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do i need to download both DS and PS product in Install Manager?

AristocAristoc Posts: 254
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

after purchasing a product it says the name in Install Manger and it ends in DS and another one with PS. Do I have to download and install both if I am using Daz Studio 4.6 ?

Thanks a lot.

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    That depends...

    Some products, if the DS and Poser files are about the same size, don't need both. Others, if the Poser is significantly larger, do need both.

  • BrianP21361BrianP21361 Posts: 813
    edited December 1969

    mjc1016,

    Can you explain why I would need both. I use Carrara and the DS files rarely work. Probably because they are in an older format not supported by Carrara.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,598
    edited December 1969

    In Install Manager on the "Ready to Download" tab, click the "Download Filters" button to select the software you use. Then it will only show the packages you need.

  • BrianP21361BrianP21361 Posts: 813
    edited December 1969

    Unfortunately if I just set it to show Carrara only it excludes all the DS and Poser content. It would be nice if the DIM recognized which products work in Carrara and which ones don't.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    The ones that have small DS files and large Poser files have the mesh/textures in the Poser download, with DS only stuff in the DS download. The ones that are the same size are basically the same content in both.

  • BrianP21361BrianP21361 Posts: 813
    edited December 1969

    mjc1016 said:
    The ones that have small DS files and large Poser files have the mesh/textures in the Poser download, with DS only stuff in the DS download. The ones that are the same size are basically the same content in both.

    Thanks. That's really helpful. Since most of the DS content doesn't work in Carrara then I should just download the Poser files. That saves me a lot of hard drive space.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,598
    edited December 1969

    Unless you're using C8.5 you only want the "Poser<9"-compatible files.</p>

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,598
    edited December 1969

    Actually, unlike the old installers, if a package is labeled "DS" then it is stand-alone and doesn't need the PS version. If it requires the PS version it will be labeled "StudioCF".

  • AristocAristoc Posts: 254
    edited December 1969

    here is what I think h appened

    I downloaded and installed using the manger La Piazza DS. Couldn't find anything. Then downloaded La Piazza Ps. Then it all appeared. I think this is what happened.

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