Iacomus Maximus
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Fellow Orbiter Enthusiasts,
I have scoured the forum for instructions on how to redirect the massive new Textures directory
from my current installation location to a more accommodating central location...
but no no avail. I feel I made a valiant effort but all I could find was the following from the page
"Installing beta versions":
"Add the line
TextureDir = <path-to-Orbiter2016>\Textures\",
where <path-to-Orbiter2016> is the full path to your Orbiter2016 root installation directory."
However I was completely unable to get it to work.
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The following is the solution I came up with and am sharing with anyone else who is in need of redirecting the location of this or any other directory.
I have 120 gig SSD named Orbiter and mapped to O: where O:/Orbiter2016 is installed.
I also have a 4 terabyte RAID5 Documents drive mapped to D: where I have all my Orbiter offline files saved to D:/Software/Orbiter/
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My reason for needing this solution is to save space on my 120 gig SSD -
if you have sufficient space on your installation drive then this solution is most likely not important to you.
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First, rename the Textures directory in your Orbiter installation, which for me is O:/Orbiter2016/Textures, to Textures_2016 - (because it is incompatible with previous versions)
Second, copy or move the Textures_2016 to a convenient location such as D:/Software/Orbiter/Textures_2016
Third, Open a Command Window as Administrator:
Using the following format: 'mklink /J link target' without the quotes
mklink /J O:/Orbiter2016/Textures D:/Software/Orbiter/Textures_2016
Fourth, type 'dir' to view the new symbolic directory entry and also view it using a standard Windows File Explorer Window
to ensure it is there and working - it will look like a directory but have a little arrow in the bottom left corner.
This new symbolic Textures directory in your Orbiter installation will appear as an actual directory to Orbiter but is linked to the new location of the massive Textures directory in its new location.
If you copied the Textures directory, test to ensure the new configuration is working, then delete the original directory - freeing up more than 100+ gigs of disk space.
I have scoured the forum for instructions on how to redirect the massive new Textures directory
from my current installation location to a more accommodating central location...
but no no avail. I feel I made a valiant effort but all I could find was the following from the page
"Installing beta versions":
"Add the line
TextureDir = <path-to-Orbiter2016>\Textures\",
where <path-to-Orbiter2016> is the full path to your Orbiter2016 root installation directory."
However I was completely unable to get it to work.
---
The following is the solution I came up with and am sharing with anyone else who is in need of redirecting the location of this or any other directory.
I have 120 gig SSD named Orbiter and mapped to O: where O:/Orbiter2016 is installed.
I also have a 4 terabyte RAID5 Documents drive mapped to D: where I have all my Orbiter offline files saved to D:/Software/Orbiter/
---
My reason for needing this solution is to save space on my 120 gig SSD -
if you have sufficient space on your installation drive then this solution is most likely not important to you.
---
First, rename the Textures directory in your Orbiter installation, which for me is O:/Orbiter2016/Textures, to Textures_2016 - (because it is incompatible with previous versions)
Second, copy or move the Textures_2016 to a convenient location such as D:/Software/Orbiter/Textures_2016
Third, Open a Command Window as Administrator:
Using the following format: 'mklink /J link target' without the quotes
mklink /J O:/Orbiter2016/Textures D:/Software/Orbiter/Textures_2016
Fourth, type 'dir' to view the new symbolic directory entry and also view it using a standard Windows File Explorer Window
to ensure it is there and working - it will look like a directory but have a little arrow in the bottom left corner.
This new symbolic Textures directory in your Orbiter installation will appear as an actual directory to Orbiter but is linked to the new location of the massive Textures directory in its new location.
If you copied the Textures directory, test to ensure the new configuration is working, then delete the original directory - freeing up more than 100+ gigs of disk space.
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