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- Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 4 days ago:
Ok, I think we might be speaking about different things here, so let me try to clear it up.
Click the little ‘Games’ tab just above the search bar in your library, on the pop-up check ‘Tools’ and uncheck ‘Games’, then to the right of it, click the play icon to only show currently installed Tools. It’ll look something like this:
First we have the ‘Steam Linux Runtimes’. These are used to run Native Linux games.
I don’t think these get uninstalled automatically, but Steam will make sure to download the necessary one when a game needs it, so if you’re really strapped for space, you can just uninstall the runtimes and Steam will figure it out next time.
Next, we have the Proton versions. These are used to run Windows games.
While technically you should only need one of these, some games run better with some versions, some with others, so in a few scenarios Steam might automatically download and install a specific version when you launch a game that has been vetted by Valve. You can control what version gets used by clicking the Steam logo in the top-left corner of your client > Settings > Compatibility > Enable Steam Play for all other titles > Select one in ‘Run other titles with’.
This will make it so any game that doesn’t have a Proton version defined by Valve use the version you selected.
This includes games Non-Steam games you add to Steam.Now if you want to ignore the recommended versions and force games to use a version of your choosing, you can do so by right-clicking the game > Properties > Compatibility > Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool.
However, do so at your own risk, as said before, some games might not work so well with a version other than their default, so I’d leave this alone unless you’re having issues with a specific game (or are really, really, really strapped for space)
As is the case above, I don’t think these will get uninstalled automatically, so if you want, you can uninstall all them right now and Steam will figure it out next time you launch a game.Now, for Proton Prefixes.
I think these are what you meant when you were saying “Runtimes” earlier.
If you go into your Steam folder at ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/ (path for Arch Linux, might be different on other distros/Steam Deck/Flatpak/Snap) and peek into the ‘compatdata’ folder, you see tooons of folders with random numbers inside.
These are Proton Prefixes, and these hold files and other bits and bobs the games need to run under Proton. If you’re familiar with Wine Prefixes, it’s the same principle.Steam manages these automatically, and will delete prefixes from uninstalled games.
Non-Steam games that you remove from your library will have their prefixes deleted too.
It’s important to note that these prefixes act as “Virtual Drives” for the game to interact with. They simulate the C: drive of your typical Windows install, including profile folders, AppData, Roaming, all that jazz.
What does that mean? THAT THEIR HOLD YOUR SAVE DATA.
While most (keyword: ‘most’) Steam games have cloud saves and thus can be uninstalled and reinstalled without consequence, this definitely does not apply to Non-Steam games, so make sure to backup your saves/mods/other stuff you don’t want to lose BEFORE removing a Non-Steam game from your library.To explore the files inside your prefixes more easily, check this:
Each folder is named after the game’s App ID. For Non-Steam games, a random ID is generated.
The easiest way to correlate the IDs with games (IMO) is to use a tool called ‘Protontricks’.
This tool is allows you to modify the Prefixes in various ways and is very helpful when trying to make a problematic game run under Proton. We’ll ignore most of its functionalities for this use-case, though.After installing either from your distro’s repo or from Flatpak, open Protontricks.
It might give you some info/warning dialogs. That’s normal, it’s a very noisy tool, just hit OK until you eventually see a dialog that looks like this:It’ll show you all your Proton games, both Steam and Non-Steam.
Select which one you want to explore and click OK through the barrage of weird warnings and errors Protontricks gives you until you reach this dialog:Choose ‘Select the default wineprefix’ (yes this option is nonsensical), select ‘Browse files’ on the next and your file browser will open up at the proper prefix for the game. Tada!
Or y’know… might be easier to just read the numbers from the first dialog and navigate where you want manually :p
As said before, these hold your saves. Grab them before deleting, don’t just start blasting willy-nilly.
Use the PC Gaming Wiki to help you find save data locations.Hope this wall of text helps. Cheers.
- Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 5 days ago:
It removes the proton prefix that was used to run the game, now the runtimes themselves stay, I believe
- Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 5 days ago:
On your library, if you tell it to show you Software instead of games and mark the “Only installed” option, it shows you what Runtimes and Proton versions are installed IIRC
- Comment on Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable 5 days ago:
According to Besset, one of their colleagues claimed setenv as “the worst Linux API”
Woof. - Comment on Jewel Beetles 6 days ago:
I cannot stand that “Unalive” bullshit.
Thanks for nothing Tiktok. - Comment on The price of the PS5 Pro “has not had a negative impact” on console sales, says Sony president - GAMESCENSOR 6 days ago:
Damn, your friends catching strays for no reason
- Comment on I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised 1 week ago:
The screenshot I saw explained that the person that posted it said “Your house, my choice” and it just goes so fucking hard.
- Comment on Guy Who Taunted Nintendo About Streaming Pirated Switch Games Before Release Now Faces $7.5 Million Lawsuit 1 week ago:
- Comment on Nuclear Demonology 1 week ago:
The real question is: and???
So we’re harvesting energy from demons to power our shit?
That’s fuckin’ metal duuuuude. If you tried to make nuclear less cool you failed miserably. - Comment on Microsoft closing Arkane Austin was “stupid”, says founder: recreating “a very special group” like that would be “impossible” 2 weeks ago:
Correct. Fuck Microsoft/Bethesda/Zenimax/whoever the fuck it was.
I just wanted more Dishonored/Prey 😒 - Comment on Nintendo Music – Announcement Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Make sure to download any songs you like off of YouTube, because Nintendo will likely strike the fuck out of everything now, if they haven’t already
- Comment on Apex Legends is taking away its support for the Steam Deck and Linux 2 weeks ago:
I never understand why when this happens the solution is always “cut off everyone” instead of just pacing Linux players in a lower trust lobby
- Comment on ShipOS 1994, a shipping company management game with a stylized 90s Windows UI, released on Steam 2 weeks ago:
Basically Kingsway for ship management. Interesting!
- Comment on Kamala Harris Dropped a New Custom 'Fortnite' Map 2 weeks ago:
Wow, the future is weird
- Comment on PS5's 'Resume Activity' Feature Apparently Gone for Good - PlayStation LifeStyle 3 weeks ago:
How terrible, such a neat feature abandoned.
I find it funny how console makers spend tons of resources making up new features only for game publishers do the bare minimum porting job and never bothering with using them. - Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 3 weeks ago:
[…] a new effort by Denuvo to bring PC gamers over to its side, which kicked off with a Discord server last week (it didn’t go well) and an interview with Rock Paper Shotgun this week
PR baybeeeeee
- Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 3 weeks ago:
I’m with the company for such a long time," said Ullmann. "The guys here are like my family, because a lot of the others here are also here for ages. It just hurts to see what’s posted out there about us, even though it has been claimed wrong for hundreds of times.
It hurts???
I get he’s being paid to gobble corporate dick, but people try to at least hide it usually lmao - Comment on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Disbanded After Critically Lauded Platformer Fails to Meet Expectations - Report 3 weeks ago:
OK but did it really flop or where they expecting it to sell a morbillion units weekly?
- Comment on Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games 3 weeks ago:
Yes please, and start with the next Portal entry.
- Comment on Experiencing weird rubberbanding and disconnects on lan connection. [Satisfactory] 4 weeks ago:
Damn, you’re making that profile picture justice!
- Comment on Subnautica 2 - Official Teaser Trailer 4 weeks ago:
Man, what is it with people being wholly unable to shut their trap on social media?
- Comment on That didn't last long - the Junk Store for Steam Deck has its Steam page removed 4 weeks ago:
How entirely unsurprising
- Comment on Random Screenshots of my Games #23 - Viscera Cleanup Detail 4 weeks ago:
Wonder if the studio has more entries coming up for this franchise…
- Comment on Any game with a forced stealth section needs to have it as a warning so you know not to buy crap. 5 weeks ago:
Skyward Sword had a stealth section?
Unless you’re talking about the “Collecting seeds in the shadow realm” section but I dunno if that counts - Comment on Day 78 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 1 month ago:
Is this the original release or the remaster?
Turns out the remaster has a terrible bug affecting AMD CPUs that makes enemies, NPCs and the terrain flicker like crazy, the workaround on PCGW did nothing for me, and it never got patched AFAIK, so I ended up playing the original…
- Comment on [Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday 1 month ago:
Oh they all say this shit, must be included in the standard issue dickhead guide book
- Comment on Minecraft's Bundles Of Bravery update will add hardcore mode and carrier bags 1 month ago:
I wish, no way they’re dropping their microtransaction cash cow
- Comment on Minecraft's Bundles Of Bravery update will add hardcore mode and carrier bags 1 month ago:
Bad headline. They mean finally adding Hardcore to Bedrock Edition^*
!Bedrock had Hardcore already, but marked as a experimental feature, probably to save MSFT from the players’ rage when they inevitably die to a glitch on that buggy mess of a edition.
Guess they finally fixed it up enough to mark it stable? Doubt it.!< - Comment on Fntastic (the makers of The Day Before) is trying to make a comeback 1 month ago:
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
- Comment on Shigeru Miyamoto comments on AI, says "Nintendo would rather go in a different direction" 1 month ago:
Tbf the fact that it’s a portable probably helps, if only the competitors would release a proper portable instead of a streaming tablet…
