Moving Game files to SSD?

"alexandrea;c-17761420" wrote:
I decided to stick with the 1.67 update. Is there really any major difference between the 1.69 update and the 1.67? I never even knew there was an update beyond that. I'd rather not have to use Origin to play TS3 so I really don't want to update to that version if that's the only thing it offers. I don't even use the disk to play my game so using Origin would just be a hassle.

Patch 1.69 is delivered by Origin (only) and its purpose is to tie the game to Origin and the Launcher. The only other "feature" it adds is the ability to activate/deactivate Expansion/Stuff Packs that are already installed upon launching the game each time. Many of us find that it often forgets which packs we want activated, even if it's always all of them 100% of the time, and sometimes loses track of the ones we even have installed so we have to count them each time when launching the game to make sure they are all there. And many of us feel this is more of nuisance than a benefit -- I repurchased the game on Steam a couple of years back just to get away from this patch as I never had the discs to begin with. Steam only delivers 1.67.

There is no difference in actual gameplay between the two patch levels. The gameplay files are exactly the same except for their internal build numbers, which may annoy Core Mods and display a harmless version mismatch warning on startup unless the mod accounts for the build number correctly. (e.g., NRaas ErrorTrap is a Core Mod but we have different iterations of the current version available to avoid this)