Richard Haseltine said:

When I used Daz Connect, I found that I couldn't download the files on one PC, and then transfer them later onto my main PC, which meant that I couldn't create a backup of all my products. (I'm on a 2mb line so downloading takes forever,) 

Does DazCentral allow you to simply move your entire library around, backup, restore, move it onto an external hard drive if you start running out of space, move it to another PC, when you upgrade etc like you can with files downloaded through DIM? 

I guess this answers my question. it looks like we have to redownload our entire library. It seems like just another form of DRM to be honest. 

Can I copy products installed using Daz Connect from one computer to another?

The preferred workflow is to log in to each computer and install the desired products using Daz Connect

I like to move files around on disk to organize them differently. Can I still do that?

You cannot move files around for products installed through Daz Connect. You can change the drive and/or path to which products are installed using Daz Connect, but you cannot manually re-organize the files within the product.

The FAQ entries relate to Daz Connect (the Install pane etc. in DS), not Daz Central. (And the Connect files are not encrypted, so you can back them up - but they will not load correctly through CMS-based views if you move them.)

So so clarify then, if you use Daz Central to download files, does it use the connect format or the DIM format for saving files?

personally I can't see the point of this new 'central' installer

DIM works perfectly well and the DIM screen display is far more compactly displayed

the few 'extra' options provided could just as easily have been added to DIM

I have never ever thought while browsing my DIM list 'oh that's a nice pair of shoes, I must immediatley start up DAZ and do something with them'

I rather suspect DAZ is trying to bring back 'connect' in a different guise

I have accidentally purchased 'connect only' items in the past and been too lazy to return them, but I have never used them

in fact i have more often than not uninstalled them

if this new system is trying to bring back connect (or central as the ONLY method of installation) then DAZ can look forward to losing a customer

far from bringing new flexibility this new central will bring less, as noted in earlier comments

I have many other hobbies which will happily fill my time

I really love DAZ Central, especially after struggling for many years with too many separate files after creating renders in DAZ Studio. I am willing to pay for a commercial plugin to DAZ Central that would enable me to have the ability for my renders to show up sorted showing round thumbnails, file name, figure, date, and file size exactly as how "My Assets" and "Plugins" presently function. Such a plugin (to me) would be worth paying up to $35 to have.

When I used Daz Connect, I found that I couldn't download the files on one PC, and then transfer them later onto my main PC, which meant that I couldn't create a backup of all my products. (I'm on a 2mb line so downloading takes forever,) 

Does DazCentral allow you to simply move your entire library around, backup, restore, move it onto an external hard drive if you start running out of space, move it to another PC, when you upgrade etc like you can with files downloaded through DIM? 

I guess this answers my question. it looks like we have to redownload our entire library. It seems like just another form of DRM to be honest. 

Can I copy products installed using Daz Connect from one computer to another?

The preferred workflow is to log in to each computer and install the desired products using Daz Connect

I like to move files around on disk to organize them differently. Can I still do that?

You cannot move files around for products installed through Daz Connect. You can change the drive and/or path to which products are installed using Daz Connect, but you cannot manually re-organize the files within the product.

The FAQ entries relate to Daz Connect (the Install pane etc. in DS), not Daz Central. (And the Connect files are not encrypted, so you can back them up - but they will not load correctly through CMS-based views if you move them.)

Firstly I love the new thumbnail view, I've been wishing for this for quite a while,  ( i used to scrape the product pages and replace all the tiny thumbnails in the metadata folder with full res ones :D ). This makes my life much easier. 

Im a bit concerned about how much fragmentation there is in Installation methods

• poser runtime
• DAZ Library
• DIM
• Smart Content
• Daz central

One of the nice things about smart content is that it contextually gives you a list of compatible assets. Central is (at the moment) a slicker version of DIM (which is not bad but it feels like it should simply replace it)

I would love to see better search features added to this, with a tag system. The tool would be much more usefull if I could specify the same filters as the Daz Store, or even better an abriatry list of Tag or a simple query

like:

all: "Geneis 8" "Outerwear"

any: "Sci-Fi",  "Space"

at the moment the search features of all offerings are quite limited, and dont scale very well with a big content library.

I hope I dont come off as negative I'm a dev too and I know the pain of nothing but negative user feedback!

I tried to Download Das Central - when I try to install it onto my computer it opens up to Window appts on my machine, It shows DAZ 11 64bit. is intalled.   I have Daz 12 intalled. it shows that at the top of Daz Studio for one thing, I use to click on something and it would download onto my computer without going to Microsoft. I don't know what to do click on the Daz 11 installer or what how do Install DAZ Central at this point, this has never happend before.Every thing I've downloaded before just installed when I click to install, before

There is a thread for Daz Central, to which Daz staff were posting, it might be best to post there (or we can merge this thread into that). https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/407131/beta-for-dazcentral-your-new-content-manager#latest

Start DIM normally and check that its paths are still correct.

Thank you for the quick reply Leana.

I'm not sure what you mean by filters in DIM - I don't think I've ever set any.

If it is server problem, I guess I'll wait and hope it works next time.

After installing them with DAZ Central the items did appear under "installed" in DAZ Install Manager.

Items should still appear in DIM. Maybe you have filters in DIM which prevent it to show?

Or it might be that DIM and DAZ Central don't look for their files on the same server and the DIM servers have not updated yet.

I installed and ran DAZ Central it seemed to work fine. I exited DAZ Central.

I made a purchase. I clicked on the usual download and install button and DAZ Install Manager found nothing to install.

The items could be found in DAZ Central and installed individually.

Is this the new normal?

The FAQs seem to claim otherwise:

"Does DazCentral mean I can’t use Daz Install Manager (DIM)?

You can use DazCentral and Daz Install Manager together! DazCentral can detect what content is installed through Install Manager. It will also detect that path Install Manager is installing content to and will automatically read and install to this path."

The sales conditions need some clarification. The second blurb says:

1. Platinum Club+ Members Only

2. Get an EXTRA 30% OFF¥ Daz Originals
3. Get 20% OFF* Gift Cards
4. Buy A Gift Card
5. Get an EXTRA 30% OFF* “DazCentral” New Releases or an EXTRA 45% OFF* if you buy 3 or more
6. ¥ Excludes "DazCentral" New Releases, Memberships and Gift Cards.

The exclusion stated in line 6 for line 2 contradicts the inclusion in line 5. Then way down at the bottom, the same symbol has a different set of exclusions.

¥ Discount excludes new releases and PC+ Items.

Statement 5 applies to DazCentral items and statement 2 applies to all other Daz Original items. If statement 6 did not exist then there would be 2 extra lots of 30% off applied to DazCentral items.

I'm not seeing any error here.

The sales conditions need some clarification. The second blurb says:

1. Platinum Club+ Members Only

2. Get an EXTRA 30% OFF¥ Daz Originals
3. Get 20% OFF* Gift Cards
4. Buy A Gift Card
5. Get an EXTRA 30% OFF* “DazCentral” New Releases or an EXTRA 45% OFF* if you buy 3 or more
6. ¥ Excludes "DazCentral" New Releases, Memberships and Gift Cards.

The exclusion stated in line 6 for line 2 contradicts the inclusion in line 5. Then way down at the bottom, the same symbol has a different set of exclusions.

¥ Discount excludes new releases and PC+ Items.

The 30% off DazOs ¥ excludes new releases, memberships and gift cards.

Get 20% off GCs

Extra 30% off Daz Central release or 45% with 3 or more * Items must be in cart simultaneously for discount to apply.

I don't see the line ¥ Discount excludes new releases and PC+ Items.

Edit: Oh, way at the bottom. But that pertains to the section of the Featured Artists stores.

The sales conditions need some clarification. The second blurb says:

1. Platinum Club+ Members Only

2. Get an EXTRA 30% OFF¥ Daz Originals
3. Get 20% OFF* Gift Cards
4. Buy A Gift Card
5. Get an EXTRA 30% OFF* “DazCentral” New Releases or an EXTRA 45% OFF* if you buy 3 or more
6. ¥ Excludes "DazCentral" New Releases, Memberships and Gift Cards.

The exclusion stated in line 6 for line 2 contradicts the inclusion in line 5. Then way down at the bottom, the same symbol has a different set of exclusions.

¥ Discount excludes new releases and PC+ Items.

I just want to thank all those who were involved in the creation the new DAZ CENTRAL.application.  In a word, it's fantastic!  It makes everything so much easier, especially for New Users.Congrats on a job well done.

--- Vic

@cosmicdawnseries, you just validated what I've thought all along. Nobody will care if the animation is Disney level, completely amateur, or anywhere in between if there is an interesting story and something better to care about. A few seconds in, I was immersed and agreed to be transported to wherever the story was going to take me. I think the true job of the animation is simply to not break the agreement previously made between the storyteller and the viewer: "OK, suspend your disbelief, engage your imagination, work with what I'm presenting, and I'll tell you a story that is worth your time."

BTW, I won't give away any of the plot, but I loved the growing intensity in the narrarator's read as the central conflict was revealed.

This post was moved from from: [Released] Content Wizard [Commercial].

I followed my usual process with Yuliana: select the zips, grab a thumbnail off Renderosity and add it, fill in the name/artist/store/product id fields, then click Analyze Content, then Install Content, then Install Smart Content. I don't believe that I entered any weird values or selected any unusual options that might have made things go strange.

I am struggling with this one.  Nothing is jumping out at me.  Sorry.

 

I lost all my G8F smart content late last week. I was not using CONTENT WIZARD.

The only change I made before I lost the G8F smart content, was install the new DazCentral and install a couple of Daz Store products using it.

All the G8F smart content reappeared after I uninstalled and then reinstalling a few G8F items using the old DAZ Install manager.

See the discussion earlier about Daz Central reverting to the default paths.

Hello,

After a couple of days trying to find the problem and removing any references to DAZ Studio I could find I still had problems when trying to run the G2 to G8 conversion scripts. AS I only use my workstation for DAZ Studio I copied my work to an external drive and removed it. I then formatted both my C: and D: drives then reinstalled WIndows 10 on drive C:

I used DAZ Install Manager to install DAZ Studio and the Postgress cms then loaded a Genesis 2 character and the conversion script and everything worked as expected.

My problems started when I re-installed the Contact Wizard, I could not run the G2 to G8 scripts.

Uninstalling the Content Wizard meant the scripts both run correctly.

I have attached my log file with a couple of comments but am now stuck again.

All products have been installed with DAZ Connect and I have not installed DAZ Central or run Daz Install Manager since the initial install and there is no other software running on the workstation

 

Ok, that means there is an out of date version in the Content Wizard.  I will update its zip with the upcoming patch.  In the meantime, you will need to swap them in and out.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Parlando d'altro, qualcuno di voi ha provato DAZ Central? Vi siete trovati bene?

DAZ Central non è altro che il DIM semplificato per chi non pensa di poter imparare nulla nella vita, quindi passo :)

Si, l'ho provato... Come dicevo, atroce!
Mancano tutte le opzioni necessarie ad un utente serio!

Hello,

After a couple of days trying to find the problem and removing any references to DAZ Studio I could find I still had problems when trying to run the G2 to G8 conversion scripts. AS I only use my workstation for DAZ Studio I copied my work to an external drive and removed it. I then formatted both my C: and D: drives then reinstalled WIndows 10 on drive C:

I used DAZ Install Manager to install DAZ Studio and the Postgress cms then loaded a Genesis 2 character and the conversion script and everything worked as expected.

My problems started when I re-installed the Contact Wizard, I could not run the G2 to G8 scripts.

Uninstalling the Content Wizard meant the scripts both run correctly.

I have attached my log file with a couple of comments but am now stuck again.

All products have been installed with DAZ Connect and I have not installed DAZ Central or run Daz Install Manager since the initial install and there is no other software running on the workstation

 

Parlando d'altro, qualcuno di voi ha provato DAZ Central? Vi siete trovati bene?

DAZ Central non è altro che il DIM semplificato per chi non pensa di poter imparare nulla nella vita, quindi passo :)