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Using symbolic links with games?

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NismoTuned

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This year was the first time I actually had a gaming computer, and the first time I ever bought anything from the Steam summer sale. I bought plenty of games, one of them being GTA IV mostly because of All the amazing graphics mods I've seen on youtube, and I also have plenty of friends who play it online. If you've spent any amount of time modding GTA IV graphics you'd know that patch version 1.0.4.0 is superior to the steam version or EFLC versions (1.0.7.0 and 1.1.2.0 respectively) when it comes to graphics mods. I would enjoy being able to retain multiplayer and have amazing graphics. I've figured out after testing the mods for 1.0.7.0 that its just not the same as what 1.0.4.0 can offer. The solution here is to have multiple copies of the game installed in different directories. Normally this would equate to at the least 44 ~ 45GB of data (Two copies of the game plus a backup). So naturally I'd like to find a way to reduce the amount of data I'd have stored considering I'm limited to my 128GB SSD and 500GB HDD. I think the best way to achieve this would be using symbolic links. Would this be possible? Obviously not every file is compatible between the two patches, but I would bet that some of the larger files such as textures and models would be. Could I make a symbolic link(or links) that point from the main directory to the other installation of the game?

If you are unaware of what symbolic links are, here is a good read I found while browsing the steam forum. "How-To: Use Symbolic Links to Master Vista's File System"

Whew. Sorry if that was long winded. After doing poor in english class last year I figured I should start writing better.
 
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