Quote - However I feel moving the free version to an online only status is kind of a step in the wrong direction.  Not everyone has a 24/7 high speed fibre optic network connection and many have restricted download limits and/or (such as myself) poor or slow connectivity.  Furthermore being online takes valuable processing and memory reources away.  For example I'm runninng FF right now and it is chewing up over a quarter gig of my RAM.

Quote - The online version will NOT be the only free version. There will also be a standalone free version.  It will have fewer features than the currently-free Standard version.

...I cannot rememeber the thread where I read about it on the Daz forums as it was a while ago. As I understand there is to be only Express (online - free), Standard (49.95$), Advanced (229.95$), and Pro (429.95$).  The Standard version is currently free but only for a limited time (probably year's end).

Quote - This isnt the doing of DAZ 3D. its the doing of PAs and mostly its Poser content compatibility that is the culprit.  Since DS4 came out, this is less of an issue because we check this more.

Quote - ...so why didn't this go through Q & A in the first place? As Daz only uses .exe installers they should have tested all .exes to make sure that the complete install package was properly set up before it hit the store. These "extraneous" folders make a real mess of the Studio content tree and navigating it a chore.  This is why I am in favour of .zip files for even though it is more work on my part to install content, at least I can have complete control over where everything goes.

Quote - I think Randall is mistaken here -- the screenshots Kyoto Kid posted look to me like incorrect content folders (or content installed to places that aren't content folders), rather than things that slipped through QA.

...there's nothing loadable in these folders when I open them, I just get a blank selection palette.  I don't change any paths when installing content so I have no idea why these folders end up here other than something wrong with the install.exe.

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