How can I use Heroic like Lutris for importing games with directories included?
I have over 50 windows games in their own folders not connected to any cloud service. Including their .exe when adding them to Heroic bypasses their folders, which contain the .exe's dependencies causing all games to fail. I want to use Heroic as an exclusive launcher to replace Lutris, is that possible?
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I'm not sure if I understand the question correctly, but you can run arbitrary executables in the game's prefix using the "Run EXE on prefix" button in the game settings. So you can install your dependencies with that, assuming they're executables
provincial-silver•3y ago
what do you mean by "it bypasses their folders"?
harsh-harlequinOP•3y ago
adding an exe through the context menu for the prefix ends up ignoring all elements except the .exe from the game's folders
I'm not sure how the wine prefix is set up to receive .exe's but lutris' prefix structure doesn't have that issue
the .exe's are not installers either, for context
Does Heroic have permission to read the whole folder? By default, it can only "see" folders in ~/Games/Heroic
harsh-harlequinOP•3y ago
that might be the issue, how do I modify that?
Flatseal is an easy GUI management tool for that; could also use the flatpak CLI if you're that kind of person
provincial-silver•3y ago
sorry, I don't know what you mean by adding an exe through the context menu of the prefix
(should we remove the
windows label from this thread?)harsh-harlequinOP•3y ago
Let me try adding the loose folders to ~/Games/Heroic
In the Flatpak sandbox, when you add a sideloaded game / select an executable via "Run EXE in prefix", Heroic only gets permission to see the one file you selected
This is sadly a limitation of Flatpak. We could "solve" it by giving Heroic access to everything by default, but that's not really in the spirit of Flatpak
harsh-harlequinOP•3y ago
I'm not used to Flatpaks yet so I hadn't thought about that as a caveat of using one
provincial-silver•3y ago
what confuses me is the
adding an exe through the context menu, not sure what context menu, just want to be sure we are talking about the Run exe in prefix action and not something differentI assume "context menu" = "file picker"
harsh-harlequinOP•3y ago
adding them to the heroic folder works fine. it's just because of how flatpak is set up, thanks :)