ludusavi VS Proton

The tool that people often recommend is Ludusavi. I don't know how they play with VN's very random location of saves, though, and even then I mostly use it on Linux where it's easy (if fairly space inefficient) to backup an entire wineprefix/steamcompat folder.

you can try to use this https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi

Ludusavi https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi — this looks like a very neat program but it’s designed for native PC games, not emulation, and I’m not sure how well it would work. Anyone use it for emulators?

ludusavi would be something to look into. It can backup saves, which is what you're after. Most of the time it gets the full save location correct, but make sure. As you don't want to waste time "backing up" to realize it only found the games settings.

i know this comes late, but for anyone who hasn't yet heard of it, there's ludusavi

I don't have any definite plans right now, but I would be interested in exploring it. I just opened a ticket to track the idea: https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi/issues/211

Homepage and documentation

If I'm not mistaken, supporting MacOS with Proton was the implicit plan before Apple disabled 32-bit support in Catalina. Several people seem to have gotten early builds to compile on Mac with usable performance: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1344

Better yet, use a container.

Distrobox[1] automates the process of running distros released in the past decade or so in a container.

For games in particular, Proton[2] (for Windows games) or one of the Steam container runtimes[3] (for native Linux games) might be worth a try.

For a non-Steam game, the easiest way to do this is probably:

1. Install and run the Linux Steam client (Steam account required).

2. Add the game to the Steam library: "Add a Game" → "Add a Non-Steam Game…".

3. Right click on the game, choose "Properties" → "Compatibility" → "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", and choose a version of Proton or container runtime.

4. Make sure the selected Proton or container runtime version is installed (these are available in the Steam library by default; if you can't find them, click the dropdown above the search box in the Steam library and make sure "Tools" is checked).

5. Launch the game from the Steam library.

[1] https://distrobox.it/compatibility/#containers-distros

[2] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton

[3] https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/b...

The "Metaverse" is a complete joke, and among gamers, Valve has a way better reputation than Meta. Why would they want to dilute that brand?

They already have their own platform (Steam), OS (SteamOS), VR headset (Index), their own Windows translation layer (Proton, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton), their own partnership with cloud gaming (Steam Cloud Play using GeForce Now , https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloudgaming), etc.

IMO: As someone with thousands of games on Steam, there's no way in hell I'd want that linked to Facebook. I think they eventually removed the requirement to have a FB account to use a Quest, but they still require a Meta account. Yuck.

This reeks of Facebook recognizing the Metaverse as the failure that it was and opening it up because it's no longer relevant...

Or Valve's Proton[0], a tool for playing Windows games on Linux.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton

Did you mount it with the correct flags?