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Agreed, there is so much more flexibility is you manually install your content yourself, exactly where you want it. You can also organize it any way you want. DS is very flexible this way.
Are you kidding? What's PostgrteSQL?
When PostgrteSQL is closed? Where is PostgrteSQL and how do you close it?
+1, especially on the DIM; I'm not a fan of Daz Central either.
@OP
Personally, keep as much control over your installation as possible.
I use DIM as it is a good way of managing a lot of content; it doesn't stop you having folders for specific items or groups.
I have around 30 content Library that studio can see, only one of which DIM has access too - although I have had DIM install to many libraries previously but I changed that.
Since I mentioned this, my backups are made at regular intervals and are granular so I can retrieve the copy of the database from a time when it worked and Daz Studio wasn't running.
What is PostgrteSQL? https://www.postgresql.org/. Like most programs, Daz Studio consists of various parts: a set of rendering engines such as Iray and 3dl, a database which keeps track of your library (3D assets), a framework that gives you menus (you will see people mention QT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_(software),a scripting library, a library of 3D translators that let you import things, and loads of other parts. The database runs while you run the program and pauses when the program quits. Daz Studio works best when it is allowed to shut down and finish rather than being forced quit as it finishes tidying up the database. Crashes also disrupt the database.
I had my libraries all customized, folders where I wanted, products where I wanted and it was all good - except I ran into a problem I couldn't live with. Some scripts and plugins (like UltraScenery) expect certain files to be in a certain place and if I wanted to use those scripts and plugins, I had to leave my libraries a complete and total mess (like they install by default with DIM). **sad face**
I love using daz studio . my system is getting rather dated too and buying a new one is not a option with the crazy prices on computer chips and Graphic Cards . I have learned to do other things that do not cost so much like drawing with charcoal pencil
But it does not mean I stopped using my daz studio. the last few years I have learned to be patient and wishlist the things i like and wait until they hit a ridiculous sale price of 70% of more off
I know in my heart that it maybe not fair to the Pa's because of all their hard work they put in . But during these times. I had to change my spending or not be able to spend at all. Plus I have learn how to make things and do for my self with what I already have and wait for those 3d items i really want i have 4 on my wishlist to go on that ridiculous sale.
I've been at this for 15, 16 years now. Started with Poser 6, stayed with Poser until Studio 4. I've dealt with all kinds of issues (like Poser 6 not knowing how to interface with the latest Mac OS of the time), and the only real show-stopper problems I've ever had were hardware failures. A harddrive failure (and a lack of backup dilagence) erased three months of Poser assets from my system, and a IO error on my motherboard caused Studio to crash frequently (moving the video card on that PCI slot to another one fixed that). I've had artist burnout from time to time, but I've aleays come back to it. As for money spent, you don't even want to know how much I've spent on this hobby. Between the render assets, the new PCs (Mac Pros and PCs), best-in-class video cards, etc... But you know what? I don't regret it at all. I would have spent the money on a different hobby, say video games, or some such.
PostgreSQL is the actual database engine, it is closed - at least as far as the Content Managemnt System goes - when Daz Studio, Dac central. Install manager, and I think Carrara are all closed.
You could make another Content Library for those products
The only downfall to manual installs is you will never get nor know when an update is available for any products. There are a lot of updates on a continuing basis to a lot of packs. I've never opened DIM and not had at least 2-3 updates to different things.
I have two Content Libraries - the old one is all the pre-Genesis content which is stored on a mechanical HDD and not used much. The later stuff is on my recent NVMe SSD for faster loading. The load delays are, however, mostly to do with all the G8F morphs I have bought so my scenes take a while to load and even longer to close down so I come and read the forum while waiting ... and waiting.
True, but then again what is being updated?
From what can be read here in the forums, it's mostly metadata for 'Smart' content, which I don't use or non-zero default values that I can fix myself.
There were a LOT of products to figure out what US was using and what it wasn't. I just installed everything thru DIM again and let it be. It was easier. LOL
Smart Content? No thanks - it is a hidden tab for me too.
interesting in that I totally dislike using Content Library, especially the way everything loads all over the place..probably my technique though. 3rd party stuff I usually extract the zip and then just copy it into My DAZ 3D Library or whatever that's called. Simple enough, but then it goes wherver the PA has named the folders in the product. I use only DIM for DAZ stuff. I leave DS offline always so nothing gets in to screw up the works.
Exactly
No, I have had a number of non-metadata bugs fixed fairly recently.
Well, if you are totally fed up, you could start collecting NFTs... I hear DAZ might be getting into that soon...
I'M KIDDING! Oh god I'm kidding! Totally kidding! DO NOT take that seriously!
Correct. It also leaves me with a fairly short list of vendors who take care to get things absolutely right first time - as each and every one should - and thus are safe to buy from a second, third or fourth time. The ones who don't - well, why would I want anything else from them?
Some of the PAs update their products with enhancements, so it would be unfair to taint them with the "did not get it right first time" brush.
An example is Mclean, who has updated a lot of his prop products with Iray shaders. Since Iray was not around when he first created the products, you can not blame him for not adding the Iray shaders in the first place.
I happen to install everything with DIM, and I do not touch them afterwards. What I do sort out is all the installation zips (for both DAZ and other stores) and place them with the promo shots. This is what I use to locate a product I need, and since I have the zip file I can always locate where everything has been installed, no matter how poorly they were placed by the PA. The problem with a user sorted runtime is when the person forgets where they actually placed something when they rearranged the installed files. In this case the original zips only help to give the file names to seach for in the runtime.
No such problem, as the product is located there where I go looking for it.
Logical folder structure is the key.
Manual downloads are the way to go for me as well. I install them into my installation folder and cut and paste from there to where I want things to go (my content is organised the way I want it) (barring the data, geometry and texture folders of course) on an external SSD. I use the content tree in DS and Everything to find what I forget I own. I don't copy the manifest or supplement files...I've no idea what they're for but they don't even make it to the installation folder. The only time I've used DIM is to download a couple of scripts that were not made available for manual download. Installed DIM, got the scripts, uninstalled DIM. I've just upgraded to a new mobo with an m.2 c drive and my content sat safe and well in their drive dock waiting to get plugged in. The mere thought of having to download and reinstall all my content, just from Daz, is enough to make me want to go and lie down in a dark room. That also makes me wonder what people do with content from other places...do they just not buy anywhere else, nor get freebies? That's a massive part of my content and I comb for more everyday (Hello, my name is Lorraine and I am a freebie junkie...no shame). I'm constantly reorganising and making my content easier to find, catagorising things into logical folder trees and renaming as I see fit. If I could just get my real life as organised as my folders I'd be the most efficient person on the planet
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i stand by the title of this thread. now the discounts have decreased on new products. i do feel, if it were not for the amount of money I've spent here, I would be long gone. does anyone really care? Doubtful.
You do know what updating means?
It means that while fixing a problem, two new ones are created
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So the problem was eliminated completely
Me three. Never used it never will. I'll stick with my good old reliable content library.
Did you happen to report it so they can fix it? If not we can.