Linux Factorio on flatpak Steam: how to move/link `.factorio` to the actual home library? | Factorio | Page 1

night ruin Dec 25, 2023, 4:13 PM

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I'm using flatpaked Steam for improved compatibility for many games and with Factorio I have an issue that I can't move .factorio to the actual home library, always teh one in .var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/ is used. Tried allowing access to the folder, symlinking manually - none worked. Any advice?

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I want to move it because I'm using a tool that expects .factorio in the home directory and the only way to change is to use a cli arg.
Well, maybe I should change that, since I made that tool... An env var would be nice

tall arrow Dec 25, 2023, 4:22 PM

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For me a symlink worked for moving the .Factorio directory to another location when steam wanted to keep recreating it...
(Not the flatpack version though)

night ruin Dec 25, 2023, 5:33 PM

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symlinking didn't work for a lot of dirs I wanted to give steam access to

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Basically this issue: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/1971

#Linux Factorio on flatpak Steam: how to move/link `.factorio` to the actual home library?