protonscr

Moving games/apps from one install path to another doesn't transfer full profile/game

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7557 · opened 2020-12-20 by Emanem · updated 2020-12-20 · 1 comments · github
EEmanem 2020-12-20 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Dec 19 2020
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu LTS 20.04.1
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I installed a new NVME and decided to transfer a bunch of games. Proton titles (such as Dark Souls III or Jedi: Fallen Order) did not transfer the Proton profile (nor the shadercache directory) hence I had to re-setup them.
Also the Proton software which requires intermediate shop fronts (such as EA's Origin) may have trouble when moving the installation folder, resulting in issues such as this (details here).

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install Proton game (better Jedi: Fallen Order) on a given install path
  2. Set it up
  3. Move the install path, everything will be needed to be setup form scratch again
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-12-20 github

Hello @Emanem, this issue is already being tracked at #5717. Since there's some additional info here, I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5717#issuecomment-748605476.

Closing as a duplicate.

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