Can AC Black flag install on another internal drive?

[Kat]

Hi
I don't have space on my C drive, I run the latest tombraider and other games off my other drive D, can AC do the same? If I remember I couldn't get Farcry 3 another Ubisoft game to run off my D drive, it only recognised C.
Don't want to buy it if I can't use it.

[Mr.Big]

Yes you can install it on another HDD...

[Kat]

No you can't I checked it with Ubisoft they said they hard coded it to C

[GalakFyarr]

Originally posted by Kat:

No you can't I checked it with Ubisoft they said they hard coded it to C

Sounds like bollocks to me. I have Far Cry 3 on an external hard drive.

Create a second steam library on your second drive, then tell Steam to install in that folder.

DONE.

[ScruffyBamboo]

Originally posted by Kat:

No you can't I checked it with Ubisoft they said they hard coded it to C

Maybe the UPlay version, but as Galak above said, with Steam, you can install on another drive pretty easily. My main Windows drive is a small SSD, so I keep no games at all on it - I have my entire Steam library on my F: drive.

It's pretty simple to do, but you can also just Google it for easy instructions.

[gpavlidis94]

Originally posted by ScruffyBamboo:

Originally posted by Kat:

No you can't I checked it with Ubisoft they said they hard coded it to C

Maybe the UPlay version, but as Galak above said, with Steam, you can install on another drive pretty easily. My main Windows drive is a small SSD, so I keep no games at all on it - I have my entire Steam library on my F: drive.

It's pretty simple to do, but you can also just Google it for easy instructions.

I got Far Cry 3 and AC 4 for Pc through steam and I can't get them to play unless they are on my C drive...Did you do anything special to let them run from F?What OS are you using?

[Mystix]

@gpavlidis94: Same problem I had here, AC4 would always crash on me every time I launched the game untill I installed it on my C: drive. I guess it depends on a computer, Windows version, settings, etc... as perhaps not all Users will have the same problem.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If u got it from Ubisoft/Uplay, it should have an installer (like the retail copy) and thus within this u can decide where the game installs.

Ubisoft is full of crap, because I have all my game clients and games on another drive and they all work fine. I do have a few games on my OS SSD [C] but again u can install them anywhere.

For Steam, u go to Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders and point to a different drive location if u want the option of where u want your game to be housed. If you do not do this for Steam, then your games will always install in \Steam\SteamApps\Common subfolder of where the game client is originally installed to. Once u have multiple entries with Steam Library Folders set, then upon a game install after this, u will notice there is a choice when the Steam installer screen appears.

To avoid issues, don't install a game client or a game into Program Files (x86) or any other "system folder"

For example, when installing a game client, install to the root folder on the drive u want, like shown below.

x:\Steam
x:\Uplay
x:\Origin

Or however u want to do it to be. Not sure why games or game clients default to using the Program Files structure, but they should never use this. Just doesn't make sense to do so.

[seville57]

Originally posted by Kat:

Hi
I don't have space on my C drive, I run the latest tombraider and other games off my other drive D, can AC do the same? If I remember I couldn't get Farcry 3 another Ubisoft game to run off my D drive, it only recognised C.
Don't want to buy it if I can't use it.

I have the Uplay AC 4 BF and it is installed on my D HDD drive.

[Snowblind]

I also have mine installed on D drive without any issues. D is of course not my windows drive, C is.

[gpavlidis94]

Unfortunately my games seem to be the only ones not working on any other drive...What os do you guys use...Maybe it has something to do with me using windows 8

[RedJackFlash1]

I have Uplay on my C drive personally while Steam is on the D drive and everything works perfect (Windows 7).

[blackwind777]

boot is C:/ ...windows only @ SSD. all games and DRM are bound and installed to D:/
Uplay is a bit poopy about install directories, forcing C:/
after few tries i got it saved @ D:/ drive together with Steam and all the rest. worked fine, played the game through without any issues.

[seville57]

Originally posted by gpavlidis94:

Unfortunately my games seem to be the only ones not working on any other drive...What os do you guys use...Maybe it has something to do with me using windows 8

I'm usin Win 7 64 bits home prem.

Have the Ubisoft game launcher on the C drive and the Ubisoft games (AC4 bf, might & magic heroes VI) on the D drive.

Only usin Uplay.

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by Kat:

No you can't I checked it with Ubisoft they said they hard coded it to C

Uh... I have Uplay on C: but all of my games on G:. Explain how that works then?

[liquidwalls]

Yes, you can install it on other drives. But If you have steam installed on your C drive then you may run into conflicts untill you dedicate a download space on another drive. Open steam/settings/downloads/and click on STEAM LIBRARY FOLDERS. I'm not sure how Uplay behaves if you download a game from them and attempt to install on another drive. I have 3 SSD; C for OS, E for non essential programs, and F solely dedicated to gaming with Steam, Uplay and Origin clients on that drive. I have never had a problem.