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[L4D2 - "Bug"*] Downloading Many Add-ons Floods the Home Folder #8537

Open ThisNekoGuy opened 2 years ago

ThisNekoGuy commented 2 years ago

Software and Hardware:

OS / Distro: Arch Linux Kernel: Linux 5.17.2-256-tkg-pds-llvm Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma 5.24.4 Window Manager: Kwin GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti GPU Driver: 510.60.02 FIlesystem in use: BTRFS

Description:

When downloading add-ons for L4D2, it downloads them to my OS drive instead of the storage drive I have L4D2 installed on, causing me to run out of storage where I desperately need it. Feel free to ask any questions that would assist in understanding if that isn't clear, but I don't think that's how downloading add-ons for the game should work. :|

While not strictly a bug, it can be quite a severe issue

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kisak-valve commented 2 years ago

Hello @ThisNekoGuy, this sounds like you're referring to workshop content for Left 4 Dead 2, which is then referred to as add-ons in-game. The download and management of workshop content in general is handled by the Steam client, not the game, so I've transferred this issue report. It also sounds like the Steam client is specifically choosing to use ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/550/ instead of the Steam library you expected.

ThisNekoGuy commented 2 years ago

That is correct; that makes sense, since they can be subscribed to via the client, but they should honestly be allocated more appropriately, namely to the storage drive the game is installed on...

ThisNekoGuy commented 2 years ago

Not sure if this is directly related or not but I had Sniper Elite 5 installed and, I tried to update the game, but it decided that downloading all of the updated data to my OS drive was appropriate when it wasn't: I just now ended up running out of storage space and had no idea why until I examined my Home folder with filelight