Finding Windows games from Linux dual boot: Ludusavi doesn't find all games

[chennin]

I'm trying dual booting, and I'd like to back up saves from the Windows partition while in Linux (because it's easier for me to schedule). But Ludusavi is only finding some games there.

• Windows 10 / Arch Linux
• Ludusavi v0.21.0

Config:

roots:
  - path: /Windows/C/Program Files (x86)/Steam
    store: steam
  - path: /Windows/C/Users/Chris
    store: otherHome
  - path: /Windows/C/Users/Chris/Documents
    store: otherHome
  - path: /Windows/C/Program Files/EA Games
    store: ea
  - path: /Windows/E/7 Games/
    store: steam
  - path: /Windows/C/Program Files/WindowsApps
    store: microsoft
  - path: /Windows/C/Program Files (x86)/GOG Galaxy/Games
    store: gogGalaxy
  - path: /home/alucard/.local/share/Steam
    store: steam
  - path: /home/alucard
    store: otherHome

For example, Ludusavi does not find NieR: Automata nor Tactics Ogre: Reborn at all, and while it does find some Mass Effect: Legendary Edition configs, it does not find the save games.

The files are here:

$ ls /Windows/C/Users/Chris/Documents/BioWare/Mass\ Effect\ Legendary\ Edition/Save
ME1  ME2  ME3

From the log, it does see the BioWare folder, but doesn't do anything with it. And it finds the MELE configs.

$ grep -B1 -Ei "mass effect|BioWare" .config/ludusavi/ludusavi_rCURRENT.log
[2023-12-03T19:05:27.472Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan::launchers::generic] ranking installations for OtherHome: /Windows/C/Users/Chris/Documents
[2023-12-03T19:05:27.472Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan::launchers::generic] actual install folders: DefendersQuest | Deus Ex | Deus Ex -  Mankind Divided | Diablo III | DisplayFusion Backups | Downloads | EA Games | Eador | Elite Dangerous | Endless Space | Fell Seal | Fiddler2 | GarminBackup | Witcher 2 | Larian Studios | ADOM | Amazon MP3 | Audacity | BioWare | Bluetooth Exchange Folder | Calibre Library | 2017tax | 4A Games | OpenVPN | Paradox Interactive | putty | repos | RIFT | samsung | SavedGames | Shadow Warrior | Stronghold Crusader | The Lord of the Rings Online | The Witcher | The Witcher 2 | Gaslamp Games | Guild Wars 2 | HeroBlade Logs | IINACT | My Barnes & Noble eBooks | My Cheat Tables | My Digital Editions | My Games | My Mods | Spiderweb Software | SQUARE ENIX | Star Wars - The Old Republic | MAXON | ME3TweaksModManager
--
[2023-12-03T19:05:27.604Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan::launchers::generic] ranking installations for Steam: /Windows/E/7 Games
[2023-12-03T19:05:27.604Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan::launchers::generic] actual install folders: frozen synapse | shadowgrounds | and yet it moves | aquaria | Ara Fell | atomzombiesmasher | audiosurf | Battle Chasers Nightwar | BioShock Remastered | Black Mesa | Bloodstained Ritual of the Night | braid | CrossCode | darwinia | defcon | deus ex | DRAGON QUEST XI S | dungeons of dredmor | DyingSun | Elite Dangerous | Endless Space | EVGA PrecisionX | FINAL FANTASY FFX&FFX-2 HD Remaster | FINAL FANTASY IV PR | FINAL FANTASY V PR | FINAL FANTASY VI PR | gish | Half-Life | Hollow Knight | Knights of Pen and Paper 2 | Knights of the Old Republic II | Lone Fungus | LostRuins | machinarium | magicka demo | Mass Effect Legendary Edition | Metro Last Light | Monster Hunter World | NieRAutomata | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Ori DE | osmos | Portal | portal 2 | Rain World | RetroArch | RIFT | space pirates and zombies | space pirates and zombies demo | spectromancer | star ruler - demo | star ruler - trailer | star wars starfighter | Star Wars X-Wing Alliance | steelstorm | Stellaris | sword of the stars complete collection | swords and soldiers | SwordsAndSoldiersHD | Tactics Ogre Reborn | the witcher enhanced edition | titan quest | Titan Quest Anniversary Edition | titan quest immortal throne | torchlight | TRIANGLE STRATEGY | trine | Valkyria Chronicles | vvvvvv | world of goo | Ys The Oath in Felghana
--
[2023-12-03T19:05:27.747Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan::launchers::generic] [Torchlight II] selecting subdir with score 211: torchlight
[2023-12-03T19:05:27.748Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan::launchers::generic] [Mass Effect Legendary Edition] selecting subdir with score 9223372036854775807: Mass Effect Legendary Edition
--
[2023-12-03T19:05:29.507Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan] [Knights of Pen and Paper 2] found: /Windows/C/Users/Chris/AppData/LocalLow/Kyy Games/Knights of Pen and Paper 2/slot-0.sav
[2023-12-03T19:05:29.624Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::scan] [Mass Effect Legendary Edition] found: /Windows/E/7 Games/steamapps/common/Mass Effect Legendary Edition/Game/ME2/BioGame/Config/BIOCredits.ini

Mounts:

/dev/sdb2 on /Windows/C type ntfs3 (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=7007,fmask=7007,windows_names,iocharset=utf8,user)
/dev/nvme0n1p2 on /Windows/E type ntfs3 (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=7007,fmask=7007,windows_names,iocharset=utf8,user)

Is there some config I can do to back up the saves from the Windows disks while on Linux? Preferably not by adding each custom game one by one, because there are a lot.

[mtkennerly]

Hi! This isn't possible right now, because Ludusavi won't be able to identify special folders like Documents and AppData, but I'll look into adding a "Windows drive" root type to handle this.

[chennin]

Thanks! Would you like me to open an issue for the feature request?

[mtkennerly]

No worries, I just opened #289 for this :)

[chennin]

@mtkennerly thank you! working great with 0.22