How to transfer campaigns and missions that are already in the game from one disk to another

[Schweinokaras]

I encountered a problem that with new maps, modules, updates, new missions and campaigns are added, but they are automatically saved to disk along with the system, which reduces free space and worsens performance. Is there any way to move these campaigns to another drive or somehow tell the game to save these campaigns in a different location?

[Troll Norris]

In steam options you have to setup games instalation directory. Then select DCS to download itself into that storage area.

[Troll Norris]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

[Schweinokaras]

Originally posted by Troll Norris:

In steam options you have to setup games instalation directory. Then select DCS to download itself into that storage area.

The problem is that I have the game installed by itself on another drive and it feels great, and I don’t even have the Steam library on the drive with the system, but campaigns that are already ready and come with modules are still saved on the drive with the system

[Xupicor]

You have to be clearer than that about your issue. Modules, maps and campaigns normally install into your game installation directory and I find it very suspect that they would go anywhere else. Do you have Steam or Standalone version installed?

There's another directory that is usually on the system drive - Saved Games/DCS (or DCS.openbeta) where your custom missions, mods, community modules, liveries and settings go. That one you can just cut and paste somewhere else if you're reinstalling
Windows or something and don't want to lose it. If it gets too big (are you downloading a lot of liveries?) you can do some shenanigans with soft links.

"campaigns that are already ready and come with modules are still saved on the drive with the system" -- campaigns don't come with modules.

There's some misunderstanding about how all this works somewhere in here, so it would be best if you provided more details.

[Schweinokaras]

Originally posted by Xupicor:

You have to be clearer than that about your issue. Modules, maps and campaigns normally install into your game installation directory and I find it very suspect that they would go anywhere else. Do you have Steam or Standalone version installed?

There's another directory that is usually on the system drive - Saved Games/DCS (or DCS.openbeta) where your custom missions, mods, community modules, liveries and settings go. That one you can just cut and paste somewhere else if you're reinstalling
Windows or something and don't want to lose it. If it gets too big (are you downloading a lot of liveries?) you can do some shenanigans with soft links.

"campaigns that are already ready and come with modules are still saved on the drive with the system" -- campaigns don't come with modules.

There's some misunderstanding about how all this works somewhere in here, so it would be best if you provided more details.

Steam version installed. The problem is in the "Saved Games/DCS" folder. When I try to simply cut it and paste it into the right place, another problem appears: when I enter the game, you do not appear in the DCS account, all control settings are lost, and the game again creates a folder in the same place

[Troll Norris]

Originally posted by Schweinokaras:

Originally posted by Xupicor:

You have to be clearer than that about your issue. Modules, maps and campaigns normally install into your game installation directory and I find it very suspect that they would go anywhere else. Do you have Steam or Standalone version installed?

There's another directory that is usually on the system drive - Saved Games/DCS (or DCS.openbeta) where your custom missions, mods, community modules, liveries and settings go. That one you can just cut and paste somewhere else if you're reinstalling
Windows or something and don't want to lose it. If it gets too big (are you downloading a lot of liveries?) you can do some shenanigans with soft links.

"campaigns that are already ready and come with modules are still saved on the drive with the system" -- campaigns don't come with modules.

There's some misunderstanding about how all this works somewhere in here, so it would be best if you provided more details.

Steam version installed. The problem is in the "Saved Games/DCS" folder. When I try to simply cut it and paste it into the right place, another problem appears: when I enter the game, you do not appear in the DCS account, all control settings are lost, and the game again creates a folder in the same place

Open directory "%userprofile%" There is folder "saved games". Use right mouse button click on that folder and then click on properties. There is "location" tab or something like that. Click on it. In the window select the new location of this folder. System will aks you then if you also want to move all the subfiles there.

Thing is: "Saved games" is system folder. Not DCS created folder. Because of that it always creates new one until you will not set its location the propper way. You can do same things with almost all folders in "%userprofile%" except the appdata folder.