Maybe I have not looked in the right places (but then again those places should have been more clearly indicated) to see a bullet comparison of what each of the installers (DIM, daz central) do compared to each other. If there isn't such a comparison (which I suspect) then it may be a good idea to make one IF central is SO much better.

or even if you are simply trying to persuade existing DIM users to change installers

Did you notice the Mercenary outfit for G8? It's not 100% perfect.... but it does the job pretty well as much as I am concerned.

I do some kit bashing when I need a bulletproof vest: I use  the vest from "Renegade Soldier Outfit for Genesis 8 Male", in which I "integrate" a central breast plate that covers the oversized zipper. However, the wanted effect is not law enforcement but the British forces protective vest "KESTREL" used in Iraq / Afghanistan with its fairly recognizable collar. The sleeves and other details are wrong but the camo pattern (DPM) covers the worst up. I have to live with that ... until you 3d artists bring better models to the market place! To all artists who work on such projects: PLEASE look at many, many photos instead of creating fantasy products! also look at pictures of how to put on or adjust the body armor .... because a few "morphs" and poses to put on or take off the armor would be a dream product for every buyer!

Have you had DAZ Central installed?  I don't, and I do have DIM links in the library.

I do not. Specifically I'm talking about the "Check Out" page. 

Before it was easy to click on the link. DIM opened automatically and filtered out everything but my most recent purchase.

You can still start DIM, and poof, there are your downloads. (I hope... I haven't downloaded my recent purchases in a few days.)

I understand, but clicking on the link used to automatically filter them out in DIM. That was very helpful as I don't download everything I buy right away. 

If people like the new Daz Central for whatever reason, great - but add a third option, don't take away another.

Just set DIM Sort Order to "Order Date: Recent First" on the Ready to Download tab, then all items from the latest order will be on top of the list. 

Have you had DAZ Central installed?  I don't, and I do have DIM links in the library.

I do not. Specifically I'm talking about the "Check Out" page. 

Before it was easy to click on the link. DIM opened automatically and filtered out everything but my most recent purchase.

You can still start DIM, and poof, there are your downloads. (I hope... I haven't downloaded my recent purchases in a few days.)

I understand, but clicking on the link used to automatically filter them out in DIM. That was very helpful as I don't download everything I buy right away. 

If people like the new Daz Central for whatever reason, great - but add a third option, don't take away another.

You can set the sort order to Order Date, which will put the new items at the top of the list (it's per tab, so you can use a different order in Ready to Install and/or Installed)..

My experience is similar to twitch99 above.  I saw a new shiny thing on the DAZ store so I downloaded it without much thought.  

Daz Central does not recognize that I have Studio or any content installed, it trashed DIM and blew up smart content in Studio.

After wasting a couple of hours Studio is working again, I can install stuff through DIM but it does not recognise that I have anything installed now, and Central will not recognise that I have anything installed no matter what I set the paths to.  I have read this thread and tried what is suggested.

So the manifests (the .dsx files from installing, not those that sit in the folder with the zips) are still there and you have retold DIM which folder they are in as the Manifests Archive? Have you reset the Content Cluster location in DS, assuming that it was non-default and that Daz Central set it back to the default?

I am one of those awkward people who does not keep my content on my C Drive, it is a relatively small SSD just for OS and key applications.

If I could persuade either that I have Daz installed, I could uninstall the lot and start again.  My Daz Studio installation folder is:

C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4 

Where should I point Daz Central?  Setting the path to that location in settings did not work.

Point it for what? That's the default path for Daz Studio itself.

Once I have it recognising that the application is installed I will work on content.

Have you had DAZ Central installed?  I don't, and I do have DIM links in the library.

I do not. Specifically I'm talking about the "Check Out" page. 

Before it was easy to click on the link. DIM opened automatically and filtered out everything but my most recent purchase.

You can still start DIM, and poof, there are your downloads. (I hope... I haven't downloaded my recent purchases in a few days.)

I understand, but clicking on the link used to automatically filter them out in DIM. That was very helpful as I don't download everything I buy right away. 

If people like the new Daz Central for whatever reason, great - but add a third option, don't take away another.

For some reason Daz is promoting Daz Central as the main download option - why I do not know.

DIM is serving my needs, and I have no plans to change that.

Have you had DAZ Central installed?  I don't, and I do have DIM links in the library.

I do not. Specifically I'm talking about the "Check Out" page. 

Before it was easy to click on the link. DIM opened automatically and filtered out everything but my most recent purchase.

You can still start DIM, and poof, there are your downloads. (I hope... I haven't downloaded my recent purchases in a few days.)

I understand, but clicking on the link used to automatically filter them out in DIM. That was very helpful as I don't download everything I buy right away. 

If people like the new Daz Central for whatever reason, great - but add a third option, don't take away another.

Have you had DAZ Central installed?  I don't, and I do have DIM links in the library.

I do not. Specifically I'm talking about the "Check Out" page. 

Before it was easy to click on the link. DIM opened automatically and filtered out everything but my most recent purchase.

You can still start DIM, and poof, there are your downloads. (I hope... I haven't downloaded my recent purchases in a few days.)

Have you had DAZ Central installed?  I don't, and I do have DIM links in the library.

I do not. Specifically I'm talking about the "Check Out" page. 

Before it was easy to click on the link. DIM opened automatically and filtered out everything but my most recent purchase.

Have you had DAZ Central installed?  I don't, and I do have DIM links in the library.

My experience is similar to twitch99 above.  I saw a new shiny thing on the DAZ store so I downloaded it without much thought.  

Daz Central does not recognize that I have Studio or any content installed, it trashed DIM and blew up smart content in Studio.

After wasting a couple of hours Studio is working again, I can install stuff through DIM but it does not recognise that I have anything installed now, and Central will not recognise that I have anything installed no matter what I set the paths to.  I have read this thread and tried what is suggested.

I am one of those awkward people who does not keep my content on my C Drive, it is a relatively small SSD just for OS and key applications.

If I could persuade either that I have Daz installed, I could uninstall the lot and start again.  My Daz Studio installation folder is:

C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4 

Where should I point Daz Central?  Setting the path to that location in settings did not work.

Once I have it recognising that the application is installed I will work on content.

Now when I purchase a product there's not link to install with Install Manager. There's only Daz Central, which I don't want or need (seems like a waste of big waste development time, to be honest).

Am I missing something?

The completed sales page is missing the link to download via DIM now.

I thought the central whatever one was for "new users", and not a replacement?

If you don't offer the original as an option it's basically replacing it, and means having to manually go open DIM every time. 

If there was a DIM link it would, I suppose, potentially confuse new users. I always open DIM manually anyway, aside from anything else it enables me to spot any product updates.

On the other hand, if they don't give DIM as an alternative how would anyone who was no longer a new user get to know about DIM or advance to using it?

Making it more troublesome to purchase goods if you use DIM doesn't seem to have any obvious benefit to me or anyone else who has no use for central.

They could at least provide text underneath saying "Or download via DIM" with the old link as a compromise between these new brand of confused by everything users and everyone else. 

You could post that to the Daz Central Beta thread, which did have Daz_People reading it, or send it in a support ticket.

Ill post to the thread, support tickets worry me somehow. 

One request!

Instead of completely removing the option to download via DIM from completed sales pages, can we have that as an alternative option?

Something along the lines of some "Or download via DIM" text under the button would be fine.

Right now we have to manually open DIM to download via it, which is slightly irksome!

As Central is intended for new users it makes sense to retain the usability for "advanced" users too.. 

The completed sales page is missing the link to download via DIM now.

I thought the central whatever one was for "new users", and not a replacement?

If you don't offer the original as an option it's basically replacing it, and means having to manually go open DIM every time. 

If there was a DIM link it would, I suppose, potentially confuse new users. I always open DIM manually anyway, aside from anything else it enables me to spot any product updates.

On the other hand, if they don't give DIM as an alternative how would anyone who was no longer a new user get to know about DIM or advance to using it?

Making it more troublesome to purchase goods if you use DIM doesn't seem to have any obvious benefit to me or anyone else who has no use for central.

They could at least provide text underneath saying "Or download via DIM" with the old link as a compromise between these new brand of confused by everything users and everyone else. 

You could post that to the Daz Central Beta thread, which did have Daz_People reading it, or send it in a support ticket.

The completed sales page is missing the link to download via DIM now.

I thought the central whatever one was for "new users", and not a replacement?

If you don't offer the original as an option it's basically replacing it, and means having to manually go open DIM every time. 

If there was a DIM link it would, I suppose, potentially confuse new users. I always open DIM manually anyway, aside from anything else it enables me to spot any product updates.

On the other hand, if they don't give DIM as an alternative how would anyone who was no longer a new user get to know about DIM or advance to using it?

Making it more troublesome to purchase goods if you use DIM doesn't seem to have any obvious benefit to me or anyone else who has no use for central.

They could at least provide text underneath saying "Or download via DIM" with the old link as a compromise between these new brand of confused by everything users and everyone else. 

You could post that to the Daz Central Beta thread, which did have Daz_People reading it, or send it in a support ticket.

The completed sales page is missing the link to download via DIM now.

I thought the central whatever one was for "new users", and not a replacement?

If you don't offer the original as an option it's basically replacing it, and means having to manually go open DIM every time. 

If there was a DIM link it would, I suppose, potentially confuse new users. I always open DIM manually anyway, aside from anything else it enables me to spot any product updates.

On the other hand, if they don't give DIM as an alternative how would anyone who was no longer a new user get to know about DIM or advance to using it?

Making it more troublesome to purchase goods if you use DIM doesn't seem to have any obvious benefit to me or anyone else who has no use for central.

They could at least provide text underneath saying "Or download via DIM" with the old link as a compromise between these new brand of confused by everything users and everyone else. 

The completed sales page is missing the link to download via DIM now.

I thought the central whatever one was for "new users", and not a replacement?

If you don't offer the original as an option it's basically replacing it, and means having to manually go open DIM every time. 

If there was a DIM link it would, I suppose, potentially confuse new users. I always open DIM manually anyway, aside from anything else it enables me to spot any product updates.

The completed sales page is missing the link to download via DIM now.

I thought the central whatever one was for "new users", and not a replacement?

If you don't offer the original as an option it's basically replacing it, and means having to manually go open DIM every time. 

Daz Central will not remove existing installed content, though people using the beta at least did find it changed some paths so if you are not using the defaults you might need tor eset them to your preferred options. You could use Install manager to download the files anyway - it is possible to use the filter box at top-right to by order number if you want to process single orders, or you could do it by a date range - http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/install_manager/referenceguide/interface/filter_field/advanced_filtering#order