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ok here. I hope this is what you meant. It's the files in runtime support.
YES! I have fixed one of the major issues people will have been having. Please go to the first post of the thread and download the zip. Replace the 2 files in Data/RiverSoft Art/Common with the files in the zip file.
On ALL products? Or on only one product? If you go through and uninstall the last product, does it fix it? If you try what @Jagerkin tried in https://www.daz3d.com/forums/profile/3309286/Jagerkin does that fix it?
That is the correct file. Looking at it, I don't see duplicate entries either. Have you run the "Install Smart Content" on that product twice? (It might be that there is something wrong in CW when run twice on that product) If you uninstall the Tempest Dress product from DS, and then reinstall using Content Wizard, is there still a duplicate?
Thank you.
Would it be possible, when submitting an update to DAZ, to have the version number displayed somewhere in CW, so that the user know which version he\she has?
I can do that. I don't plan to submit to Daz for probably a week though. I want to iron out as many issues as possible first. I also want to verify the fix works for people
Sorry to add to your workload, but .. on the upsdie this isn't a bug report! When just installing Smart Content (and maybe when also installing product, I have yet to do that ..) it'd be really, really nice to be able to pick out a meaningful icon for the product. Seeing as any potential .jpg or .png that'd work as an icon is still 'locked' in the zip file (despite the analysis step) any chance of doing something with/about that?
It was on everything, but after a bit of trail and error I managed to find a solutioin, which was to turn OFF Filter By Context, Select the base figure (in this case was G8F), Then select for instance Clothing/Autofits, then turn Filter By Context back ON, It then started working again as it should.
As with your other usful scripts this is of the highest quality once again, Keep up the great work.
Click on the Change Product Icon button to do that.
Huh. Does that mean it is working now? That DS just needed to reset itself? Or that you have to do this procedure every time?
I Will let you know, Haven't had much time to play with it yet :)
Yes, but ... there is no suitable product icon as the file was unzopped in memory I assume and teh contents of the zp are not available and I have yet to find where the unzip file option sends the files ...
No, you are supposed to point that to some file on your HDD. It isn't meant for any file in the zip.
Please do. Thanks.
It gets unzipped to the Working Directory (see Installation Options tab).
Which reminds me, perhaps the Unzip Product button should be disabled until a file has been added.
Good point.
Oh dear ... I have looked there and it has not been, much tomy bemusement. I tsuffenly, however, think I know why not ... it is not remembering the location I specified when I first ran Content Wizard ... well, crap no, it does NOT remember the working directory I deliberatlly moved away from my C: drive .. rats. Can we fix that, please (that's not directed at you Doc!)?
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Ok, used the 'Save' option and that seems to have remembered the location I specified ...
Easy fix: Start CW, change the Working Directory, click Save and close CW\DS. Restart and it should be remembered.
Thanks for ths product RiverSoftArt - it's awesome!
The only products I've had any issue with so far are Barn One and 51 Panel Van by the same artist. All the other products I've installed so far have worked perfectly.
After installing your patch, Barn One now works, but I still get the installation error on 51 Panel Van. I've attached the log, config and generated xml files for when you get time to check.
Thanks.
[Edit] I found an error in xml on line 504 (& in file name). I fixed it manually and was able to load the metadata now.
Hi RiverSoftArt, I purchased this the other day and spent some time with it yesterday and have a couple of suggestions that may be of interest?
The products I played with were a few SASE purchases I made during renderosity's big sale during the holidays last year. I installed them each independently using "+" then clean. The following sort of diminished my experience to some degree:
1) I wasn't manually inputting the ID, so after product 1, the next kept failing for smart content because it kept seeing a different product name associated with that id (the name associated with the first product). It wasn't clear to me why it was saying that until after a bit of trial and error. Maybe you could rewrite that error message to offer a hint that the ID is really important for smart content?
2) All 3 or 4? of my products that were installed by content wizard have your CW icon, and yet you show the various associated icons for the various files inside the zip. Would it be possible for you to choose the first product's icon and allow users to choose an alternate from with the zip(s) rather than using the otherwise meaningless icon? I have been maintaining two runtimes, 1 for "smart content" purchased fom DAZ, and another for stuff I get elsewhere that is manually rearranged to reflect the proper "categories" like I did for so many years before finally giving in to using Smart Content. Ideally, I'll move everything over to smart content using your program, but having those portraits for the initial listing is pretty important if I were to really use it and having to set it manually would be less than ideal.
3) Is it possible to add new categories for things? I didn't see anything like that in my exploration. I was hoping I could make my "smart content" much smarter, since many times I still have to do file system searches to find specific props that are part of a larger package and the item itself isn't listed.
Still trying to figure out why some outfits are shown twice in smart content.
I've deleted the folder of the product and did the content wizard again, with same result.
One time it shows up as Product Local User and one time the one created by Content Wizard it seems.
How do I get rid of the Local User one
OK, So I've managed to norrow it down to when you add metadata to a 3rd party character it causes a glitch in the smart content.
The way to get it working again is to make sure nothing is selected in the Scene Tab, Then Login & wait for the Smart Content to update its self then after a minute or so it should start working again. This happens every time I add metadata to a character. If doing clothing etc. then the glitch doesn't happen.
The glitch its self is where 90% of the smart content catagories disapear.
Do I just add the two files from the zip to the folder?
Documents --> Daz3D--> Studio-->My Library-->Data-->RiverSoft-->Common... is where I placed the files but still get the install error.
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Installing Product to Daz Studio...
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Verifying existence of Renderosity store: true
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Verifying "MDD Fable G8 Female" product does not exist already
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Creating "MDD Fable G8 Female" product in Daz Studio...
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Building product metadata...
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Creating Product Icon from C:/Users/creat/Desktop/RENDEROSITY/257295_MDD Fable_G8F/Fable.jpg...
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Creating support file...
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Importing Product into Daz Studio...
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): Error importing product into Smart Content database
14:16:28 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time): There were errors during installation.
Replaced the required files from the zip.
I still get the Smart Content install error on Rendo products. I was able to get Bodysuit 3 from MostDigitalDesigns to intall successfully. I did get the same results that Illidanstorm where there are two icons for the product. One says local_user for the product name the other is correct and says Bodysuit.
I have not been successful with the Content Wizard.
To narrow down possible problems based on user error, I chose to work on my back-up pc. It has the latest DS installed and my purchased product converters and scripts. No other products.
I looked at the oldest of my content - the Morphing Skull - and decided to try adding metadata for it. All it needs are some tags. I thought it would be pretty simple. (It is not in poser format. In the past, I have followed Jen's guide to convert poser content to DS.)
I followed Riversoft's steps below, minus step 6 - since I installed the Morphing Skull via DIM.
I usually do things in this order:
The first save of the Configuration File has the information for the tags. When saving the configuration file again in step 8, the tags are gone. Proceeding with step 9 and 10 ... no metadata appears to have been created, no tags are attached, the corresponding files are not found in the support folder. Restarting DS did not change the outcome. After each apparent failed attempt, I have uninstalled the product via DIM and deleted the product zip file, and started fresh.
I have attached some screenshots and the step 5 text file. I am embarassed to say that I have spent hours trying to figure it out what I am doing wrong.
Agreed!
I know this must be overwhelming, but remember we're finding every little thing that could be wrong (including problems that are simply user errors). And Smart Content/Metadata issues have been a problem with Daz for years. This product is AMAZING, current glitches and all. And no matter how many updates you do, I'm sure there will always be a few things CW can't handle! I accepted that as a given before I even bought the product. Nothing's perfect.
There is a very short list of vendors that I trust enough to even consider buying something this complicated from, especially when that product is brand new and I know there will inevitably be glitches that need to be ironed out. I felt comfortable buying CW on the day of its release because I trust you and your products. The quality is always top-notch, and you're responsive to users and responsible about trying to fix any issues we find. In a way, this thread's really a whole lot of votes of confidence in you! Users are reporting errors to you (and not submitting tickets) because we know you'll do your best to help us - just like you have with every single other product you've released.
THANK YOU so much for creating this product, and for all your hard work and other amazing products you've created over the years!!!
I could not have said it any better.
There seems to be a major bug where when you try to install a character and install the smart content, filtering will no longer work for that base figure.
I've just tried to install Kandy for Genesis 8 Female by TwiztedMetal from renderosity and now my g8f is broken
when I click on filter by context it will show nothing for g8f. Help :o
Edit: ok uninstalling the g8f starter pack and reinstalling it fixes it, but this is a bug that should be addressed I think.
"ok uninstalling the g8f starter pack and reinstalling it fixes it, but this is a bug that should be addressed I think."
Will uninstalling g8f starter pack help with the smart content install?