Running mods from a different disk partition

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This is an option if you have limited disk space and want to move mod folders to another disk or partition. Obviously bear in mind that if you are moving them from a SATA 3 SSD to a SATA 2 HDD then things will be a bit slower on the HDD.

 

1. Go to your mod folder  (C:\Users\<>\Saved Games\ThirdWire)

 

2. Backup the game folder you are about to mess about with!

 

3. Copy (don't cut) the folder for the game you want to move, then paste it on the new location on your other disk / partition.

 

4. In the new location you can either remove or rename options.ini and version.ini.  Here I have just renamed them:

 

 

 

5. Back to the original saved games folder now - just remove everything apart from options.ini and version.ini so you are left with:

 

 

 

6.Now to do the actual redirect open up the options.ini file and scroll to the bottom:

 

 

[Mods]
ModsEnabled=TRUE
Directory=C:\Users\<>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Israel
Editors=StrikeFighters2

[screenShots]
Directory=C:\Users\<>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Israel\ScreenShots
Format=JPG

 

 

Change the paths to the location where you have moved all the folders to:

 

[Mods]
ModsEnabled=TRUE
Directory=F:\SF2\StrikeFighters2 Israel
Editors=StrikeFighters2

[screenShots]
Directory=F:\SF2\StrikeFighters2 Israel\ScreenShots
Format=JPG

 

 

7. then save and test the game.