Move the TTS My Games Mods Folder

[Minus]

Hi I am LOOOOOVING TTS at the mo, however, I have a big problem.

I use a small SSD as my primary C: drive for windows.

TTS downloads and runs mods from C:\Users\Documents\My Games\Tabletop Simulator , which naturally for someone with a small primary drive this is not good.

I however have a 2TB S: drive which has tons of room left.

Is there anyway to tell TTS to install mods to and run from a directory on S: instead of C: ?

[Knil]

Check the configuration menu you can change the mod folder to the games root folder.

[Minus]

Originally posted by Knil:

Check the configuration menu you can change the mod folder to the games root folder.

Ooh excellent thanks! Easy to overlook that.

Edit; Infact many props for that function; it even moves all your currently installed mods over too.

Most would just change the directory and expect manual move.

[Itto]

I'd recommend also changing the location of your my documents folder to your larger hard drive. Just right click on it, go to properties, and select the location tab.

[Minus]

Originally posted by Itto:

I'd recommend also changing the location of your my documents folder to your larger hard drive. Just right click on it, go to properties, and select the location tab.

I tried that a while ago and my wife went barmy because it "wasnt in its usual spot" when she renders her videos, even tho I created an unneccesary shortcut for her.

Plus it gives me an excuse to delete / move her stuff to her HDD periodically. If I let her save to a large drive it would just be consumed with downloads/pictures/videos, atleast this way she has to choose eventually.

[jcowitz]

I'm in a similar situation. SSD drive is getting full and the biggest file is my TTS mod file. The configuration settings allow you to switch folders to the Steam root folder, which is also on my SSD drive, so no real help there. Is there any way to switch to a folder on another drive? Am I missing something?

[Grynjolf]

@jcowitz you could move the game to a new library on a different drive. then the configuration in game would point to the folder on the new drive

[ForAiur]

Originally posted by Knil:

Check the configuration menu you can change the mod folder to the games root folder.

How? If I click one of the two points (Documents, Game Data) I can only click to open that folger. There is no option to select a new one and save it?

[Ulfur]

Bump, I have the same issue

[Proclivitas]

Related issue, I'll make a thread if I don't get a reply from someone who is involved in development, but turning off "mod caching" is supposed to solve space issues at the price of redownloading.

The "move folder" thing is OK, but I'd like to completely disable caching and I can't.

See https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopsimulator/comments/g0f28e/turning_off_mod_caching_basically_doesnt_work_at/

[Shogeton]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. It looks like the place where I should change it, but if I click on 'open that folder' I just look at it. I don't know how to actually change it.

[indyrcpilot]

I'm having the same problem. I can see the locations, but am unable to change them.

[Chadzilla]

Hey all, I figured out a pretty simple solution for this, like someone said all you need to do is create a symlink to the location you want your stuff to be stored in your other drive. This "tricks" windows into going to a different folder.

Just open Command Prompt and type this in:

mklink /J C:\Users\<<YOUR USER HERE>>\Documents\"My Games"\"Tabletop Simulator" <<THE PATH TO WHERE YOU WANT TO SAVE>>

In my case that file path was:
F:\"01 Recreational"\TTS\"Tabletop Simulator"

If you get an error like "Cannot create a file when that file already exists." you need to first copy your saves folder, transfer it to the end destination, and delete the original.

This solution will move everything, DLC, Mods, Saved Objects, to the folder you want it to.

[Renewablefrog]

Originally posted by SimpLord69:

Hey all, I figured out a pretty simple solution for this, like someone said all you need to do is create a symlink to the location you want your stuff to be stored in your other drive. This "tricks" windows into going to a different folder.

Just open Command Prompt and type this in:

mklink /J C:\Users\<<YOUR USER HERE>>\Documents\"My Games"\"Tabletop Simulator" <<THE PATH TO WHERE YOU WANT TO SAVE>>

In my case that file path was:
F:\"01 Recreational"\TTS\"Tabletop Simulator"

If you get an error like "Cannot create a file when that file already exists." you need to first copy your saves folder, transfer it to the end destination, and delete the original.

This solution will move everything, DLC, Mods, Saved Objects, to the folder you want it to.

SimpLord69, you are the man

[Burtle Stonkford]

Originally posted by SimpLord69:

Hey all, I figured out a pretty simple solution for this, like someone said all you need to do is create a symlink to the location you want your stuff to be stored in your other drive. This "tricks" windows into going to a different folder.

Just open Command Prompt and type this in:

mklink /J C:\Users\<<YOUR USER HERE>>\Documents\"My Games"\"Tabletop Simulator" <<THE PATH TO WHERE YOU WANT TO SAVE>>

In my case that file path was:
F:\"01 Recreational"\TTS\"Tabletop Simulator"

If you get an error like "Cannot create a file when that file already exists." you need to first copy your saves folder, transfer it to the end destination, and delete the original.

This solution will move everything, DLC, Mods, Saved Objects, to the folder you want it to.

I tried that and I got a "syntax of the command is incorrect" error

[[ SELF ]^2]

Originally posted by Renewablefrog:

Originally posted by SimpLord69:

Hey all, I figured out a pretty simple solution for this, like someone said all you need to do is create a symlink to the location you want your stuff to be stored in your other drive. This "tricks" windows into going to a different folder.

Just open Command Prompt and type this in:

mklink /J C:\Users\<<YOUR USER HERE>>\Documents\"My Games"\"Tabletop Simulator" <<THE PATH TO WHERE YOU WANT TO SAVE>>

In my case that file path was:
F:\"01 Recreational"\TTS\"Tabletop Simulator"

If you get an error like "Cannot create a file when that file already exists." you need to first copy your saves folder, transfer it to the end destination, and delete the original.

This solution will move everything, DLC, Mods, Saved Objects, to the folder you want it to.

SimpLord69, you are the man

I was curious as how you got the file path to work? When I follod SimpLord69's steps I just received a syntax error. How did you get around this?