missing items

sabreh24

hi i would like to know how to get any third party file i have bought from renderosity to work in DAZ Studio 4.16, as when i extract them all i get are a series of boxes, for clothing, cars, olanes etc 

cgidesign

Extract the zip you got and copy it's content to the corresponding folders of DAZ's library:

Example of how it works if you normally install your DAZ content with DIM (DAZ Install Manager)

 

Be aware that there can be three different library locations depending on which install method you use to install content you buy from DAZ. For users this can lead to a lot of confusion and problems. My recommendation if you are unsure what to do. Use DIM to install content from the DAZ site and never use DAZ Studio's internal Connect install function or the Central install. Once you got more experienced mix and match as you like

Default location of DAZ libraries:

If you use DIM (DAZ Install Manager): C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Daz 3D Library

If you use DAZ Studio (DAZ Connect) Install: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Daz 3D\Studio/My Daz Connect Data

If you use DAZ Central Install: sorry, I don't know.

 

Richard Haseltine

Connect is the Daz Studio install - are you perhaps thinking of Daz Central?

You cannot place files manually in the Daz Connect data directory in any event, though that isn't its default location. The default location for user files, which can also be used for third-party content, is in the user's own Docuemnts folder - /Documents/Daz 3D/Studio/My Library/.

Do note that for older content, such as Victoria 4 and Michael 4, any morph expansion need to be merged into the main figure installation rather than a different location.

cgidesign

Sorry for the mistake regarding Connect and Central. I fixed it in my post.

Richard Haseltine

If you use DAZ Studio (DAZ Connect) Install: C:/Users/Public/Documents//Daz 3D/Studio/My Library/

Is still wrong - it isn't the path used by Connect, and it isn't the path that should be used alongside a Connect install.

cgidesign

Correct now?  (took it from one of your posts)

And while we are at it, do you know the DAZ Central default path (is it the same as DIM)?

Richard Haseltine

The default locations for the Daz Connect data and the My Library folders are in the user's own Documents folder, not Public Documents - and it isn't possible to manually place files in the Connect folder anyway (unless it is also amde a regular Daz Studio Formats content directory).