Personal computing discussed
frumper15 wrote:Alternatively if your'e looking to keep games stored locally anyways, just not on your SSD, you could use something like Steammover to leave the games installed but move the files to a larger mechanical drive. If you're looking to backup to CD/DVD, use Steams built-in backup functionality - it even breaks it down into CD/DVD sized chunks for you. If you're downloading for your co-worker to install at home i think you can do each game individually to a disk or multiple - it seems to Just Work either way.
morphine wrote:When it comes to saving space with Steam game installs, NTFS folder compression works wonders.
DPete27 wrote:[Edit]
No way to help my co-worker though, unless I:
1) take his tower home with me, log into his his computer and steam account, and download the game for him.
2) get his steam account credentials to log in as him to download games he's purchased.
Edited for clarity. Keep in mind, I haven't necessarily purchased all the games on Steam that my co-worker has/will. Unless he gives me his UN/Password, I can't download games for him off Steam/etc.
Noinoi wrote:frumper15 wrote:Alternatively if your'e looking to keep games stored locally anyways, just not on your SSD, you could use something like Steammover to leave the games installed but move the files to a larger mechanical drive. If you're looking to backup to CD/DVD, use Steams built-in backup functionality - it even breaks it down into CD/DVD sized chunks for you. If you're downloading for your co-worker to install at home i think you can do each game individually to a disk or multiple - it seems to Just Work either way.
Might want to add to that Steam's built-in backup function even compresses games, I believe. Sometimes it might be more space-effective to have chunks of compressed data than a direct copy of the game folder.
JustAnEngineer wrote:To run games from an SSD, why make things more complicated than necessary? Steam allows you to have multiple directories assigned to your Steam library. Just put some of your games on your SSD and leave the rest on your hard-drive. Let Steam look in both directories.
Under your Steam settings, go to "Downloads" and click on the "Steam Library Folders" button under Content Libraries, then click on the "Add Library Folder" button.
Aranarth wrote:The steam-mover function is now built directly into Steam.
Steam will move the entire game for you to another drive and you can also specify where a game is installed during initialization before downloading a new game.
Aranarth wrote:
Aranarth wrote:No problem at all.
Telling someone to go google something is only handy if you know what to google for.