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Freebie install location question

WakakanadaWakakanada Posts: 208
edited December 1969 in New Users

Hi all, I cannot find the answer on the boards, although I am sure it has come up in the past. I am looking to install a new Joe Quick freebie "Android Body" [http://www.sharecg.com/v/73859/related/21/DAZ-Studio/Android-Body] and it is a lot more complex than the usual freebies I download where I just move the files into the corresponding folders on my computer [iMac OS X 10.9.2].

The unzipped folders>files are:
Android>data> Joequick>K-BOT>JelloSuit>jellosuit_5990.dsf
Android>data> Joequick>K-BOT>JelloSuit>UV Sets>joequick>Base>default.dsf
[other similar paths for four other folders]

Android>Joequick>containing "duf files" such as JelloSuit.duf and JelloSuit.duf.png files for each of the content folders reference above; also a pose folder:
Android>Joequick>Poses>KBOT>["duf" files such as "crouch.duf" and "crouch.duf.png"
a similar folder for >Poses>Squid
and db file Thumbs.db

Android>Runtime>Textures>Filterforge>[with various jpg files including bump, diffuse, normal]

I love Joe Quick's work, and I would very much appreciate assistance in understanding where to place these files so they will play nicely with DS4.6.

Comments

  • ZarconDeeGrissomZarconDeeGrissom Posts: 5,412
    edited April 2014

    I'm going to download that now and give it a shot, it looks cool at least.

    I'm assuming, unlike the Wilmap stuff, there is no 'readme.txt' in that zip anywhere.


    He dose say "This is my second experiment in mechanical figure rigging.", so it may not work for many reasons (Daz Studio version changes, required base figures, special required add on packages, etc).


    By the way, I'm backing up that CMS database before attempting to install that, just encase CMS turns into a pretzel again, lol.

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  • ZarconDeeGrissomZarconDeeGrissom Posts: 5,412
    edited December 1969

    That is a good question, Where dose the "Joequick" Directory get copied?

    top is the extracted zip folders, Bottom is the "My Documents" Daz folder path for most user stuff.

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  • ZarconDeeGrissomZarconDeeGrissom Posts: 5,412
    edited April 2014

    That is cool!

    Ok, just 'Copy' the three folders into your My Documents -> Daz 3D -> Studio -> My Library.
    Whatever the equivalent is for mac, I hope you can follow that, just like installing other free stuff from shareCG.

    The "Joequick" becomes a new folder there. Data and Runtime contents (including sub-folders) are copied appropriately, just like other free stuff.

    Then with the 'Content Library' tab in Daz Studio, The bot should be found in the new "Joequick" tree, as in my Screen-cap.

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  • WakakanadaWakakanada Posts: 208
    edited December 1969

    Thanks a lot zarcondeegrissom. It never ceases to amaze me how wonderful this community can be, thanks to people like you.

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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited April 2014

    The only Difference from a DAZ Studio Free item and a Poser free item is the File structure in the ZIP.
    Note this also Applies to DAZ Studio Content from other Pay Sites.

    A Daz studio free item will normally have the DATA folder and other folders, just that says to MERGE it all to your My Library* folder.

    A Poser free item will have Runtime as the Top folder in the ZIP and that says MERGE it all to your Runtime in your My Library* folder.

    My Library*=Whatever your main Content folder is, My Library, My DAZ 3D Library, Content or a Custom name you created yourself.

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  • ZarconDeeGrissomZarconDeeGrissom Posts: 5,412
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Ebajoy, that just took the edge off of the impossible evening I just had with D-Fomm.

    I like that, lol. Go forth and concur 3D art.

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