SSD and Shell/Junction

JG52Krupi · #1 03-31-2011, 08:11 PM

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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 · #2 03-31-2011, 08:32 PM

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 · #3 03-31-2011, 08:32 PM

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 · #4 03-31-2011, 08:41 PM

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 · #5 03-31-2011, 09:19 PM

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 · #6 03-31-2011, 09:22 PM

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 · #7 03-31-2011, 09:33 PM

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

Codex · #8 03-31-2011, 10:14 PM

To the guys using an SSD, do you have Win and Steam Games on the same drive?

I'm just thinking I might get 2 dedicated SSDs, one just for Windows and another just for CoD. I predict that the file size of CoD getting bigger and bigger as time goes by.

Sorry if this has been addressed in the Steam forum links, I can't access them from work.

Heliocon · #9 03-31-2011, 10:21 PM

I dont know if its because the game is only 32bit or somethingbut obviously its using memory rescources horrifically. It should NOT need to page the HD constantly, this stuff should go into the system ram for the game and store info for the vram there aswell...

JG52Krupi · #10 03-31-2011, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codex

To the guys using an SSD, do you have Win and Steam Games on the same drive?

I'm just thinking I might get 2 dedicated SSDs, one just for Windows and another just for CoD. I predict that the file size of CoD getting bigger and bigger as time goes by.

Sorry if this has been addressed in the Steam forum links, I can't access them from work.

Yes i have windows on my SSD but as it is 160GB i doubt i will need to buy another one just for il2

Also i just realized i have not updated it since i installed it.. i wonder what the performance increase will be.