"installdir" field should be set about steam-appmanifest HOT 7 CLOSED

Does it work when you set the installdir manually before starting Steam?

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I will test that tomorrow

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https://github.com/leovp/steamfiles can parse ~/.steam/steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf to find the canonically correct installdir.

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Oh wow, this is great. Time to rewrite this project.

Am I correct in thinking that the appinfo.vdf file contains all of the user's programs, regardless if they're installed or not?

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It seems to contain all of the user's games and tools, regardless of whether they're installed or whether they're available for the current platform.

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I have started a separate project over at https://github.com/dotfloat/Vapour, which is intended to be a serious thing, unlike this appmanifest hack.

Basically what I want is to be able to write vapour install --windows "ultimate doom" and have it use SteamCMD to download it somewhere without restarting Steam. (And eventually have a GUI, of course.)

I could also do auto-updates and launch games using source ports or wine. ;)

It'll take a few weeks before it's ready, but I think I'll leave this issue as WONTFIX, unless someone else wants to have fun fixing it.

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unless someone else wants to have fun fixing it.

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