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Any way to automatically start a script before steam game launch? (self.linux_gaming)

submitted 2 years ago by RandomLegend to c/[email protected]

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So i started using ludusavi and i really like it! I can just dump all my saves onto my NAS and i'm good to go.

I now made two .sh files, one for ludusavi restore --force and one for ludusavi backup --force I made the global Lutris setting to exectute the restore BEFORE launching a game and backup AFTER exiting.

This should then give me a steamcloud like automatism where my savegames would be always on the newest version regardless on what PC i played on last time.

But this only works if i play them via Lutris. I have a steamdeck and a minipc with chimeraOS (steam gamepadui per default). I start the games via steam there, not lutris... does anyone know of some possibility to globally start a script or command before starting and another one after exiting the game in steam?

Because i have quite the few non-steam games in my library and also have all my emulated games in there.

That would be fantastic!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well for steam games, you can set launch options. Maybe you could do something like commandbefore; %command%; commandafter? Keep %command% literally as it is, Steam interprets that and executes the game in its place.

[–] RandomLegend 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i know that i can run commands, as i said in the post...but commandafter doesn't exist afaik

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven’t tried it but if you put that command after a ; it only should execute after the game exits.

[–] RandomLegend 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

touch ~/start.txt; %command%; touch ~/end.txt

this should in theory create an empty start.txt at launch, and an empty end.txt file after exiting, yes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, that's what I would assume

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

touch ~/start.txt; %command%; touch ~/end.txt

After a quick test, it does work! Just tested it with Worms W.M.D running in Proton.

[–] RandomLegend 1 points 2 years ago

fantastic! i'll test aswell as soon as i am home.

Thanks mate!