--user_data_location="Path" Not working after laptop rebuild

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TommyAwesome
19 years ago
1 week ago
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16 Oct 2021 19:46:49

I've just had to rebuild my laptop and have tried setting the Launch options to --user_data_location="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FMUserData"

But when I load up FM, it hasn't applied... logos aren't working, facepacks are't applying and when I try switching skins, only the default one is there.

I've checked the path is correct, the folder it's pointing to has everything there that it should... but every time I run FM, it must revert to the default setting of Documents\Sports Interactive...

 

Any ideas how to fix this?

kfnielsen
20 years ago
4 hours ago
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16 Oct 2021 20:45:01
By TommyAwesome 16 October 2021 - 19:46 PM UTC 

I've just had to rebuild my laptop and have tried setting the Launch options to --user_data_location="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FMUserData"

But when I load up FM, it hasn't applied... logos aren't working, facepacks are't applying and when I try switching skins, only the default one is there.

I've checked the path is correct, the folder it's pointing to has everything there that it should... but every time I run FM, it must revert to the default setting of Documents\Sports Interactive...

 

Any ideas how to fix this?

 

Hi Mate 

I have this link to Sigames hope it can help 

https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/538451-graphics-skins-installation-guide-user-data-location-info/?tab=comments#comment-12779404

TommyAwesome
19 years ago
1 week ago
60
16 Oct 2021 20:48:05
By kfnielsen 16 October 2021 - 20:45 PM UTC 

Hi Mate 

I have this link to Sigames hope it can help 

https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/538451-graphics-skins-installation-guide-user-data-location-info/?tab=comments#comment-12779404

 

Literally just found a similar article and have tried and tested it. It works. Thank you.

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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17 Oct 2021 09:43:28
By TommyAwesome 16 October 2021 - 20:48 PM UTC 

Literally just found a similar article and have tried and tested it. It works. Thank you.

 

Do yourself a favour and don't place your user data folder within the Steam path, it can cause a multitude of issues.

TommyAwesome
19 years ago
1 week ago
60
17 Oct 2021 16:39:17
By mons 17 October 2021 - 09:43 AM UTC 

Do yourself a favour and don't place your user data folder within the Steam path, it can cause a multitude of issues.

 

I've had it like that for years… what issues does it cause? I keep it in my “Common” folder, so I can point older versions of FM to it without changing the “launch options”. (and to keep it tidy).

 

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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17 Oct 2021 16:43:53
By TommyAwesome 17 October 2021 - 16:39 PM UTC 

I've had it like that for years… what issues does it cause? I keep it in my “Common” folder, so I can point older versions of FM to it without changing the “launch options”. (and to keep it tidy).

 

The game has its default graphics in the Steam installation folder already. Placing other custom files in there can cause the possibility of conflicts, which is why the default path is placed external to it. You should put it anywhere else and avoid these issues. I have it in my main folder of my secondary hard disk (E:/FM user data folder), but it can equally be anywhere else, and I too then use the same path for the files each year.

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