Alas, I read original posts and was just confused. I’ll try this, but question: is this syntax to run game from “Start -> Run” box, or the target if I edit the properties of a shortcut icon? This may be one source of my confusion.
Thanks.
Muffin - if you insist on having BM installed on a different drive, then you can probably link the BMS folder into your sourcemods folder with a directory junction. Open a Command Prompt (Start->Programs->Accessories, I think) and type:
mklink /J C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS I:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\BMSYou may need to right-click command prompt and select “run as administrator” in order to get this to work. If it works, you should see a “BMS” folder show up in your sourcemods directory. It’s not a copy, though; it’s more like a shortcut. (I don’t use Windows command prompt very often, so I may have this command wrong.) Then restart Steam and see if BMS shows up in your games list. Steam is generally pretty happy with links.
EDIT: You might also need to escape spaces in the command, or put quotes around the directory names:
mklink /J "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS" "I:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\BMS"Thanks. That seems to have started the game (but then I got an error, which I’ll search for a fix in the forums).
Alternatively, you could use Link Shell Extension to create a symbolic link from wherever you installed the game to the steam folder. I just did it and it worked perfectly. No command lines to fiddle around with.
https://lifehacker.com/5530931/link-shell-extension-creates-windows-symlinks-with-ease
Example:
Game installed to D:\Games\BMS
with LSE installed, right click on BMS folder and select Pick Link Source
Navigate to and right click on steam\steamapps\sourcemods
select Drop Link As->Junction
BMS folder is now linked.
you can link folder locations in windows without any software installed, just open diskmgmt.msc and make a new link