Question / Help Custom VSTPlugin-folder path possible?

[Ingo]

I'm wondering if there's a possibility to set a custom path to the VST plugin folder.
Of course I know about that article here...
https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/wiki/Filters-Guide#vst-plugin
...but I have to set a custom path due to the fact that my plugins are installed on an external drive into different folders and I don't want to reinstall them to one of the 'default'-folders OBS is scanning. You're able to set additional paths in Ableton Live, Cubase or Logic but in OBS i got stuck.
Would be nice if sombody can tell me if it's possible to add a custom path or that I'm better off to forget that idea. Thanks in advance!

 

[Fenrir]

Correct, you can not currently set a custom path unless you edit the code and manually compile. This is a known limitation, and will be addressed eventually, but this is a low-priority item right now.

 

[Ingo]

Thank you very much for your fast reply! I'll be fine with a self-compiled version, so I'll give it a try.

 

[Suslik V]

NTFS hard-links also works sometimes.

As I understand,
Win x64
C:/Program Files (x86)/Steinberg/VstPlugins/
C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Steinberg/Shared Components/
C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/VST2
C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/VSTPlugins/
C:/Program Files (x86)/VSTPlugins/

 

[Ingo]

That's right, these are the paths that could be alternatively used. They are defined in a section of the link I posted above. Thank you anyways! :)

 

[Suslik V]

"(x86)" is the difference between posted paths and defined at the posted link... Maybe later things will be changed.