Once the download is complete, right-click on the file and unzip it to a new subfolder. This creates messy, disorganized files and is a bad practice. Do not download directly to your DAZ Library. In any case, the first thing you should do is save your download into its proper place in your zip archives. I suggest the program 7zip, which I use myself, and which allows itself to be easily accessed by right-clicking. Windows can unzip files by default, but can be cumbersome in the way it handles them. When you download a file from a vendor or freebie site it will be in. I will refer to this as your zip archives. You should have a folder for Renderosity, Hivewire, RDNA, ShareCG, and whatever other third-party sites you use. What's important is that it is also organized into subfolders by separate vendors or web sites so you can keep track of what came from where. This is not accessed from inside DAZ Studio, so it doesn't matter where you keep it. You should also have a separate folder set up for keeping your downloaded zip archives. Then choose the words "Add A Base Directory" and give it a useful name ("Renderosity," "ShareCG freebies," etc.). You can add a new directory by right-clicking on the words "DAZ Studio Formats" in your Content Library at the top of the leftmost panel (usually) in DAZ Studio. I suggest having a separate directory set up in your DS for each vendor (DAZ, Renderosity, Freebies, etc.) so you can always tell what you got where and how it is licensed. Directory And File Management (IMPORTANT!) Let's start out by suggesting some good practices for organizing your folders.ġ. It is always possible for errors in packaging to happen, and in that case of course we want to fix it on the vendor end, but most of the time this happens because the product is not installed correctly. Usually what happens is that I get a message to the effect of "Hi! I bought a product from Renderosity/downloaded a freebie from ShareCG, and now I get a "missing file" error when I try to use it."
This comes up frequently on the forum and in my private messages. The purpose of this tutorial is to provide a reference for those new to DAZ Studio and just learning to install products without the DAZ Install Manager for the first time.
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