Carrara 8.5 Pro BETA - version 8.5.1.19, Now Available! (UPDATED)

kyoto kid · January 2015

dbdigital2 said:
0oseven said:
DBdigital12 Thank you for your comprehensive reply - your info will make my install life much easier !
One thing I have realised is the download folder should not be on the C: because if you need to restore your hard drive it would be wiped out and even if you have your content on D: or some other drive DIM would not be unable to install it - is that right ? What might your advice be for folder locations to avoid this situation ?

Regards font size for the interface I 'm pretty sure you will already know you can change the "style ' in the preferences and one or two may give the appearance of larger fonts.
Font size has been an issue with me too but it is a design factor most software ignore and it irritates me like mad to be trying to pick those miniscule controls- it actually wastes time - The one feature I liked about Daz Studio was the large buttons etc but I see the latest release has opted for sending us all blind !

You are welcome. And you can move it elsewhere and DIM can install it anywhere you like (the setting for DIM is under the little "wheel" on the top right of the window). As long as you back up your userdata (in content library management) you can move all of your content to any drive you like. Just make sure you tell Studio where you moved it to, and delete the old folder links (from content management directory manager) then reset the content database (CMS) via the same content library controls, then reimport meta data (same controls) then reimport user data. Everything should be as you left it before. The user data is all catagories you have set up, notes, or tags you gave items in the content library. If you didn't do that, then don't worry about user data.

And as Mike mentioned, you can backup the DIM manafest files, the locations of what folder they are in tells DIM if the content has been downloaded and or installed. If you loose the manafest files then DIM will think you haven't installed anything, but will let you redownload and reinstall but that is of course optional. What I do is back up the whole Install Manger folder and sub folders. I also keep the downloads on another drive as a backup just in case I need them. Sure I can download them from DAZ if I need, but it is faster and easier if I have them here.

..so this applies to anything installed with the DIM then (Carrara, Daz, Bryce), correct?.

I actually am looking at having to do a wipe of my C boot/application drive as I need to install Wiin7Pro on my system to support the the memory upgrade I am planning to perform (24 GB) since Premium only supports up to 16GB. One cannot simply upgrade though MS anymore as they stopped selling Win7 "anytime upgrade" keys last year in favour of pushing everyone to 8.0/8.1 (the keys can still be found at third party sites but are terribly expensive, like upwards of 400$! - the 24GB memory kit I'm getting costs less than that).

So If I back these files up (as well as the other Daz related folders in the C:/Windows Library) on say, a USB stick or external drive, do the wipe and OS install, then restore them to the C Drive afterwards, I should be OK? Not about to mess with the .ini to direct them elsewhere like suggested above as that would be a great way for me to break everything (one of the reasons why I don't do Linux).

Not really interested in doing a full install of all my content/plugins even though about two thirds of my content was installed before I could use the DIM due to the fact I had an unstable Net connection (wireless) from home at the time.

0oseven · January 2015

Thanks fixmypcmike and dbdigital2 for your advice - I'll go with backing up the manifest file and of course i must remember to do it everytime I add content.
I'm sure others will find this very useful info and apologies for turning this thread into a DIM discussion but I am much happier with DIM as a result. :coolsmile:

kitakoredaz · January 2015

My pc is windows 7 64 bit ver. I use postgre spl with daz studio 4.7. not valentina.
I install carrara 8.5 current this beta. and carrara 8.5 product ver too.
I think I may only need postgre, if this Carrara 8.5 beta can connect with postgre spl for smart content,
then I have uninstalled valentina already.
but the Carrara 8.5 beta never connect with postgre spl
I askedDAZ support and send ticket as bug report . and now I get reply.

the support reply is ,,

Did you uninstall Valentina before running Carrara 8.5 beta? We have had some issues when it is uninstalled before getting the Beta set up first. This is a known issue and they are working on it.

I am not native then I may make miss understanding. but I simply think,
To connect Carrara 8.5 beta with postgre spl , I need to re- install valentina too. (why I do not know,, but i think,, it need)

I re-install valentina cms by " C:\Program Files (x86)\DAZ 3D\DAZ3DIM1\cms\DAZContentManagementService.exe"
if someone have uninstalled valentina cms already, you may need it. if you have deleted this file,,
I think you may need to re-install DIM (sorry I do not know,,) then get this installer for valentina CMS

after install valentina CMS, it may auto-running untill you manually stop valentina.
then I run carrara 8.5 beta again..

yes it worked. now carrara 8.5 beta can show all smat content as same as daz studio.
but I could not confirm, which database connect with carrara 8.5 beta now.

if I stop valentina CMS manually , then check smart content in carrara 8.5 beta ,
it reply erroer message.

then I check task manager too. as you see, now postgre spl running for carrara 8.5 beta, I think.
(because postgre only run when I use daz studio before.and when I quit daz studio, postgre stopped too.)

now I do not run ds, run carrara 8.5 beta only. as you see, postgre spl running for carrara 8.5 beta (smart content)
but DAZ CMS (valentina) aprication running too ^^;

I am happy but I do not know,why I need to keep and run valentinia still.
there seems no reason to keep two different data base system to connect one data base.

anyway if windows 7 64 bit user have same problem for carrara beta with postgre working,
try to re-install valentina again. (I think you may need to keep running valentina CMS too,
for it working)

dbdigital2 · January 2015

0oseven said:
Thanks fixmypcmike and dbdigital2 for your advice - I'll go with backing up the manifest file and of course i must remember to do it everytime I add content.
I'm sure others will find this very useful info and apologies for turning this thread into a DIM discussion but I am much happier with DIM as a result. :coolsmile:

No problem, glad I could help. But I would like to mention there is more than one manifest file. There is one for each product you purchase/download from Daz. Where they are located is how DIM knows if a product has been downloaded and/or installed. I am betting that was just a typo but I wanted to make sure. :)

LinkRS · January 2015

kitakoredaz said:
My pc is windows 7 64 bit ver. I use postgre spl with daz studio 4.7. not valentina.
I install carrara 8.5 current this beta. and carrara 8.5 product ver too.
I think I may only need postgre, if this Carrara 8.5 beta can connect with postgre spl for smart content,
then I have uninstalled valentina already.
but the Carrara 8.5 beta never connect with postgre spl
I askedDAZ support and send ticket as bug report . and now I get reply.
the support reply is ,,

Did you uninstall Valentina before running Carrara 8.5 beta? We have had some issues when it is uninstalled before getting the Beta set up first. This is a known issue and they are working on it.