Where to put data folder?

[Janet]

So I've been working on something and showed it to someone and they said I had the data folder in the wrong place. They said it goes in the same folder as the runtime. I did this but now it's showing up in the library.

Help please.

 

[Miss B]

Hey Janet, I just checked the zip of one of my old DS products, and the Data folder is not "in" the Runtime folder, it's on the same "level" as the Runtime folder. In this particular case it's as follows:

Content

Data​

Environments​

Runtime​

Hope that helps.

 

[AllenArt]

The data folder is probably the one DS folder you DON'T want to move .

 

[Miss B]

I never did when I was exclusively using DS back in the day.

 

[Janet]

That's what I meant. That in the same folder as the runtime.

 

[Kerya]

This looks like you have the data folder as a content folder in the Content Directory Manager ... which is unnecessary.

 

[Janet]

I'll check it out. Thank you.

 

[Miss B]

That's what I meant. That in the same folder as the runtime.

Ohhh, OK. I misunderstood you. I thought you meant "in" the Runtime folder.

 

[Janet]

Hmm I found the Content Directory Manager. What do I change there?

 

[3WC]

The Content directory should have the folder that contains the data folder, not the data folder itself.

 

[DanaTA]

I don't mess with folder structures. The Data folder is directly under the Content folder, or more recently, directly under the DAZ3D Library folder.

Dana

 

[DanaTA]

Unfortunately, some content creators put things all over the place, rather than following the standards. Like a Content folder under the Content (or DAZ3S Library) folder. Or they use non-standard names for folders, so we end up with things like Camera, Camera Presets, Cameras; Character (the proper one), Characters. It makes me crazy sometimes.

Dana

 

[Miss B]

That's why I always manually install products, no matter which software it's for. I prefer to know exactly where everything is, and as you mentioned, I don't like separate folders for Character and Characters, etc., though Poser content creators don't usually do that, but still, I sometimes find odd named folders I've not seen before.

 

[3WC]

Yes, "Pose" and "Poses" is what drives me crazy.

Just as a quick reference, the top most folder is a Content folder, but it can be named absolutely anything, eg, My Library, Content, 3d stuff, George, etc. That is the folder that needs to be in the Daz Studio content directory. Within that folder will be the data folder, runtime, people, poses, etc.