Revise Installation Directory

[jens1101]

If I set the installation directory to: ~/Downloads/steam then a steamapps folder will automatically be created within it. There you will have a bunch of files and folders that are used while the download persists. However once the download is done then all the game's files are move outward to ~/Downloads/steam.

I don't think this is really desired. I think it should move the completed downloads into a common folder within the steamapps folder.

This will have to be investigated and maybe steamapps/common should be appended to the installation directory.

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After investigating this: it seems that SteamCmd only does the above for non-library install folders. So, I think the expected behaviour should be:

• If the download folder is not a Steam library folder then issue a warning in the console and download the game into it's own sub-folder.
• If the download folder is not a Steam library folder then just let SteamCmd do it's thing.

[jens1101]

I had a look into this. Here are a few points to note:

• install_folder_list will list all available steam volumes. This can maybe be used to tell SteamCMD where to download an app to.

• When forcing the install directory the correct way to do it would be to use the following folder structure: [Download folder]/steamapps/common/[game install dir]. The way to find the game install dir is by running app_info_print [appId] and looking at "config" > "installdir". This will give you the correct folder name for the game.

  Note the app_info_print is not synchronous. If it doesn't have the information on hand it will request it and return to the command line.

These two points can allow for further convenience functions (#16).

[jens1101]

The app_info_print command is a bit of an issue, since there is no way I can force it to be synchronous and there is also no way for me to know when it's done. I may want to investigate if there exits a Steam API that I can call with Axios to get this information instead.

[jens1101]

I have investigated this issue. The best I could find is this URL for XCOM2: http://clientconfig.akamai.steamstatic.com/appinfo/268500/sha/163238418f51174e7882ac5faec80da1fe17bbc5.txt.gz. "268500" is the app ID, however I do not know what the hash is. I have posted a question about this on Stack Overflow.

The solutions I am currently pursuing:

• Figure out how to dynamically generate that hash in the URL.
• Figure out if I can call the app_info_print command multiple times until it returns something.

[jens1101]

It turns out the problem is much less complicated than it sounds. If you force_install_dir to a Steam library then SteamCmd will recognise it as a Steam library folder and install the app in the correct location.

I also found out about a few other nice commands:

• install_folder_list lists all Steam library folders. Note that if you create a new library folder while SteamCmd is running then you need to restart SteamCmd before it will recognise the new folder.
• apps_installed which lists all the apps you've installed, their ID, name, and their installation locations. For games installed in steam library folders it will not resolve the full path to the game, but instead will only resolve to the path of the library.