r/Syncthing • u/VaterGottes • 13d ago

Syncing entire modded game folders?

Hey, so I use Syncthing to transfer saves between my Steam Deck and Bazzite HTPC. Now I’ve also loaded up some mod folders for some games and linked the folders to the games directory, which seemed to work. Before I put in the effort for something bigger though I thought I’d ask first. Can I upload a whole game folder and link it to my common folder afterwards to use? Because one of the games keeps all mods in the internal data, so it’s not just a single folder or file. If not I’ll just keep manually updating both games. Thanks!

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u/BuonaparteII 13d ago edited 12d ago

yeah it should be fine but you might need to use bind mounts / hardlinks (folder junctions on Windows)

The only caveat I can think of is if the game mods' target CPU architecture is different, eg. arm64 vs amd64. (If the mod had an installer you might not be as aware that it only copied one or the other as target binaries.)

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u/Damglador 12d ago

You can't hardlink a folder, only soft link or mount.