Relocating Save Files/Mod directory OneDrive

[Locutes666]

the directory where save games and mods are located is in My Documents, I however need it moved and or removed from being synced up to OneDrive (it's getting too full)

Can anyone help me in relocating either the Save Files and Mod directory or have it not being synced up to One Drive?

Thanks in advance
Mark

[Varainger]

No real idea about how to deal with OneDrive, apart form potentially linking you to Windows help pages on the issue, so that's the answer i got:

Asuming your game is not installed in any of the default Windows folders like Program Files or such...

Create a text file called userdir ( so "userdir.txt") inside the CK2 game files folder.
Add/write only a path in it to a new folder (for example: D:\Crusader Kings II Library\Crusader Kings II - 2.830 Library). Save, close.
Start the game via Steam while online, the aformentioned folder will be created (depending on your security settings obv.) and the DLCs registered. Quit and move all your mods and save files into the new folder as required to you. Done.

[Locutes666]

Thanks, figured it out now!

[Varainger]

Originally posted by Mark Haccou:

So I put it in "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crusader Kings II" but it doesn't work. Might it be the wrong directory where I put the new file into?

The location is right, well the CK2 folder at that, but the game is in a default Windows folder, so the security settings, permissions are probaly prohibiting the folder creation or access to the location. It still might work if you create the folder yourself, the new folder you mention in the userdir file. If it already exists, access to it might work, but overall it's better in these cases to install the game outside the, as mentioned earlier, default Windows folders like 'Program Files'.

Also, be sure that you see file type extensions in the explorer window, so that file type extensions are displayed and not hidden. Otherwise you might have created a userdir.txt.txt file, with the real extension hidden and that won't work.

[Locutes666]

thanks for the help, figured it out!

[Varainger]

Originally posted by Mark Haccou:

thanks for the help, figured it out!

Great.

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