This is a folder showing my games installed via proton. There has to be a better naming convention than this, surely? Why did Valve make it a random string of numbers instead of something like taking the game/application title with a number on the end like “NameOfGame_01”? If a folder is already detected with the same name when installing something then it can just be “NameOfGame_02”

I understand the reason for having a unique named folder to avoid any conflicts but damn, random numbered folders makes it so much harder to find the install paths for non steam games. Valves method seems simple but annoying for the end user IMO.

https://preview.redd.it/g4m4c6jqvo2c1.png?width=1449&format=png&auto=webp&s=aea9795ccac5152f69862d943b6779ae30ac4241

  • whosdr@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If I knew where to make suggestions for Steam, I’d request a by-name directory containing the canonical name (as it appears on the Steam Interface) as a symlink.

    e.g.

    compatdata/by-name/Starfield -> compatdata/1716740

    • alterNERDtive@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Hell, I’m wondering if I can write a script to generate it. I need to figure out how to resolve id->name but after that it should be easy.

      You could go through protontricks -l or through the appmanifest files in $library/steamapps; you can get all configured libraries from ~/.steam/root/steamapps/libraryfolders.vdf.