move map to different harddrive

[kswichael]

I am running out of room on the ssd and was wondering if there was a way to move the Persian Gulf map to another mechanical harddrive that I have with more room. Is there a config file to edit to tell DCS where the Persian Gulf map has been moved to. Or, until I get a new SSD with more room, can I uninstall/trash can the Persian Gulf map through the Module Manager without losing my license and still be able to re-download and install it at a later date. Thanks for the help.

[speed-of-heat]

You can uninstall from the UI without penalty AFAIK.

 

There is no way to configure DCS or use different drives for maps.

 

You could use a hard link in the file system to “move” the directory where the PG map is contained... but... you would notice a considerable increase in load times:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/131182-create-soft-hard-symbolic-links-windows.html

[kswichael]

Thanks so much Speed for the info. Looks like I'll be saving up for a larger SSD.

[speed-of-heat]

glad it helped.

[Shadoware]

I dont know why I couldn't use hard links with maps folder anymore. I had to use a hardlink to the whole Terrain folder!

[Azorath]

as mentioned above but tldr version; be aware though it will take ages to load :D

 

mklink /J "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\Mods\terrains\Nevada" "D:\DCS YER YOK\Mods\terrains\Nevada"

 

mklink /J "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\Mods\terrains\PersianGulf" "D:\DCS YER YOK\Mods\terrains\PersianGulf"

[Jim_B]

Another possible solution is to purchase a new Hard Drive, install it, and then re-install DCS on that, including all your maps. My current installation of DCS is about 165 GBs and I only have a few other things on that HD (2 TBs), so I have a lot of room for expansion. It's my second HD (of three) installed in my 'puter.