How to keeps Steel Beast on one hard drive (not my boot)

[RichardG]

I installed game to D: Drive. My windows boot drive is C:. But Steel Beast file structure insists on putting scenario files and folder onto C: drive (under documents or something). Trying to save space, I want all my scenarios on C: drive. 

[Sean]

 

[dunc]

The "my documents" folder does not have to be on the C: drive. You can actually instruct Windows to move it to a different location. All programs will honor this, Steel Beasts included. Just google for "move my documents".

 

Anyway, you will still have a bunch of mandatory data (maps, default scenarios etc., but no "custom" data) in the (usually hidden) C:\ProgramData directory, subdir "eSim Games". SB relies on this specific location, so you can not move this...

 

However, the Windows NTFS file system comes with a concept of "symbolic links" or "junctions". These are basically "shortcuts" for directories, which look like real directories, but actually point to somewhere else, even different drives. So what you *could* do is:

- copy the whole "C:\ProgramData\eSim Games" directory to a location/drive of your choice

- delete the original "C:\ProgramData\eSim Games" directory

- create a "junction" at the original location to point to the new location by opening an administrative command prompt, go to "C:\ProgramData", and then type:

mklink /j "eSim Games" <new location>

...where <new location> is wherever you copied the directory to, including quotes, so e.g. "D:\SomeData\eSim Games"

 

Now you will have a directory at C:\ProgramData\eSim Games which looks like a normal dir, but instead everything is "rerouted" to your new location.

 

This is completely transparent for Steel Beasts, it can not tell a difference.

 

Disclaimer: this is NOT an officially supported scenario. Do so at your own risk.

[jtyotJOTJIPAEFVJ]

I can confirm that junctions work for moving the SB directory, I did it when my SSD started to run out of space.