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foreign-sapphire
Heroic Games Launcher (Flatpak) ~/Games Folder
Upon launching the flatpak it auto generates the ~/Games folder with a Heroic folder inside. I am trying to prevent this as I have a custom folder for games mounted through a btrfs partition. I have configured the "default install path" and "new wine prefix folder path" as well as "wine prefix folder path" to point to said folder. I can install and run games just fine, I just want to prevent the automatic creation of the ~/Games folder
8 Replies
conscious-sapphire•5mo ago
you can modify Heroic's permissions using Flatseal
foreign-sapphireOP•5mo ago
I even checked the config.json file in the .var flatpak path and there is no mention of a ~/Games folder as well
conscious-sapphire•5mo ago
~/Games:create is there
if you remove it, or remove the :create part it will not get createdforeign-sapphireOP•5mo ago
I would like to avoid flatseal if possible. Could I use a flatpak override for that?
Could the
HEROIC_GAMES_FOLDER environment variable maybe be set to the custom folder?flat-fuchsia•5mo ago
If you're on KDE, flatpak perms are built into the system settings now
foreign-sapphireOP•5mo ago
A
flatpak info --user --show-permissions com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl shows the ~/Games/Heroic:create you mentioned under [Context] and filesystems.
I am running the equivalent of dwm on wayland. That's not really an option for medependent-tan•5mo ago
I think you can use
flatpak override ... to change permissions without using flatseal
https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/flatpak-override.1.htmlforeign-sapphireOP•5mo ago
Yeah flatpak override is probably the way to go. I just wonder if I can do a
flatpak override --user --nofilesystem=~/Games
Running flatpak override --user --nofilesystem=~/Games/Heroic com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl seems to have fixed the issue
Marking this as solved, thanks for the help you guys :)