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I'm using CachyOS (arch based), the steam package being used is from CachyOS's repositories. I'm using an AMD RX6600. Monitor is using 144hz refresh rate (set using hyprland config file)

All my Games are in an NTFS partition.

So far CS2 is the only game that opens up when I click on 'Play' and it is playable with some occasional frame drops.

I had the same issue with flatpak steam when I tried earlier.

I have tried setting the my monitor as primary by using xrandr but that didn't help at all.

Has this happened to anyone ? What can I do to fix this ? I can attach any logs if required.

Edit: thanks to @Nerdulous@lemm.ee my issue has been solved.

(Mentioning the solution here in case the reddit post gets deleted)

  • Look for a directory called "compatdata" under ~/.steam.
  • It'll probably take some digging, as it's often buried in something like ~/.steam/steam/steamapps . . .
  • The "find" command would be useful in this situation!
  • Make a symbolic link from that folder to the identical location on the NTFS Steam Library.
  • ln -s ~/.steam/foo/bar/compatdata /path/to/ntfs/SteamLibrary/compatdata
  • That's it.
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[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks, I just checked the output on the terminal and it's like @Nerdulous@lemm.ee mentioned.