Download Daz Install Manager (DIM). This will let you install all your content, wherever you want it, in a very streamlined fashion. You can use Daz Connect (downloading content inside DS) or Daz Central, which is essentially DIM for newbies, but DIM really is the recommended way to install content unless you choose to install manually.

Hi Richard, I honestly can't remember how I installed it, long time ago, all I know is the path MAC SSD/Users/Shared/My DAZ 3D Library. So that's the path I chose when asked, is there another path?

Everything I've ever bought I install through Daz Central, is this different?

Hi team, I have just purchased the Mesh Grabber bundle and installed via Daz Central. 1. It says Select Daz Studio version - only one available is 4.5 (I have 4.12} 2. Pursued anyway by Selecting Path - My DAZ 3D Library (IS this correct?)

Having completed this nothing shows up in Tools menu or Plug ins section.

Searched relentlessly through the forums. Lots about dlls, folder, plug in thingys and wotnots. Most advice was to install vis DIM. So uninstalled and tried through DIM but get lots of things to choose (Pics attached) Deleted from DIM

Went back to DAZ Central but faced witht the select this and that issues (Pics attached (I hope)

This is an edited version of what I have gone through as I am very tired now.

Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong? It cannot be this difficult

thank you

My DAZ Studio program says 4.21 Pro along the top. I do not recall the program version changing. The update I previously mentioned was the outoftouch items specifically having updates made available. There was a different thread in the commons recently discussing the massive updates, apparently accross tons of items, but I didn't see anyone mention this kind of problem there.

I totally see what you mean about the images being too small. I had attached them to the bottom and dragged them from there into the post, perhaps incorrectly. I mistakenly thought the attached files would remain and be displayed as well. Based on a thread I was reading that explained how to add a picture from the tool bar at the top of the text editor, it seems like I need to upload an image somewhere else and link it through a URL? Not sure about posting a bunch of technical renders to the gallery. Seems like that's intended for finished stuff. Maybe I can upload to somewhere like DeviantArt and link from there. I'll see if I can try to edit it or fix that since the problem is fundamentally a bunch of really thin lines that do not display well on such small images.

I'll check my renders again and see if they are undercooked. Although I've not had this problem previously, it's worth checking up on. Thanks, for responding! 

**Also further tried deleting all six hair items, restarting PC to reset the whole system as a precaution, and reinstalled each item individually, one at a time, by way of the Install Manager instead of DAZ Central. The problem persists. No change. I am casually experimenting with different lighting conditions to try to better understand what is happening. Shall update this thread if a solution is found.**

Firstly, I wish to express how much I love the quality of Out of Touch's products and appreciate the updates and fixes that have been made for us. It really shows they care about the items working properly. Furthermore, I do not want to come across as though I am assuming that any fault here is beyond my own capacity to cause. I failed to find anyone else mentioning this problem here and that may very well indicate that it is only an issue with my stuff, but I would greatly appreciate if anyone might take the time to run a test render of their version on their end and let me know if this is local to me or a universal problem.

I have recently found a strange type of artifact or error in several of the half dozen Out of Touch hair models I have in my library. It is as though the top level of flyaways, those wisps of this hair in the outermost layers, are completely solid and failing to blend as they usually do. This is most sharply evident in the Everyday Updo 2 and Messy Braids models, as they both feature a dense layer of outer flyaways. I've reset my render settings, compared other artist items (AprilYSH, Linday, etc.), uninstalled and reinstalled all six models, and fully restarted my PC trying to debug this. Unless it is something else on my end, I suspect that the recent OOT update changed something as I have renders from not long before that which do not show these visual artifacts.

I do wonder if it could be one of the many new items and plugins I have installed over the new year, but to test that, I would need to uninstall everything to see if the problem disappears.

(sorry, if the following images do not display properly as it is my first time posting here)

Below (left) is a render I made today showing the stark highlighting of the flyaway/wisp layer of hair compared to a test render for the same character from a couple months ago (right).

Has anyone else had this issue before or currently have it as well? It could very well just be me and something I've done wrong, but I am failing to figure out where and how.

As far as I can tell, it seems to technically affect all materials, yet only shows brightly on lighter colors like blonde and red hair with medium brunettes being noticable but not nearly as sharp. Additionally, some older models seem unaffected. Adjusting "translucency weight" had no effect, and while altering the "cutout opacity" image texture fixed the highlighting issue, it also severly distorted the strand opacity, making the flyaways fully blend in with the main hair and lose all the original wisp detail. I've recently stopped trying to convert my items from Daz to Blender and shifted to mainly using Daz. Hence, I am still quite lacking in my understanding of how the materials work. I do miss my node editor. I wonder if there is a missing file somewhere that told those flyaway materials how to blend in properly and was lost in the update or, possibly, is not downloading for me correctly. I've been using DAZ Central to manage installations. Perhaps, I should uninstall again and use the Install Manager?

Below is a close up comparison between the Everyday Updo 2 (left) and the Linda Ponytail (right) models.

Below are all six OOT hair models I own in one shot. (default render settings / basic G8.1F / dark blonde material)

(From left to right and oldest to newest: Linda Ponytail, MEGA Updo, Hannah Ponytail, Turbulent Tail, Everyday Updo 2, and Messy Braids)

The oldest two seem visibly unaffected, while the messier styles practically light up like neon. I'm not sure if the images here convey it fully, but the high contrast is visibly jarring. It might work from a distance, but up close it's like razer wire, where it used to be strands of silk.

Hopefully, this is either some novice thing I am missing, or is something easy to fix from the official source. I really do love these models, and was looking forward to using them in an animated project, but I don't know if I can do so until I figure out how to get them back to normal, or until they are fixed, should the source be broken.

Thanks, for taking the time to read this, and I greatly appreciate any help on the matter.

Edit: fixed grammar error & reattached images at the bottom

Mod edit: duplicate thread was somehow created and has been deleted.

I had this issue where, I clicked 'cancel' at startup after having installed a fresh copy of Daz. It apparently prompted to include the library where Daz Central was already installing things. 

Eventually, I followed this advice, from, RH above.
What are you content directories? Go to Daz Studio>Preferences, in the dialogue go to the Content tab, click the Content Directory Manager button, and in the next dialogue expand the entries under the Current Set to show all the paths

Then, added the folder manually to the existing list. Specifically this folder.
C:\Daz 3D\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library
under, Daz Studio Formats under Current Directories.
Jay. 

Got it proceed, it seems to require some package that comes with Daz Central only

Yes it's really not practical but you get used to it, I use an external ssd and a secondary computer just to download during the night. Means that I must must be wrong before clicking on download.

Otherwise I found another culprit, my antivirus it delete the dlls from the DIM folder once it was installed without warning.

So I deleted it for another, it was panda antivirus.

Even disabling there was some process running in the background and it went away when I disabled them.

It works now and suddenly daz also, I even started the tutorials. (too well done!) On the other hand, I can't manage to connect Daz with my account, but DIM installs everything for me properly, so that's fine. I also tried the central daz again, the download crashes but it's the connection so I'll stay with DIM.

It was long but I finally got there.

Richard Haseltine said:

Currently Used shows properties with non-default values, not non-zero (I would like to have an option to show all non-zero - I thought it was possible at one time).

Load the Genesis 8.1 Female Dev Build figure. Edit>Figure>Zero>Zero Figure Shape. Edit>Memorise>Memorise Figure Shape. File>Save As>Support Assets>Save Modified Assets - if you install through Install manager, Daz Central, or manually let that complete; if you install through Daz Studio itself note the problem products and uninstall them or save a Character preset and use that to load the figure.

Thank you for responding! I understand the step-by-step instructions for zeroing the figure and saving the modified assets, if I assume correctly that you are referring to the Dev Build figure that I circled in the attached image.

However, I am not sure what you are telling me to do in the part after that. What is it that I am supposed to 'let complete' at that point?

Currently Used shows properties with non-default values, not non-zero (I would like to have an option to show all non-zero - I thought it was possible at one time).

Load the Genesis 8.1 Female Dev Build figure. Edit>Figure>Zero>Zero Figure Shape. Edit>Memorise>Memorise Figure Shape. File>Save As>Support Assets>Save Modified Assets - if you install through Install manager, Daz Central, or manually let that complete; if you install through Daz Studio itself note the problem products and uninstall them or save a Character preset and use that to load the figure.

Hello -

I've purchased this product: https://www.daz3d.com/daz-studio-beginner-to-advanced

I've downloaded the two parts via the installer.

Does anyone know how I can access the videos themselves? I can't find any reference to them in Daz Central or in Daz Studio.

Many thanks!

Ash

Well, that doesn't sound like the ideal situation - although if you are working with a very limited internet connection then I guess doing much with 3D will be tricky regardless - most 3D assets do require a chunky amount of space and all that data has to be downloaded somehow.

I can't say for certain if this is the cause of the issues you are having as while my internet connection can be a little tempermental occasionally it is generally quite good.  Are you able to maybe head to a cafe or library where they may have a better internet connection and wifi that you can borrow/use?

Also, if your connection is limited, if you did get Daz to install and function, it may very well be best for you to not use DIM or Central but instead use Daz Connect - it causes problems for may people but I believe it's one stand-out feature is that it can download "update deltas" - i.e. if a product is updated it can download ONLY the parts that have changed whereas the other installers will re-download the entire new package. Of cource that doesn't help if you cannot get Daz working in the first place.

It is a bit of a shame that these days you cannot purchase software on physical media anymore for those that cannot so easily download large packages.

Richard Haseltine said:

Korentin said:

My DIM app hasn't worked on this account since the start of November last year. Like the OP it seems to be connected to a refund I requested. I've had two responses since then, the last one at the start of December. Recently I created a new account to see if that would solve the problem, which it did. So I'm fairly sure that whatever is wrong is on DAZ's end and not with my installation.

If it is only DIM affected have you tried removing the account.ini file from

%appdata%/daz 3d/InstallManager/UserAccounts/

No, it's Daz central too.

But yeah, I deleted app data and everything else DAZ in December and re-installed but it made no difference. By this point I'm fairly certain there is nothing else I can do on my end to fix this account. Thanks for the tip though :)

kyoto kid said:

Wonderland said:

kyoto kid said:

...well the "big freeze here in Portland is finally over as it got up to nearly 50° (F) today after being in the mid to high 30s with lows in the low 20s that last couple days. 

The apartment has one of those "in the wall" heater units which are usually found in cheap motels and in the south  (yay, government subsidised housing) that are barely sufficient to warm up main area when it's in the 40s even on the high setting.. Usually I put an extra layer on but it was so cold these last few days my hands were freezing and once that happens I feel cold all over (difficult to type or work on scenes in Daz while wearing gloves). so I had to leave it run for hours to get any semblance of heat by my desks.  Why they never designed the building with a central boiler and steam heat, particularly in a building that is home to a fair number of seniors (who not just are more susceptible to temperature extremes, but also usually on a very tight fixed income) makes no sense as electric heating is probably the most cost inefficient way to heat the volume air in a room.  This of course translates to ridiculously high power bills in winter

Baseboard heating is bad enough (and you can't have anything blocking the units ao so arranging furniture is an interesting challenge), but those in the wall ones like we have here are definitely not up to the task.   On top of that even though this is a fairly new building I question just how good the insulation as it gets really cold inside this time of year (and conversely., very hot in mid summer).. 

Fortunately it's going stay more seasonable in the low to mid 50s this weekend through next week.

Have you tried a portable desk heater? My apartment came with no heater whatsoever and I find the little portable heater is all I need, if that.  But my apartment must be very well insulated because even when it's like 40 degrees out, it's not really cold in the apartment. I just wear leggings, socks, a T-shirt and hoodie and it's totally comfortable. 

...unfortunately it would only dd to my already high winter power bills. 

I grew up in Wisconsin with a gas furnace, stove, and water heater.  So much more efficient for heating the volume of air (better for baking things in the oven as well) and our bills were not as high as homes in the area that had electric heat and the house was over a halfcentury old (nobiody bothered about "R-Factor" back then).  The first apartment  I had here in Portland (a large 1 BR) had a gas heater (one of the large wall mounted forced air ones) and stove.  That heater kept the entire apartment nice and warm all winter.  My gas bill in winter never exceeded 16$ a month. 

Steam heat is the best though  WHne I was in college in North Central Wisconin in the 70s, I shared a 3 BR apartment in an old mansion with a couple freinds that was dived up into a cpiple apartments and several single rooms. . The building had a central boiler in the cellar and the apartments as wel as single rooms all had those old fashioned iron radiators.  Even on -15° to -20² (F) nights the apartments and single rooms was toasty warm. Some nights I even had to turn the radiator in my bedroom down a bit.  

For a while in the 80s I lived in one of those cheaply built  "cookie cutter" wood framed apartment buildings built (I should say "slapped together") in the 70s which had electric baseboard heating that you couldn't put anything in front of (made for some creative furniture arranging).  One of the things I always wondered about those places is why the heating units were always placed right under the largest window in each room rather than on an interior wall. I always felt the contractor must have invested in the local power utility as the windows in those places were all single pane glass which offered zero insulation and made a perfect "heat leak". 

That's exactly why they place them under windows.  Heats the air before the draft can go far into the room.  Single pane?  Yikes!

Dana 

kyoto kid said:

...well the "big freeze here in Portland is finally over as it got up to nearly 50° (F) today after being in the mid to high 30s with lows in the low 20s that last couple days. 

The apartment has one of those "in the wall" heater units which are usually found in cheap motels and in the south  (yay, government subsidised housing) that are barely sufficient to warm up main area when it's in the 40s even on the high setting.. Usually I put an extra layer on but it was so cold these last few days my hands were freezing and once that happens I feel cold all over (difficult to type or work on scenes in Daz while wearing gloves). so I had to leave it run for hours to get any semblance of heat by my desks.  Why they never designed the building with a central boiler and steam heat, particularly in a building that is home to a fair number of seniors (who not just are more susceptible to temperature extremes, but also usually on a very tight fixed income) makes no sense as electric heating is probably the most cost inefficient way to heat the volume air in a room.  This of course translates to ridiculously high power bills in winter

Baseboard heating is bad enough (and you can't have anything blocking the units ao so arranging furniture is an interesting challenge), but those in the wall ones like we have here are definitely not up to the task.   On top of that even though this is a fairly new building I question just how good the insulation as it gets really cold inside this time of year (and conversely., very hot in mid summer).. 

Fortunately it's going stay more seasonable in the low to mid 50s this weekend through next week.

You wouldn't do well here this weekend!  Saturday morning, around dawn, it will be about -4F.  Wind chill will be in the negative 20s!  The high for Saturday is expected to be about 14F.  Diane asked about grocery shopping on Saturday, but I told her that I'm not going out, not even across the street to get our mail!  On Sunday, back into the mid 40s for a high.

Dana

kyoto kid said:

. Why they never designed the building with a central boiler and steam heat, particularly in a building that is home to a fair number of seniors (who not just are more susceptible to temperature extremes, but also usually on a very tight fixed income) makes no sense as electric heating is probably the most cost inefficient way to heat the volume air in a room.  This of course translates to ridiculously high power bills in winter

Our 21 stroy building has hydronic (hot water) heat with a boiler room on the roof,  4 boilers for building heat and domestc hot water with just about 12 million BTU available. Automation controls the boiler set points so that they get higher as the outside temo gets colder. We also have it set so that starting at -10C outside,  once an hour the system opens all the suite zone valves for a minute or to to help reduce the riks of heating pipe freeze. We had a ruin of -28C temps a few weeks back, and were able to keep the suite to about 75F.. 

Wonderland said:

kyoto kid said:

...well the "big freeze here in Portland is finally over as it got up to nearly 50° (F) today after being in the mid to high 30s with lows in the low 20s that last couple days. 

The apartment has one of those "in the wall" heater units which are usually found in cheap motels and in the south  (yay, government subsidised housing) that are barely sufficient to warm up main area when it's in the 40s even on the high setting.. Usually I put an extra layer on but it was so cold these last few days my hands were freezing and once that happens I feel cold all over (difficult to type or work on scenes in Daz while wearing gloves). so I had to leave it run for hours to get any semblance of heat by my desks.  Why they never designed the building with a central boiler and steam heat, particularly in a building that is home to a fair number of seniors (who not just are more susceptible to temperature extremes, but also usually on a very tight fixed income) makes no sense as electric heating is probably the most cost inefficient way to heat the volume air in a room.  This of course translates to ridiculously high power bills in winter

Baseboard heating is bad enough (and you can't have anything blocking the units ao so arranging furniture is an interesting challenge), but those in the wall ones like we have here are definitely not up to the task.   On top of that even though this is a fairly new building I question just how good the insulation as it gets really cold inside this time of year (and conversely., very hot in mid summer).. 

Fortunately it's going stay more seasonable in the low to mid 50s this weekend through next week.

Have you tried a portable desk heater? My apartment came with no heater whatsoever and I find the little portable heater is all I need, if that.  But my apartment must be very well insulated because even when it's like 40 degrees out, it's not really cold in the apartment. I just wear leggings, socks, a T-shirt and hoodie and it's totally comfortable. 

...unfortunately it would only dd to my already high winter power bills. 

I grew up in Wisconsin with a gas furnace, stove, and water heater.  So much more efficient for heating the volume of air (better for baking things in the oven as well) and our bills were not as high as homes in the area that had electric heat and the house was over a halfcentury old (nobiody bothered about "R-Factor" back then).  The first apartment  I had here in Portland (a large 1 BR) had a gas heater (one of the large wall mounted forced air ones) and stove.  That heater kept the entire apartment nice and warm all winter.  My gas bill in winter never exceeded 16$ a month. 

Steam heat is the best though  WHne I was in college in North Central Wisconin in the 70s, I shared a 3 BR apartment in an old mansion with a couple freinds that was dived up into a cpiple apartments and several single rooms. . The building had a central boiler in the cellar and the apartments as wel as single rooms all had those old fashioned iron radiators.  Even on -15° to -20² (F) nights the apartments and single rooms was toasty warm. Some nights I even had to turn the radiator in my bedroom down a bit.  

For a while in the 80s I lived in one of those cheaply built  "cookie cutter" wood framed apartment buildings built (I should say "slapped together") in the 70s which had electric baseboard heating that you couldn't put anything in front of (made for some creative furniture arranging).  One of the things I always wondered about those places is why the heating units were always placed right under the largest window in each room rather than on an interior wall. I always felt the contractor must have invested in the local power utility as the windows in those places were all single pane glass which offered zero insulation and made a perfect "heat leak". 

kyoto kid said:

...well the "big freeze here in Portland is finally over as it got up to nearly 50° (F) today after being in the mid to high 30s with lows in the low 20s that last couple days. 

The apartment has one of those "in the wall" heater units which are usually found in cheap motels and in the south  (yay, government subsidised housing) that are barely sufficient to warm up main area when it's in the 40s even on the high setting.. Usually I put an extra layer on but it was so cold these last few days my hands were freezing and once that happens I feel cold all over (difficult to type or work on scenes in Daz while wearing gloves). so I had to leave it run for hours to get any semblance of heat by my desks.  Why they never designed the building with a central boiler and steam heat, particularly in a building that is home to a fair number of seniors (who not just are more susceptible to temperature extremes, but also usually on a very tight fixed income) makes no sense as electric heating is probably the most cost inefficient way to heat the volume air in a room.  This of course translates to ridiculously high power bills in winter

Baseboard heating is bad enough (and you can't have anything blocking the units ao so arranging furniture is an interesting challenge), but those in the wall ones like we have here are definitely not up to the task.   On top of that even though this is a fairly new building I question just how good the insulation as it gets really cold inside this time of year (and conversely., very hot in mid summer).. 

Fortunately it's going stay more seasonable in the low to mid 50s this weekend through next week.

Have you tried a portable desk heater? My apartment came with no heater whatsoever and I find the little portable heater is all I need, if that.  But my apartment must be very well insulated because even when it's like 40 degrees out, it's not really cold in the apartment. I just wear leggings, socks, a T-shirt and hoodie and it's totally comfortable. 

...well the "big freeze here in Portland is finally over as it got up to nearly 50° (F) today after being in the mid to high 30s with lows in the low 20s that last couple days. 

The apartment has one of those "in the wall" heater units which are usually found in cheap motels and in the south  (yay, government subsidised housing) that are barely sufficient to warm up main area when it's in the 40s even on the high setting.. Usually I put an extra layer on but it was so cold these last few days my hands were freezing and once that happens I feel cold all over (difficult to type or work on scenes in Daz while wearing gloves). so I had to leave it run for hours to get any semblance of heat by my desks.  Why they never designed the building with a central boiler and steam heat, particularly in a building that is home to a fair number of seniors (who not just are more susceptible to temperature extremes, but also usually on a very tight fixed income) makes no sense as electric heating is probably the most cost inefficient way to heat the volume air in a room.  This of course translates to ridiculously high power bills in winter

Baseboard heating is bad enough (and you can't have anything blocking the units ao so arranging furniture is an interesting challenge), but those in the wall ones like we have here are definitely not up to the task.   On top of that even though this is a fairly new building I question just how good the insulation as it gets really cold inside this time of year (and conversely., very hot in mid summer).. 

Fortunately it's going stay more seasonable in the low to mid 50s this weekend through next week.

Gator said:

joanna said:

Hylas said:

I liked the split items, and I don't see how it would hurt folks who didn't like them. You could still buy the entire garment if you wanted to.

And have a huge mess in Daz Central and Smart Content as every single piece was counted as separate item. Same for the store, for that matter, scrolling past countless "piece of outfit" items was somewhat annoying.

Makes me wonder what the sales results were for full outfit vs. pieces, but I doubt Daz will share any ratios/percentages.

Yeah I can imagine it just being a mess for asset management at the store, and for consumers. 

Just bought a clothing bundle that had all the outfits divided into separate parts with separate downloads... Pain in the you know where...

The idea wasn't bad, but the execution could not have been worse.