save demos on other disk

#1

prsn

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hey guys i have like 30 gb of IMPORTANT demos in my tf2 folder but i have a rather small ssd.
my question is if i can move the demos to another disk (my terribly slow hdd) still beeing able to watch them in my tf2 which is still on my ssd

#2

Pum

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If the "playdemo" command accepts absolute paths then you definitely can. If it only accepts relative paths starting in the TF Folder it might not be possible. Let me check.

Edit : It does, but the in-game built in doesn't (ds_dir wont accept absolute paths), therefore you just need to do this :

Move all your demos to your hdd, near the root (like E:/demos)

When playing a demo, type E:/demos/demoname (example path)

You'll need to do this from time to time

If the "playdemo" command accepts absolute paths then you definitely can. If it only accepts relative paths starting in the TF Folder it might not be possible. Let me check.

Edit : It does, but the in-game built in doesn't (ds_dir wont accept absolute paths), therefore you just need to do this :

Move all your demos to your hdd, near the root (like E:/demos)

When playing a demo, type E:/demos/demoname (example path)

You'll need to do this from time to time

#3

prsn

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ok cheers will do that later

#4

Alfie

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yeah you can use mklink which creates symbolic links between drives.

open command prompt

navigate to tf2 directory

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf"

make a symbolic link to the drive you want it
```
mklink /d demos D:\demos
```

yeah you can use mklink which creates symbolic links between drives.

[list]
[*] open command prompt
[*] navigate to tf2 directory
[code]cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf"[/code]
[*] make a symbolic link to the drive you want it
[code]mklink /d demos D:\demos[/code]
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