Help needed = New laptop

Tiger Fan · 10-12-2017, 11:07 PM

I have successfully moved everything from my old laptop to my new one but I am having an issue with where the saved games and other editable data are being stored for FHM4

I put my saved game in my

documents/Out of the Park Developments/ Franchise Hockey Manager 4 folder just as it was on my old laptop.

However, the game wants store to everything in my One Drive/documents folder.

I have the same issue with OOTP18. Both games want to install everything to the One Drive/Documents folder instead of the main documents folder on my hard drive. How do I change this?

I do not see an in-game setting to change the data path so I suppose I needed to edit the FHM4 default_folders file like I did with OOTP18, but it doesn't seem to work. My assumption is it has something to do with being on steam where OOTP18 wasn't steam.

I tried changing the custom_folder.ini file in steam to this but everytime I start the game it reloads all the data into the OneDrive folder.

Code:

[Folders]
FHMAppFolder=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Franchise Hockey Manager 4
FHMCustFolder=C:\Users\smcca\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\Franchise Hockey Manager 4

Any suggestions?

JeffR · 10-13-2017, 12:16 AM

I think that default installation to One Drive is actually something that Windows is doing, not us. If you right-click the One Drive icon, then choose Settings - Auto save - Documents and Pictures, there should be an option to switch between "This PC only" and "OneDrive" - I'm guessing it's set to OneDrive right now and our installation just follows that default.

(https://support.office.com/en-us/art...e-8c8e8ca70ac7 for more details)

Tiger Fan · 10-13-2017, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffR

I think that default installation to One Drive is actually something that Windows is doing, not us. If you right-click the One Drive icon, then choose Settings - Auto save - Documents and Pictures, there should be an option to switch between "This PC only" and "OneDrive" - I'm guessing it's set to OneDrive right now and our installation just follows that default.

(https://support.office.com/en-us/art...e-8c8e8ca70ac7 for more details)

That was exactly the issue. Switching from OneDrive to This PC Only as you suggested did the trick. Much appreciated. Thanks

10-12-2017, 11:07 PM	#1
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	Help needed = New laptop I have successfully moved everything from my old laptop to my new one but I am having an issue with where the saved games and other editable data are being stored for FHM4 I put my saved game in my documents/Out of the Park Developments/ Franchise Hockey Manager 4 folder just as it was on my old laptop. However, the game wants store to everything in my One Drive/documents folder. I have the same issue with OOTP18. Both games want to install everything to the One Drive/Documents folder instead of the main documents folder on my hard drive. How do I change this? I do not see an in-game setting to change the data path so I suppose I needed to edit the FHM4 default_folders file like I did with OOTP18, but it doesn't seem to work. My assumption is it has something to do with being on steam where OOTP18 wasn't steam. I tried changing the custom_folder.ini file in steam to this but everytime I start the game it reloads all the data into the OneDrive folder. Code: [Folders] FHMAppFolder=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Franchise Hockey Manager 4 FHMCustFolder=C:\Users\smcca\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\Franchise Hockey Manager 4 Any suggestions? __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 10-12-2017 at 11:12 PM.

10-13-2017, 12:16 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,434	I think that default installation to One Drive is actually something that Windows is doing, not us. If you right-click the One Drive icon, then choose Settings - Auto save - Documents and Pictures, there should be an option to switch between "This PC only" and "OneDrive" - I'm guessing it's set to OneDrive right now and our installation just follows that default. (https://support.office.com/en-us/art...e-8c8e8ca70ac7 for more details)