Is it possible ? 1 steam game on SSD

[WR10]

Hello guys , I'm curious weather I can only install 1 steam game ( DotA2 ) on my SSD and rest of the games on my HDD . Are there any way to do this ?

[Volbet]

I think Steam gives you the option to chose the directory in which you install individual game now. So yes, I think it is possible

[xDLGx]

Yup Steam supports multiple "steam library folders" nowadays. It's under Settings --> Downloads and then you get to choose before each install.

[WR10]

Okay, thanks guys :D , didn't know about this

[M-ursu]

yep, you can chose where to install your games.

[brownninja97]

Well dammit now i dont have a reason to get the 10tb ssd. 

[looney]

Well dammit now i dont have a reason to get the 10tb ssd. 

Congrats on 3000th post!

[brownninja97]

Congrats on 3000th post!

ty i can tell you that at least 36% of 29% of what i said on this forum is factual. 

[looney]

ty i can tell you that at least 36% of 29% of what i said on this forum is factual. 

so 313 factual posts :p

[smjpl]

Hello guys , I'm curious weather I can only install 1 steam game ( DotA2 ) on my SSD and rest of the games on my HDD . Are there any way to do this ?

 

Have you got the games installed in the wrong location already? That is that DotA2 it's on the HDD but you want to move it to the SSD without installing the game again. If so there is still an easy fix.

[brownninja97]

so 313 factual posts :P

At least. ninja powers activate :ph34r:

[SMURG]

Actually, there are limitations. Most games can be installed wherever you want, but SOME must remain on C:/. Most notably, Valve games which do not yet use the "Steampipe" file system must go on C:/, e.g. Left 4 Dead (but not 2) and Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2 (but not Half Life 2 the base game).

[WR10]

Have you got the games installed in the wrong location already? That is that DotA2 it's on the HDD but you want to move it to the SSD without installing the game again. If so there is still an easy fix.

I haven't got my SSD yet so yes , the game is in my HDD now.

[WR10]

Actually, there are limitations. Most games can be installed wherever you want, but SOME must remain on C:/. Most notably, Valve games which do not yet use the "Steampipe" file system must go on C:/, e.g. Left 4 Dead (but not 2) and Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2 (but not Half Life 2 the base game).

Woah , so does DotA2 uses steampipe yet ? Cause for now it's the only game I care about .

[smjpl]

Actually, there are limitations. Most games can be installed wherever you want, but SOME must remain on C:/. Most notably, Valve games which do not yet use the "Steampipe" file system must go on C:/, e.g. Left 4 Dead (but not 2) and Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2 (but not Half Life 2 the base game).

 

Couldn't you install it on the C: and then use a directory junction (mklink /J) to move the folder to any drive you like?

 

This is the way I did it for games that I already had. Any new games I could just put them on the secondary install location but the ones that were already on the SSD, I just moved to the HDD and set up a directory junction. 

[Guest]

smjpl, on 29 Jul 2013 - 1:44 PM, said:

Couldn't you install it on the C: and then use a directory junction (mklink /J) to move the folder to any drive you like?

This is the way I did it for games that I already had. Any new games I could just put them on the secondary install location but the ones that were already on the SSD, I just moved to the HDD and set up a directory junction.

Yes, symbolic links also work. Before the multiple libraries were introduced that was the way to go for all the games in Steam.

[SMURG]

Yes, symbolic links also work. Before the multiple libraries were introduced that was the way to go for all the games in Steam.

Couldn't you install it on the C: and then use a directory junction (mklink /J) to move the folder to any drive you like?

 

This is the way I did it for games that I already had. Any new games I could just put them on the secondary install location but the ones that were already on the SSD, I just moved to the HDD and set up a directory junction. 

Yes, this works but I was specifically talking about limitations of the library system, since the OP selected the "use the option Steam gives you" response as the best one. I just wanted to point out that there are limitations with that method.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Steam mover is an application that can swap games directories to a different drive.