install, uninstall, file paths, content database ????
mark_z2487
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I am having difficulty installing / uninstalling an item, whatever I do it still showed up in the content library
Following some advice I found here I ran the “content database manager” / “reset database”
Now it shows all of my assets as not installed!
It did not remove them from my Library, there is still 65.5 GB, no smaller
Is there a way to ‘reattach’ the files?
With my new computer, and until today, I installed all the assets either with Daz Central or through the Smart Content panel
Some of the content installed as one would expect, into the first level Date, People etc. but a lot of it installed like the following example:
C:\Daz 3D\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\My DAZ 3D Library\data\cloud\1_19791\runtime\textures\petipet\motorbike zaz
This path, data\cloud\1_19791 was created by the installer, I looked at the ‘directions’ file that comes with the product and it isn’t like that
Why is that?
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The /data/cloud/ folder is content installed via Daz Connect, that is from within Daz Studio. If you reinstall the same way it should see that the files are already there and not download - however, please be aware that there is currently an issue with the metadata (or related) that is stopping some content from appearing properly.
For content installed through DIM/Daz Central you can use the Reimport Metadata option in the same Content DB Maintenance dialogue, which will also give you the chance to reimport any userdata you may have previously exported.
can I tell what installer I used? meaning, I can deduce that a product was installed with Connect is in data/cloud, if through Daz central it would be in the higher level folders?
I there a way to tell from within Daz Studio?
I didn't export any user data, I am not sure what that is for
That seems to be correct on not downloading the files agian, I 'installed' Urban Future 4, which I had previously installed, it fiarly large and 'installed' in maybe 10 seconds, while a new simple file took at minute or so
User data is any catgories you've added or changed for installed content, plus your own files' categorisation.
User data, that is close to what I thought
the next problem I have, Daz Central shows the products I installed through that still installed, with the 'Open' button avalible
If I click the Open button I get an error
do I need to go to each product in DC and uninstall and then reinstall?
The problem is now I have assests in 2 differnt file sturcture it would seem, I don't want to end up duplicating
Back to the cause of this difficulty, I installed Motorbike ZAZ through Daz Connect, it showd the products but they would not work, error on clicking on the
I looked at the files and comparred them to manual dl unziped and many of them were smaller (in data size)
I tried 'everyting' to unistal them and no luck, I was hoping the Database reset would looke at files in the drive and rebuild itselft from that
So I assume Motorbike is out of the data base, should I / how can I add this manualy and have it show up in the 'installed'? I know how to copy the files to the correct 'high level' locations
Thanks for your help!
If DS thinks it's installed through Connect then the DIM/DC files will be ignored - if the product icon is showing in the products tab of Smart Content does it have a circled triangle icon at top-right?
Just to be clear,
It looks like all the products I installed using Daz Central show as still installed when looking at Daz Central, they have the "Open" button avalible, but they show as not installed in Daz Studio, thye are greyed out and have the circled triangle
I'm not sure how Daz central tracks installs, I assume it's the same as DIM - it has a Manifests folder in the base directory with a .dsf file detailing what it placed where. Regardless of what Daz Central says, are the files actually there? If they are, are you sure DS is pointing to the folder that contains the Data/Runtime folders?
for a test, I dl the zip file for one of my products that in Daz Central says "open" avalible
In Daz Studio it shows not installed
Found a distinctive file name from the dl
I searched my Library and there it was
I ran uninstall from Daz Central and it erased the files from the Library
to further the experiment, I re-installed this item (Parkside Freight) from Daz Central
In Daz Studio, it lets me select it and add it to a scene with no errors, but the main product icon still shows the circle and triangle!
continue for above, it does show the icon in color, not greyed out, same with another item that I downloaded for the first time (after re-set database), it is in color, avalible to add to scene, but has the circle triangle (I assume that is suposed to mean it is avalible to dl and install but hasn't been)
Right, colour tell you the product is isntalled, the circled triangle just means not installed through Connect/Daz Studio.
OK makes more sence now, so I will have to unintall all the products installed through Central? and reinstall by wither method
And back to my original issue, Motorbike ZAZ did not install correclty (out of many products this is the only one I have had a problem with)
Originaly I must have installed it through connect as it was in the cloud folder, and I had extreme difficulty purging it, should I try it through Central? at least that seems to delete files from the HD
Shouldn't be needed if the files are actually there. They should be available through the Content Library under Daz Studio Formats if nothing else.
If it's still showing as a Connect install (coloured icon, not circled triangle) try right-click>Uninstall.
Nope they don't show up in the Content Library, I had installed "Simply Grass - The Rough Stuff" with Central, it shows it as installed, it does not show in Content Library, I assume the files are on the HD, the other items I checked were
checked to be sure, the Simply Grass files are on the HD "installed" but not marked as installed in Studio
finaly got the install of Motorbike to work