Skin Builder, Skin Recipe Builder and Connect installation issues.

leo04

I have several issues.

1. I have Skin Builder Pro for Genesis and Genesis 2 Female(s) and when I run it it placed everthing in this location: C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\temp\WoGens\

I want to direct this information to a folder location to save the textures and I cant seem to do that or tell it to.

2. I have everything in my D drive including all my DAZ Studio program and I set up the Installer Manager to install it all there too...I think (see the attachments).

I just ran the Content DB Manager to clean up and recognise the files I put into My DAZ Studio Library folder.  All my content icons now appear in greyscale with the little Connect icon at the upper right corner. If I click it to install it then installs it on C:\Users\NAME\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\1_19874\people\genesis\materials\skin builder.

I dont want it there I want it on the D:drive, and secondly I have read in the forums here that Connect does not work with the updates that might come from the different assets. I have also read that it is better to use Install Mamager to control my installation.  I don't know what I need to do to make it work the way I want it to.

I install everything on "D" drive is because the "C" drive is limited in size and I would rather just use it for the installation of Windows 10 and Office. I keep all my documents and other programs on the "D" drive.  This works for me quite well for all of my other programs and files. But for some reason I cannot get the DAZ stuff to go where I want it to.

Can anyone help me with this issue?  I want to figure out how to install my content, It seems that even after using Intall Manager I still end up with issues on my content not being where I want it an it has to be installed again, apparently using Connect? and I can't seem to put it where I want it, I don't have the space the on "C" drive.

So to recap...

1. Direct the output of Skin builder to a specific folder. How do I redirect or save the content created to a specific folder?

2. Issues with the Content DB Maintenance runing and then having to install using Connect. How do I controll where the content gets installed or avoid using Connect to install the content after runing Content DB Maintenance?

Thanks.

P.S I have Recipe Loader for Skin Builder and when I run it I get a message that it needs to be in the same folder as Skin Builder. How do I manage that?

 

 

Richard Haseltine

DIM looks fine, but you haven't shown your settings for DS. You could run the http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/file_io/install_manager_config_import/start script (just download it using the link at the top of the scipt code, then drag that into the DS Viewport) - that should add the DIM directory to DS, which should let DS see the isntalled files.

To make Connect use your D: drive you need to go to Edit>Preferences>Content tab>Content Directory Manager, expand the entries to show the current Connect path, select it, and click the Edit buitton. Connect works fine for most content, the main exceptions being Victoria 4 and other figures using the ExP system, and it handles updates better than DIM as it needs to download only the updated files rather than the entire zip.