Smart content problem

Damsel

I upgraded my Windows to Windows 10 and reinstalled Daz. I moved the Smart Content folder to The F drive where I have Daz. How do I point the Smart Content database to this folder? I don’t want all that on my C drive: there isn’t room. I also don’t want to have to redownload all that stuff.

 Thanks!

Damsel

mwasielewski1990

Damsel said:

I upgraded my Windows to Windows 10 and reinstalled Daz. I moved the Smart Content folder to The F drive where I have Daz. How do I point the Smart Content database to this folder? I don’t want all that on my C drive: there isn’t room. I also don’t want to have to redownload all that stuff.

 Thanks!

Damsel

I'm bumping this topic because I'm also interested in seeing a solution, I want to transfer all my content from HDD to SSD. Is that possible without reinstalling Daz and all content? I know that DAZ uses some kind of PostgreSQL database. Maybye there is an option to re-build the database after moving the files?

Richard Haseltine

Edit>Preferences>Content tab>Content Directory Manager is where you set paths. There are also a couple of free scripts to set Install Manager to use the locations set in DS and/or vice versa - just download the script using the link above the code, then drag it into the DS Viewport. http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/start#directory_mapping

PostgreSQL uses relative paths - the location of a file within the content directory, but not the location of the content directory. The only issue with moving your content directories is with Install Manager, but if you select everything in the Installed tab and right-click there's a Reinstall>All Seelcted command which should work to update the locations stored in the manifests (otherwise there's a small risk that files that are not required after an update, and which will be elft behind as it doesn't know where to look, will cause issues).