Shifting MAIN profile folder ("Arma 3") from default location (Users\My Documents\) to another drive/location?

[The Spirit of Morpheus 2]

Hello,

 

I just installed Arma 3 on my reinstalled System. It consists of a SSD drive (Main Drive C:\, where Windows is installed on) and a HDD drive (D:\, where all user files and most games are installed). However, I changed default user folders ("Downloads", "Documents", "Pictures", "Videos" and so on...) from the Main Drive to the HDD drive, so their new/actual path is now D:\Users\[Username]\(Downloads), (Documents), (...), ] ). The original C:\Users\[Username]\Documents folder on the SSD drive still exists, but it's almost completely empty since everything gets saved in the new location. Since Arma 3 looks at the default "My Documents" folder, it selected "D:\Users\[Username]\Documents" as the folder for the main Arma 3 profile (folder designated "Arma 3"). But I want ALL Arma 3 files (including main profile, other profiles, configs, custom downloads/contents, savegames) to be on the SSD drive, so I need to shift the main profile back to the original C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\ directory that existed prior to the new path.

 

How can I instruct Arma 3 to move the main profile ("Arma 3" folder, *not* other/secondary profiles!) to a new location?

 

Thanks for help,

 

T.S.O.M.

[stanhope 409]

Make a symlink to the place you want it to be at?  (I use directory junctions for stuff like that, so /J)

[Janez 522]

Startup Parameters & Profiles, can be configured in Arma 3 Launcher as well.

[The Spirit of Morpheus 2]

On 3/11/2021 at 7:01 PM, stanhope said:

Make a symlink to the place you want it to be at?  (I use directory junctions for stuff like that, so /J)

 

Hey, Thanks! That did the trick!

 

But still, I would like to know if (and how) it is possible to directly define within Arma 3 (Launcher, Startup Parameters, Configs, etc.) the desired path for the main profile without having to use such workarounds...

 

On 3/11/2021 at 8:10 PM, Janez said:

Startup Parameters & Profiles, can be configured in Arma 3 Launcher as well.

 

I already used the "-profiles" parameter, but that is not applicable for the *main* profile (where the folder with the Arma3.cfg file is created) or is it? IIRC I used that parameter only for the secondary profiles...

 

T.S.O.M.

[Janez 522]

1 hour ago, The Spirit of Morpheus said:

I already used the "-profiles" parameter, but that is not applicable for the *main* profile (where the folder with the Arma3.cfg file is created) or is it? IIRC I used that parameter only for the secondary profiles...

 

Of course it is, with profiles parameter you define where profiles are read from, including the one containing the Arma3.cfg config file.

 

.bat shortcut example:

@ECHO OFF

REM Arma III
CD C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Arma 3
START arma3_x64.exe "-profiles=D:\Games\Bohemia Interactive\Arma 3\Profiles" "-name=<Name_of_your_Profile>" "-noSplash" "-skipIntro" "-noLogs" "-showScriptErrors" "-world=altis"

EXIT

 

Alternatively, start Arma 3 Launcher:

1. >> Parameters >> All Parameters (tab) >> Advanced >> Profile folder: tick the box and <set your custom path> [this is equal to "-profiles=" parameter]

2. >> Parameters >> All Parameters (tab) >> Basic >> Profile: tick the box and select the desired profile [this is equal to "-name=" parameter]

 

Naturally, you also have to copy your saved games, missions, config & profile files and folders into the newly defined folder. If you take the .bat above as an example your folder structure should look like this:

"D:\Games\Bohemia Interactive\Arma 3\Profiles\Users\<Name_of_your_Profile_Folder>\Arma3.cfg"