[Feature Request] Set Local storage path for downloads | Voters

[Feature Request] Set Local storage path for downloads

planned

Gizmo

It would be good to set a local path for the download files for Cargo, as this could take up a lot of disk space.

April 27, 2023

Peggy Walters

All my data files are on separate drives. Putting anything on the C drive is a hard pass for me. Wish I had known that before I deleted my downloaded copies. Oh well. Please move this to the top priority!

s. h.

That Cargo removes all files referenced by (e.g.) Blender when initiating a "clear cache" is a showstopper, since the projects become unusable that way. This is very badly implemented and needs to be addressed urgently.

Maxx Burman

Merged in a post:

Texture

Diego

i can't find my texture, Cargo doesn't have any search to path the texture as i need to modify the path on 3ds max

May 24, 2023

A week ago

s. h.

Since we all now create symlinks as a workaround to the missing option to set custom paths it is imperative that a future update honors that symlink for compatibility reasons. I know from Redshift for C4D installations on Windows that they overwrite the symlink breaking it. That must not happen!

Maxx Burman

Merged in a post:

Let the user change download folder

s. h.

You download all kits to %appdata%/kits

That is not acceptable (or even standard), you should at least give the user the option to choose the data folder, since the room on c: may be sparse. Nearly all artists I know have dedicated data drives for these resources. Another option could be to delete the kits after the program is closed, but I see the advantage in cacheing them. So a user-selectable data folder is the preferred solution.

May 31, 2023

June 1, 2023

s. h.

A workaround is to create a hardlink to a folder on the data drive.

Maxx Burman

Merged in a post:

Shared Cache Folder

Daniel Vesterbæk Jensen

I am working with multiple workstations and keep all my texture files on a shared drive, so all workstations can access them with the same path. Is it possible to change the "cache/texture" folder location that Cargo is downloading assets and textures to?
I couldn't find out how to do it in the UI.
Thanks a lot.

May 19, 2023

May 23, 2023

Maxx Burman

Merged in a post:

Ability to Define Local Asset Storage Location

Owen Jenkins

Iniability to define local asset library storage location hinders file management in production and/or backups.

May 22, 2023

Toby Smith

Strong Agree

Denes Dankhazi

Tip: I couldn't find any way the change the download folder for the kits and assets, but I used a symlink to retarget the original folder to a different drive from C:\Users***\AppData\Roaming\kitbash3d

Denes Dankhazi

step 1. close the apps
step 2. move the kits folder to a drive where you have enough space.
step 3. run the Command Prompt as admin 
step 4. navigate to your kitbash folder: 
C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\kitbash3d
step 5. use the command to create the symlink. 
For example: 
mklink /D kits S:\kits
this will create folder symlink inside the current folder pointing to the S:\kits folder.
Cheers, D

Shelby

Denes Dankhazi: we appreciate you posting this to help out other KitBashers! 
For other upvoters: 
Custom folder locations are on the roadmap for the next major release, and in the mean time, this is a work around that comes from the community, but has not been tested and may cause bugs or issues with Cargo. Love to see this excitement from the community. :)

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