Problems with multiplayer launcher due to new ETS2 directory

[Eduardo20]

Hi,

I recently bought a new SSD and therefore I moved my Steam games to a new directory ("A"), including of course Euro Truck Simulator 2.

In order not to lose the old profiles/saves/mods/etc., I had to create a new shortcut on the desktop regarding the launch of ets2: in properties I marked: " "A:\Steam\steam.exe -applaunch 227300 - homedir "A:\Documents games" ", to be able to connect to the new folder "Documents" (indeed, moved from disk "C" to disk "A") containing the various profiles, mods, configs, etc. [see attached screen below]

Once this is done, starting the game from this link, it works correctly, without any problems.

 

So I tried next to install TruckersMP in the same , inserting all the new directories in the launcher settings, both for ETS2 and for ATS, as the default ones are based on the "C" disk.

Despite this, the Launcher continues to install itself in the "C" (Appdata-Roaming) disk, so that, every time I start the Multiplayer, it automatically creates a new directory of both ETS2 and ETS2MP inside the old and no longer used folder "My Documents" in the "C" drive. I tried, as for normal ETS2, to modify the shortcut on the desktop in the same way, but with negative results: it continues to create new folders, thus accessing new profiles from scratch.

 

I've looked for solutions on other forums, but I still can't get the multiplayer to work.

 

I need help solving this problem.

 

Thanks in advance.

Eduardo.

 

PS Sorry for my bad english

[Mr.Drexy]

Hello @Eduardo20,

 

First of all, welcome to TruckersMP forum

 

When you use  -homedir, you shoud point at the full path where your profiles and data actually are. If that path is not exactly "D:\games\Euro Truck Simulator 2" (which I doubt, because the game creates different files and sub-folders inside Documents by default, more specifically a "profiles" sub-folder) it won't work.

 

Another option, open a command prompt with Win+R - cmd.exe - Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Type and  send this:

mklink /d "C:\Users\yourUserID\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\profiles" "D:\<target folder>"

Then, make sure that your profiles are actually located inside the <target folder>

With this, the changed location for the profiles is linked in the default location where ETS2 and TruckersMP will look for it, so you wouldn't need to use -homedir anymore.

 

EDIT: If you have promods, which takes a good chunk of storage, you can do the same thing, like:

mklink /d "C:\users\yourUserID\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\mod" "D:\games\ETS2\mod"

Then, you put the Promods or any other mods' files you may have inside that "D:\games\ETS2\mod" folder and both the game and TMP should be able to find them.

 

EDIT 2: The command will give an error message if the name for the link you want to create already exists in the Documents folder. Like, if you try to create a link called mod to a folder in a different drive and there's already a folder named mod where you want to create the link, it won't let you. You'd need to move the folders (e.g. profiles, mod) to the new location in D:\ and then create the links.

 

Credits: 

 

I hope it helps,

 

Kind Regards,

Mr.Drexyy

[Eduardo20]

4 hours ago, Mr.Drexyy said:

Hello @Eduardo20,

 

First of all, welcome to TruckersMP forum

 

When you use  -homedir, you shoud point at the full path where your profiles and data actually are. If that path is not exactly "D:\games\Euro Truck Simulator 2" (which I doubt, because the game creates different files and sub-folders inside Documents by default, more specifically a "profiles" sub-folder) it won't work.

 

Another option, open a command prompt with Win+R - cmd.exe - Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Type and  send this:

mklink /d "C:\Users\yourUserID\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\profiles" "D:\<target folder>"

Then, make sure that your profiles are actually located inside the <target folder>

With this, the changed location for the profiles is linked in the default location where ETS2 and TruckersMP will look for it, so you wouldn't need to use -homedir anymore.

 

EDIT: If you have promods, which takes a good chunk of storage, you can do the same thing, like:

mklink /d "C:\users\yourUserID\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\mod" "D:\games\ETS2\mod"

Then, you put the Promods or any other mods' files you may have inside that "D:\games\ETS2\mod" folder and both the game and TMP should be able to find them.

 

EDIT 2: The command will give an error message if the name for the link you want to create already exists in the Documents folder. Like, if you try to create a link called mod to a folder in a different drive and there's already a folder named mod where you want to create the link, it won't let you. You'd need to move the folders (e.g. profiles, mod) to the new location in D:\ and then create the links.

 

Credits: 

 

I hope it helps,

 

Kind Regards,

Mr.Drexyy

 

Hi! Thank you for the reply!

Super! Now it works perfectly! I never used "mklink" before, so I didn't know how to fix it. 

 

Thank you! 

Have a nice day!

 

Eduardo.

[Mr.Drexy]

I'm happy to see that it was useful, you're welcome! 

 

Have a nice day!

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