Might be a stupid question, but bear with me, I just started the transition to Linux!
I've been playing a game on Steam for some time now, and modding it was a huge hassle (not modding it per se, but rather make every mod work together, incompatibilities, merging, etc., you know the drill), so I'd rather NOT do that again from scratch (especially because the mod organizer tool I used is only for Windows, unless I can run that through Proton?); on the other hand, if I wait until I beat the game, it's going to delay the move to Linux a lot, months.
I think most of the files needed to run the modded game lie in the game folder, some user settings needed for the mods to work correctly are in the game's Documents folder; would I be able to just crudely copy-paste these two folders from Win to Linux? If yes, I guess I have to use an external drive to do so, since I can't access each other OS's partitions while I'm on one or the other, correct?
If you need more info feel free to ask; as I said I just started moving to Linix so I probably forgot important info! Thanks in advance
edit: don't know if websearches return Lemmy threads, but just in case: I installed the game via Steam on Linux and launched it once through Proton. After that, I just copy-pasted the folders that cointan mods from the Windows drive to the Linux drive and then the game's document folder as well (although this one doesn't go into the Linux's Documents folder, rather in a Documents folder inside the Steam directory of the game). Game boots with no script compiling errors (meaning everything went well with the simple copy-paste). Haven't played yet apart from a quick load to confirm that mods were working, but usually if the game starts there won't be problems down the line! Guess I can start booting Linux instead of Win for the most part! Thanks everyone for the help!
First, which game are you talking about? Does it need proton on linux, or does it run natively?
Definitely first install the game through steam on linux and then overwrite stuff.
You should be able to access your windows drive through linux. I would expect it to show up in your file manager automatically and ask for your linux root password when you try to access it.
Game is The Witcher 3, according to ProtonDB people play it through Proton so I guess it doesn't run natively on Linux
Great, glad to hear that a simple overwrite should be enough! Gonna need some time to download it again on Linux, but I'll try that later!
Even better, so I can skip moving to the external drive!
Thanks for the help
You might have difficulty locating the documents folder on linux. It should be under /compatdata/292030/pfx/c_drive/users//documents (I just typed that off the top of my head, so it's might not be exaclty that, but something similar, sorry)
Also I would recommend you run the game once, before copying stuff, sometimes games write files on first launch, which could mess with your settings
Don't worry about it, thanks!
Alright, sounds easy enough overall, I'll try later! Thanks again for the help