Multiple issues apparently related to paths

lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

For a while.....my applications file was installing on drive D:...all by its lonesome over there....

 

I recently re-installed after unplugging drive D;.....

 

My Applications file is now safely on Drive C;...with everything else...

 

Problem now is Face Transfer can't find the new location and is giving me a "Failed to Load File" error....

 

I cahnged the temp setting in the General section of Preferences editor,,,but still no luck.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,948

    It probably wants the content, which may be clearer from the full error or from checking the log (Help>Troubleshooting>View Log File). Do you have your content directories set up for the new locations?

  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

    only the applications file and everything in it moved....

    I checked files from another install....the file "Generate" was missing after face transfer....I dont know if there should be anythng after that.

     

    I need to see the file structure from a clean instrall of the "Applications" file to see what else should be there.

  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51
    edited May 12

    Can't figure out why my movie renders are coming out black...yet a still image render is fine...all in NVIDEA Iray mode.

    All setting have been set to default.

     

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  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

    My file problem persists....the "Applications" file and everything in it was on drive D: away from everything else...

    Now I have it on "C:Program Files\DAZ 3D\Applications\Data\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4 Temp\   after that...nothing.

     

    DAZ 3D does not seem to want to read or write anywhere in here.

  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

    update.....Same result with 3Delight.

     

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,948
    edited May 12

    What are you trying to do? Applications should usually be installed to the Program Files folder, and it sounds as if you are selecting a temp folder (for temporary files that gets cleared when DS starts) as a location fro something that should be persistent.

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  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,718

    If it affects both render engines it looks like a problem with the creation of the movie file itself. 

    Maybe try rendering to an image sequence and use another tool to make a movie out of the sequence.

  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

    Agreed....I think its all boiling back to the damn missplaced "Application" file.....

     

  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

    thats the problem....that file list is from a fresh install.....its not putting the application file in the correct place....or anything in it.

     

  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

    I plugged the D: drive in...re-installed DAZ 4.5...and both postgreSQL files....

     

    on D: all by itself...this file structure

     

    Applications/Data/DAZ 3D/DAZStudio4 Temp/Face Transfer

                                                                            /Render Album Tmp

                                                                            /Shaders

                                                                            /Text Converter

     

      All the last files are empty.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,948

    If that is a temp folder they would be empty.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,948

    What are your path settings? Those are not locations that would be sued without the user specifying them.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,948

    Merged threads sicne they all seem related to pathing, to try to keep everything together.

    Please explain how you installed, what method(s) you used, and what path options - we really can't help without a clearer understanding of what is happening.

  • lstubbs2lstubbs2 Posts: 51

    I have a second version of DAZ 3d at work....it performs fine...  I checked all the DIM install paths on THAT installation and they are the same....

     

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