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#747120 Help! FM21 folder from My Documents to External Hard drive

elkayR

4 years ago

7 months ago

10 Aug 2023 20:26:36

By mons 10 August 2023 - 14:34 PM UTC

Follow the below steps:

To do this follow the instructions below:
- Go into Steam -> Library -> Games view.
- Locate the version of Football Manager you are using and right-click on the game.
- Select 'Properties'
- Click 'Set Launch Options...'
- Copy the following into the dialogue box: --user_data_location="<path>"
- In the <path> section, enter the exact path you wish the folder to be generated (ie D:\Users\ etc)
So for example if you wanted your User Data Location to be G:\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2017
You would add the following text to the dialogue box:
--user_data_location="G:\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2017"
So your Launch Options box should look something like this for Football Manager 2017:
Note that this folder location needs to already exist on your hard drive before setting the launch option, then when you next launch Football Manager the game will automatically generate the needed subfolders (such as games and skins). There also shouldn't be any problem with setting both your Full and Touch Mode Saving Locations to the same location, which should save you having to duplicate any custom graphics you have downloaded. You should also be able to set the location to that used by a previous version of the game, just make sure to backup your save games so you don't overwrite them and to remove any non-compatible custom graphics first.
If done correctly the contents of your custom User Data Location should look something like this after having run the game with the launch option set:
Also note that if you have already created anything in game with the default location set (such as save games, shortlists, or tactics) you will need to manually copy the items over to your new location. And if the game doesn't create the graphics folder you'll need to create this folder yourself before adding any custom graphics.
To reset your User Data Location to the default position you just need to delete the command line and on your next restart of FM17 the game will go back to using the default location. (Again you'll need to manually copy over any existing files from your old custom location to the default location for them to be read by the game).

All sorted, thank you very much for that!

#747057 Help! FM21 folder from My Documents to External Hard drive

elkayR

4 years ago

7 months ago

10 Aug 2023 13:58:22

By mons 10 August 2023 - 09:53 AM UTC

Then can you give a screenshot of what it is that you're changing that keeps getting changed back to the default folder? It's not clear to me whether you're talking about the section in the in-game preferences or the one in Steam.

Ah sorry, I mean in the in-game preferences. The first attachment is the screenshot of where it keeps being reset to, and the second is where I set it to every time. The problem is that I have no internal storage left, and so I've transferred all graphics/skins etc files into my SSD (including the actual FM application itself.) However, the folder seen on the first screenshot just keeps remaking itself and setting itself as the default, and I can not get the graphics or anything in my SSD to load.

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#747035 Help! FM21 folder from My Documents to External Hard drive

elkayR

4 years ago

7 months ago

10 Aug 2023 08:53:20

By mons 10 August 2023 - 08:45 AM UTC

What version of the game are you playing? Is it Gamepass perchance?

Oh it's FM23 for Mac via Steam!

#747032 Help! FM21 folder from My Documents to External Hard drive

elkayR

4 years ago

7 months ago

10 Aug 2023 08:34:33

By wfm18 20 December 2021 - 15:06 PM UTC

Probably the steps @mons suggested here.

Hello!

I don't know if an answer to this was ever found, but even when following the steps in both this thread and the link in this answer, no matter what I do, FM always resets its default location for graphics, files etc. to the one in the Internal Library, rather than my External Drive. I have all files moved over to the External Drive, and keep deleting the Sports Interactive folder in the internal Library, but FM just keeps remaking that folder and making it the default. Is there anyway to solve this? Thanks!

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#747120 Help! FM21 folder from My Documents to External Hard drive

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