Update Usage with Wine/Proton (version 1.5 and later)

Guillaume Jacquemin 2024-07-22 11:25:49 +02:00
parent 12ee89d227
commit 9c401c12d3

@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
**WARNING: versions earlier than 1.5 don't support Wine/Proton at all.** **WARNING: as of 22/07/2024, Protontricks doesn't support some new Valve/Steam file format. As a result, the instructions under "Running the Save Tool" won't work.**
To run version 1.5 or later of the Save Tool on the Steam Deck or another Linux machine where the native Linux version of Steam is used, follow these instructions. **WARNING: Save Tool versions earlier than 1.5 don't support Wine/Proton at all.**
To run version 1.5 or later of the Save Tool on the Steam Deck or another Linux machine where the native Linux version of Steam is used, follow these instructions. This was tested only with the non-Flatpak version of Steam.
## Initial setup ## Initial setup
@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ To run version 1.5 or later of the Save Tool on the Steam Deck or another Linux
2. Install Protontricks through Flatpak. If you are on the Steam Deck, use Discover. On other distros and/or other desktop environments, use whatever frontend is available, or the command line if you don't have one. Some distros don't have Flatpak installed out of the box, and some of those don't preconfigure it to have the Flathub source enabled. TODO: add image. 2. Install Protontricks through Flatpak. If you are on the Steam Deck, use Discover. On other distros and/or other desktop environments, use whatever frontend is available, or the command line if you don't have one. Some distros don't have Flatpak installed out of the box, and some of those don't preconfigure it to have the Flathub source enabled. TODO: add image.
3. If you have a machine with multiple Steam library folders and M.A.S.S. Builder isn't installed in the standard one, like on an SD card for the Steam Deck, give Protontricks the ability to access that library folder using [the official instructions](https://github.com/flathub/com.github.Matoking.protontricks#configuration). For people not comfortable using the command line, I recommend using Flatseal. 3. If you have a machine with multiple Steam library folders and M.A.S.S. Builder isn't installed in the standard one, like on an SD card for the Steam Deck, give Protontricks the ability to access that library folder using [the official instructions](https://github.com/flathub/com.github.Matoking.protontricks#configuration). For people not comfortable using the command line, I recommend using Flatseal, which is also available from Flatpak.
## Running the Save Tool ## Running the Save Tool