Can't add another install directory on C drive

[Aeternalis]

So in classic valve fashion Steam won't let me add another option to install games on my current HDD, so after some digging I found out you can edit the libraryfolders.vdf file to include another folder. This doesn't work.

I need to be able to install a game outside the program files steam folder, but no matter what I do it refuses to work. Any workarounds/ways to force steam to install a game outside of the normal directory?

[Smaug's Arrow.]

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

So in classic valve fashion Steam won't let me add another option to install games on my current HDD, so after some digging I found out you can edit the libraryfolders.vdf file to include another folder. This doesn't work.

I need to be able to install a game outside the program files steam folder, but no matter what I do it refuses to work. Any workarounds/ways to force steam to install a game outside of the normal directory?

Huh. When I Installed a recent game It gave me the option by way of browse to install on another drive other than in my C: steam. It created a steam folder automaticly on D:

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by 5m45h1ng!:

Huh. When I Installed a recent game It gave me the option by way of browse to install on another drive other than in my C: steam. It created a steam folder automaticly on D:

op is talking about the same drive letter. at this time it is 1 per drive letter.

[Smaug's Arrow.]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by 5m45h1ng!:

Huh. When I Installed a recent game It gave me the option by way of browse to install on another drive other than in my C: steam. It created a steam folder automaticly on D:

op is talking about the same drive letter. at this time it is 1 per drive letter.

:qr:

Oh, excuse me. Would this 1 per drive letter rule still apply to a partitioned drive?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

no. why? because the partition is actually a new drive letter.

[Aeternalis]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

no. why? because the partition is actually a new drive letter.

:qr:

So I have to have a different drive/Partition?

[毒里是我家]

you and do

[flashyyy]

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

no. why? because the partition is actually a new drive letter.

:qr:

So I have to have a different drive/Partition?

I think you can just create a new directory in your settings. Just navigate to the tab "Downloads". There you can manage your directories. For example, my whole installation of Steam (including games) is on the E:/ partition. When I click "Create Directory" after choosing my E:/ parition, I can create a new folder for my games. I hope that's what you searched for.

[Aeternalis]

Originally posted by 爱谁谁:

you and do

Alright, thanks for letting me know. Steam just finds a way to piss me off more every week.

[Aeternalis]

Originally posted by Willard F. Libby:

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

So I have to have a different drive/Partition?

I think you can just create a new directory in your settings. Just navigate to the tab "Downloads". There you can manage your directories. For example, my whole installation of Steam (including games) is on the E:/ partition. When I click "Create Directory" after choosing my E:/ parition, I can create a new folder for my games. I hope that's what you searched for.

:TimberGasMask:

That's exactly what it doesn't let me do. It forces you to have a seperate drive or partition or it'll just ♥♥♥♥♥ that you already have a location on that drive.

[flashyyy]

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

Originally posted by Willard F. Libby:

I think you can just create a new directory in your settings. Just navigate to the tab "Downloads". There you can manage your directories. For example, my whole installation of Steam (including games) is on the E:/ partition. When I click "Create Directory" after choosing my E:/ parition, I can create a new folder for my games. I hope that's what you searched for.

That's exactly what it doesn't let me do. It forces you to have a seperate drive or partition or it'll just ♥♥♥♥♥ that you already have a location on that drive.

Oh, okay, didn't know that. Well it works for me, I don't know why you have problems with that. However, why would you want to create a second Steam directory on the same partition in the first place?

[Aeternalis]

Originally posted by Willard F. Libby:

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

That's exactly what it doesn't let me do. It forces you to have a seperate drive or partition or it'll just ♥♥♥♥♥ that you already have a location on that drive.

Oh, okay, didn't know that. Well it works for me, I don't know why you have problems with that. However, why would you want to create a second Steam directory on the same partition in the first place?

:TimberGasMask:

Makes modding less of a headache since the UAC won't complain every time I try to do something with game files.

[flashyyy]

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

Originally posted by Willard F. Libby:

Oh, okay, didn't know that. Well it works for me, I don't know why you have problems with that. However, why would you want to create a second Steam directory on the same partition in the first place?

Makes modding less of a headache since the UAC won't complain every time I try to do something with game files.

What game are you modding?

[Aeternalis]

Originally posted by Willard F. Libby:

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

Makes modding less of a headache since the UAC won't complain every time I try to do something with game files.

What game are you modding?

:TimberGasMask:

Skyrim. I'm boring, I know.

[flashyyy]

Originally posted by Aeternalis:

Originally posted by Willard F. Libby:

What game are you modding?

Skyrim. I'm boring, I know.

Ehm I'm just asking because I am modding Skyrim alot myself. My advice: Move your entire Steam-Installation to a seperate Partition. Really it will help you in a lot of ways. Right now I have 186 Plugins installed, and I never had any problems. Just install ENBoost, keep your Installation away from your C:/ Drive, and you shouldn't expect many problems.