Copy Feature

[Finaldest]

Please Valve for the love of god give us the means to copy games. Not everyone has FTTP. It takes me 11 or more hours to download 30GB. Just add an "copy game to new computer" option in the steam UI.

I have just spent 4 hours trying to copy/transfer spider man from my PC to the Steam Deck without success.

[JimmyJames26]

Is your PC running Windows? That’s probably what the issue is regarding a transfer via USB.

[ReBoot]

Until that's in, check Steam's backup function for copying games.

[Finaldest]

Hi Jimmy.

No, I am using Manjaro XFCE.

The process below usually works without fail when transferring from PC to PC.

I copied ALL required files from install folder to an external NVME drive with the intention of dropping them into the .steam \ steamapps folder however the folder on the deck is hidden and I am unable to unhide as i am unable to evoke the onscreen keyboard despite pressing Steam button and X button.


I then tried a different approach. I Enabled the "external" drive within steam desktop mode as a 3rd drive within the steam ui. Steam now recognises the drive and game but i am unable to transfer the files to the internal NVME drive on the deck (denied error at end) and the game also fails to launch. I am guessing some form of DRM is at play here.

I tried verifying files (on the deck) and switching to proton experimental with again no success.

[JimmyJames26]

Sorry to hear that! Usually clicking the unhide hidden folder button in dolphin clears up the hidden folder issue, but it sounds like you’re running into DRM/other issues like you said.

[derram]

Enable the ssh server on your desktop, open the port if you have a firewall, then open the file browser on the deck and go to sftp://[e-mail].

You can unhide folders by clicking on the hamburger menu on the top right of the file browser and checking "Show hidden files."

And the onscreen keyboard should work in desktop mode as long as steam is running.

[Finaldest]

Thankyou Jimmy for that information.

I was able to unhide using a Bluetooth mouse.

I am going to try this one more time and if it does not work then I will try the backup route as "Reboot" suggests.

[Finaldest]

Thankyou derram

I will give that a try.

[Taktloss]

~/.local/share/Steam/Steam/steamapps/common/
OR Home/.local/share/Steam/Steam/steamapps/common/
OR try this https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Steam_Deck#Share_files_with_Steam_Deck

Have Fun

[Finaldest]

Good news. I have managed to get the game copied over and working.

Thank you all for your help.