Install Steam games to other HDD's without the use of 3rd party software

[Kabob]

Someone on reddit posted this earlier today, you need last night's Steam Beta update:

1. Start Steam in Dev mode
2. Go to the console and type install_folder_ui
3. Add any folder you'd like

Upon installing a game you should see this now:

 

[darkewaffle]

Strange, that's way easier to do with Origin :awe:

About time though, now if they'd only just integrate it into the official client.

 

[Kabob]

Strange, that's way easier to do with Origin :awe:

About time though, now if they'd only just integrate it into the official client.

Being a beta update I'd assume it'll be in the client sometime in the (hopefully non-too-distant) future.

 

[Barfo]

Queue to blow Gaben is this way.

 

[CPA]

Thank God. Finally.

 

[Karsten]

Sweet!!! Thanks for the heads up!

 

[n7]

nice

 

[aigomorla]

i just installed steam to the other drive.
So it installs everything in the steam foldier on the other drive.

All i needed to do was backup my steam foldier... then reinstall steam, copy over the steam folder, and then run it.

Once steam resyncs, it will install everything u get from steam into that drive because the steam foldier is located on that drive.

But this is awesome if u want your games spam'd out on more then 1 drive.

 

[Rhoxed]

i just installed steam to the other drive.
So it installs everything in the steam foldier on the other drive.

All i needed to do was backup my steam foldier... then reinstall steam, copy over the steam folder, and then run it.

Once steam resyncs, it will install everything u get from steam into that drive because the steam foldier is located on that drive.

But this is awesome if u want your games spam'd out on more then 1 drive.

This is what I did. Used one of my 1tb's to install steam onto and left my SSD open.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

You need more games, bro.

 

[Dankk]

You need more games, bro.

He has Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation. Why would he need anything else?

 

[TurtleCrusher]

He has Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation. Why would he need anything else?

I can't believe of all games that could be a non-sequitur, that is the one he picked..

It's the equivalent if you saw a gun enthusiasts collection and found a broken nerf gun in the middle.

 

[SheHateMe]

I'd blow Gabe right now if I wasn't in class.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

This is great. There will be some games I want to put on my SSD for performance, but most of them would go to HDD.