RiverSoftArt said:

I am sorry you are having difficulty.  I will have to check the code (I am away from my dev computer) to see why that error is occuring.  I will say, however, that installing through Daz Connect can be a bad idea with my scripts, especially the older ones.  Daz Connect tends to have my scripts pull in support files from multiple products, which can cause issues.  The first thing I would try is to uninstall the product, delete the cloud folder where the product was, and install with DIM.  Often, that can fix most issues by itself.

Thanks for the quick response. And I'm pleased to say that after an uninstall and a manual reinstallation, both V4 and M4 convertors are working. It appears the Daz Central/Daz Connect service, while trying to make the install easier, decided to put both scripts in the Daz executable folder tree and not my "My Library" tree as expected. Now I've copied the files across to the right directories, everything seems to be working.
Image is the M4 UK Police Uniform (hat, jacket and trousers) from Poserworld converted to G8M. There are some artefacts on the floor between the shoes and these seem to be created from the shin areas of the trousers. But I've seen this mentioned in the manual so I'll go back and look at how it can be improved.
Again, thanks Riversoft. You have another happy customer :)

peter_c8c4744f said:

islandgurl31 said:

peter_c8c4744f said:

I was very excited about this product and unfortunately the disappointment that it does not work, the greater.

I followed the video tutorial in this thread. So I put the script in the main menu under Favorites as described.

Then I loaded various Genesis 9 figures and made sure nothing was selected except in the Scene tab the G9 figure and the G8 pose and called the script from the Main menu.

But no matter what I do, I always get the message: "Please Assign Sortcut Key or Add Script to Menu before use, then open Script while having a Pose file selected".

I've been playing around for hours, uninstalling and reinstalling the product several times (both with DAZ Central and DAZ Install Manager).

I have restarted DAZ Studio several times and it just won't work.

I have DAZ Studio 4.21 Pro installed but all my assets are on a network drive in different folders. This has worked for years without any problems.

                    Hello maybe this video will help u out better :-) :

                    

Thank you, this helps a lot and now it works as desired :-)

Glad I could help :-)

Pugwash_3769741927 said:

Hi Riversoft.
I've just got back into Poser and Daz after 5 years and have bought the V4-G8F and M4-G8M convertors today so I don't lose usage of my old Gen4 outfits. But I'm having well below acceptable levels of success. I've read the manual but it doesn't seem to cover my woes. In both cases, I am using the G8 and not the G8.1 versions of the bodies.
When attempting to work on any M4 files, I get the same error: "Could not set conversion morph". I've had a small amount of success with the V4 convertor but the other attempts have had the same log message.
This is one of the last logs on M4-G8M before I rage quit.
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): WARNING: Forcing Conversion of Clothing Items
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Executing Script
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Selecting Preset: J:/Program Files/Metacreations/Clothing/Runtime/Libraries/Character/!M4 Clothing/P3DA_M4Business/BusinessJacket.cr2
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Converting clothing from J:/Program Files/Metacreations/Clothing/Runtime/Libraries/Character/!M4 Clothing/P3DA_M4Business/BusinessJacket.cr2 to J:/Program Files/My DAZ 3D Library 1/People/Genesis 8 Male/Clothing/M4 Converted Clothes/Runtime/Libraries/Character/!M4 Clothing/P3DA_M4Business/BusinessJacket.duf
22:24:43 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Could not set conversion morph
22:24:50 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Execution Complete.
The convertor creates the folder for the files but there is nothing in them.
I have had others where the Could Not Set message appears multiple times in the conversion attempt. I've tried to use different conformers in case it's an error in the selection but always the same result. And even went as far as unchecking most of the options.
I've had zero success with the M4 script and out of 20 outfits for V4 tried, I've had success with just 4. One was a M4 jacket that had failed on the M4 convertor and another was a V3-V4 conversion done in EvilInnocence's XD4 convertor.
Can you suggest a solution for the morph error ? I downloaded and installed the convertors through Daz Central so wouldn't hope there is corruption already in the data.
Cheers.

I am sorry you are having difficulty.  I will have to check the code (I am away from my dev computer) to see why that error is occuring.  I will say, however, that installing through Daz Connect can be a bad idea with my scripts, especially the older ones.  Daz Connect tends to have my scripts pull in support files from multiple products, which can cause issues.  The first thing I would try is to uninstall the product, delete the cloud folder where the product was, and install with DIM.  Often, that can fix most issues by itself.

Hi Riversoft.
I've just got back into Poser and Daz after 5 years and have bought the V4-G8F and M4-G8M convertors today so I don't lose usage of my old Gen4 outfits. But I'm having well below acceptable levels of success. I've read the manual but it doesn't seem to cover my woes. In both cases, I am using the G8 and not the G8.1 versions of the bodies.
When attempting to work on any M4 files, I get the same error: "Could not set conversion morph". I've had a small amount of success with the V4 convertor but the other attempts have had the same log message.
This is one of the last logs on M4-G8M before I rage quit.
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): WARNING: Forcing Conversion of Clothing Items
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Executing Script
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Selecting Preset: J:/Program Files/Metacreations/Clothing/Runtime/Libraries/Character/!M4 Clothing/P3DA_M4Business/BusinessJacket.cr2
22:24:38 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Converting clothing from J:/Program Files/Metacreations/Clothing/Runtime/Libraries/Character/!M4 Clothing/P3DA_M4Business/BusinessJacket.cr2 to J:/Program Files/My DAZ 3D Library 1/People/Genesis 8 Male/Clothing/M4 Converted Clothes/Runtime/Libraries/Character/!M4 Clothing/P3DA_M4Business/BusinessJacket.duf
22:24:43 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Could not set conversion morph
22:24:50 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time): Execution Complete.
The convertor creates the folder for the files but there is nothing in them.
I have had others where the Could Not Set message appears multiple times in the conversion attempt. I've tried to use different conformers in case it's an error in the selection but always the same result. And even went as far as unchecking most of the options.
I've had zero success with the M4 script and out of 20 outfits for V4 tried, I've had success with just 4. One was a M4 jacket that had failed on the M4 convertor and another was a V3-V4 conversion done in EvilInnocence's XD4 convertor.
Can you suggest a solution for the morph error ? I downloaded and installed the convertors through Daz Central so wouldn't hope there is corruption already in the data.
Cheers.

islandgurl31 said:

peter_c8c4744f said:

I was very excited about this product and unfortunately the disappointment that it does not work, the greater.

I followed the video tutorial in this thread. So I put the script in the main menu under Favorites as described.

Then I loaded various Genesis 9 figures and made sure nothing was selected except in the Scene tab the G9 figure and the G8 pose and called the script from the Main menu.

But no matter what I do, I always get the message: "Please Assign Sortcut Key or Add Script to Menu before use, then open Script while having a Pose file selected".

I've been playing around for hours, uninstalling and reinstalling the product several times (both with DAZ Central and DAZ Install Manager).

I have restarted DAZ Studio several times and it just won't work.

I have DAZ Studio 4.21 Pro installed but all my assets are on a network drive in different folders. This has worked for years without any problems.

                    Hello maybe this video will help u out better :-) :

                    

Thank you, this helps a lot and now it works as desired :-)

The fundamental issue isn't whether I installed the product via Daz Connect. Even if I install via Daz Central / DAZ Install Manager, as soon as I log in, the product becomes locked down. The way to prevent this is apparently to never log in.

> No square means installed through Connect, no square means not

Clearly a typo here. No square means not installed through Connect, square means is installed through Connect. That's what I find.

peter_c8c4744f said:

I was very excited about this product and unfortunately the disappointment that it does not work, the greater.

I followed the video tutorial in this thread. So I put the script in the main menu under Favorites as described.

Then I loaded various Genesis 9 figures and made sure nothing was selected except in the Scene tab the G9 figure and the G8 pose and called the script from the Main menu.

But no matter what I do, I always get the message: "Please Assign Sortcut Key or Add Script to Menu before use, then open Script while having a Pose file selected".

I've been playing around for hours, uninstalling and reinstalling the product several times (both with DAZ Central and DAZ Install Manager).

I have restarted DAZ Studio several times and it just won't work.

I have DAZ Studio 4.21 Pro installed but all my assets are on a network drive in different folders. This has worked for years without any problems.

                    Hello maybe this video will help u out better :-) :

I was very excited about this product and unfortunately the disappointment that it does not work, the greater.

I followed the video tutorial in this thread. So I put the script in the main menu under Favorites as described.

Then I loaded various Genesis 9 figures and made sure nothing was selected except in the Scene tab the G9 figure and the G8 pose and called the script from the Main menu.

But no matter what I do, I always get the message: "Please Assign Sortcut Key or Add Script to Menu before use, then open Script while having a Pose file selected".

I've been playing around for hours, uninstalling and reinstalling the product several times (both with DAZ Central and DAZ Install Manager).

I have restarted DAZ Studio several times and it just won't work.

I have DAZ Studio 4.21 Pro installed but all my assets are on a network drive in different folders. This has worked for years without any problems.

tianxiangxiong said:

> Deleting will stop DS from knowing the product could be installed throyugh Daz Studio (so no square) as long as you don't go online.

Am I supposed to work offline if I want to remove asset references from products?

If you are not intending to install through daz Studio thereis no reason to have it online, but if it does go online it will refresh the metadata and will restore the entries for any deleted products

> Hiowever, I am not at all convinced that either of your methods are quicker than just uninstalling the files installed through Connect, so that DS will use the Install Manager/Daz Central version.

What is "installed through Connect"? I only install via Daz Central / Daz Install Manager.

Daz Connect is the installer built in to Daz Studio - the Daz purchases without squares, if Daz Studio has been online since their purchase, will have been isntalled though the application (possibly as well as your usual install, which means you will have two copies of the file since they use different locations).

> Deleting will stop DS from knowing the product could be installed throyugh Daz Studio (so no square) as long as you don't go online.

Am I supposed to work offline if I want to remove asset references from products?

> Hiowever, I am not at all convinced that either of your methods are quicker than just uninstalling the files installed through Connect, so that DS will use the Install Manager/Daz Central version.

What is "installed through Connect"? I only install via Daz Central / Daz Install Manager.

It is a surprise each day to see what is in the listing that is suppose to show most recent purchases. It is a randomly generated listing every day.  All items have a purchase date of whatever date I open DazCentral up on.(Opened hoping it would be fixed) Today I purchased all (2001-2022) of my items on Nov. 4, tomorrow I will have purchased all on the fifth. 

It no  longer shows me the location of items in Daz Studio. Daz Central was a really great asset for fogged up brains and deficit memories.

I have reinstalled it, swore at it, prayed over it, and would get in there with a good sage smudging if it would let me.

Daz Central stopped working, for me, around the time of the newest update for Daz Studio, but probably not related since Richard said the information was coming from the store.  

Definitely some good advice above. There are so many things that central just can't do (last I checked anyway). For example: keeping your programs on C and your library on D?  Forget about it...  It may take some time to set everything up in DIM, but it'll be much worth the effort.

Deleting will stop DS from knowing the product could be installed throyugh Daz Studio (so no square) as long as you don't go online. Hiowever, I am not at all convinced that either of your methods are quicker than just uninstalling the files installed through Connect, so that DS will use the Install Manager/Daz Central version.

Here's what I have to do to "fix" a product so I can delete assets from it:

- Right click on the product in Content Library and "Delete"

- Uninstall, then reinstall in Daz Central

- Refresh Content Library

If the square goes away in the product icon, you're good.

However, it seems that if you restart Daz Studio, or start another instance, the product then can no longer have assets deleted. I don't know what's going on there, but make sure you delete assets in the same session you installed the product, or else you'd have to repeat the above.

> Notice the little square at top-right of the product thumbnail for the one that will let you rmove the file, and that it is absent fror the other.

It's the opposite, actually. The one w/out the square in the icon is the one that allows uninstalling. Is there any reference as to what the squares mean? I several variations--no square, gray top right square, green top right square, and blue bottom right square.

> Right-click on the container (the pseudo folder with the product name) for the latter and you should be able to Uninstall it, leaving the Daz Central install showing and with deletable files.

What's the rule here? Products installed through Daz Central can have assets removed, while those installed through Daz Studio can't? What about Daz Install Manager? Why these differences?

What's even stranger is that the product w/ removable assets yesterday can no longer have assets removed today. What in the world is going on?

I recently uninstalled my Daz to Blender bridge using the Install Manager, because I couldn't figure out where to find the script for it in DS and it seemed to be acting up so I thought I'd do a clean reinstall anyways, but now the bridge doesn't show up at all in my Install Manager. I even went to the page in my products and tried to download it from there, but when I clicked download, Install Manager shows no files for Product Sku: 70891, it's just blank, nothing there to download. Now I super regret uninstalling the bridge even though it was acting up, because at least then I knew it was installed and there somewhere. I really don't want to have to bother with Daz Central for this, but if it's the only way for me to get the bridge back, I just might. Any ideas/suggestions? Note: I'm on a Mac, so I wonder if that's part of the problem somehow?? 

alienarea said:

AllenArt said:

Are you saying the items disappeared from your COMPUTER????

One of the missing items was Genesis 8 Female Body Morphs which I bought again today to avoid getting stuck with projects.

As soon as I re-bought it, it was back without installation.

In parallel to items gone, I cannot connect with DIM or DAZ Central.

Five open tickets and no reply.

I guess I'll return anything I still can.

I had this happen with Freak 5, got him when he was released, no problem for years and then one day, gone, couldn't use the morph, couldn't re-download, nothing.  Fortunately I still had my receipt so Daz was quick to restore him to my account.

Richard Haseltine said:

alienarea said:

Richard Haseltine said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

fight for what you paid for

but

honestly I can understand not wanting to give them any more, that is truly shoddy treatment you got

That implies it is deliberate, rather than an account glitch of some kind.

Instead of logging a ticket for each item that's gone as soon as I find out I would appreciate a support person to look into this.

- items are missing.

- sometimes it's a whole order, sometimes only one of multiple items.

- in parallel, I cannot connect to my product library through DIM or Daz Central because of some JSON error.

- Logged a tech ticket and provided a log.

- Deinstalled and reinstalled DIM and Daz Central, nothing changed.

What else am I supposed to do? Get a lawyer?

Have you been going item by item? I would certainly make a general ticket if so, this certainly shouldn't be happening - however, I don't believe it can be a general issue or there would be far more complaints so it seems most likely, at the moment, that there is an issue with your account (which needs to be sorted out).

I logged the tech ticket for DIM and Daz Central not able to connect to my product library two days ago and provided a log. Nobody got back to me yet.

In my understanding it makes sense to fix this first, because it should be working. 

LeatherGryphon said:

Google is my friend:  I got curious about "Five and Dime stores".  and found out that the original idea for the first "Five and Dime" was just as a "five", as in a whole store dedicated to the idea of a 5-cent bargain table already in vogue, but quickly evolved to "five and dime".  Who would'a thunk it?  And they originated in Central NY State not too awfully far from me (well, maybe 200 miles), 

https://www.unitedstatesnow.org/what-is-a-five-and-dime.htm#:~:text=The first five and dime,store where he had worked.

 

Hah ! That brings back memories.

I grew up in Clinton, NY (which is just a few miles south of Utica) and as a teenager I could take the bus to shop in Utica. I remember the Woolworth 5 and 10 that was still there in the 1950's. Evidently it was not the very original which failed after only a few months; but was one brought back to Utica.

alienarea said:

Richard Haseltine said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

fight for what you paid for

but

honestly I can understand not wanting to give them any more, that is truly shoddy treatment you got

That implies it is deliberate, rather than an account glitch of some kind.

Instead of logging a ticket for each item that's gone as soon as I find out I would appreciate a support person to look into this.

- items are missing.

- sometimes it's a whole order, sometimes only one of multiple items.

- in parallel, I cannot connect to my product library through DIM or Daz Central because of some JSON error.

- Logged a tech ticket and provided a log.

- Deinstalled and reinstalled DIM and Daz Central, nothing changed.

What else am I supposed to do? Get a lawyer?

Have you been going item by item? I would certainly make a general ticket if so, this certainly shouldn't be happening - however, I don't believe it can be a general issue or there would be far more complaints so it seems most likely, at the moment, that there is an issue with your account (which needs to be sorted out).