Steam Custom Install Location
Extract the contents of the zip file into Beat Saber‘s installation folder. This will vary depending on whether you installed Beat Saber via the Oculus Store or Steam.
Steam Custom Install Location List
See what I’m doing? That most basic option we’ve all so desperately wanted from Steam for as long as it’s existed? Well, you can do it too, if you twiddle with the current beta.You may well remember a neat third-party app that let you do this. Well now it can be done using just Steam itself.It’s a fiddle at first, but once done you’re set. First of all, you’ll need to be in the Steam beta.
To get there you need to run Steam, click on the file menu option Steam, then pick Settings. In there, you’ll see “CHANGE” under “Beta participation”.
Click on that, and opt into the beta. It’ll automatically restart, but when it’s done you’ll want to quit out completely.Now you need to add a switch to the Steam shortcut.
So find the icon, Start menu option or whatever shortcut you use to load it, right click on it, and choose Properties. In there you’ll see the path it loads from looking something like this:C:SteamSteam.exeYou want to add “-dev” to it, after a space, so it looks like this:C:SteamSteam.exe -devRun that, and now you’ll see an extra page option, on the right after NEWS, called CONSOLE. Click on that one, and then type the following into the text field:installfolderuiHit return and it’ll give you a window that looks like this:Choose “Add install folder”, and pick another place where you’d like to install Steam games.
And you’re done!Now, whenever you attempt to install a game using the new file system (pretty much anything recent, and many will update), when you choose to install you’ll have a dropdown box offering any of the folders you’ve set via the console option. I tried it.All props go to. And cheers to Craig for the tip.
Steam installs to the following folder by default:C:Program FilesSteamFiles for games installed on Steam are stored in the following folder:C:Program FilesSteamsteamappsDuring the installation of Steam, you have the option to install Steam to a location other than the default. Since Steam relies on the game files residing in the SteamApps folder, your game files will go to whatever folder you have Steam installed in. The game files must be in the SteamApps folder in order to function.Moving Your Steam Installation. Warning:It is highly recommended that you create a backup of your SteamApps folder before attempting this process. Neglecting to do so may result in a loss of all of your game content should something go wrong.If you're low on space on the drive you have Steam installed, you can move the Steam folder to a different location.
Here's an example of how to move the Steam installation between two hard drives:. Log out and exit Steam. Navigate to the folder where Steam is installed (by default: C:Program FilesSteam).
Delete all of the files and folders except the SteamApps folder and Steam.exe. Cut and paste your Steam folder to the new location, for example: D:GamesSteam. Launch Steam. Steam will briefly update and then you will be ready to play.
All future game content will be downloaded to the new folder D:GamesSteamSteamapps.