Gaming

Useful Steam Info

Move default pfx location on steam

STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH= %command%

The target path needs to be inside quotations, important to check when changing the path to a new .exe

"/path/to/exe"

To enable Gamemode use this steam argument:

gamemoderun %command%

Running native games on steam with Nvidia when in hybrid mode (having two GPUs, usually an Intel igpu and Nvidia dgpu). Use this steam argument to force the game to use your Nvidia gpu:

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia %command%

These can also be used as environmental variables outside of steam.

To enable Gamescope use:

gamescope -W 1920 -H 1080 -r 60 -fullscreen -- %command%

If you want to expose your NVIDIA gpu (usually needed only to take advantage of Nvidia techs) use:

PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1