Preamble

A lot of people now boot from an SSD, but due to their limited size and high cost use a conventional drive to host applications and games. This appears to defeat the point of having an SSD to a degree as you just get to launch a slow game quicker. This guide will demonstrate how to move a game onto an additional SSD, the same process can be applied to move them onto the boot SSD if you have sufficient space. This move can be temporary and doesn't require any re-configuration of the Steam client. I personally move my "flavour of the month" games onto SSD and then move them back when I am no longer playing them as much. The process utilises "disk junction points", these junction points place a folder shortcut that points to an existing folder in another location, even on another HDD/SSD. They are a bit like "wormholes" and have been around since DOS. They are effectively transparent to the operating system and applications that use them. I have described how to move "No Man's Sky", you may consider trying this out on a smaller "less important" game until you are comfortable with the process. Once moved Steam will be unaware of what has happened and will continue to launch and update the game as though nothing has changed

How it's done

I am now going to document how to move "No Man's Sky" from my Steam library onto a secondary SSD that I picked up cheap in a sale. The SSD is drive F: on my system and I will be using the default Steam installation path of C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam (though if you are booting from an SSD your Steam path may differ).

Step1

On the SSD make a folder at the root where the moved games are going to be located. I have used "Games".

Step 2

Navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common" (or wherever Steam is installed for you) and copy the "No Man's Sky" folder, paste it into "F:\Games".

Once the copy has completed rename "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky_Orig"

Step 3

Click "Start" -> "Run", or "Windows" button -> "Search" and type "cmd", right click on the found application and click on "Run as administrator"

The following commands need to be typed at the command prompt:

If your installation of Steam is on a different drive to C: type the drive letter it is installed on followed by a colon then the return key

Now enter the following to navigate to the correct steam folder:

Type:
cd \
followed by return (this ensures you are at the root of the disk)

Type:
cd "program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common"
followed by return (adjust the path to suit your installation of Steam)

Now create the junction point, type:
mklink /J "No Man's Sky" "F:\Games\No Man's Sky"
followed by return

You cmd window should look something like this

And in the Steam\Steamapps\common folder you should see something like this (please note, this image show my installation on drive D: the folder contents would look the same on drive C: as described in this process)

Double clicking on the "No Man's Sky" icon (with the shortcut arrow on it) will take you into the folder located on the SSD. All that is left to do now is launch the game. Once you are happy that it works you can delete the renamed copy from Steam\steamapps\common (in this case "No Man's Sky_Orig").

Moving things back

When you no longer want the game on your SSD moving things back is relatively straight forward. Locate the program folder in Steam\steamapps\common, in this case it is "No Man's Sky" (with the shortcut arrow on the icon), and just delete it. Don't worry you are only deleting the junction. Go to your SSD and copy the folder for the game, in this case "F:\Games\No Man's Sky" then paste it back into "Steam\steamapps\common". Fire up the game to make sure things work then delete the folder "F:\Games\No Man's Sky".

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(Please note, this is for people using Playstation 3 or 4 controllers on a Windows machine. Most 1st party Microsoft controllers do not need this application as they will most likely work without hassle when plugged in. I have not tested this new application with anything other than Playstation controllers.) 
Recently I went away from the whole Motion in Joy application that is hip within the PC gaming community. Compared to other, more permanent solutions, it is a hassle to use, takes up space, and needs to be activated over and over and over to actually use. So after doing extensive research, I have found an excellent program that does all of what Motion in Joy does, but with less bloat and issues. 

This program does not seem to have a definitive name, but is referred to as "Scarlet Crush" and it's author goes by "Scarlet.Crush". 

To install this application, simply follow the instruction below. 

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equirements 
1. Microsoft .NET 4.0 
2. Visual C 2013 Runtime. 
3. Latest DirectX Runtime. 
4. Latest Xbox 360 Controller Drivers available. 
5. Genuine Sony DualShock3 or DualShock4 or SixAxis Controller(s). 
6. Minimum of Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Dongle (if using Bluetooth). 
7. Administrator rights on your PC. 

Note : The Bluetooth Driver requires that you dedicate a Bluetooth Dongle to DS3/DS4 use. It will not be usable by other Bluetooth devices after the driver has been installed. 

Important - make sure your Bluetooth dongle and DS3(s) are plugged in via USB before installing the drivers. 

Xbox 360 Controller Drivers - these are available from Microsoft here. 
Windows 7 - Run before installing the SCP Drivers. (Windows 7 shipped with outdated drivers which may cause stability issues) 
Windows XP and Vista - Run after after installing the SCP Drivers. 
Windows 8/8.1 not required. 

New Install 
1. Connect your Dongle and DS3 via USB and let Windows install it's default drivers. 
2. Copy the archive to a temporary directory [eg C:\Temp]. 
3. Right click on the archive and select Properties. 
4. Click the Unblock button if it is displayed on the General tab. 
5. Unpack the archive. 
6. Create a directory where you want the Service to run from. [Recommended - C:\Program Files\Scarlet.Crush Productions *] 
7. Copy the contents of the ScpServer\bin to the directory you created. 
8. Run ScpDriver.exe. 
9. XP/Vista - check the Force Install option. Win 7/8 leave it unchecked. 
10. Click Install. [see screenshot below] 



11. If you do not see the install summary as per screenshot and your dongle is in the directly supported list - click Uninstall, check the Force Install option, click Install. 
12. Click Exit. 

* create from an elevated command prompt if you have UAC enabled. The directory should not be created anywhere off your User directory (eg on your Desktop, or in your Downloads directory), it should also not be on a Network drive. 

Now in simple terms, this is how you install it. (Windows 8.1 and 10)

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1.) Install the files (Make sure to install in Program Files, not Program Files(x86), Name the folder Scarlet.Crush Productions. The final directory should look something like this. C:\Program Files\Scarlet.Crush Productions) 

2.) If the PS3 controller is wireless, plug the USB Charger that came with it into any USB port, and connect it to the controller. Let the PC do its thing and install it. 

3.) Once done with that, run the Scpdriver.exe that you installed within the folder, and once there follow these screenshots... 
Click "Install" and let it do its thing 

Once finished, and it returns something that looks like this. (Focus on whether or not it provides a "Success" statement at the end.) Click "Exit" Click to View Content

4.) Now you will want to launch the "ScpMonitor.exe" executable. This will give you options on configurations and such. You do not need to actually tamper with any of the settings. 

5.) The controller should now function as if it is an Xbox 360 controller. All buttons on the Playstation controller should correspond with the relative location of the button on the Xbox controller. For Example, X will correspond with A, Square will correspond with X, Triangle will correspond with Y, and Circle will correspond with B. 

****IMPORTANT**** 
Make sure after installation you do a reboot of the PC. One, to make sure that the controller works after reboot (YOU DO NOT NEED TO OPEN ANY SCP EXE's, it should automatically work), and to make sure everything in the install was good. 
 

Uninstall Steps

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1.) Launch the "ScpDriver.exe" Executable. 
2.) Click "Uninstall". 
3.) Exit