How to add an external unified model folder for Civicomfy downloads?

[Rizwanali324]

❓ Question

How to add an external unified model folder for Civicomfy downloads?

I’m using the Civicomfy node to download models from CivitAI,
but I keep my main model library outside of the main ComfyUI folder
so I can share it between different UIs (Auto1111, Fooocus, etc.).

My current extra_model_paths.yaml looks like this:

comfyui:
    base_path: F/
    # is_default: true   # uncomment if you want these as default folders

    checkpoints: |
        models/checkpoints/flux/
        models/checkpoints/wan/
        models/checkpoints/wan2.2/
        models/checkpoints/ltvx/

    diffusion_models: |
        models/diffusion_models/flux/
        models/diffusion_models/wan/
        models/diffusion_models/wan2.2/
        models/diffusion_models/ltvx/

    unet: |
        models/unet/flux/
        models/unet/wan/
        models/unet/wan2.2/
        models/unet/ltvx/

    loras: |
        models/loras/flux/
        models/loras/wan/
        models/loras/wan2.2/
        models/loras/ltvx/

    clip: models/clip/
    clip_vision: models/clip_vision/
    configs: models/configs/
    controlnet: models/controlnet/
    embeddings: models/embeddings/
    upscale_models: models/upscale_models/
    vae: models/vae/
    tts: models/tts/

The default download location for Civicomfy is still the internal
ComfyUI/models/... directories.

Goal

I want Civicomfy to download directly into my external folder,
for example:

F:/Models/ComfyUI/checkpoints/
F:/Models/ComfyUI/loras/
instead of ComfyUI/models/... inside the repo.

❓What I Need Help With
Which key in this YAML (base_path or is_default) controls where new models are saved?

Do I just point base_path to my external folder (e.g. F:/Models/ComfyUI) and mark it is_default: true?

Or does Civicomfy have its own setting for download paths?

Any guidance or working examples would be appreciated!

[Yumeo0]

As far as I can see Civicomfy doesn't support that. I made a pull request that would theoretically allow for it if you use relative paths instead absolute ones: #14

[MoeMonsuta]

❓ Question

How to add an external unified model folder for Civicomfy downloads?

I used Hard Link Shell to do this: https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html It seemed highly recommended on Reddit so I tried it.

This also means you can't have your original ComfyUI "models" folder there since it will look for that name, so move out the original one if you have all your models elsewhere. Civicomfy is hard coded to use default paths no matter what.

1. Right click the folder you want to make symlink for and click Pick Link Source (that folder is the one that will cause the redirect to it)

2. Drop as a symbolic link in a BLANK AREA if file explorer (not on top of any other folders)

3. Rename the folder to models

[Hydrogen-Deuteride]

As far as I can see Civicomfy doesn't support that. I made a pull request that would theoretically allow for it if you use relative paths instead absolute ones: #14

I tried your branch, setting Custom Download Path to "../../../../../../tmp/comf_stuff/models/loras" but it still downloads into comfyui-based default path as such "~/ComfyUI/models/loras/tmp/comf_stuff/models/loras"

[MoonGoblinDev]

Implemented a0d7550