tequiladeww Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hey everyone, I understand if none of you have the time for such a beaten to death topic but here we go. I'm on Vortex v1.1.5 Windows 10; Administrator account I'm trying to install some quality of life mods for The Witcher 3. Everything is generally fine except I can't seem to enable write access for my file folder. It's asking me to enable it for D:\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\thewitcher3\DLC I have no DLC folder in there. I've tried removing read only to the entire folder to no avail. My staging folder is D:\VortexMods\witcher3 I'm sure I'm missing something but just know I didn't run to you overnight. I've been struggling with write permissions for days. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Are you running Vortex as an Administrator?If so, don't.There's a difference between being the Administrator on your computer or having the Administrator account, and running a program as an Administrator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tequiladeww Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Are you running Vortex as an Administrator?If so, don't. There's a difference between being the Administrator on your computer or having the Administrator account, and running a program as an Administrator No, I'm not. I've read through a number of the forums here on this topic and I still can't get it going. Thanks for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Click on GAMES, click on the + sign on the Witcher 3 thumbnail, Look at the path, does it show "D:\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\thewitcher3\DLC"?If so, then click on MANUALLY SET LOCATION, and browse to the Witcher 3 game folder and hit OK or SELECT or APPLY or whatever the button is labeled, to set the path correctly to "D:\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\thewitcher3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tequiladeww Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 I'm still getting No Deployment Method Available. The notification is still asking me for the same DLC end file. My noob thoughts are telling me I cant grant write access for some reason? Everytime I deslect read only it comes back after applying. I've granted myself full permissions in the security tabs of said folders. Could this also be because I selected hardlink deployment originally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I think the Witcher 3 only supports MOVE and SYMLINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 @HadToRegister Witcher 3 supports Hardlink and Move. I initially played Witcher 3 using Hardlink Deployment. The mods I had installed had no scripts, and everything ran well. Then I installed some scripted mods and had to merge them using the upgraded Witcher 3 Script Merger. Initially, after running Script Merger, one of my mods appeared not to run correctly. Since I was more interested in playing the game than in trouble shooting a mod, I switched to Move Deployment. All is well now. @tequiladeww Do you have the DLC for Witcher 3 installed? If not, that would account for the missing DLC folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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