I can't install the game because it appears to be defaulting to the C drive which has no where close to enough room. The installation routine doesn't even check if there is enough space. it just runs until Windows forces it to stop for obvious reasons. I'm going to ignore how insanely bad practice that is and and instead ask: how in the name of all that is holy do I change the install location?
How Do I Choose Install Location?
- Thread starter Swooflia
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Which version of the game did you buy, Frontier Developments, Steam or Epic?
put the installer package on the drive you want the game to go and then run it the main bulk of files(namely the products folder will then go there
some files however like your control bindings will always go to the c drive but these are relatively small
some files however like your control bindings will always go to the c drive but these are relatively small
Oh, is that how the Fdev installer works?
pretty much yea well that is for a direct FD purchase
if bought from steam it will normally go in the steamapps folder unless another specified location is opted for the products folder
and as for epic i aint got a clue but all will have some folders & files stored in the c drive namely C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local
if bought from steam it will normally go in the steamapps folder unless another specified location is opted for the products folder
and as for epic i aint got a clue but all will have some folders & files stored in the c drive namely C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local
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I have both Steam and Epic and have their launcher/platform installed on a different drive than C.
IIRC Steam can also install individual games to anywhere you specify. Epic, not that I'm aware of.
Keep in mind, the game install is not the game download, the download files go into a temp directory, may be on C: drive depending on how your PC is set up, then the installer uses those files to install the game, and then deletes the downloaded files, so to do a basic install you usually need twice as much room as the final install size of the game. There are ways to get around this, such as using using a folder redirect process but directing the downloaded files to another location would help a lot.
Yep, OP is going to have to free up space, or upgrade their C: drive either way. The game might install now, but it won't update later.
I bought in on Epic Games Store a while ago then just came back to see I need to use Frontier Launcher now.
This appears to be correct. Thanks.
The least they could do is put a warning that the launcher must install to it's own directory. I can't believe developers still assume people are using only 1 drive. It's bizarre and/or lazy.
FD simply aint normal