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Content folder on another hard drive PROBLEM

Erik_eDragonErik_eDragon Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in New Users

Hello everyone,

First of all, hi, i'm a new user "trying" to use Daz for some time now. Every time I try I end up upset and leave it alone. I'd say that has happened for a long time now. But... now I decided to search for help.

My problem is I have a small SSD drive where I keep my system (I'm on a Mac) and applications - so, I really don't want to have all sorts of downloads and content on that drive. So I tried using everything over on another drive (It's a Mac Pro with 4 slots).
When I get Daz and the free contents installed, I open Daz and many of the icons don't show and I always get an error saying that content isn't in place. I used the Install manager to download and install to an empty folder on that other drive and even so it doesn't work.
I went to Daz's preferences and checked the Content Location and changed those also to the other drive, but still the same problem.

I thought the Install Manager would "lead" the Daz application into the right place, but it seems not so.

If this issue HAS been solved here in the forum, could anyone be as kind as to point me into the link, please?

Thank you very much.
Erik

Comments

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449
    edited December 1969

    This is a misconception that a lot of people have, DIM and DAZ Studio do not 'communicate' with each other. If you decide to tell DIM to install to a different location then you need to tell Studio about that location by mapping it with Studio's Content Directory Manager. Open CDM from Edit / Preferences : Content Library tab ; Content Directory Manager button (at bottom). Map the location in both DAZ Studio Formats and Poser Formats sections.

  • Erik_eDragonErik_eDragon Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for the reply.

    I found my way to the CDM and set the whole new content folder (on the other drive) to the Daz and Poser formats. Should I be pointing to specific folders inside the content one ?

    Erik

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449
    edited December 1969

    No, just the top level folder that is the library. The path in DIM's Installation tab and Studio's CDM should match, it really is that simple to set up.

  • Erik_eDragonErik_eDragon Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Ok, I guess I got it working now...
    Thank you!

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388
    edited December 1969

    To the OP:

    I also struggled for a long time with DAZ (and Poser before it), because of the way that things are stored in the various folders. This is still a big struggle for me and is frustrating to no end because the locations do not make any sense to my logical mind.

    But one big help is the "readme" files, because they show you where to find the product you bought! There are probably several ways to access the readmes, but the way I do it is from the "Installed Content" tab in DIM. Next to each product, you'll see an "i" inside of a circle. That is a shortcut/button that will open the product's readme in a browser window. Read it. It will help you find the path within DS so that you can easily find and insert that product into the project you're working on.

    This stuff should be more intuitive. The "Pose" folder should contain poses. The "People" folder should contain all the people. But this is not true in either case. Lots of stuff is not in the folders you might expect, so the readmes can be very helpful, at least until you start to get the feel for where everything can be found.

  • JimmyC_2009JimmyC_2009 Posts: 8,891
    edited December 1969

    Another simple way to find your content using DIM.

    Select the item in the Installed tab, right click, select Installed Files, and it will show you the Library name (and path) at the top of the screen, and the sub folders where everything was installed to.

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388
    edited December 1969

    JimmyC_2009 said:
    Another simple way to find your content using DIM.

    Select the item in the Installed tab, right click, select Installed Files, and it will show you the Library name (and path) at the top of the screen, and the sub folders where everything was installed to.

    Well, yes it's simple to do. But not so simple to read or understand the resulting list of files.

    Here's just one example:

    Aiko 4 Base produces a listing of 639 files and nothing that tells me how to find it or use it.

    But at least I can read the Readme for Aiko 4 Base and that will actually tell me some information, written in ACTUAL SENTENCES and organized into ACTUAL PARAGRAPHS and BULLET POINTS. Yeah, I'm oldschool like that. :coolsmile:

    Unfortunately, there is not always a useful readme, such as this one for Actual Face Hair.

    "Show Installed Files" for Actual Face Hair produces a listing of 235 files. I have no idea what is what or how to use this information. The readme's lack of basic location information for the product will make it more difficult for me to actually use this product. Sure, someday this may become more intuitive for me, but right now, I find it to be a painful mess with a very long learning curve. And it's fatiguing too.

    It should be a lot easier to find things. :-/

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