mpjbay Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 "The game location doesn't exists or isn't writable" Vortex is looking for an old drive. I changed the game path to the new drive however, when I try to "Manage" the game I get this error above. How do I get Vortex to recognize the new path? Seems like this is hard coded somewhere not available in the GUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 "The game location doesn't exists or isn't writable" Vortex is looking for an old drive. I changed the game path to the new drive however, when I try to "Manage" the game I get this error above. How do I get Vortex to recognize the new path? Seems like this is hard coded somewhere not available in the GUI. GAMES------------>MANAGED---------Click the + on the game you want, click MANUALLY SET LOCATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjbay Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 "GAMES------------>MANAGED---------Click the + on the game you want, click MANUALLY SET LOCATION" I did this as per my OP. Does not work. When I click on the check mar to manage the game I get the error in the OP. It shows it is pointing to an old drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 "GAMES------------>MANAGED---------Click the + on the game you want, click MANUALLY SET LOCATION" I did this as per my OP. Does not work. When I click on the check mar to manage the game I get the error in the OP. It shows it is pointing to an old drive. What Check Mark are you clicking on? You click on the PLUS sign, then the "Manually set location" button Also, is the Mod Staging Folder on the SAME drive as the game is?Otherwise it won't work When you move stuff around, or change drives, you should PURGE your mods first, then install the old drive. This is about the 3rd or 4th problem where someone installed a new drive that changed their drive letter, and then they couldn't get Vortex to work.The problem is, Vortex is looking for the old drive, if you replaced a drive, you should have just assigned the new drive, the old drive letter, and you would've picked up right where you left off.Now you have to change the settings in Vortex. Did you change everything in SETTINGS--------->MODS----------->Mod Staging Folder SETTINGS---------->DOWNLOAD--------->Download Folder as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjbay Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 The check mark I am clicking on GAMES -> DISCOVERED -> check mark to the right on the game I want to manage First I had to the go into GAMES -> SUPPORTED then change the "selected folder" where the game now lives. I cannot PURGE the mods since I cannot load the game to be managed. I cannot change the Mods Staging and Download folder for the same reason. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 The check mark I am clicking on GAMES -> DISCOVERED -> check mark to the right on the game I want to manage First I had to the go into GAMES -> SUPPORTED then change the "selected folder" where the game now lives. I cannot PURGE the mods since I cannot load the game to be managed. I cannot change the Mods Staging and Download folder for the same reason. :/ GAMES---->MANAGED Don't any games show up under the MANAGED tab? If you can't change where the Download and Mod Staging folder are, then your entire Vortex installation is messed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjbay Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Don't any games show up under the MANAGED tab? = YES So, I should completely uninstall then reinstall Vortex? Will my current managed game config be lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Don't any games show up under the MANAGED tab? = YES So, I should completely uninstall then reinstall Vortex? Will my current managed game config be lost? OK, so for the games that show up on the MANAGED tab, did you click on the + sign in the corner of each game and pick "Manually Set Location" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Clicking the PLUS sign, should open a dialog where you can click "Manually Set Location" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjbay Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 OK, so for the games that show up on the MANAGED tab, did you click on the + sign in the corner of each game and pick "Manually Set Location" CORRECT This worked for all but one game. Is there a config file I can edit manually to set the path for the one game I am having issues with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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