So my roommate just bought BF3 premium edition on Origin, for his new computer. His C drive, with windows, is a 128gb SSD, that's already damn near full, but he has a terabyte storage drive for most things. He installed Origin itself onto the storage drive (which is F). But, when we go to download BF3, it automatically created the 'origin games' folder on the C drive (which doesn't have room), and wants to download BF3 there, and isn't giving an option to put it anywhere else. I was worried that would happen if he put origin on the C drive, which is why we did what I thought would eliminate any confusion, and just put origin on the F drive. But now origin is insisting on downloading the game to C, even though origin isn't on C. What's going on? How do we get origin to put BF3 in an 'origin games' folder on the F drive?
21 Aug 2013
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It’s actually really easy. But there’s a few tricks that can catch you out. Credits to Overclock.net for the original steps. I’ve modified them as I didn’t find them to work without some tweaks.
1. Figure out where your current Origin is installed (This is found in the Origin application under the Gear Button > Settings > Downloaded Games. For most users, this will be “C:Program FilesOrigin Games”
2. Quit Origin (it minimizes to tray make sure you have exited the app completely), Navigate to the folder in step 1 above, and back up the games to the new computer or an external drive. You will find sub-folders that are named after all of your games (i.e. “Battlefield 3” ) – copy or move these to the new computer or location – this may take a while depending on your setup, my games were ~100gb.
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3. Make sure Origin is installed on the new computer. Make sure that you’ve ran the program and logged in, and make sure the games install directory is where you want it to be ( again this is in the settings). Obviously make sure the install location you set has enough space.
5. Initiate a download for your games you want to move. Don’t worry! we’re not really going to re-download all of your games. This next step makes origin do all of the registry entries and game setup. Make sure the download has got to at least 0.01% or had created the folder for the game in the origin games folder.
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6. Now QUIT the origin app (make sure it’s not running in the task-bar). Critical: Don’t stop or pause any of the downloads – just quit the app while the downloads are running.
7. Move your games that you backed up earlier into your new Origin Games director (on the new computer). When prompted to “Merge Folders” click yes, and select “Move and Replace” if windows asks to overwrite any files. Wait for it to finish.
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8. Open Origin and don’t touch anything. It will initially look like it’s still downloading but then after giving it a few seconds, it should jump to 100%. After a few more seconds, it’ll tell you it’s ready to install! click “install”, and you’re ready to go!
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