so turns out, another part of my problem was the xdg-desktop-portal that caused the thing with changed directories. i downloaded the launcher via the application manager and it was via flathub. so there was some protection layer between the launcher and the directories automatically.
apparently it was less an issue with the launcher but i guess an issue with another programm. i reinstalled it over the setup on itch.io now.
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itch.io Community » itch.io » Questions & Support · Replied to redonihunter in issue with installation directories on external hard drives
itch.io Community » itch.io » Questions & Support · Posted in issue with installation directories on external hard drives
Oki, a tutorial on how to do it with steam helped and the solution was to:
go to /etc
edit the fstab file
change for the line where UUID=<UUID of the Hard drive> the options so that it has rw,users,exec (no blanks in between collons) (,auto if you want it to be mounted on the mount point when PC gets booted)
itch.io Community » itch.io » Questions & Support · Created a new topic issue with installation directories on external hard drives
I switched to Linux mint and I tried using my external hard drive for installation directories. It finds the games in the directories, but then the directories change from the actual ones to something like:
/run/user/1000/doc/4188ff70
/run/user/1000/doc/7c5f21df
/run/user/1000/doc/c6037f0
These directories don't exist on my device, they should not be made on my device and even though the launcher can find the games in the actual places, it still uses the changed directories to access the games, leading to no execution or updates.
On windows, i was able to use these directories with the directory paths staying consistent for the launcher.
How can this issue be resolve?