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DAZ Studio 4.5, You Must Hate Genesis....

ShinzakuraShinzakura Posts: 8
edited December 1969 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Okay, had Genesis working great on 4.0, but had to update to 4.5. 4.5 gives me the usual "cannot find" error that everyone seems to have (and the fact that everyone seems to have this is kinda worrisome). Reinstalled, same thing. Uninstalled EVERYTHING, then reinstalled from fresh copies downloaded from DAZ. Same thing. Any suggestions on how to slay this dragon (or maybe at least render one so I can slay it?)

I should point out that, curiously enough, it works fine on EXISTING render files that I've created; it just won't make new ones.

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,582
    edited December 1969

    The content is now in .duf format, so any leftover .dsf icons won't work. In the Content Library options menu, Content DB Maintenance > Remove Orphaned Items will get rid of the extra icons. (The underlying Data files are still .dsf, so old scenes will still work.)

  • ShinzakuraShinzakura Posts: 8
    edited December 1969

    Still giving me the "could not open up the start-up scene: [filepath pointing to genesis.dsf]
    File does not exist." Given that the Genesis files were changed from dsf to duf, the fact that it's still not working is confusing - or am I missing something?

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,582
    edited December 1969

    Go to Edit > Preferences > Startup and either uncheck the "Load File" box or change it to Genesis.duf

  • ShinzakuraShinzakura Posts: 8
    edited December 1969

    Okay, and I think I found the problem - somehow the Genesis.duf didn't get installed. but that should've been installed from either the 4.5 or one of the packs I installed.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,582
    edited December 1969

    It's part of Genesis Starter Essentials -- the content is now separate from the application installer.

  • ShinzakuraShinzakura Posts: 8
    edited December 1969

    Which I installed, via the installer. In fact, I thought that might be part of the problem, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled. Still giving me the same problem.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,582
    edited December 1969

    Did you change the install location? Install Manager uses a default in Public Documents, while DS uses the older default location. In Install Manager click the "Install to Where?" in the lower right of the Ready to Install tab and you can add your preferred location.

  • ShinzakuraShinzakura Posts: 8
    edited December 1969

    Did so, but it seems to have only installed the .dsf files.

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited May 2013

    Wrong installer. The content .exe was also updated for 4.5.

    [depending upon which collection of installers arrived, the first release for 4.5 also included installers for 4.0 for those who wanted to have them for backup.]

    edit: just checked my products, now they are listed separately :-)

    If I grabbed the right link, 14812_GenesisStarterEssentials_1.11_trx.exe is the one with the Genesis.duf file.

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  • ShinzakuraShinzakura Posts: 8
    edited December 1969

    Then I have to wonder where the dsfs are coming from if the DAZ installer is pulling from the servers. :ohh: I'll have to manually add. Thanks!

  • LindseyLindsey Posts: 1,985
    edited December 1969

    Be sure your DIM download filter on the Ready to Download tab only has DAZ Studio 4.5 checked. If you have DAZ Studio 4 checked also you'll get the legacy installers with the .dsf files too.

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  • westernnomadwesternnomad Posts: 90
    edited December 1969

    I was having a similar problem. It was resolved when I shut down all my security software - firewall, antivirus, etc. **shudders** Since then I shut down the security every time I install something new because metadata was not installing for new content. See if that solves the problem (without enabling new ones.)

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    westernnomad said:
    I was having a similar problem. It was resolved when I shut down all my security software - firewall, antivirus, etc. **shudders** Since then I shut down the security every time I install something new because metadata was not installing for new content. See if that solves the problem (without enabling new ones.)

    It's even more fun when you have to shut if off in order to get a download! [and yes I do ask myself why do I have this AV from time to time]

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