In a Wine/Proton prefix stored in compatdata. Check the sibling thread started by Javi@feddit.uk for the exact path.
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PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 8 hours agoAny idea how proton handles this for windows only games running on linux? Where is My Documents mapped to?
Dumhuvud@programming.dev 7 hours ago
javiwhite@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
@PieMePlenty@lemmy.world I should clarify that was me pulling the path from memory. So might not be 100% accurate but it explains how the path works with proton/wine when using steam.
Essentially WINE creates a windows styled directory, with all the core folders, and then the emulator uses this as it’s root directory.
Documents is a great example. On Linux the document path is
/home/<USER>/Documents.
On windows it’s
C:\users\<USER>\documents
If we use the default wine settings, the path for the wine documents folder on Linux is
/home/<USER>/.wine/drive_c/users/<USER>/documents
Any program running in wine will only see the files from drive_c and down, emulating how a windows environment would work.
Happy to answer any questions if that isn’t clear. Feel free to DM.
LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus 2 hours ago
The easiest way I’ve found my game folders through Proton is to use KDE Runner. I look up the game on PCGamingWiki and find the Steam ID of the game under Game data then Configuration file(s) location then i.e. 3321460 for Crimson Desert. So, I put 3321460 into KRunner, and it will usually show me the folder. Then I just save the top level folder compatdata onto my Dolphin Places for easier finding later. I still have to find the Steam ID for the game on PCGW, but the folder is easier to use to search than KRunner sometimes. :-]