Why would you need to install Studio?

Do get me wrong, I think it's a great suport app for carrara especially when using Genesis G2F/M. But just as a prep app, like Hexagon or Genetica {modeler, textureer}. none the less you don't need it installed to use carrara, or genesis. I'm fairly sure all you would need to install is the genesis, G2F/M essentials.

I've thought about moving my library to my figures folder where all my runtimes are, but Studio and carrara have enough issues reading addresses. C8.5 can't read the texture addesses in Studio saved scenes. In my opinioin it is because Studio assumes you are working in the my library folder so doesn't use a full address; as in my library/runtime/textures/ect when it should be C: Documents/DAZ3D/Studio/my libaray/runtime/ect.

Now I am oposed to DIM and CMS. IMHO DIM is just a way for DAZ to chain newbies to DAZ content. It works with no other content, so if newbies use it all the time they never learn how to install content from other sites and as such puts them off shopping there. Yes the DAZ cheerleaders will try to argue about it's benefits, but there are illusional. Download, unzip, check folders, cut, paste done. Doesn't get any easier then that. The benefit to that is I have checked the content before installation to make sure folders and files are in the right place; or actually there lol And I know where my content is because I put it there, no question if DIM got it right. And just to make it more confusing Studio creats a "my library" folder for content, DIM creats and installs to "my DAZ3D libarary", and content actually comes zipped in a "content" folder. it's my opinion DAZ has done this purposly to confuse people and dicourage them from shopping any place they have to manually install content. There really is no other reason for the content folder mismatched names.

And as far as I'm concerned CMS is just DAZ DRM; and no you are not going to get me to change my mind. It scans your content folder to see what is there then verifies it by your purchesed products page. So DAZ knows real fast if there is any  DAZ content in your folder you didn't buy from DAZ. And as far as keeping track of content updates, well first DAZ would have to update some content {LOL} And if something is updated it moves to the top of your purchesed products list in your account at DAZ; I think.

And the cheery on that sunday is 1/3 of the posts on the DAZ Studio forum are from people having issues with DIM and CMS. That in and of it's self is enough to put me off it. And considering DAZ content might be 1/3 of my content, DIM and CMS would be pretty usless to me.

New and shinny does not mean better ;)