how to recover game save files from old Wine-Ge to new Ge-Proton prefix
Couple of days ago i realized that Winge-Ge was no longer receiving updates and it was deprecated (yeah, i notice it very late). So i was trying to run Cyberpunk 2077 with my new Proton-Ge prefix, but the game save files are not found and I have to start playing from 0. In some old post here @CommandMC stated that was not necessary to copy/paste this config and save files from one prefix to the other, but my game settings and save progression is not found. When running the game it appears as if it was the first time I played the game, from 0 (no customized settings and anything). Im trying to find this files to copy/paste them but i cant even find the right prefix path to achieve this. Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks!
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correct-apricot•3mo ago
correct-apricot•3mo ago
follow that through but keep in mind that the user name under Wine is your linux user name while under Proton, it is steamuser
if you saw the deprecated notice, step 4 indicates that you should rename your prefix folder in your drive to be
_bakoptimistic-goldOP•3mo ago
ill check it out this afternoon and see if i get it working, thanks
ok, so my current Cyberpunk prefix is on but i have to create the Proton one? . Sorry for not explaining right, im new to linux gaming. This is my Proton-ge folder:
and i dont find this anywhere, assuming that i have installed the game through Steam, that i dont
maybe here? :
correct-apricot•3mo ago
No, the prefix is created at that first folder regardless if you're using Wine or Proton
this is the prefix folder for a Steam-owned game
No.
slight difference in user names. copy them over
optimistic-goldOP•3mo ago
copy the content from to here
correct-apricot•3mo ago
just the actual save files
optimistic-goldOP•3mo ago
i find the save files, the final destination is this one i guess
correct-apricot•3mo ago
yeah looks right. One thing to note is to disable cloud syncing while you're still doing maintenance
optimistic-goldOP•3mo ago
yeah that was it, its working
i was driving crazy with the prefixes lmao
thanks a lot
marking as solved