Issue with copying AC to new PC

[Pavel_Power]

I copied these to my new PC:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\assettocorsa
C:\Users\pavel\Documents\Assetto Corsa
But when I start AC my career progress is back to 0%
(I don't have any mods) What am I missing?

*edit: I installed the game as per usual when moving to new PC. The game loads fine, but none of my settings are there. Everything is back to default.

[MonkeyGamesVR]

I think it does not detect the main program that would be an issue. You cannot 'just' copy and past it on another machine is my view of this. I do not know what file missing doing so I have not tried it yet. Maby just install it at the whole on your new machine and copy the files from the users\pavel.

[Finney]

As mentioned by MonkeyGamesVR you can't just simply copy over the files. What you need to do is reinstall the game on new PC then copy over the files you need. There are registry files and other files that are needed. I'm surprised the game actually worked.

[Pavel_Power]

Originally posted by Finney:

As mentioned by MonkeyGamesVR you can't just simply copy over the files. What you need to do is reinstall the game on new PC then copy over the files you need. There are registry files and other files that are needed. I'm surprised the game actually worked.

No guys, I did install the game & it loads fine, but it's back to the default game. None of my career progress, ghost cars, or settings are copped.

[ling.speed]

You can just copy and paste... but there is a few more steps. For steam to see the game its .acf file needs to be copied as well. Then there is stuff like visual studio that gets installed on first installation, but otherwise it should work.

Thou i wonder, if he managed to launch the game just like that without the acf maybe hes on pirated copy haha. In which case bruh the game is super cheap and humble has a great value bundle.

Anyways, install the game normally, run it a few times THEN copy and overwrite the files, and make sure directory structure is correct. Chances are its a silly mistake like wrong windows user too.

CM has its own stuff in appdata roaming locallow or local to copy as well

[shit_*****]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/244210/discussions/0/620712999972945005/?

[Sassanid]

Originally posted by fela:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/244210/discussions/0/620712999972945005/?

that post just suggests to save the AC documents folder which OP already did

[Johnny Speed]

It's a good game, just start over and enjoy like you did before. You may do better this time around..

[Pavel_Power]

Originally posted by ling.speed:

You can just copy and paste...
Chances are its a silly mistake like wrong windows user...

You were right. The game was looking inside the OneDrive folder for my \Documents\Assetto Corsa info. (i've never used OneDrive before, ..wasn't sure how it worked.) So I disabled OneDrive.

BUT the game is a bit broken now. (my career progress is back) After I select a car to drive in practice mode, it always loads the Lotus Evora, no matter what car I selected, and my G27 wheel doesn't work at all. (it did when I loaded the default game) ..and the UI is tiny :(

[Pavel_Power]

OK, THIS IS WHAT FIXED IT. (in case anyone has the same issue) I found these instructions on the assettocorsa.net/forum:

"Install Steam on the new computer and login. You might consider redownloading AC and launching it one time just to make sure it gets put in Windows Programs and Features list in case you need to uninstall it later. Then I would shut down Steam, go to c:\Program Files (x86) and rename the Steam folder to something like Steamold. Then I would copy the Steam folder from the old computer to the new one into the Program Files (x86) folder. That way if something doesn't work, you can just rename the old Steam folder back to Steam and start over. Launch Steam again just to make sure it works, but you don't have to launch AC again.

If you use the Content Manager mod, there will be one extra step before you launch the game because you need to transfer all your Content Manager stuff as well. Here I would do the same thing and launch Content Manager and do the initial setup part. Then I would close Content Manager and browse to c:\users\'username'\AppData\Local and rename the 'AcTools Content Manager' folder to something different. Then go to the same location on the old computer and copy that folder to the same location on the new one. This way all your content manager settings\files get transferred over to the new computer as well."

You will also have to copy this folder to your new PC:
..\Documents\Assetto Corsa
(in my case it was under C:\Users\pavel\OneDrive\Documents\Assetto Corsa)