A collection of notes, configurations and other files for my Steam games.

Linux

You can download the Windows version of a game on Linux using steamcmd (install it using your package manager):

steamcmd +login USERNAME [PASSWORD] +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows +force_install_dir DESTINATION +app_license_request APPID +app_update APPID validate +quit

You can omit the +app_license_request APPID for a game that you already own. Use +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType macos to download the macOS version of a game.

• USERNAME PASSWORD: your username and password (password needs to be added only once)
• DESTINATION: full destination path without spaces in names, i.e. $HOME/Half-Life_2_(Windows)
• APPID: the AppID of the game, i.e. 220 for Half-Life²

Steam or one of the games won't start

Some of libraries from the Steam Runtime can cause imcompatibility issues, resulting in a game or even the Steam client not starting. Run the following command to find and delete those libraries:

find ~/.steam/root/ \( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" -o -name "libgpg-error.so*" \) -print -delete

Useful environment variables

# disable steam-runtime
export STEAM_RUNTIME=0

# Workaround for dbus fatal termination related coredumps (SIGABRT)
# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4464
export DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0

# force minimizing on close; temporary workaround for trayicon issues
# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4812
export STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=0

libsteam_api.so

In rare cases a game might be missing libsteam_api.so. Note that the correct soname of libsteam_api64.so is libsteam_api.so. libCSteamworks binaries can be downloaded at https://github.com/rlabrecque/CSteamworks/releases

registry.vdf

If auto-login doesn't work on Linux, set correct username, language and sourcemod path in registry.vdf, replace the original file in ~/.steam/ and mark the file and directory as read-only:

chmod 444 ~/.steam/registry.vdf
chmod 544 ~/.steam

Windows

remove-uninstall-links.bat

Removes uninstall entries of Steam games from Programs and Features.