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A fix for stuck downloading DAZ Studio program in DazCentral

mpxmlmpxml Posts: 0
in Daz Studio Discussion

I have noticed people have been having issues with downloading the Studio from DazCentral. It happened to me too and after few times on my pc it started to work so here is how:

(this is just my way of solving it - its your choice if you follow)

  1.  Go to your daz3d account on website > MY ACCOUNT
  2.  Select Product Library from the menu
  3.  Find DAZ Studio 4.x Pro and download the version for your pc (for me it was the DAZStudio_4.20.0.17_Win64.exe)
  4.  Download Install manager from the product library (for me it was the Install Manager WIN64)
  5.  After the installation open Install manager and log into your account
  6.  The install manager should detect DAZ Studio and offer you do download the basic assets (such as genesis 3 and g8 etc.) - select the ones you need
  7.  There is download and install tab, make sure to install it too

-------------------------- HOW TO INSTALL ASSETS TO DAZSTUDIO MANUALLY

How to add your own materials and assets to the DAZ Studio 

Because DazCentral was the main bridge to import assets you bought from the web it is no longer available if you do this method right..so you have to do it manually (sucks ik, but its simple)

  1. Open your DazStudio and go to Edit > Preferences > Content > Content Directory Manager
  2. And you should see Content Sets open Current Directories > DAZ Studio Formats 
  3. You will see 3 directories now try to find on your pc all of these  --- some will be empty and some will have content in it (mine was the My DAZ 3D Library at the very bottom)
  4. The content should be: data, lightpresets, People, Props, Scenes, Runtime etc. (these ones are the most common when manually transfering assets so make sure this content is in one of the 3 folders)
  5. On the website, the product you bought willl have a manual way to install - Download it - it should be a simple folder
  6. In the folder you should see another folder "Content" - open it
  7. Copy the folders in Content (common folders are: Poeople, Runtime, Data or else) and Paste them into your MY DAZ 3D Library folder
  8. Go to your DAZStudio and find your asset under Content Library>My Daz 3D Library >  -your asset-

example: if you bought a G8F character, go to  Content Library>My Daz 3D Library > People > Genesis 8 Female > Characters

I hope this was a bit helpful to those who struggle to download the studio smiley

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Comments

  • Muffin64Muffin64 Posts: 32

    Point 3. "...DAZ Studio 4.x Pro..." was really helpful, other ways always brought me to DIM or DAZ Central. This seems to be the official way to offline install DAZ Studio.exe .

  • uhreja_b7204f767euhreja_b7204f767e Posts: 1
    edited November 2022

    Yes, the central keeps hanging and the manager seems to get stuck as well. Did manage to get the software to work for a while somehow, but after a restart it was gone again and wanted to be reinstalled. The same hanging on the central etc. started all over again. The software seems to get worse and worse with every update. It would need a complete do-over, but I guess it's too complex already for that. A dinosaur in it's dying pains.

    Post edited by uhreja_b7204f767e on
  • marino_peter_53dff2f492marino_peter_53dff2f492 Posts: 29

    same here, everytime I update or reinstall.. really terrible installer. 10 years now same problem.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,045

    marino_peter_53dff2f492 said:

    same here, everytime I update or reinstall.. really terrible installer. 10 years now same problem.

    Try https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/617766/daz-install-manager-dim-1-4-1-16-now-available

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