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Subject: Is there any Difference?


arrow1 ( ) posted Sat, 25 July 2015 at 7:52 PM · edited Thu, 28 December 2023 at 3:21 PM

Is there any difference between My DAZ 3d Library and My Library? I get confused with vendors product installations and free stuff in Zip files. Half the time I cannot find stuff that I have installed. Some say to install in My DAZ Library others say My Library. Another problem I have found is that some vendors use a runtime with geometries,textures and libraries etc. Where do these file go in DAZ Studio 4.8? I know where items go in Poser! Cheers

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Razor42 ( ) posted Sat, 25 July 2015 at 7:59 PM

The issue comes from different versions of Daz gave different names to the folder above the runtime folder.

Really you can name this folder whatever you like as long as it is configured correctly within DS.

The variance you see in products ranges from preferred system of the vendor to the age of the product itself.  

I tend to keep a DS runtime and a Poser runtime but the name will vary depending on what your first version was and what you have configured in both DIM and DS.



markht ( ) posted Sun, 26 July 2015 at 1:36 AM

The My DAZ 3d Library is located in public documents on a PC and is the default library used by DAZ Install Manager (DIM). I leave that library alone and let DIM manage that library. I install all content from other sources in My Library.

DAZ Studio supports both DAZ Format libraries and Poser Format libraries. The My Library and My DAZ 3d Library are folders that contain a DAZ Format library. Inside the folders for these libraries you will find a Runtime directory which is a Poser Format library.

If you get a vendor zip files with only a runtime with geometries,textures and libraries etc you can merge this into the Runtime folder under the My Library directory.

DAZ format products frequently also contain a Runtime folder, sometimes under the My Library or Content directory. This Runtime usually only contains Textures. Most DAZ Format products still store their texture files in the Poser Format Runtime library inside one of the DAZ Format folders.


bhoins ( ) posted Mon, 27 July 2015 at 9:10 AM

Specifically, My DAZ 3D Library is designed to have your content from DAZ 3D and My Library is for your content from you (or other sources) to avoid accidentally overwriting content you bought from DAZ 3D. 


RHaseltine ( ) posted Mon, 27 July 2015 at 9:34 AM

Note, however, that the fourth generation base figures and ExP morph expansions do all have to use the same content directory - either all in My DAZ 3D Library or all in My Library (or all in any other directory you choose).


arrow1 ( ) posted Mon, 27 July 2015 at 5:24 PM

Many thanks everyone for the clarification. I downloaded Skinsofts free hair and put it in the "Hair" Folder as advised in the readme, but I cannot get it to work! Cheers

Custom built computer 128 gigs RAM,2 Terrabyte hard drive, NVIDIA RTX 3060 12 Gig, Intel i9, Dual Dell Screens, 0/S Windows 10, networked to a Special 12th Generation intel I9, RTX 3060 12 Gig, Windows 11,64 gigs RAM, Dual Phillips Screens, 2 Terrabyte SSD Hard Drive plus 1 Terrabyte Hard Drive,3rd Computer intel i7,64 gigs ram, Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GeForce 1660 Ti 6 Gig,1 Terrabyte Hard Drive, OS Windows 10 64 Bit Dual Samsung Syncmaster 226bw Screens.Plus Lenovo Laptop 64 Bit,12 gigs Ram.Intel i7 chip.Windows 10 Pro and Ultimate. 4 x 2 Terrabyte Hard Drives and 2 x 2 Terrabyte external USB Hard drives. All Posers from 4 to Poser 2010 and 2012, 2014. Poser 11 and 12, 13, Hexagon 2.5 64 Bit, Carrara 8.5 Pro 64 bit, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Creative Production Suite. Adobe Photoshop CC 2022, Vue 10 and 10.5 Infinite Vue 11 14.5 Infinite plus Vue 15 and 16 Infinite. DAZ Studio 4.20, iClone 7 with 3DXchange and Character Creator3, Nikon D3 Camera with several lenses. Just added 2x 2 Terrabyte portable hard drives.


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