I haven't tried Daz Central, and won't- but if you install via that, can you ever go back to DIM?  Because isn't it true DIM doesn't know what has already been installed via DC? That would be a mess.

OOPS so far ... Where is DS 4.14? When I try to download, it goes to DAZ Central. I refuse to put tha ton my system again. 
Did a search for DIM .. nothing came up. Maybe I'm done with DAZ.

 Do you have DIM installed ? It  may be available in your DIM downloads

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

LOL...not for me it ain't ;).

Laurie

Nor for anyone else.

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

LOL...not for me it ain't ;).

Laurie

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

Huh? Who said it was outdated?   IIRC Daz Central was riddled with so many problems it screwed up many people's studios.  The forums have  people who won't touch it now because they tried it. I'll take outdated over flaky anyday.

...if the IM is ever scrapped I'll just go back to manual downloads and running the hatever last version of the IM is at in offline mode to install.

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

Then they would have to make DC more stable. Yes, it is realiable. I can rely on DC to mess up my installation (MacOS "Catalina") each and every time I try. It installs items all over the place and does not always respect path settings. Quite some products do not work at all when installed via DAZ Connect, and some PA's require (!) that their product is installed via DIM. 

I finally got the newest version and Daz Connect installed on a new laptop.  I can download content through Daz Central, however, I cannot log in via the log in page inside Studio.  When I do, it just disappears and I have to pull up the program again. I can get it to work in offline mode however, it crashes ever 2 to 5 minutes.  My log in information changed from just my email address (via Dim) to (daz central)email address.  I'm now far past frustrated.  I've been using this program for several years now and would really like to be able to continue. I am also not able to connect via DIM as it simply crashes back to desk top as well.

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

Not true.  Daz Central is a simplified version for beginners.  For more advanced features you need DIM.  And DIM is the engine behind Daz Central.

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

Nothing outdated about DIM. Remember that Central was originally designed and promoted as a "training wheels" front-end for the core DIM code, deliberately simplified so it would be easier for beginners to use. Central is also IMHO not really suitable for anyone already using DIM and happy with it, especially if they use a non-default content setup — that's been the source of many of the "DAZ deleted my content!" (it didn't) complaints that have cropped up far too often in recent months.

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

Huh? Who said it was outdated?   IIRC Daz Central was riddled with so many problems it screwed up many people's studios.  The forums have  people who won't touch it now because they tried it. I'll take outdated over flaky anyday.

Plus I seem to remember looking at the requirements and my computer didn't qualify.  I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

Dana

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

Huh? Who said it was outdated?   IIRC Daz Central was riddled with so many problems it screwed up many people's studios.  The forums have  people who won't touch it now because they tried it. I'll take outdated over flaky anyday.

Keep in mind Daz Central is the official download manager, DIM is almost "outdated"

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Had you closed DS just before openign Daz Central to install? With Install Manager, and I assume with Daz Central, that can lead to the Content Management System being unavailable when installing and so the products' not being listed as installed.

I bought Face Control and downloaded/installed it through Daz Central but cannot locate the user guide pdf. Anyone know where I can download a copy of this?

Manual installs would not add metadata to the database unless you imported metadata deliberately. The symbols mean that neither the file nor its thumbnail are being found where the database says they should be. Are the products affected showing in Daz Central as available to install?

No, I didn't see them at all in DAZ Central....

I purchase product and install into Studio with Central. All appears to install. When I go into Studio all of the products that appeared installed thru Central show they need to be installed, and with DAZ Connect being so s-l-o-w it takes a while to install them. Also, I still have some products that appear to install, but continue to show they are not installed. So, I have some purchased product I cannot use because of this. This is what the log file says:

2020-11-29 19:24:43.483 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
2020-11-29 19:24:43.483 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: <html><head>
2020-11-29 19:24:43.484 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: <title>400 Bad Request</title>
2020-11-29 19:24:43.484 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: </head><body>
2020-11-29 19:24:43.484 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: <h1>Bad Request</h1>
2020-11-29 19:24:43.486 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: <p>Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.<br />
2020-11-29 19:24:43.486 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: </p>
2020-11-29 19:24:43.486 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): Got an unknown command from the persistent connection: </body></html>
2020-11-29 19:24:43.489 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\sdksource\cloud\dzcloudtasknotifier.cpp(178): peer performed orderly shutdown errno=0

Manual installs would not add metadata to the database unless you imported metadata deliberately. The symbols mean that neither the file nor its thumbnail are being found where the database says they should be. Are the products affected showing in Daz Central as available to install?

I installed DAZ using DAZ Central and installed the stuff I bought from the store, then I noticed all that gobbledygook in various places in my content library.  I do remember manually installing some resources some time ago but then uninstalled DAZ afterward, then re-installed it (a couple times).

What I'd like to see improved is:

• Searching the Product Library (and to an extent, DIM too), and being able to search products by PA's name. Products get removed from the store and PA's leave, but what you've bought is in your Product Library for as long as the store is running. (I don't use DAZ Central or DAZ Connect, but I don't think these can do this either.)
• Separating the "Compatible Software" category. It's become so cluttered that it's become difficult for me to read. I'd prefer it was split into in-app software like dForce, apps where it can be accessed natively like DS or Poser, and for the bridges to be their own category. 
• Mentioning the download file size in the Product Description. Often times, the download size is often huge because of unoptimized textures. (Specifically, items that have multiple hi-res .TIFF or .PNG maps per material zone. Too many maps load at once and it slows things down.) Sure I can look at the number of textures listed but that isn't necessarily a good indicator of how big the product is.

Hey all, I recently upgraded my Macbook to the new ones with M1 Chip. Since then, everytime I click on Daz Studio in DAZ Central , it does not launch. Is anyone else facing this issue? I am stuck and would really appreciate your suggestions and help. Thank you in advance!