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generous-apricot
Is there a way to change the OS specific version of a game in Heroic?
Hi, I installed Silksong in its Windows version cause the Linux native gave me controller issues. I saw that they released a public-beta channel and I would like to see if that fixes the issue. So the question is, is there a way to change the OS specific version? For example, in steam you just have to turn off the complatibility layer and it automatically selects the native version for you.
Thank you
17 Replies
relaxed-coral•12h ago
I think no
genetic-orange•12h ago
you have to reinstall the game
and pick the linux version
relaxed-coral•12h ago
Tho addition of that to modify install option would be nice
genetic-orange•12h ago
I don't know if it makes sense to simply modify the installation, like... what does that even mean? linux native build can be completely different than the windows build, different files, different structure, different directories it expects
because I can only imagine a modify install option to actually uninstall the game and install it again with the other version, that would be the safest option
relaxed-coral•12h ago
You would be modifying installation when you want to change from Windows to Linux build
relaxed-coral•12h ago
Like how adding dlc is also that
genetic-orange•12h ago
but I mean, what would that mean behind the scenes? uninstall the current version and install the other version?
relaxed-coral•12h ago
Yes, nuke X platform build, download Y platform build
Like how steam does
genetic-orange•12h ago
because I imagine people getting confused by something like that if they lose their saves for example, expecting the
modify installation to keep the settings/saves, and that sounds really tricky to do (specially since we don't have information about saves for linux at all, and only about saves for games with cloud saves for windows/mac)relaxed-coral•12h ago
If modify install requested by user, do not nuke prefix kinda behaviour would solve it
genetic-orange•12h ago
but then the user has to manually copy settings and saves, right?
relaxed-coral•12h ago
From Linux build to Windows? Yes
Or vice versa
That is also like that on Steam if game doesnt have cloud saves
genetic-orange•12h ago
right, that's what I'm worried of a feature like that partially automated, users would expect it to be fully automated
relaxed-coral•12h ago
Meh, even behemoth Valve cant pull that off so Heroic not doing that also is fine 🐸
genetic-orange•12h ago
(that's what I would expect at least if heroic tells me I can modify it)
relaxed-coral•12h ago
Current way of " delete game and redownload" is more risky because user might not know what a prefix and dont read what this says and what it potentially includes and can nuke that
generous-apricotOP•11h ago
in steam it checks all files, deletes those not present in the target version and redownloads those with different checksums or totally absent
it would suffice to just put a notice before confirming it saying that save files would have to be manually moved to a new folder and to make a backup first