hiya im new to saz 3d and really am wanting and willing to learn, only thing is how do i add stuff to my daz 3d? for example, if i download something from here, (renderosity) like a new character for v4, where do i download the file to? i know about going to prefences in daz 3d and then add folders to it that way but nothings working, im a newbie but want to progress further but i just cant get past this hurdle. can anyone help me of where im best putting folders etc and organising folders when i download the free ones from here XD

thanx in advance

XD

Usually products (or freestuff) from Rendo comes in a zipfile (except my free lights for D|S which has an installer :P)
Extract the zipfile and copy the Runtime folder. Now find the directory you have installed Daz to.. usually it can be found in Program Files (so you must know how to work a Windows Explorer)

Paste the Runtimefolder you have just copied into DazStudioContent and Windows will tell you the folder already exists.. thats OK.. Windows then asks if you want to merge the folders.. Give OK. Then go into D|S and look for the new content. If you use the Content Manager goto "Search for new Content" and after a while the new content will show up. Now you can drag the folders to the desired folders (or create new folders first)..

Is this helpful??
Charley :)

hiya thanx for replying to my questions, ive tried what you said but i still can't find it in the actual programme, am i doing something wrong? where do i find the content manager?

ARRGGHH ive even tried the download installer ones, and there not even working im at point of giving up now...:( but i wont im gonna keep trying to work out why it not doing anything, i just can't seem to find any content ive put in the runtime folders./content

If you will go here and read this tutorial....it will get you going and soon you'll be an expert.  It will take you step by step and its easy to learn.

Tutorial for Daz content manager and installing files

thanx hun i will give it a go..... much appriciated :)

 heyo. if you are stuck still, just pm me. i have helped a lot of people with installing folders etc :) i do it slightly different so ite easier to find your stuff etc. :) have a good day ! :D

With FREE Poser content the developer hardly ever bothers to make sure the files unzip into their proper runtime folders. This is extreme laziness!!! But it's free so what can you say.

Therefore I have 2 runtime directories setup in D|S preferences. One is my working runtime and the other is my TEST runtime. Within D|S you can set up multiple "runtime" folders via Preferences - Directories - Poser Content Directories - (Add or Search).

Anyhoot all my new zip format content I install into my TEST runtime. My test runtime gets CLEARED after every test - this is important. In this way I can see where the specific new files are getting unzipped to (using Windows Explorer) and how to move them to their correct location in my working runtime folder.

Another BIG issuse is that most FREE content (and some bought content)  have badly written file path names in their coding. I have to edit the coding to write proper file paths for them to work properly in D|S (and also in POSER).

IMPORTANT: Always make a back up copy of any  file you plan to open to edit.

You can use Windows Notepad or Word to open and edit files but they are not good for such a sensitive and tedious coding work. There are other better FREE text editors on the internet.

I would say approx 70% of FREE Poser content and approx 2% of purchased Poser content I have to fix up to get them to work properly in D|S (and POSER).

And, as far as ORGANIZING your files goes, the best-best-best tutorial I've ever seen is here: http://www.daz3d.com/i/tutorial/tutorial?id=2231&_m=d

Took me a few tries to get it right, but I did, and it's fantastic! 

thank you for helping me find the things I downloaded.

Bare Elf

Hi I am very new here and was wondering about this and many other things.  So I am reading all the threads in the forums and all the tutorials I can find.

thank you for helping me and others.

Bare_Elf