My C drive is not big enough to hold a DLC, but the main game is installed on this C drive. Is there a way I can force the DLC to be downloaded to a different drive?
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You cannot install a Steam game offline. It needs to connect to the Steam servers the very first time to confirm you own the game.
If you do not want to redownload the game, go online, click install, let it go as far as where it starts downloading, close Steam completely and copy the files from the SteamApps folder on another machine, then launch Steam again. However, this process still requires an internet connection on first play.
I don't know when this changed, but now you can download games to another drive with ease in 3 easy steps.
- Open your steam settings, go to downloads + clouds and click on Steam library folders
- Click on add library folder and add a new folder on a different drive
- Install the game, and right before change the folder you want to install it to
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Best Answer
No, you can't, because DLC is an add-on to the base game. In order for the game to know where the DLC is, it has to be installed to a predefined location, ie. the game's install folder. That's why Steam doesn't ask you where you want to install it.
If you want to install the DLC to a different drive, you can configure the drive as a game location, move the base game over, tell Steam where the new location is, and then download the DLC. That will solve the problem.