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How To Use Third Party Content in Daz Studio
Apr 29, 2019
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Cover Art by Ion
Have you ever wanted to use third party content with Daz studio, but weren't sure how to install and use it? In this video we will go over exactly how to install and use third party content in Daz Studio. Following these simple steps and pest practices will get you on your way to using content from any Daz artist you want.
This quick video can open up a whole new world of content for you to use.
This is how to fix a directories hierarchy from an old Windows archive. What I discovered is that some 3d party content, in particular sold here, were packed with one of old buggy zip utilites under Windows. Unpacking these under MacOS or Linux results in a flat list of files with backslash in their names, e.g. "People\Genesis 8 Female\Clothing\Foxy..." instead of creation of the directories People, People/Genesis 8 Female etc.
The following link https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/365738/380799
contains a python code which you save in a file, say, fixwindirs, for instance, in your home directory ~/
Then open a terminal window (Applications/Utilities/Console.app in MacOS), change its mode to executable:
chmod +x ~/fixwindirs
Then you change to the folder created when you unzipped the content
cd baddirectory
and execute this program:
~/fixwindirs
This should now create a proper directories structure with all the files renamed and moved to the right places
The following link https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/365738/380799
contains a python code which you save in a file, say, fixwindirs, for instance, in your home directory ~/
Then open a terminal window (Applications/Utilities/Console.app in MacOS), change its mode to executable:
chmod +x ~/fixwindirs
Then you change to the folder created when you unzipped the content
cd baddirectory
and execute this program:
~/fixwindirs
This should now create a proper directories structure with all the files renamed and moved to the right places
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jthomas
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Sat, Feb 25, 2023You can also use keka to open the zip and not have to fix the file.
this was best use of 3 mins of my life EVER. I've wasted so much sweat and tears trying to figure out how to use 3rd party stuff in DAZ,..now I finally got it. DAZ can be extremely frustrating for a guy, like me, who never reads instructions!
Thanks a million for this video
Thanks a million for this video
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WOW! thank you SO VERY MUCH! Your instructions are so EASY to understand. I bought a gorgeous 1917 Mac U.S. Army truck, but I had NO IDEA how to release it from it's digital prison. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY appreciate the wonder and easy help you offered. God Speed and thanks a wicked bunch, eheehehhehehehhehe
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3dcreator99Sat, Apr 08, 2023
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Wow great topic , i read and enjoy this article
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"Easy to understand." LOL
No.
I have to use Install Wizard or Content Wizard because not a single one of these tutorials work.
No.
I have to use Install Wizard or Content Wizard because not a single one of these tutorials work.
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The design is very very beautiful, I like it, thank you for your beautiful art
The contents were very beautiful and I realized what I should do from this training
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Thanks for the simple and straightforward explanation.
I just have one question.
Is it possible to have subfolders in the My Third Party Content Folder, or would that complicate things?
I want to have sub folders so I can segregate third content I obtained from different place like RenderHub, Renderocity etc
That way if I have a problem I know where I got it from.
I just have one question.
Is it possible to have subfolders in the My Third Party Content Folder, or would that complicate things?
I want to have sub folders so I can segregate third content I obtained from different place like RenderHub, Renderocity etc
That way if I have a problem I know where I got it from.
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I need to resurrect this thread because no matter what I do, and no matter what tutorial I follow, I have an extremely difficult time getting 3rd party content to install and appear where it should be.
I followed the instructions here and either the artist didn't set up the download properly, or it just isn't this easy. The worst part is, that using the instructions here, I got half of one download to work (poses) and the other half shows the morphs, but it has the "broken file" icon (picture frame, triangle and exclamation point) and the morphs don't work.
I followed the instructions here and either the artist didn't set up the download properly, or it just isn't this easy. The worst part is, that using the instructions here, I got half of one download to work (poses) and the other half shows the morphs, but it has the "broken file" icon (picture frame, triangle and exclamation point) and the morphs don't work.
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Well, I just had a new computer built to better use DAZ. 32 Gigs, Iray card, all I need.
FXY 3D better explained this to me and after some practice I got really good at it.
Trouble is this new computer is Windows 11 and everything has been changed.
Before I could open a zip file and just drag and drop Data/People/Runtime into either My Library or My 3rd Party Content.
Some files I specifically wanted in My Library.
I decided this time I'd just put everything in My Library. But there's no way to do it.
When I look over at the left to go to C - Program Files - DAZ 3D - DAZ Studio4 there is no My Library there.
I can't follow this tutorial and create a 3rd Party Content folder in E drive... because there is no E drive.
FXY 3D better explained this to me and after some practice I got really good at it.
Trouble is this new computer is Windows 11 and everything has been changed.
Before I could open a zip file and just drag and drop Data/People/Runtime into either My Library or My 3rd Party Content.
Some files I specifically wanted in My Library.
I decided this time I'd just put everything in My Library. But there's no way to do it.
When I look over at the left to go to C - Program Files - DAZ 3D - DAZ Studio4 there is no My Library there.
I can't follow this tutorial and create a 3rd Party Content folder in E drive... because there is no E drive.
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