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[th3warr1or]

I basically don't want 1GB of saves that I play once in awhile to be taking up my PC memory, not when I'm running low on C Drive memory and I've got 300GB on an external..

So basically, can I move it? Or is there any way I can make all the saves and info take it from a different directory?

[th3warr1or]

bump.

[Satoru]

The save games for Dragon Age are quite small. Only about 1-2MB per slot. So unless you're saving every 10 seconds to a new save slot, disk space probably won't be a gigantic issue.

[Sanctier]

The character themselves don't take that much space... I had a look and one character with 4 autosaves, 1 quick save and 7 different slots took about 90mb. It also seems like the save slots getter bigger as you progress (that does feel kind of logical though).

[th3warr1or]

Well I don't know what, but that folder is 1gb(not saves, entire BioWare folder), so I want to move it.

[Satoru]

Oh wait now I remember. All the DLC content is saved there under Addins. That explains the large size. Moving it at this point would probably break your DLC. The save games don't take up much space so unless you're REALLY low on space on your C drive I don't see moving it to be giving you much benefit without significant hassles.

You could also remove your DLC and free up space that way 

Modifié par Satoru, 02 décembre 2009 - 10:11 .

[Lathaon]

Actually I have it on D: and my DLC works fine. The trick is to move the folder and create a junction where it was. This makes the operating system treat the folder as being in both places, but it's stored on the drive the actual folder is on. So when DA writes to the junction, the files just get stored in the folder without DA even knowing there's a junction there.

To do this (for win7, for others not sure so search), open the command prompt - Run -> cmd

Then type something like mklink /j "C:\\Users\\th3warr1or\\My Documents\\Bioware" "[insert new folder path here]"

Edit: Okay, why the double backslash, I don't know... Does this site not like them?

Modifié par Lathaon, 02 décembre 2009 - 10:40 .

[th3warr1or]

wait, do I type mlink /j as well?



Sorry, I really suck at these things.

[Jab0r]

Edit: Okay, why the double backslash, I don't know... Does this site not like them?

The site appears to escape them (possibly so they don't confuse a parser of some kind), and then forgets to unescape them for display.

If you're not comfortable with making a junction point, you could instead move your entire My Documents folder to the other drive.

Right-click the My Documents folder, go to Properties, and the Location tab.

[th3warr1or]

Hmm, does the entire My Documents have to be moved?

[Jab0r]

If you don't want to make a junction point, yes.

Though if you're looking to keep space free on your main drive, I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to move the whole thing.

Modifié par Jab0r, 03 décembre 2009 - 07:58 .

[Lathaon]

Picture instructions for added clarity!


Start menu:



Let's say I moved the Bioware folder to D:\\

Command prompt: (Note: you probably don't need admin privileges for this. I just have User Account Control turned off.)

[th3warr1or]

Thanks!

[Mechloom]

anyone know how to do this with a mac?

[sami jo]

Try the Mac forum.

[fro7k]

It seems this solution (the directory junction) doesn't actually work; the OS reports the data as consuming the space on the original partition.

Modifié par fro7k, 09 novembre 2011 - 07:54 .

[jerisbrisk]

fro7k, it works fine. i just tested it on Win7. I moved a 1.2gb BioWare folder from my C:\\Users\\jer\\Documents folder to my D:\\Games folder, then created the junction, and my available space on each drive adjusted accordingly.

[jerisbrisk]

Mechloom wrote...

anyone know how to do this with a mac?

Give http://www.macworld....clinker_20.html a try.