Daz Studio 4.9 Beta Now Available..
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Thanks for that! Can that be done for the DS content as well as the Rutime content?
Thanks.
Edit: Should that be done......?
Yes you can duplicate your DS Content folder structure in Categories using the same method.
For several releases I've been using Products to see all items grouped together. I then right click and Add as Category where I want it. Nothing new about the ability. I don't use Smart Content very often and seldom change any files in My Library. All the 01-??? brown eyes, makeup, etc., are just too confusing.
I can right click on a file's icon and see the file name, file path, author, and file details such as when it was created, modified, and the file size. We already have all of these abilities, and more. There was no need for a new system, especially when improvements that have been asked about for years still have not been addressed.
That's the best news ever. Thank you very much.
You know, it really makes me angry that DAZ didn't see this (magnitude of) backlash coming. But I do respect, that you guys sometimes do go the extra mile to try and keep all of us happy. It's like the ying / yang of DAZ. ^^
I would like to add that I am in no way generally opposed to make this piece of software as accessible to new users as possible. But I don't believe that does have to come at the price of limiting the more experienced users.
I would also add that I do understand the upsides of the category system. If the whole thing was much faster, easier and more comfortable to work with I might consider changing the way I do things. And others might too.
Connect seems interesting. I'm all for it as long as we can still move content out of the file-system if we want to. I'm always wary of the auto update stuff potentially breaking something in the short term.
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...in that case please take DIM offline
...as a devoted Bryce user that would be worth it! (Never use DIM anyway hehe)
[tries to think of a way to get all Daz users to stop using DIM....]
If we can get a "last updated" date field for the Product Library section of the website, I'd be all for that.
At the moment, however, I have to use DIM to see what products have been updated or not (I still install and categorize manually).
Sorry, late to the party and for not heaving read all 29 pages.
Is there any news about linux compatibility? Would be a blast if it would cooperate with WINE. DAZ is one of the last, if not the last, app I need windows for.
Then I read something about encryption and installing using the build-in installer: strong dislike!
It's pretty obvious why DRM is implemented but you're making the classic mistake here. In the end, it's only a hassle for those who have paid money. Those who have not, will have have a better customer experience. Why should it be different exactly this time? Just saying...
I'm on the fence already for just dropping the word DRM itself, I had way too much bad experiences with something like that, therefore I can say, knowing that nobody cares, that I won't purchase anything that comes with DRM. "Other mothers have beautiful daughters as well", is a saying here.
Besides that, I like that some annoying bugs got fixed. I'd like it more if there were patched in the recent version than waiting for the next major, though. ;)
No advances on that front...
Something I just realised as I read this — we already have "last updated" data for each and every item in the DAZ store. But it isn't in the Product Library page, it's in each product's online readme page.
Okay, DAZ, one of the things people have been asking about for years has been there all along. Is it feasible to put tab A into slot B so the Product Library page can access the info from the readme page?
On the gripping hand, the online readmes have been "a problem" for years, what with all of the pages that were never — and have still never — been moved back into the regular readmes section from the old and many-years-defunct ArtZone site.
Thanks Willowfan! Very helpful.
OMG. No clue what I did different this time, but I thought I let you know that, for the first time ever, I have DAZ 4.8 running in wine64 (wine-staging). \o/
I'll figure out if it's usable and how I did it and let you know about the result in a linux thread.
Updates are not automatic, you have to trigger them.
Well, metadata fetching is occurring automatically and sometimes re-creating old categories.
No this was just a comment on the idea of monthly subscription type content. I in no way meant to imply it was happening here at this moment
Any sort of subscription would be a logistical nightmare. There are something like 450 total PA's and thousands of products by those PA's. Who got what and if any of it was prorated would be a huge accounting drama.
Yeah, while I could certainly afford a subscription, I like the ability to pay people who make stuff I like for their work, and to have it forever without worrying. I also fear it would reduce the incentive for Daz to bring in more PAs.
Thankfully, there's no reason to suppose Daz is inclined to move that way.
Really?
Just a drama?
That's the kind of stuff extremely disturbing nightmares are made of...
I didn't really have a good enough word for the scale of "hellahard" that would be. Every time someone brings up subscription I am reminded that most people forget that Daz is a brokerage and that they sell products for hundreds of individuals. Daz has done an amazing job of getting us to work togther and with them but that would be a whole different ball of wax. And lest someone thinks they can just buy us all out.. Yea.. the expected yearly income for x years for say 400 or so people all at once. The prhase "cost prohibative" comes to mind. Brokerages work because the brokerage is not having to invest in all of the inventory in the store. Daz invests in way more content than any other brokerage but most days most if not all of the products released are PA owned. Things could change, anything can happen where cats and dogs are living together, but I can't imagine Daz ever thinking that is a good way to go financialy.
Stranger things have happened...but it's like one of those things that are signals for an impending apocalypse or something.
I'm a PC+ member, I already pay for a subscription
just sayin'
PC+ membership is such a ridiculously good deal to me, though. The first thing I bought was a membership, and then the Aiko 6 pro bundle, and the amount saved by joining not only paid for the 3 month membership, but I still got the bundle for cheaper. And then you get 3 months of savings on top of it. I've never seen a membership club type thing even remotely approach that level of instant value elsewhere without some sort of massive down the line strings attached.
I have to agree, I love it !
I'm not sure how long you've been a member , but a few months back we were given the V4 and M4 hero Pro sets,,,for free.
among the first things I got where the HD addons for V6 and the Olympia6 Pro bundle :)
I don't see me canceling my membership anytime soon. Like you said , it's a ridiculously good deal.
I love the PC+ membership, believe it pays for itself many times over, and it is sort of like a subscription. :-) So you are both right. I don't know why I waited three months to rejoin.
But since I have rediscovered all this...I surely hope things stay on an even keel.
Glad to hear this ;)
D: I didn't get M4 and V4 for free (or anything out of the ordinary actually) D:
Actually I still don't have them >.> the older content remains a sort of 'when I get around to it and I'm not completely broke from whatever the latest special" kind of thing.
Really, though, even without comparing to other club type deals in lands that shall not be named that I was deeply unimpressed with, Premier Club has been the first deal type thing that I've felt genuinely satisfied with, and keeps me coming back to spend more and leaves me feeling happy about it. So please keep it awesome.
Yeah, I feel completely satisfied with PC+. It's paid for itself many times over.
Yeh PC+ is great; it almost feels like Daz's whole setup is geared towards encouraging that; it certainly had that affect on me, whatever they actually wish.
While I like my PC+ membership, I'm also worried that (new) DAZ Originals and PC+ items are prime items to be encrypted. That's a no go for me, as I cannot get those items working on my OFFLINE main render system. And for what I understand so far, transferring a key from an online system to an offline system will not work.......