folder on an external HD which I can do now, as have 4TB external HD.

Daz Central is meant to simplify the process of installing, so it takes just one location setting and places everything within that. If you want more granular control you should use Install Manager.

Cris Palomino said:

Will report the above 3

 

Still only Connect and Central downloads in the product library for

https://www.daz3d.com/dire-wolf-animations-for-daz-dog-8-and-genesis-8

But I guess I can put the ticket for that in myself

how do I change the library within Daz Central like I do with DIM? or is that possible? 

I mean set where the manifest files, thumbnails and folder the downloads go to in Daz Central.

If I can get Daz studio to install correctly then manual install of all assets would work I'm sure, then I'll back up my complete library folder on an external HD which I can do now, as have 4TB external HD.

There is no download available in the product library for

https://www.daz3d.com/dire-wolf-animations-for-daz-dog-8-and-genesis-8

Edit/update: currently the item has Connect and Central downloads available. One hopes manual and DIM will also be added?

It probably can't cope with being installed through Connect (within Daz Studio). uninstall, by right-click on the product thumbnail, and install through Install Manager or Daz Central.

notretsam said:

Richard Haseltine said:

So the drive iss till listed as D:, it hasn't chnaged letter, and you can place a new file manually in the target folder (in DS and also the location for your DIM downloads)?

yeah I manually create the folder for my library and it still listed as D:, sorry thought you meant user permisions.

Also manually created a new zip folder within the DIM downloads folder and within my library folder.

right now I think the issue is getting daz studio 4.15 itself installed and the initial files it adds to your library folder, once I get that done, pretty sure manual install is an option for everything else.

is there a way to manually download daz studio from the site? I always get taken to daz central instead of a page where I can manually download daz studio.

For the non-beta version of DS you can get manual isntallers, but due to a page glitch you need to expand the information section on the Product Library page to find them.

I downloaded and installed [G8F Body Morphs and G8F SY Fantastical Featires] the above packages using DAZ Central. All I can see in Content Library and smart Content is SYFF Remove Fantastical Features.

When I try to open a package from DAZ Central I get the following error message:

'LaunchStudioProduct: Could not fine C:/Daz 3D/Applications/64-bit/Daz 3D/DAZStudio 4/reources/Lesson Strips/Commom/Interactive'.

What has happened to my files?

I am running DAZ Studio 1.14 and Win 10.

Edited for Please put your question in the post body and the title - Daz 3D Forums

All the info I can find seems to indicate that to properly uninstall DS and DIM this should be done through DIM. Unfortunately I have installed Daz Central which replaced DIM and I cannot find an uninstaller anywhere. So I seem to be stuck before I begin...

Richard Haseltine said:

So the drive iss till listed as D:, it hasn't chnaged letter, and you can place a new file manually in the target folder (in DS and also the location for your DIM downloads)?

yeah I manually create the folder for my library and it still listed as D:, sorry thought you meant user permisions.

Also manually created a new zip folder within the DIM downloads folder and within my library folder.

right now I think the issue is getting daz studio 4.15 itself installed and the initial files it adds to your library folder, once I get that done, pretty sure manual install is an option for everything else.

is there a way to manually download daz studio from the site? I always get taken to daz central instead of a page where I can manually download daz studio.

Anything you install from something other than  Daz Central or Install Manager will not show up in the Products, Categories, or Smart Content folders because the content database doesn't know about it. To find these products, you have to look under My Daz 3D Library for Daz content, or Poser Formats for Poser format stuff, as WendyLuvzCatz pointed out. Assuming you copied the runtime folder into the default location (which is C:\Users\Public Documents\Daz 3D\content IIRC), then the textures will show up under Poses where Wendy pointed out.

If you have a large runtime library, you might get into a situation where you have a hard time finding where something installed. In that case, you can open the zip file and just look through it until you find where things were copied to. For example, I have a zip file with the folder structure "runtime\libraries\pose\CWRW Horse Textures Pack 1". in Daz, you will find that under Poser Formats -> My Daz 3D Library -> Poses -> CWRW Horse Textures Pack 1.

So I have been having an issue with my library on my D drive for a long time, I can usually get everything installed using DIM and all is working fine. Then at a later point, I'll come back weeks/month+ later to install something new and I'm unable to install the new asset. I would get below error

2021-01-11 14:14:06.463 Install Failed: Default Resources for DAZ Studio 4.9+
2021-01-11 14:14:06.463 Installing: 47939-1 : dForce Starter Essentials
2021-01-11 14:14:07.633 Could not extract file: D:/MyLibrary/Runtime/Textures/Daz 3D/dForce Starter Essentials/Mohawk/Face Female Mohawk [Hair Density].png

My fix for it was to just uninstall all assets via DIM, then uninstall DIM via Windows Apps list, and then delete everything related to Daz (AppData, Program Files and files on D drive), then I would just reinstall everything. It was frustrating but I don't install a lot and figured it not the worst idea to reinstall everything now and again anyway.

However, this happened last week again and I have been unable to get Daz installed via Daz Install Manager(DIM) or anything else either, postgre installs from the "default install sets" but that pretty much it.

I've always used DIM but have tried Daz Central(DC), I can get Daz Studio to install via that but that's because it goes to my C drive. I don't see a way to change the paths in DC as I do in DIM. I always set "package", "thumbnail", "manifest" and main library to my D drive in DIM, as my C drive is a 256MB SSD and just nowhere near enough space for my library.

So basically I could get it all set up on my C drive, as have tested DIM and not changing any paths like I said I usually do above. However, that is just not a viable option for me and I need to get it working from my D drive like I always had it before. 

Last time I noticed this error below but not certain why I'm seeing it, I download via DIM and then try to install, so don't understand why download already exists

2021-01-11 14:23:19.338 WARNING: Download Already Exists: 42071-2 : Genesis 8 Male Starter Essentials : D:/Daz Studio/Daz Assets/Install Manager/IM00042071-02_Genesis8MaleStarterEssentials.zip
2021-01-11 14:23:58.792 WARNING: Download Already Exists: 22773-1 : Dark Fantasy Weapons for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s) : D:/Daz Studio/Daz Assets/Install Manager/IM00022773-01_DarkFantasyWeaponsforGenesis3and8Females.zip
2021-01-11 14:24:20.502 WARNING: Download Already Exists: 13176-2 : DAZ Studio 4.15 (Win 64-bit) : D:/Daz Studio/Daz Assets/Install Manager/IM00013176-02_DAZStudio415Win64bit.zip
2021-01-11 14:25:06.812 WARNING: Download Already Exists: 41753-1 : Rocker Outfit for Genesis 3 Female(s) and Genesis 8 Female(s) : D:/Daz Studio/Daz Assets/Install Manager/IM00041753-01_RockerOutfitforGenesis3FemalesandGenesis8Females.zip
2021-01-11 14:26:02.882 Installing: 46693-1 : Shadow Thief Outfit Textures
2021-01-11 14:26:02.882 Requirement Failed:  : moving on
2021-01-11 14:26:02.892 Install Queue Finished: 0 min 0.0 sec

I'm at a loss on what to do or how to resolve this and finally given in an decided to post here :)

DAZ_Rawb said:

Abstract Soul said:

here is the message I get when trying to check out:

We're sorry

The payment method that you chose isn't available for this purchase. Please choose another.

Integration error summary

400 Bad Request
The domain on which you are using the JavaScript SDK has not been whitelisted for your application. Please add your website domain in the 'Allowed JavaScript Origins' section under 'Web Settings' on the Amazon Seller Central App Console for Login with Amazon.

Error Summary

origin_uri=https://hpcl.daz3d.com/checkout/review
language=
requested_scopes=["payments:widget", "payments:shipping_address"]
client_id=amzn1.application-oa2-client.dc00aed0c3b446b9bda15644d941da30
merchant_id=A2DM5XR46YU0FQ

Make sure you are going to https://www.daz3d.com

thanks for your response, Im pretty sure its daz3d.com yes :) 

I found that I have a duplicated order on my account with negative amount of money (same order was paid with store credit then duplicated by the store one minute later) which maybe explains why I cant purchase anything. submitted a ticket about it so fingers crossed it gets resolved soon. :)

Mod Edit :-  To sort out quote 

barbult said:

nicstt said:

Voxxa said:

Richard Haseltine said:

barbult said:

Support for Kepler has been removed.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/6200641/#Comment_6200641

which I had pointed out https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/6372066/#Comment_6372066

 

Funny though that DAZ removes such things without any further notice, except for this forum.

My understanding is that Nvidia removed support not Daz.

That is correct. 

That's not completely correct. While I am the last who woould blame DAZ to pushing the product as  requested  -and required  - truth is DAZ down the road updated iray to a version that is no longer supported by drivers available for Kepler as per nvidia. So, this issue originates from DAZ, not nvidia. Again, not critcism of optimizing performance with supporting advanced technology (or we wouldn't have iray support in the first place)

Still, I think it is fair to expect the installer  throwing out a warning before updateing to a version that break support of such essential feature,.This si by far not new leave alone rocket science technology and done before, even more so since DAZ Studio, IM and central are quite connected and would even know to stir this kind of trouble.

This could also be avoided if DAZ wouldn't follow that hardline "forwards ever, backwards never" policy and even delete the  previous installers from the download folder but instead would give access to previous builds publically.  (Sometimes even I wished I could roll back after using ta particular versionfor a while)