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Where are my custom render settings stored?

lbartelslbartels Posts: 65
in Daz Studio Discussion

Short story long...

I have DAZ on computer 1. An older, slower, machine.  I build a newer, faster machine.

But, I created multiple render settings (Under Render Setting, General tab, you can save render settings).  I wish to copy those settings to the new machine.  But I don't know if they are files in some directory somewhere.. or what.

So, I ask again.. where are those files?

 

Thanks in advance...

Comments

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,793

    Do you mean the Dimension Presets? Those ae just aspect ratios, not full render settings, and I suspect they are in the Registry rather than a file.

  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119

    Look in your Library under Render Presets.

  • cgidesigncgidesign Posts: 442
    edited November 2022

    On Wndows:

    Your drive:\Users\your user account\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4 Public Build

    or

    Your drive:\Users\your user account\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4

    File is called:

    dzrendersettingsdimensionspresets.dsx

    Post edited by cgidesign on
  • stefan.humsstefan.hums Posts: 132

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Do you mean the Dimension Presets? Those ae just aspect ratios, not full render settings, and I suspect they are in the Registry rather than a file.

    Those Dimension Presets are saved in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4\dzrendersettingsdimensionspresets.dsx

    Containing only Pixel Size (Width/Height), Aspect Ratio (Width/Height) and switch for Constrain Proportions.

  • lbartelslbartels Posts: 65

    Thank-you... I appreciate the help.

     

    I know I could have simply recreated the settings on the new computer; I only have 6 or 7, but if I had more, it would've been a pain.

     

    Thanks agian.

  • The Vertex DoctorThe Vertex Doctor Posts: 198

    I have a similar, somewhat related question. How do I remove presets? They are not in dzrendersettingsdimensionspresets.dsx. In advanced -> saved files -> preset -> render-settings I have some I had saved but no longer use. There's no right click delete and deleting manually leaves them there but with the missing ! on them. I want them gone completely.

  • cgidesigncgidesign Posts: 442
    edited November 2022

    Not sure if I understand you:

    If you mean the presets shown below, just right click on the one you want to delete, then click browse to file location. You can then delete the files in the explorer.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,793

    cgidesign said:

    Not sure if I understand you:

    If you mean the presets shown below, just right click on the one you want to delete, then click browse to file location. You can then delete the files in the explorer.

    If you instead use Show Asset In to go to the mapped folder (Content Library pane) you can delete it there from the right-click menu.

  • The Vertex DoctorThe Vertex Doctor Posts: 198

    Richard Haseltine said:

    If you instead use Show Asset In to go to the mapped folder (Content Library pane) you can delete it there from the right-click menu.


    Ok Richard, that worked. Seems that you can't just go in like you can with most other things and delete manually by going to file location. For personal saved render presets it appears you MUST go to the mapped folder in Daz and delete it inside Daz itself. Probably has something to do with how the Daz interacts with the Database.

    ​Thank you. 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,793

    Yes, deleting via the operating system doesn't touch the database entries, since there is no way for the Content Managemnt System to know about it, so you just end up with an orphaned reference (which may be wanted if the issue is simply a content library that has failed to attach or an accidental folder move, so DS doesn't simply zap it without question).

  • The Vertex DoctorThe Vertex Doctor Posts: 198
    edited November 2022

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Yes, deleting via the operating system doesn't touch the database entries, since there is no way for the Content Managemnt System to know about it, so you just end up with an orphaned reference (which may be wanted if the issue is simply a content library that has failed to attach or an accidental folder move, so DS doesn't simply zap it without question).

    I never use the CMS for anything so didn't know the manually saved render settings window was part of it.  I stay in the DAZ Studio Formats Branch and the Poser Formats Branch as I isntall everything manually. Good thing I do too! I have a very particular library setup that is OCD organized and I just checked the Products branch in the window and exclamation points everywhere! LOL.

    Post edited by The Vertex Doctor on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,793

    The Vertex Doctor said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Yes, deleting via the operating system doesn't touch the database entries, since there is no way for the Content Managemnt System to know about it, so you just end up with an orphaned reference (which may be wanted if the issue is simply a content library that has failed to attach or an accidental folder move, so DS doesn't simply zap it without question).

    I never use the CMS for anything so didn't know the manually saved render settings window was part of it.  I stay in the DAZ Studio Formats Branch and the Poser Formats Branch as I isntall everything manually. Good thing I do too! I have a very particular library setup that is OCD organized and I just checked the Products branch in the window and exclamation points everywhere! LOL.

    Yes, again if you move files outside DS the database references cannot update. You can move, or better create links, inside DS and avoid the issue.

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