Can I....

TheCastellan

I wanna install the newest Daz....I been using old 3.1 thus far......IS there a way to transfer all the stuff I got in 3.1 over to the newest one without having to reinstall everything? o.o

 

Thanks.

Richard Haseltine

Yes, just point the new version to the content directories used in DS 3. Edit>Prefrences, go to the Content tab, click Content Directory Manager and edit/add paths as needed.

TheCastellan

Do I gotta do that each time, or is it a one time thing?

MarcCCTx

One time.

TheCastellan

Still not sure how to add it....is there screen caps one can see?

TheCastellan

This new version is gonna take me awhile to figure out.  Very different from 3.1

Daventaki

Did you figure out how to add the content?

TheCastellan

Daventaki said:

Did you figure out how to add the content?

Still trying to figure it to figure it out.  This is waaaay different than 3.1

 

Leana

Follow the procedure Richard gave to go to the content directories manager.

When you open that screen you'll see several groups of paths:

You need to add the path to your DS3 content directory (the folder which contains the Runtime, like in DS3) in both "poser formats" and "Daz studio formats".

After that the content will appear in the "Content library" tab, which works like the content tab in DS3.

They won't be in "Smart Content" tab as you won't have metadata for them (that was introduced in DS4).

TheCastellan

so far so good.

 

Also, when installing stuff off, say sharecg or renderosity, where to do I unzip the stuff?  I mean the newest daz would have a different location than the old Daz3.1, yes?

Leana

By default DS4 uses the following content folders:

• "My DAZ 3D Library" in Public Documents, for content installed by DIM
• "My Library" in Documents/Daz 3D/Studio, for content installed manually
• "My Daz Connect Library" in Documents/Daz 3D/Studio, for content installed with Connect (new install system directly inside DS)

But you can install your content to any content directory registered in DS, including your DS3 content directory if you want.

TheCastellan

Tried it, but can't find em. @_@;;

nemesis10

TheCastellan said:

Tried it, but can't find em. @_@;;

If you can use the search function of your computer, you should be able to fin where they put these folders since they are created when you install the program.

Ascania

TheCastellan said:

so far so good.

 

Also, when installing stuff off, say sharecg or renderosity, where to do I unzip the stuff?  I mean the newest daz would have a different location than the old Daz3.1, yes?

You just learned how to use your old content libraries in the new version of D|S. And now you want to stop using them already?

TheCastellan

Ascania said:

TheCastellan said:

so far so good.

 

Also, when installing stuff off, say sharecg or renderosity, where to do I unzip the stuff?  I mean the newest daz would have a different location than the old Daz3.1, yes?

You just learned how to use your old content libraries in the new version of D|S. And now you want to stop using them already?

No, I said I put NEW items into the new daz, stuff from share cg, but I can not FIND them anywhere.

FenixPhoenix

TheCastellan said:

Ascania said:

TheCastellan said:

so far so good.

 

Also, when installing stuff off, say sharecg or renderosity, where to do I unzip the stuff?  I mean the newest daz would have a different location than the old Daz3.1, yes?

You just learned how to use your old content libraries in the new version of D|S. And now you want to stop using them already?

No, I said I put NEW items into the new daz, stuff from share cg, but I can not FIND them anywhere.

You should be able to find them on the content library, not on the smart content. Then follow the folder structure. So if it's a G8M character, for example, you should find it in People > Genesis 8 Male > characters.

Ascania

TheCastellan said:

Ascania said:

TheCastellan said:

so far so good.

 

Also, when installing stuff off, say sharecg or renderosity, where to do I unzip the stuff?  I mean the newest daz would have a different location than the old Daz3.1, yes?

You just learned how to use your old content libraries in the new version of D|S. And now you want to stop using them already?

No, I said I put NEW items into the new daz, stuff from share cg, but I can not FIND them anywhere.

Look at the content directory manager you just added your old content libraries to. It lists the locations for all the new libraries.