How to install?

sonofzeus26_1b45f30a3f

How do I properly install Daz? I'm already frustrated. I'm completely new to all this. I open DazCentral and it asks me immediately to install Daz. I install it. Somehow it gets installed to my C and D drive. It shows up twice in DazCentral menu, once for C, once for D. I've uninstalled everything (Daz, DazCentral, DIM) and deleted D from that menu but it comes back. I've deleted the Daz folder from D drive as well, but it keeps getting installed to D as well as C.

I'd like to install the application to my C drive since it's an SSD. It's a 1.5 TB so I figured I could have the application on C for faster startup, and keep all of my content on D. Is there a reason why I need to have Daz installed on both C and D? I don't understand why it keeps doing that.

I also don't understand  how to set up DIM with all those paths. I'd like to install Daz on C (SSD) and contents on D (HDD) since it's a larger drive. Maybe I don't have paths set up properly in DIM. DIM is a bit confusing but I would like to know exactly where things are installed. If using DazCentral is better for installing everything I can just stick with that, but whichever gives me control over where to store content, that's what I'd like to use so I am familiar with where directories and content are. Thanks for any advice.

 

 

 

Richard Haseltine

If you are using Install manager then don't use Daz Central, it's essentially a simplified interface for Install manager - but since it is inheriting the paths from DIM its simplification is somewhat broken.

If you install only through DIM you will need to go into Advanced settings and set the software base path to use the C: drive, while everything else uses D:

Roman_K2

Yeah, I'm not an expert I don't think DAZ Central and DIM mix well. DAZ has historically had a few issues with installation paths and types of video cards (this would be going back several years).

IIRC there have been some problems with DIM from time to time that (for me) have been kind of hard to nail down. I guess I'm thinking that it would be vexing if some sort of completely unrelated, server side problem reared its head JUST at the exact same time as you are experimenting with your storage setup, whatever it may be.

Not to sound tooooo discouraging but on the best computer I have, which is now two years old (maybe three; time flies ) DAZ Studio absolutely refuses to work. Period. And I have a grand total of one SSD...  You guessed it - on that machine D|S will 100% not work unless I take out the SSD and put in a conventional hard disk drive. Tech people say there is nothing wrong with the SSD. Oh yeah?!

The other problem you're going to encounter, unless you master the art of configuring your content directories, is the Wild West, free-for-all nature of the default categories, eg. Figures, People, Environments, Vehicles, Transportation - stuff like that. It's a bit hit and miss at times; some things end up getting stored in interesting ways that may appear a bit off the beaten "path"... not exactly where you might expect them to be.

Whatever setup you end up with, backing it up to make it possible to re-create your favorite "look and feel" in on new or similar hardware may turn out to be a whole new ballgame.