SSD and Shell/Junction

[JG52Krupi]

MODS IF YOU FIND THIS USEFUL PLEASE STICKY

I just moved my steam il2 to folder to my SSD drive and the stutters I experience in the game have reduced somewhat.

If your like me and have a small SSD and therefore can't move your entire steam folder on to your SSD then use a shell/junction.

START>search for CMD>right click and run as administrator

Then past the following into the box (Modified to represent your own PC of course)

C:\Windows\system32>mklink /j "E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover" "C:\Program Files (x86)\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover"

[MadTommy]

I use this method. I have not noticed the stutters many are complaining of, i'm guessing my SSD is a big factor in this.

[bjoern.77]

Wow, most helpfull post i've stumbled across on in a while. Many thanks, i've always been slightly annoyed that steam doesn't allow you to choose location.

[JG52Krupi]

To give credit where credit is due, these guys are the ones that helped me just passing it along.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...4#post21519564

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...d.php?t=998110

[Wurschtie]

Quite useful tip, thank you.

Unfortunately, I had my game on my SSD and freshly installed Windows from the very first minute. I don't want to know what it looks like on a regular HDD, to be honest ...

[Triggaaar]

I don't have an SSD, but my steam games are on a different HDD than my OS, and I don't seem to be getting stutters (only a little flying so far)

[jimbop]

Good thread, thanks. Now I just need an SSD...