From 275e7502cfffad539ac17aa9f4de821b51842dd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 04:53:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] steam: added steam and proton quick fix --- wiki/steam.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wiki/steam.md diff --git a/wiki/steam.md b/wiki/steam.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9b78c87 --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/steam.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Steam + +[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/) is a software for digital game +destribution. + +## Proton + +### Errors with the Wine prefix of a specific game + +The last ressort for fixing problems that are related to the wine prefix of a +game is to delete the Wine prefix. +For this the id of the steam game first has to be known. +This is done by navigating to the steam website or the community page of the +specific game. +The URLs will have one of the following forms where the game id can be read: + +``` +http://steamcommunity.com/app// +http://store.steampowered.com/app// +``` + +After that navigate to the place your steam games are stored. +You can remove `/steamapps/compatdata/` to reset the +Wine prefix completely. +It is recommended to keep a backup of the folder containing the old Wine prefix +as it stores game saves and other important data, that can be useful.