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Feature request: Use custom executable

steamopen Feature Request
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7095 · opened 2020-05-08 by Ruedii · updated 2020-05-08 · 1 comments · github
RRuedii 2020-05-08 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): April 27 2020 21:53:32
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Kubuntu 19.10 (updating on 20.04.1 release or end of 19.10 support grace period, whichever is first, personal standard procedure.)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

The current method for changing out a game executable is less than intuitive and quite hackish.

You either need to replace the executable physically on the disk, meaning you have to redo this every time there is a game update or use the launch parameters to change it and then comment out or echo "%command%" at the end. ("$variable=value /path/altbinary -parameter ; echo ran alternative bianary instead of %command%" works.)

Adding a menu option to fill an alternative command would be very helpful.

This would also help on steam play where launchers won't run properly, so there should be a way to set this through the steam play whitelist options as well.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-05-08 github

Partial duplicate of #5766.

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