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PostPosted: 09 Oct 2011, 00:15 
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I have 3 folders.

D:\Spring\
C:\Users\Tom J Nowell\Documents\My Games\Spring
C:\Program Files (x86)\Spring

It would appear I can only use content in the latter 2. Placing Junctions and symbolic links has zero effect.

Under linux this can easily be sorted using a single file to add a third location. I'm under windows however and I cannot find a definitive answer.

C drive is an SSD, hence why i put spring on it. D drive is a 500GB drive filled with spring stuff. Copying everything from D to C is unacceptable ( and somewhat impossible )


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PostPosted: 09 Oct 2011, 10:48 
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just put your user folder and program files on d

http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-move ... ws-7vista/


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PostPosted: 09 Oct 2011, 11:24 
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http://tuts4tech.net/2009/08/05/windows ... partition/


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PostPosted: 09 Oct 2011, 15:04 
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check your infolog.txt, it tells you what folders are scanned.


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PostPosted: 09 Oct 2011, 19:13 
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This question is not about finding out which folders are scanned.

This question is about adding folders to be scanned. I want the superfast loading of an SSD for the spring engine itself and shared archives, and the capacity of the HD for everything else


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PostPosted: 09 Oct 2011, 19:53 
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Oh, I misread your post to say that you were trying to move your user folder and program files but your symlinks weren't working.


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PostPosted: 10 Oct 2011, 12:14 
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Spring on an SSD, you say? Out of curiosity, what load times do you get? Is your OS also on SSD?
Im looking to upgrade soon, what size SSD would you recommend?


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PostPosted: 10 Oct 2011, 15:38 
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You can get 128GB drives for under £1 per GB now ( conversion to your currency pending ).

I've got a 64GB drive, Windows is super fast. I can't comment on spring as I've set it up now to use the install on the hard drive so I can use my content, but it's certainly an improvement on everyday use. Shutdown startup, opening programs, general responsiveness all go through the roof.

I would advise using a HD for your wares and only storing OS and dev tools on an SSD if it's a small drive. I've shifted Steam, My docs etc off to my HD so I always have room.

I wanted to plonk all the spring base content and any projects I have/BA on the SSD but it doesn't appear possible to have that and keep the engine itself on the SSD without loosing my large archive of content on the HD.


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PostPosted: 10 Oct 2011, 16:00 
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spring --list-config
Code:
  "SpringData": {
    "declarationFile": "/mnt/d/spiele/spring.git/rts/System/FileSystem/DataDirLocater.cpp",
    "declarationLine": 32,
    "description": "List of addidional data-directories, separated by ';' on windows, ':' on other OSs",
    "defaultValue": "",
    "type": "std::string"
  },


Still it doesn't make sense to have the spring executable on a SDD. It's not the executable that needs time to load, it's the content.


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PostPosted: 10 Oct 2011, 17:04 
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Ah so I'm better off using my HD for the engine and content, and shifting the important content files/most used onto the SSD


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