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"installdir" field should be set #15

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MingweiSamuel opened this issue May 4, 2016 · 7 comments · Fixed by #17
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"installdir" field should be set #15

MingweiSamuel opened this issue May 4, 2016 · 7 comments · Fixed by #17

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MingweiSamuel commented May 4, 2016 •
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I installed NEKOPARA Vol. 0 using the python script. However, when I looked at my common folder, I saw that all the files were thrown there instead of being in a separate folder, like all the other games. Looking at the appmanifest files, I saw that the "installdir" field was set to "", instead of something useful.

The script should supply a "installdir" field if it is blank to prevent this from happening.
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pinkwah commented May 4, 2016

Does it work when you set the installdir manually before starting Steam?

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I will test that tomorrow

@AbigailBuccaneer
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https://github.com/leovp/steamfiles can parse ~/.steam/steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf to find the canonically correct installdir.

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pinkwah commented May 18, 2016

Oh wow, this is great. Time to rewrite this project.

Am I correct in thinking that the appinfo.vdf file contains all of the user's programs, regardless if they're installed or not?

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It seems to contain all of the user's games and tools, regardless of whether they're installed or whether they're available for the current platform.

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pinkwah commented May 21, 2016

I have started a separate project over at https://github.com/dotfloat/Vapour, which is intended to be a serious thing, unlike this appmanifest hack.

Basically what I want is to be able to write vapour install --windows "ultimate doom" and have it use SteamCMD to download it somewhere without restarting Steam. (And eventually have a GUI, of course.)

I could also do auto-updates and launch games using source ports or wine. ;)

It'll take a few weeks before it's ready, but I think I'll leave this issue as WONTFIX, unless someone else wants to have fun fixing it.

directhex added a commit to directhex/steam-appmanifest that referenced this issue Jun 5, 2016
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Install games into a specific directory, rather than into common/
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This closes pinkwah#15

Right now, games are installed into the root common/ directory, rather than their own directory. This patch makes games from the list install to a directory named after the title, or manual mode has a freeform text field.

This does not account for games where the title includes characters which cannot be represented on the filesystem Steam is installed on, and doesn't trap obviously illegal characters (like `/`) in the manual dialog box.
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unless someone else wants to have fun fixing it.

#17

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Install games into a specific directory, rather than into common/ directhex/steam-appmanifest
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