GTA V installation

[MIKE LITORIS:]

Hi guys,I'd like to buy GTA V but I read that it needs about 120GB of free space to install .Unfortunately I got 128GB SSD so I have about 80,85GB of free space.But an idea came to my mind,a friend of mine has got GTA V on steam ,what if I bought GTA V on Steam ,copy his GTA V folder from his PC to my PC and then I will locate it through the steam and just run,is this possible? Thanks

[Cathulhu]

Sure, but copy the ACF file as well, or Steam won't recognize the game.
Or use the Steam backup feature.

[Cyka Bazooka]

Yes

[MIKE LITORIS:]

Don't know what the ACF file is ... Thank you

[MIKE LITORIS:]

Is this a good approach?
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps (Or wherever you have all of your games).

Copy all of the folders to your new SteamApps folder and delete all the appmanifest_xx.acf -files.

Open steam and click download on one of the games you just moved. It should detect the existing files (might take a few minutes), making it playable once again. Do this for all of the games you just moved and you're good to go.

[Snapjak]

No because you WANT the acf files.

Copy GTA 5 and it's ACF. appmanifest_#####.acf (#### = store page id).

[MIKE LITORIS:]

So step by step (to be sure) it is : 1.Copy GTA V with ACF files from friend's PC to my PC 2.Buy the game 3.Click play ? That's it?

[Snapjak]

That is roughly it.

[MIKE LITORIS:]

Do I also have to change the Steam ID in the .acf files?

[MIKE LITORIS:]

Specifically in "appmanifest_271590.ACF"

[RAJPUT_XD]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Cathulhu:

Sure, but copy the ACF file as well, or Steam won't recognize the game.
Or use the Steam backup feature.

Bro what is an ACF file ?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από RAJPUT_XD:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Cathulhu:

Sure, but copy the ACF file as well, or Steam won't recognize the game.
Or use the Steam backup feature.

Bro what is an ACF file ?

Posted right above you 6.5 years ago...

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από MIKE LITORIS::

Specifically in "appmanifest_271590.ACF"

They are located in the Steamapps folder which was also mentioned 6.5 years ago...

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από MIKE LITORIS::

Is this a good approach?
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps (Or wherever you have all of your games).

Copy all of the folders to your new SteamApps folder and delete all the appmanifest_xx.acf -files.

Open steam and click download on one of the games you just moved. It should detect the existing files (might take a few minutes), making it playable once again. Do this for all of the games you just moved and you're good to go.

[Riley]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.