update they magically appeared third reimport metadata lucky
WendyLuvsCatz
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OK have all 3 new Connect only items now
I hate it but on the DS4.9 public build +beta I did try enabling the DAZ connect after much swearing and battling with windows firewall and PostSQL
so I could at least grab those 3 connect only freebies I tossed in my cart last order
but
damned if I am smart enough to find download whatever I need to do
I avoid smart content at the best of times working without PostSQL up until now using my content library
and I tried downloading the off line files too and putting them in E:\Documents\DAZ 3D\studio\My Daz Connect Library\data\cloud\install but cannot find the tab in studio to install them
- In the pane option menu for the Smart Content or Contnet Library pane, click the "Install Offline Products" action.
I started out loathing the idea of DRM cloud based stuff and DAZ connect now I am even more convinced it and I are not going to get along because even if it utterly enthralled me I am far too stupid to use it.
where do I find or get my new content in DAZ studio 4.9 please in simple steps as the sticky left me clueless
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Wasn't connect designed to fix the "users can't find content" issue ?
Load in G3F and have her selected. Check Filter By Context and at the bottom of the pane switch to the Available tab.
Push buttons see what happens. Now Jestmart that is funny. What happens if you are in the control room of nuclear power plant?
Tried all that, I have every product in my library except those three regardless of what I do even reimporting 3K+ items, no have not clicked on connect icon tabs for any as do not want it encrypted as I use Carrara but the thumbs are all there for products that are available as connect.
Well I must say this has not endeared me more to DAZ connect
I was told already the off line method I also tried to install the encrypted content is broken in the latest beta, to use the production build, well hell no, that is what a beta is for, testing new stuff I am not risking stuffing up or losing my main workflow build which is BTW still DS 4.7
I guess I'm having the same problem. I got the 3 freebies to test and it has failed miserably. They NEVER showed up as downloadable so I went the manual install route. That appeared to have worked for a second and the product showed up in smart content, albeit out of order. I then went to another pane to work a minute, went back to smart content and ooopss, none of the 3 were there. I have checked the cloud folder and was able to locate the files for the 3 products but they dont show up in the smart content tab or anywhere else. That's what bothers me the most. It appears that the DazConnect products will ONLY be accessible through smart content so Im being forced to use it and its not smart at all. Sorting by order date, IDs or anthing other than alphabetical is all wrong. Just purchased products show up in the middle or some other random place. Not an impressive start.
You and I are not alone either, seen a few posts scattered in the forum by others finding the same thing, I assume those with them working
are pulling our legs, not seen renders!!!
they updated the beta and now has install offline content, sadly I did not get it to work
buggers turned up after a third import of metadata am downloading now
i tried to install the same last night you can go into the categories scroll by name for example medieval storeroom and click to install but it installs in a different folder called my da connect scheed bla..bla.bla....... and i dont get it either i will not buy any daz connect only items and i dont even want them as a gift period.if they wil come up with this for the whole marketplace then i cancel my subscription and buy bye daz i swear it.
yeah was a right pain in the ass
this is Lynsey with Dragon Armour outfit in iClone 5
Finaly got mine to work as wel. It took a days worth of tries to do it and it had to be done manually. I was even using the release version of 4.9 on machine designated for testing. The items never showed up to be downloaded through Daz and I had to use the "product" tree to find them after multiple manual installs. So now I have to go to multiple "content" panes and that certainly slows the flow.
At least you still felt like doing some work with the products. By the the time I was able to get the 3 items, I didnt fell much like doing any scenes. Too much work just to get them!. I hope that gets ironed out soon.
I frankly could not be bothered, just wanted to solve it, will go back to my old Carrara compatible stuff
did buY G3M head and body morphs cheap as can export the Genesis 3 figures to iClone but otherwise not a priority in my spending, just handy sometimes
Same problem. Ugh. I was looking to find the work around, but from what I'm seeing here it isn't worth it.
Thank you for demonstrating that export (even of encrypted content) isn't locked out in 4.9.
Were you attempting to install offline packages through the beta? Because that would totally explain the multiple attempts.
I did try the Dragon Armour offline through the beta a few times not the other stuff
had no success
it seems it was all delayed not sure if my end or DAZ's end as later purchases namely the G3M body head morphs appeared and I installed them using connect.
I am willing to try the connect to test and on Genesis 3 content as not compatible with my favourite software Carrara anyway but certainly will avoid it like the plague for anything else.
For export to iClone it is irrelevent as converted to FBX, I never would have thought that would not work and the sole reason I have bought some Genesis 3 stuff as they actually load easier in iClone than triax figures.
Only issue is my self created facial animation retarget using the bones needs work, the great thing is I can actually bvh export the facial animation back into DAZ from iClone too as bone based if only I did not have to tick every bone in advanced everytime, did post a thread on that.