Steamapps folder breaks when repairing folder on any distro

I’m new to lemmy and linux, been daily driving Ubuntu 23 for 2 months and had nothing wrong happen, when I went distro hopping, witch I won’t ever do again, everytime I tried to mount a steam apps folder it wouldn’t show my apps, idk if this is a bug but I’ve gotten it fixed by creating a steam folder then copying all my games and placing them into the new folder, but if I click on the repair folder it would create a new one and completely brake it. Anyway i just wanted to share my findings, I hope this brings more light to someone who has this exact issue :)

jaykstah,

Did you go into your Steam settings and add that location as a library? Steam won’t find those automatically when you mount a drive, you need to add them.

Simplesyrup,
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Yes, I just today had to move my games again into a new steamapps folder idk why it keeps corrupting the file path, this is what makes or brakes linux, silly little things that are a pain n the arse. Anyway I’ve fixed it but idk if the fix will last, it’s like a leak

priapus,

Did you add the folder as a steam library? Mounting it does not make steam detect it. This is true on all OSs steam supports.

Raphael,
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Hmm? Mount? Explain in details the steps you’re taking and then maybe we might be able to understand your issue and help you.

Simplesyrup,
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Well I’ve fixed it but it’s these types of bugs that really put off a windows user like myself off of linux, having yo look through a very small part of a website 10+ years ago to find a solution, I can go on, I just wanted to give some light on the situation, and yes the drive was mounted hardware is 100% in working order and is new hardware talking SSD everything just saying before someone says that it’s hardware related

Raphael,
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I still have no idea what you’re saying but I’m glad the problem is solved.

Simplesyrup,
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Somethings are better showed then texed

Raphael,
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I wish you luck in your English studies!

Simplesyrup,
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English is not my native language

Raphael,
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Not mine either!

Take care!

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