Have recently ran out of space on my C drive and I was wondering if it was possible to uninstall TSW2 from my C drive and reinstall it on my D drive and weather I would lose progress or DLC or if it was even possible. If it is possible are there specific steps I need to take?
Eminently possible. I did the same thing a few weeks ago using the instructions at https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129 All my saved games stayed accessible.
I did the same thing too for all my Steam Games, I just moved the entire Steam folder to D:. You wont lose progress, (well, in TSW there isn't really a Progress Like in other games, you can still play everything you can now even If you'd loose your entire progress) But i had to select the Desktop picture again because it was gone after the transfer.
Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders > Add Library Folder (an empty one in new location eg in other drive) > Select TSW on your Steam list > Properties > Local Files > Move Install Folder > select folder You created
All routes you own are transferred automatically as preserved collection (except NEC) ** ** from TSW 2020 > TSW 2 (Sand Patch Grade too )
The CSX Heavy Haul route is available for TSW2. And as breblimator said, if you own a route for TSW2020, you will instantly own it for TSW2 as well for free.
Thank you. Sand Patch Grade was automatically, but CSX Heavy Haul was not. I suspect that may have been a space issue since I couldn't access my profile until I unchecked a route in my DLC, but even after space was added, it still wasn't transferred. Were those instructions in your post before this one I quoted for me or mecharliemiggins2.0?
Sand Patch Grade is CSX Heavy Haul, albeit updated for TSW2 with scenery, timetable, and locomotive improvements (or regressions, depending on your perspective). Cheers
I see lots of people have helped you here, but one word of caution. If your C: drive really is full then the transfer might fail. Try to clean up a few gigs of space before you attempt it.
Really good advice. One way to make more room on the C drive is to move the default location of the tmp folder to another drive. https://www.howtogeek.com/285710/how-to-move-windows-temporary-folders-to-another-drive/ I always do this since the C drive seems to collect all sorts of garbage during normal operation.
I have two rules. 1. Keep all games on their own internal drive. 2. Keep all games on a different drive from your Windows installation.
The Best Way to transfer a Game to another Drive without encountering Reinstall-Problems ist to use mklink on the command prompt (cmd). You can even move subdirectorys to another drive and you dont need to reinstall. For Example: My Steam-Dir is on C:\Steam (yours are maybe different). Now i want Train Sim World 2 to move on D:\. First move your Train Sim World 2 Directory to D:\ then: Click on the Windows-Symbol in the lower left corner and enter cmd (before executing choose with your mouse "Run as Administrator"). Now enter the following mklink /j "C:\Steam\Steamapps\common\Train Sim World 2" "D:\Train Sim World 2" Press Enter and close the Window. If a error message is displayed you missed something. Start Train Sim World 2. Almost any Game or any Directory (except system files) can moved like this without going through Reinstalling-Trouble
You don't need to do this with steam games. Steam just moves stuff and does not need to re-install. Its all done from the Steam UI.
