Games folder cannot be customized

[dariox86]

Flatpak Lutris does not support Games path customization. If a path other than ~/[USER NAME]/Games is chosen, games won't be installed.

[gasinvein]

You have to allow access to that folder first, via e.g.
flatpak override --filesystem=/path/to/your/Folder net.lutris.Lutris

[dariox86]

OK. Isn't it better to have a Games folder inside the Lutris flatpak by default?

[dariox86]

Do I need a special permission in place even if I want to move the folder inside ~/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/lutris?

[gasinvein]

Isn't it better to have a Games folder inside the Lutris flatpak by default?

Maybe. But it would have several drawbacks.

Do I need a special permission in place even if I want to move the folder inside >~/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/lutris?

No, a flatpak app always has read-write access to corresponding directory under ~/.var/app/.

[dariox86]

Thank you. I guess the issue can be closed.

[dariox86]

I have a couple more questions. When I move Games elsewhere, ~/[USER NAME]/Games is recreated regardless of the specified path. Is there a way to suppress this behavior? What are the possible drawbacks with having a Games folder in a different path?

[gasinvein]

~/Games is re-created because flatpak is told to do so, see

net.lutris.Lutris/net.lutris.Lutris.yml

Line 19 in 8892634

- --filesystem=~/Games:create

If this empty folder is unwanted, override the permission with --nofilesystem=~/Games.

[dariox86]

OK. Thank you.