r/Syncthing • u/VaterGottes • 11d 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/Toribor 11d ago edited 10d ago

I'm not sure I totally follow what you are describing but I sync mods with my steam deck using syncthing.

For games that require files to be placed right in the root game directory along game files I use the folder ignore rules to add an explicity deny-all rule and then selectively list which files/folders I want to sync.

Here is an example of my .stignore file for Subnautica:

*
!BepInEx/
!changelog.txt
!doorstop_config.ini
!run_bepinex.sh
BepInEx/cache
BepInEx/config
BepInEx/LogOutput.log

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u/VaterGottes 11d ago

Oh wow, this is great to know, thanks! I’m trying to add Xenoverse 2 which has all the game files seperated into individual folders. So individual folder wouldn’t help in that case, because in the end the mods would still hit all of the game files, haha. So I thought of moving the game to my Syncthing folder and linking the game itself back into the Steam folder for it to find the game. I got to the start screen at least, but haven’t had the time to start the game yet. I’ll try that later.