Hi
I have now unistalled DAZ to Unreal and installed  DAZ Central. But when i click
on install it dosent ask me for the path (As in the tutorial) Instead it installs and
i have it in DAZ but no Plugin can be found in Unreal Egine 4. Is there a way
to manually correct the path to Unreal Egine 4 Folder?

It is certainly possible – if you are using Windows, as Richard says. I do it because I have never used DIM or Central - I do everything manually in Daz!

So, I go to my Products Library and filter by ‘studio’, which then includes ‘Daz Studio 4.x’ in the resultant list. That gives you the Studio download page, which has all the files you probably originally downloaded.

I then just manually download the ‘Daz Studio Win 64 bit’ file, which at the moment is around 740MB. It doesn’t say which version you are actually getting, but I presume it is the latest stable release – I recently did this and ended up with version 4.12.1.118.

Hope this helps…

The poster already said that he installs manually and doesn't use DIM, hence this solution is for people who do all their installs by hand because they don't want to use DAZ Connect/DIM/DAZ Central for whatever reason. So without some sort of manifest file, it is awfully hard to remember what assets let alone their paths are associated with a product to target for deletion

Are you using a Mac? If so there isn't currently a stand-alone installer for DS, there is for Windows. You do not have to use Daz Central, Install manager is still avaialble and being updated https://www.daz3d.com/install-manager-info

It seems that Daz will not let you download DS without downloading DC now. I tried DC and it screwed everything up for me so I just want to start fresh. But after uninstalling everything, I can't download the main app from the site, it asks me to sign up and if I am a member, the link takes me to a download page to DC. Is this really the only way now or am I just daft? I know it's a free program but I spent a lot of money on content, a lot.

I just purchased this and it shows downloaded in Daz Central, but not under the tools menu. What should I do?

I'm not familiar with Daz Central, though they say it shares code with DIM. In DIM, you have to Install as well. There is an option to install automatically, but if it's not checked, the file is only downloaded. I recommend checking to see if Daz Central has actually installed the product.

I just checked, and you can manually download Mesh Grabber from the Product Library. I also noticed it is listed for Windows 64-bit only. If your computer is a Mac, or older PC running a 32-bit version of Windows, Mesh Grabber will not work for you. If either is the case, contact Customer Service to return it and get a refund.

But if your computer is running a 64-bit version of Windows, try downloading the file by clicking on the Download Zip button and installing manually. That file is actually an executable, so once downloaded, just double-click to install.

I just purchased this and it shows downloaded in Daz Central, but not under the tools menu. What should I do?

Click Window - Workspace - Update and Merge Menus

I wonder which part of the web it was solved in, then. Certainly not the bit I'm able to look at. A small mystery. There is still a lovely DAZ Central advert & zero useful information on the version of the pages I can see. This is with a Cloudfare update between now and FaerylWomyn's last post so it's hard to be convinced.

Also no mention of how many debut and/or still new releases we need to buy to trigger the discounts on the Fantasy and Mind Blowing category items. It just says "buy any Debut New or Still New items," and the buy-in quantities during the PA sale have routinely been high:

 

Also, is there really such a limited selection and no actual page to view them on? Just a slow scroll click-through that we can't filter or anything?

Also also: "pruchase"

Buy any normally means at least one. It should say how many if more are needed.

Then it should really say "buy any Debut New or Still New Item." Items, plural, implies more than one being necessary.

The daily vagueries and mistakes in both the ad copy and the site code aren't making this a very enjoyable sale. Not when we have to question what things mean (how many items do we need to buy), what actually qualifies for a discount (only DN items working, not the advertised SN), what that discount actually is (see: yesterday's cheeky ad change from the posted deal to a vastly worse one), and then wait hours for things to hopefully be functional.

This only seems to happen here.

It is correct in this instance as you can buy any number, one and up. Daz will normally indicate the number of items when more than one is required.

Also, please keep in mind, Daz is Central time zone. If the problems occur in the middle of the night or weekend, it may take longer to fix.

Step by step

Moving from one drive to another.

1. Setup a 'working' folder on the new drive, you can name it what ever works for you.(note: this isn't technically necessary, it's just for organization)

2. Goto C:\Users\user name\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio and C:\Users\Public\documents\daz 3d\studio and select the My daz connect library, My library, My Daz3d Library, basically every folder therein.

3. Move the folders to the Working folder on the second drive.

4. In Daz studio, remap the folder locations via the CDM(Content Directory Manager), right click the Content Library Tab, see attached images.

5. Map each of the moved folders, nothing lower or higher in the hierarchy.

If you prefer, you can just move the files inside the individual folders from the C:\ drive, and just map the 'working' folder.

Note:DIM, Connect, or central, may not be able to remove files after this move. simply adding the new path in DIM should remove this problem, but it doesn't always.

Do not forget to change the drive paths in DIM, Connect, or Central if you use those install options.

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As far as "tech people" suggestions you mention, that is such a load of hogwash.

The short version is that it doesn't matter where a program is installed, as long as the computer knows where it is.

For DS assets, it's the same, as long as the path to the asset is mapped in DS, it can be anywhere.

Note: There are some messed up assets that have absolute paths. These require being installed in a specific drive and folder, but this is a bad file and can be corrected with a minor bit of editing of the DUF files.

I 'm having a similar problems.  I haven't used Studio for a while so I deleted my installed version in order to update it.  Seemingly I can now no longer download Studio without going through the annoying piece of Software called DAZ  Central ( that claims to make everything easy !!!!!!)   When I run DC and log in, it just sits there with the lttle blue circle going round and round - the longest I have left it running like this is 2 hours. Reinstalling, rebooting and restarting makes no difference.  My disk activity light is on constantly, even after I close the DC window.  I have to shut down a remaing DC element using Task Manager.

I can't understand why it won't just let me install the latest version of Studio first and take things from there ?

Not the Seaside Walkway, the Sea Vignette. I can't

get the DS version to install in DIM or Daz Central.

Sorry! I didn't buy that although I considered it.

How did you install? I used DIM and it's there for me. It's also supposed to be available through the ReadMe in the store, but the link is broken - here's the correct one:

http://docs.daz3d.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/public/read_me/index/37501/37501_epicskydomescloudhavenhdri.pdf

I used Daz Central, for the first time, I was using DIM before.

Thanks for the link, I hope the answers to my other issues are somewhere in there.

How does one reinstrall all of the applications and content on a New Mac? When I tried to use Daz Central I got a prompt that it can't be installed because Apple can't check it for Malware.

Not the Seaside Walkway, the Sea Vignette. I can't

get the DS version to install in DIM or Daz Central.

Trying to install Daz on windows10. Installing Central is slow but finally works. After that if I try to install Studio from Central it hangs several times before finally getting stuck at 83%. The log file has this error over and over again:

2020-09-12 23:43:08.916 Installing: 13176-2 : DAZ Studio 4.12 (Win 64-bit)
2020-09-12 23:44:10.033 WARNING: Killed Process
2020-09-12 23:44:10.033 WARNING: QProcess: Destroyed while process ("cmd") is still running.
2020-09-12 23:44:10.033 Install Failed: DAZ Studio 4.12 (Win 64-bit)

I'm using standard Defender, no extra virus or  malware progs, installing to default paths (on my C drive). After the first time it got stuck I deleted everything Daz (including the user/appdata directory) and started over clean. Same result. I've installed Daz studio a year (or 2) ago without any issues when it still used just the install manager. Now it wont work even though my system is exactly the same.

Suggestions before I just delete it all and give up?

The big thing to understand about DS is that, it doesn't matter, for the most part, where content is installed, as long as it's mapped correctly in Content Directory Manager. see image 2.

Main(boot) drive, secondary internal drive, usb drive, networked(nas or server, within the limits of the EULA), doesn't matter.

I think at my worst i had things spread across 4-5 independent drives, mostly due to space constraints and i only use RAID in certain situations. Today i'm using a central network(local) drive for all content.

For the most part, excluding Plugins and some content, all you'll need to do is move the My library, My daz connect library, My daz 3d library, in the User\documents\daz 3d folder of your current drive to a folder on the secondary.

Depending on your particular setup, you may need to check the Administrator, your user, and the Public accounts.

Then map the new location in CDM(content directory manager). Right click on the Content library tab and select Content directory manager. (see image 1)

You can then either create a whole new set of mapped directories, including and excluding directories as you need them or don't need them, or just stick with the default selection.(see image 2)

Just be sure to delete the original files off your c:\ drive after you've gotten this done.

You'll also want to change the install paths in DIM, Connect, or daz central to the new path, if you use those things.

For the most part, this shouldn't mess up any CSM organization you already have, but it might, just be aware of it.

About the worst thing you might run into is an arbitrary path reference in a particular piece of content.

That is, something that references a specific drive, usually c:\, and path. It's rare these days, but does still exist from time to time.

You can either install the assets back to the path, or use Notepad++, to remove the drive reference, if you don't mind a bit of coding.

NOte:you cannot edit connect only files as they are encrypted.

As an aside, due to your duplicate content installation, you might want to take this opportunity to do a clean content install.

Setup A, or multiple, working directories on the secondary drive, and install all content there. be sure to update content as some older assets may be a mess and not work with newer add-ons due to changes in the structure of assets.

I'll be lurking if you have any other questions.

using Daz Central  Twosret 8 does not appear everything else in the bundle did 

There is no manual download being offered. From the product page: Install Types: DIM

 

Okay, I thought the DIM button would be available at least.

 

 

Will enquire. It DOES show DIM. You don't see it in DIM?

There is no manual download being offered. From the product page: Install Types: DIM

Okay, I thought the DIM button would be available at least.