If they are on Linux, Steam automatically deletes the Windows prefix every time you uninstall a game. So any game without cloud saves, has their save games deleted if you don’t back them up separately (e.g. via Ludusavi).
Ah, Steam proton. They could just point the drive_c/users/steamuser/<dir> symlinks to $XDG_DATA_HOME instead. But considering that the “use XDG dirs” issue is unanswered for years now…
Damn, you’re right. I suppose as long as they stay in ~/.config and out of ~/Documents I’ll be happy. Now that I’m actually looking the only offender there on my filesystem is Kitten Space Agency. It created a ~/Documents/MyGames/. They should rename it to Kitten Whitespace Agency.
You delete your saves with the game? But why?
If they are on Linux, Steam automatically deletes the Windows prefix every time you uninstall a game. So any game without cloud saves, has their save games deleted if you don’t back them up separately (e.g. via Ludusavi).
Thats bizarre, you’d think it would set up a persistent saves directory and link them to it.
Ah, Steam proton. They could just point the
drive_c/users/steamuser/<dir>symlinks to $XDG_DATA_HOME instead. But considering that the “use XDG dirs” issue is unanswered for years now…I will be very upsetti spaghetti if my private directories become a dump for game data like they were on Windows.
They are already, Proton has at least My Documents to ~/Documents symlinked. And there’s
.config/unity3d/And some more somewhere else.
Damn, you’re right. I suppose as long as they stay in
~/.configand out of~/DocumentsI’ll be happy. Now that I’m actually looking the only offender there on my filesystem is Kitten Space Agency. It created a~/Documents/My Games/. They should rename it to Kitten Whitespace Agency.I think, that may cause compatibility issues, but having persistent saves would indeed be nice
Nope, they are already symlinks. Wine desktop integration. Proton has a few less. I remember Documents in both.