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Some help with this Global User Directory - frellzy - 12-18-2016

So everyone, I want to move the Dolphin Emulator folder to another location then when I was searching about it I found this tutorial:

https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/controlling-global-user-directory/?nocr=true


Following it I managed to change my location but even now when I open my dolphin he continues to create the same folder in my documents with only 2 folders ''wii'' ''gc''

What I have to do now to dolphin stops creating these two folders?

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - envisaged0ne - 12-18-2016

If you create a blank portable.txt file & save it in your dolphin folder, it won't create those folders

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - JosJuice - 12-18-2016

Change the memory card and NAND paths so that they no longer are in the folder in Documents.

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - frellzy - 12-18-2016

(12-18-2016, 04:04 AM)JosJuice Wrote: Change the memory card and NAND paths so that they no longer are in the folder in Documents.

Okay, I managed to do with the wii but the only left is the folder GC which I also did the same with wii but it keeps creating in documents... The memory card path is the SD Card Path?

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - JosJuice - 12-18-2016

No, memory cards and SD cards are completely separate. Memory card paths are set in the GameCube tab of the configuration window.

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - frellzy - 12-18-2016

(12-18-2016, 05:07 AM)JosJuice Wrote: No, memory cards and SD cards are completely separate. Memory card paths are set in the GameCube tab of the configuration window.

I changed the slot A path ( you can see in attachment ) in my new folder, but it keeps creating the same folder in documents.

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - isakkeyten - 12-20-2016

Hijacking this thread to ask a similar question.

Currently my Dolphin installation is on my storage drive (HDD) but the automatic Global User Directory is on my main drive (SSD), and since I use save states often (and I mean really often), I end up writing 25mb everytime I save - killing my SSD slowly but surely. I'd like to limit writing to my SSD by moving my Global User Directory to my storage drive.
I read the wiki about linux and mac moving GBD but I don't understand what to write in terminal. I wrote


Code:
/Users/isakkeyten/Library/Application\ Support/Dolphin/ -u /Volumes/STORAGE/Games/Dolphin/GBD/

but this just said


Code:
-bash: /Users/isakkeyten/Library/Application Support/Dolphin/: is a directory


and my GBD folder is empty so im pretty sure nothing happened (I also have no idea what the -u flag does, plus this command has like zero actually commands, just two directories so i'm confused)
I thought about making a copy of my GBD to my storage and then making a symlink but thats not gonna help writing on my SSD since dolphin is still gonna write there.

Help?

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - JosJuice - 12-20-2016

Please don't hijack threads with similar questions in the future.

The command is supposed to be <path to the Dolphin executable> -u <path to the desired user folder>. That will start a Dolphin session, with the path supplied after -u used as the user folder.

(What does GBD mean, by the way?)

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - isakkeyten - 12-20-2016

(12-20-2016, 05:57 PM)JosJuice Wrote: Please don't hijack threads with similar questions in the future.

The command is supposed to be <path to the Dolphin executable> -u <path to the desired user folder>. That will start a Dolphin session, with the path supplied after -u used as the user folder.

(What does GBD mean, by the way?)

When you say "dolphin executable" you mean the Dolphin.app? (cuz .app are sort of a folder that can be executed)
GBD is just a custom folder where i want to keep my global user directory

Result of running  


Code:
Isaks-iMac:~ isakkeyten$ /Volumes/STORAGE/Games/Dolphin/Dolphin.app/ -u /Volumes/STORAGE/Games/Dolphin/GBD/
-bash: /Volumes/STORAGE/Games/Dolphin/Dolphin.app/: is a directory
Code:
Isaks-iMac:~ isakkeyten$ /Volumes/STORAGE/Games/Dolphin/ -u /Volumes/STORAGE/Games/Dolphin/GBD/
-bash: /Volumes/STORAGE/Games/Dolphin/: is a directory


So nothing happened basically. What am I doing wrong?

RE: Some help with this Global User Directory - JosJuice - 12-20-2016

(12-20-2016, 11:27 PM)isakkeyten Wrote: When you say "dolphin executable" you mean the Dolphin.app? (cuz .app are sort of a folder that can be executed)

I'm not very familiar with macOS, but yes, I think that's the one.