you can symlink the compatdata and shadercache to different disks, but keep in mind that if you disc

you can symlink the compatdata and shadercache to different disks, but keep in mind that if you disconnect your disk then, all games symlinked to that disk will fail to start with no error

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:16 AM

they will just silently fail and the steam log will not tell you why

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:16 AM

only do that if you know what you are getting into

HHikariKnight you can symlink the compatdata and shadercache to different disks, but keep in m...

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:18 AM

thats not it im talking the game files that contains all model and environment and cutscenes that will help in loading times..

AAl-Mumin thats not it im talking the game files that contains all model and environment a...

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:18 AM

those are on the disk you installed the game to, just make a new steamlibrary on said disk and move the game to it...

HHikariKnight those are on the disk you installed the game to, just make a new steamlibrary on...

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:19 AM

that wont help, like i have said limited storage in above how i mentioned!

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:19 AM

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:21 AM

but that is how you do it, splitting the game files and "assets" will still do the same thing since 90-95% of most games are assets

HHikariKnight but that is how you do it, splitting the game files and "assets" will still do t...

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:22 AM

sure, explain how to do it the symlinks to the game files mostly they are assets of cutscene and textures and models and environment??

AAl-Mumin sure, explain how to do it the symlinks to the game files mostly they are asse...

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:23 AM

you dont symlink them, you connect the disk you want, format it the way you want then go to that page in steam settings and add the disk as a steam library

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:24 AM

steam will then ask you where you want to install new games

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:24 AM

library A or library B

HHikariKnight you dont symlink them, you connect the disk you want, format it the way you want...

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:24 AM

Sure, but how that gonna help like i mentioned storage is limited and game way too big for a normal game size to be over 250gb!!!

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:24 AM

so thats why im asking for symlink explaination how to do it for that problem..

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:24 AM

you either remove other games to make space or you get a bigger disk

HHikariKnight you either remove other games to make space or you get a bigger disk

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:25 AM

game dont run well in hdd drive so thats why i want to run it on ssd with symlinking the half game data ssd to hdd game directory!!

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:26 AM

symlinking the game assets to other disks causes more issues than what you think they solve.
you will end up slowing down loading in the games to whatever the slowest disk is, it can even crash some games

HHikariKnight symlinking the game assets to other disks causes more issues than what you think...

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:28 AM

well, not my fault the game isn't compressed and 250gb game size
so i gotta make some use of my ssd since hasnt been used in while..

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:32 AM

well sadly those are the options

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:34 AM

i only just want to know how to symlink the game files from main drive to ssd drive directory and game will load from it?

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:34 AM

i have my shadercace symlinked to an ssd if that helps you freeing up some space. gives some games a tiny loading boost at least

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:36 AM

well, game doesnt have any shadercaching so i have no other option and buying ssd too expensive due to taxes and inflation issues...

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:36 AM

what game is this btw

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:37 AM

i cant answer that sorry, just provide me the solution and how to do it thats all..

Valerie•3/14/24, 10:40 AM

AAl-Mumin well, not my fault the game isn't compressed and 250gb game size so i gotta ...

Jan•3/14/24, 10:40 AM

what are you even playing on Linux thats 250gb

Jan•3/14/24, 10:41 AM

oh nvm you said you can't tell

Jan•3/14/24, 10:41 AM

welp

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:42 AM

enough with going around circles avoiding that exact thing im looking for, so help me with symlinking the game files im totally aware of riskes comes with but just making my money worth of drive to be fully used to do the job i seek.

JJan oh nvm you said you can't tell

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:43 AM

normally should be compressed to 160gb minimal lol

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:44 AM

my guess would be a cod game or something

Jan•3/14/24, 10:44 AM

only the modern ones could reach even close to that size

Jan•3/14/24, 10:44 AM

and they don't run on linux due to their invasive anti-cheat

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:44 AM

yep

AAl-Mumin normally should be compressed to 160gb minimal lol

antheas•3/14/24, 10:44 AM

Oh wow you want to do something cursed

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:44 AM

its not a cod game and its modern game lol

antheas•3/14/24, 10:45 AM

Ok I'll provide you the footgun

AAl-Mumin enough with going around circles avoiding that exact thing im looking for, so h...

Valerie•3/14/24, 10:45 AM

Knowing the game is a basic troubleshooting step.

antheas•3/14/24, 10:45 AM

Do you know the dir you want to move?

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:45 AM

open terminal and type man lnman ln to read the manual
in most cases you just want ln -s "$SOURCE" "$DESTINATION"ln -s "$SOURCE" "$DESTINATION"
you must already have installed the game and must have moved the source files to their new location
there is your foot gun

antheas•3/14/24, 10:45 AM

Pretty much, move the folder you want to your hdd

antheas•3/14/24, 10:46 AM

Then ln -s <hddloc> <origloc>

antheas•3/14/24, 10:46 AM

Use absolute paths for both

HHikariKnight open terminal and type `man ln` to read the manual in most cases you just want `...

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:46 AM

how that can symlink every files that has different name each one?

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:46 AM

you must symlink folders

HikariKnightOP•3/14/24, 10:46 AM

if you need to symlink individual files, have fun typing

antheas•3/14/24, 10:47 AM

Yes you symlinkbthe directory

antheas•3/14/24, 10:47 AM

And hope steam does not f with ut

HHikariKnight open terminal and type `man ln` to read the manual in most cases you just want `...

Jan•3/14/24, 10:47 AM

* may break when applications try to act on the raw file entry
** steam might delete the symlink while updates
*** will not work if you are using the steam runtime because of containers

antheas•3/14/24, 10:47 AM

Steam runtime uses containers now?

Al-Mumin•3/14/24, 10:47 AM

thats painful if im trying to type 90 files name lol

you can symlink the compatdata and shadercache to different disks, but keep in mind that if you disc

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