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submitted 7 months ago by ChristianWS to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

I'm thinking about making a dedicated gaming PC which is to be shared in our household. ChimeraOS/HoloISO seems the ideal solution to that... Except that games thay it means that all save files of games that don't use Steam Cloud OR write save files on Valve's recommended directory are shared between users.

Is there any tool that can recognize the current active Steam User and swap save files on the background? The other solution is to forego using HoloISO/ChimeraOS/SteamOS and install a traditional distro and make different users have different system accounts, but that sounds a nightmare to deal with due to Steam Family Sharing requiring that all steam users are logged into each system users, so the library is shared across all of them. Not to mention config files are going to be separated as well...

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[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Doesn't steamos have its own user system to separate game files?

On my steam deck I've got my steam account and my partner's and we both have separate saves

[-] ChristianWS 1 points 7 months ago

It depends on the game. If the game uses Valve's recommended file path there's no problem. If the game uses Steam Cloud it will sync your save file with what it should have.

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