Installation location
Is there any way to select the directory where CC3+ installs itself? Not just the data files - the actual program files.
I don't want this program taking up the most precious real estate on my new PC and I'm not sure what advantage there is to it doing so.
I don't want this program taking up the most precious real estate on my new PC and I'm not sure what advantage there is to it doing so.
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Note that if you really want to move it, all you have to do is to move the directory after installing, then run fcw32.exe from the new location, and everything will work just fine (well, except for the desktop/start menu shortcuts, which points to the old location). But this is an unsupported configuration.
My main disk is more than half full right now, even though it is itself a terabyte disk. I was reliably informed that it was good housekeeping to keep it no more than half full most of the time to extend its lifespan.
And if you create a new shortcut to the exe file on your toolbar will it not work?
The CC3+ data directory on the other hand is worth moving if you need space. Mine is about 44GB, about one thousand times the size of the installation directory, and a full 5% of the size of a on TB drive.
Personally, I am mostly concerned about performance, so I have my CC3+ data directory located on the fastest drive I could get my hands on (An NVMe M.2 drive, connected directly to the fast PCI Express interface instead of the slower SATA interface most disks are connected to).
I wouldn't consider using just half my disks, but I do try to keep at least 20% free. For HDD's that reduced the chance of fragmentation happening, at least on a performance-hitting scale, and for SSD's it lets them have a reasonable amount of free space to use for cache, which makes the drive perform as it should, as filling it up will slow it down, especially if you have a new-ish SSD (generally, the newer the SSD [technology wise], the bigger a performance hit it takes when you fill it up.)
I have an even bigger artwork collection, since it includes all the stuff I've made, and all the files that made it - all the GIMP, Krita, Blender and Genetica files as well as all the regular artwork. I keep them all in subfolders within the actual PF folder system where the finished assets are stored because I simply could not remember where they are if I kept them separately. Some of these files are immense so mine is more like 60GB.
And growing!
This is despite the fact that I have no CSUAC or Dundjinni artwork other than the Bogie Collection.
On top of that I have another 30GB artwork files stored separately where things are still in the very early developmental stages and not yet allocated to a space within the PF folders. I have 13GB of Genetica (textures) artwork alone, never mind all the 1GB FT3 files I have lying around the place.
I think I might need to invest in a TB external drive, even though I have the D drive unused. I am very reticent to use it at all, since it is of the type that isn't supposed to be written to all the time. So when I use it, the information I store on it will have to be regarded as read only. I think that kind of defeats the purpose of a true backup disc, which I would want to re-do once a week.
That sounds better!
Thanks Joe :)
Now to set up the backup...
Also have backups of the free symbol sets.
Hard drives have failed on me in the past. So I try to be extra careful about my files. Reinstalling files that could take days is not a process I want to deal with again.