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I stopped using that software no matter how painful it was some games included. I wanted to play BG2 and the remake from GOG just litter the Documents folder ev
by neuropacabra 4mo ago
I stopped using that software no matter how painful it was some games included. I wanted to play BG2 and the remake from GOG just litter the Documents folder even when running though Wine. Well, no game for then. Pity. I want my computer to serve me and to have my own files where yo want them.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4mo agoDoesn't WINE let you pick folder mappings?
- F3nd0 4mo agoIt does. Run `winecfg` and see ‘Folders’ under the ‘Desktop Integration’ tab. Wine used to link these to directories in your home directory by default; not sure if that’s still the case, but you can definitely change it.
- account42 4mo agoIt's still the case for upstream Wine but not for some distributions. Notably Proton doesn't do that.
- ryandrake 4mo agoUnfortunately, many applications now treat your filesystem as a dumping ground for their dependencies and caches and config files and temporary data and all kinds of other non-userdata trash they create. This ship has long since sailed :(
- nosioptar 4mo agoWouldn't it be possible to run the game in a container, so it has no access to your home dir? (I've only used lxc for stuff like WordPress, haven't ever used it for GUI stuff.)
- account42 4mo agoNot sure what you mean with a remake but the "Enhanced Edition" of BG2 has a native Linux version that use XDG-complient configuration paths: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Enhanced_Edition#Game_data https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Enhanc... And for the original under Wine you can configure wine you not do that - or use Proton which doesn't link user directories by default.