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radarradar Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in New Users

today i purchased Griffin Lord and downloaded it but it just went to my downloads and never made it to the library and doesn't show up when i open dz4.6. i tried to see if one of the files was an app. file but no luck.
help please.
radar

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    Downloaded from the Product Library page or with DIM? If the former, did you download the DIM version or the installer?

  • radarradar Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    i downloaded the DIM. file. do i need to go back to the to the product library and down load the pc trx or pcs file. it was like this when i learned to drive also...lol

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    radar said:
    i downloaded the DIM. file. do i need to go back to the to the product library and down load the pc trx or pcs file. it was like this when i learned to drive also...lol

    No, you don't need both.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/22094/

    Anyone else having questions about what DIM files have (including CFs) -go take a peek at the DIM video.
    Cathie

  • radarradar Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    i am at work most of the daylight hours and when i get home i try to get my DAZ on. i downloaded Griffin wings 1.0 trx.exe DS, Griffin wings DS DIM, and Griffin Lord 1.0 trx.exe DS and Griffin Lord DS DIM. when i saw the news that the install manager was going away, i deleted the IM. would it behoove me to re-install the DIM and reload the files. i can find the files in my docs/daz/librarys blah blah blah but nothing shows up on my content or in my library in DAZ 4.6 PRO menus. i am cornfuzed. i am assuming that DS is DAZ Studio and Ps is Poser.please let me know how to get my content to show up in my content file in DAZ4.6? Also when i upgraded to DAZ 4 to DAZ 4.6 pro did every thing i have integrate itself into the upgrade. like my wife says, i can run a 10 million dollar construction project but have a hard time putting a McDonalds kids meal toy to gether. those things are a pain. please help me out. i am here to stay and all help is very much appreciated. i also have Bryce 7. it is awesome. i am 60 years old but not in my mind. age is a state of mind until arthritis pains get you. some days i feel 19 and other days 90. thanks to all for their patience in dealing with a hillbilly that loves art.
    radar :cheese:

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited May 2013

    Okay- here's the thing- if you use the other files, you don't need the DIM ones- the DIM have those other files. Go one way or the other. I'm assuming you watched the video about the DIM so let me quickly share some other file information.

    First, you don't need Legacy files unless your version of the studio is prior to 4.5
    Right, if things are marked PS or Poser you don't need them if there is a DS counterpart. However, many products use Poser files as the main file- so if you don't have DS files you DO use the Poser ones.

    Also if you are a PC user, you use the .exe files. MAC users use the .zip files. (PC users grab the zip files IF THERE IS NOT A CHOICE TO USE .exe)

    I don't have the Griffin product.

    If you are confused about files, using the install manager would be easier for you.
    One other thing- DO NOT HAVE THE STUDIO OPEN WHEN YOU ARE INSTALLING FILES. It's best to have it closed. If you did, shut it down and reopen it. You can also reimport the metadata (IF the product has it, that will help) But as a habit, keep the studio closed when you are bringing in new files.

    EDIT: Based on what you posted:
    " i downloaded Griffin wings 1.0 trx.exe DS, Griffin wings DS DIM, and Griffin Lord 1.0 trx.exe DS and Griffin Lord DS DIM"

    You would manually install 1.0 trx exe DS (the wings and the Lord) but not the DIMs.

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  • radarradar Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Thank you Novica. i will try to get it right when i get home.
    radar

  • Scott LivingstonScott Livingston Posts: 4,340
    edited December 1969

    radar said:
    when i saw the news that the install manager was going away, i deleted the IM. would it behoove me to re-install the DIM and reload the files.

    The Install Manager is not going away (in fact a new updated version of it was just released). It's the individual .exe installers that are going away. From now on, the choice will be to manually download and install the DIM-compatible .zip files, or to use the Install Manager to download and install them for you.
  • radarradar Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    thank you. i just downloaded the install manager and all the files for what i need to a cd and will install using the manager when i get home.
    thanks,
    radar

  • radarradar Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    the download manager worked perfect and all my content is where it should be.

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