Unable to do a clean install with steam

[RocketSquid]

I am trying to do a clean install for mod-testing purposes, but whenever I delete the local data and re-download, steam also reinstalls all of my mods.

[sDaZe]

Go into Your steamapps folder and Delete just the gamedata folder or delete them all. then you can delete local data and reinstall, should work.

[Engineer of Stuff]

You will have to remove all your workshop content.

Go to your steam profile and find KSP. There will probably be a button that says "Workshop Content". Click it and find "Subscribed Content". Click "Unsubscribe" on all the addons.

 

 

This was from memory, so it might not be exact.

[RocketSquid]

I'm not subscribed to anything on steam.

[Vitavoro]

Unfortunately I can't offer any help with what you have asked for, however I can offer some help for when you have figured out and got yourself a clean install of KSP.

1. Instead of using you clean steam install for modding and playing the game, copy the whole 'Kerbal Space Program' folder.

2. Then find some where on your hard-drive you can use to paste the copied folder and play the game from e.g I have an External Hard-drive, which I use to back-up things as well as install games too, so in my case the game is run from '(E:) - Games - Kerbal Space Program'

Now you can mod your game with however you like (note- the games folder is also where I have CKAN placed, If you don't know what CKAN is then you should look it up it makes Modding A LOT easier.), and also this means you can just leave the version of KSP you installed through steam as your go to clean copy in case you mess up and need to restart from scratch. As all you then need to just do is delete the folder of KSP you using then just copy and paste from the clean version of KSP in your steam folder.

 

I hope that last or any of it has made sense, if not, or you just have a question(s) please just ask and I will do my best to answer them and help.

 

 

Vitavoro

Edited February 6, 2016 by Vitavoro