Ram Disk help..

[irl-calibre 744]

Hey, can anyone help please? If I put the OA - expansion - addon's folder on a Ram drive.. what line of code do I need to add the the DayZbeta windows batch file so that it will look for the folder on the ram drive.. is this even possible? thanks in advance..

[jamestrendall 38]

I didnt even know RAM had drive's. Unless you mean your using a HDD as Vram then it would be as simple to just install the game on that HDD.

Im proberly a complete idiot for posting this but atleast i reply'd.

[[email protected] 26]

I think he is creating a virtual HDD in RAM.

Do you have a Steam or Non-steam version of ArmA?

[irl-calibre 744]

ARMA 2 is stand alone - ARAM OA is through steam..

[[email protected] 26]

Try this:

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

Just make a backup of steamapps folder - not every software ramdrive keeps a content on a PC restart.

I'm using hard links in my case, but they won't work with two different hard drives.

[irl-calibre 744]

Try this:

http://www.traynier....ware/steammover

Just make a backup of steamapps folder - not every software ramdrive keeps a content on a PC restart.

I'm using hard links in my case, but they won't work with two different hard drives.

That actually looks a pretty niffty wee app, but it's of no benifit to me i'm afraid.. thanks anyways..

[[email protected] 26]

Then try this:

Move addons folder to ramdrive.

create a symlink to it from original location (don't forget to run commandline as an administrator).

mklink /D linkName target
/D – Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file symbolic link.
	 linkName – Specifies the new symbolic link name.
target – Specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link refers to.

Play DayZ.

p.s. And OF COURSE don't forget to make a backup of addons folder.

Edited July 28, 2012 by Infineon

[irl-calibre 744]

ha ha.. you lost me there at "create a symlink.." but I shall endeavour to read about symlinks on google. cheers..