[Guide] How to set up -homedir and other startup parameters

[thegamerbrtubo]

Hello everyone, I followed all the steps but when opening the game it comes with all normal profiles, does not open asking to create a new profile, where am I wrong?

[Cadde]

For starters, what does your command line look like?

[Seifer1968]

Thanks so much, I solved my problem with your howto!

[B17Fan]

I followed these instructions, because my game was lagging after updating it. I have a non steam version of the game. I put in the Target box, (after the program files/ets2 etc) -64bit -home dir "C:\trucksim"

I forgot to move the contents of the my documents folder into c drive before I started the game.
I set up the new profile on the game and came out of it.
I copied and replaced the newly created files in the truck sim folder on c drive, with my backed up save games and all the files from the original my documents folder.
But my saved game doesn't show up! There's no games in the load/save menu or in the profile section.
Can someone please help me?

[Cadde]

What does your folder structure look like in "C:\trucksim" ?

Everything in the "Euro Truck simulator 2" folder under "my documents" should be copied over to your new "trucksim" folder. Such that you end up with...

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c:\trucksim\editor
c:\trucksim\mod
c:\trucksim\music
c:\trucksim\online
c:\trucksim\profiles
c:\trucksim\screenshot

etc

[Grimples]

There is no space. -homedir

The game will then create a new "Euro Truck Simulator 2" folder in c:\trucksim.

[B17Fan]

What does your folder structure look like in "C:\trucksim" ?

Everything in the "Euro Truck simulator 2" folder under "my documents" should be copied over to your new "trucksim" folder. Such that you end up with...

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c:\trucksim\editor
c:\trucksim\mod
c:\trucksim\music
c:\trucksim\online
c:\trucksim\profiles
c:\trucksim\screenshot

etc

In the Trucksim folder it is:

Cache
mod
music
online
preview_profiles
Profiles
Profiles (1.12.1).bak
Profiles (1.33.19).bak
Screenshot
Steam_profiles

That's all the folders. Then i have:

.history.sii
activation.scb
backups
config
game.crash
game.log
inventory_item_data.sii
Key.scb
live_streams.sii
mods_info.sii
net
news.sii
readme.rtf


I didn't put a space between home and dir

[Grimples]

You did here.

I followed these instructions, because my game was lagging after updating it. I have a non steam version of the game. I put in the Target box, (after the program files/ets2 etc) -64bit -home dir "C:\trucksim"
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The game should have created a "Euro Truck Simulator 2" folder in C:\trucksim. I am still using 1.31, tested 1.33 & the game still uses "Euro Truck Simulator 2" folder. The game will not read files from C:\trucksim, they have to be in a "Euro Truck Simulator 2".

[m1keY]

-nointro -unlimitedlog -64bit -homedir "D:\MODDADE SPEL"

my setup for one of my profiles... in the folder MODDADE SPEL it creates the Euro Truck Simulator 2 with all of its content

btw .. you haven't activated the Steam Cloud option for the profiles

[DaStig]

Question: is there a command line option to force the game to start in DirectX instead of OpenGL ?