Guide to Enable Battle Export on Linux

[bcedu]

Hello fellow linux gamers.

I'm writing this "guide" in case anyone else plays on Linux via Steam. If you play via Steam with Proton, each game (FoGK and FOG2M) has its own Wine prefix, so they "don't see" each other, and when you play a battle in FoGK, the export battle button doesn't appear. The solution is very simple. From what I've deduced, to know if it should show the button, FoGK checks if the "FieldOfGloryMedieval" folder exists inside "My Games", so we'll do the following:

- Go to the path "{path_to_steamapps}/compatdata/1368870/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My Documents/My Games" (note: 1368870 is the Steam ID for FOG2M)

- Create a symbolic link to the "FieldOfGloryMedieval" folder and copy it.

- Go to the path "{path_to_steamapps}/compatdata/1985050/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My Documents/My Games" (note: 1985050 is the Steam ID for FoGK)

- Paste the symbolic link you created earlier. It's important to keep the original folder name (FieldOfGloryMedieval).

- In the same folder where you are, there will be the FoGK folder named "EmpiresKingdoms". Create a symbolic link to this folder and copy it.

- Go back to the folder "{path_to_steamapps}/compatdata/1368870/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My Documents/My Games" and paste the symbolic link.

[varangy]

Thank you for the guide!

[trex1983]

Nice! thanks so much!
Someone was looking into if it rans okay on his SteamDeck, might have been Grognerd.

Can you post this guide on Steam?