Is it normal for some games to have duplicated entries?

[mainrs]

I have two paths that I track changes in:

/home/me/.local/share/Steam
/home/me/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/lutris

When I click backup, there are multiple games that have overlapping files and I don't really understand why. Pressing on the duplicates tag filters the list and shows what games are affected. I have two groups, each containing two games with duplicated content.

Here are two screenshots of them:

The second group has a long list of files:

It this normal for Windows games that contain registry paths? How does restore/backup work here then? I thought that it would only backup the keys that are required by the game. But the file sizes are the same; I'd assume it does a backup of the whole registry.

[mtkennerly]

Hi!

For the first case, Ludusavi does back up the whole .reg file for Wine prefixes, since it assumes that the prefix will only have one game. I do agree with you that it would be better to save just the relevant keys, though. Would you mind sharing a copy of those system, user, and userdef files from a game? I'd like to double check them for testing.

For the second case, here's some extra context:

• On PCGamingWiki, a game can have a primary Steam ID (steam appid) and several secondary IDs (steam appid side) for DLC and related content.
• In the article for The Outer Worlds, one of the secondary Steam IDs is 1920490.
• In the article for The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition, the primary Steam ID is 1920490.
• When Ludusavi scans a game, it checks the compatdata folders for the primary and all secondary Steam IDs.

I think the easiest solution would be to ignore secondary IDs that are also the primary ID of another game.

[mainrs]

Thank you for the reply!

I think the easiest solution would be to ignore secondary IDs that are also the primary ID of another game.

This sounds sensible to do. In my case, The Outer Worlds is/was the base game with separate DLCs. Spacer's Choice Edition is the GOTY edition.

Would you mind sharing a copy of those system, user, and userdef files from a game? I'd like to double check them for testing.

I can do that! I have to double check first if they contain some private data (game keys etc.).

[mtkennerly]

Hey, just wanted to let you know that the primary/secondary ID issue has been fixed in the manifest already :)

For the Wine issue, I've opened a dedicated ticket to track it: #354

[mainrs]

Ah, I forgot about the Wine registry files, sorry! I had to uninstall the game due to storage shortage :D but I'll re-install it over the weekend and send you the files starting next week! Creating a reminder right now :)