change category priority?

[PsyBlade]

In the library you can asign games to different categories, a feature which I use extensively.

I use two steam clients one linux (regularly) and one windows (rarely). The problem with this is that the windows categories take precedence over the linux ones. Whenever I start up the windows client it replaces the linux clients categories with its own. Forcing me to do them again (Changes which might be some months old, as I don't use windows often).

Is there any way to choose which client gets priority? Or even better, automatically give priority to the client with the most recent changes?

[ReBoot]

You have to turn Steamcloud off if you don't want to synchronize categories.

[PsyBlade]

Thats actually the reason finally I posted this. (probably should have mentioned this)
It's still the case with the new beta.
And has been that way since I started using the linux invitational beta.

[PsyBlade]

I definatly want sync.
I just want it to sync in the other direction (or bidirectional)

[ReBoot]

You can always sync your categories using other tools. I have a similar problem, it works only one-way, the wrong one. The support guy who answered my plea for help is too stupid to actually read my question.
Now I use OneDrive to sync both ways. Use any tool you know that syncs one way to sync one way.

[Tofufu]

Pardon me Psy, do you access both linux and windows client with the same account or different account for both of the client?

[PsyBlade]

I guess it wouldn't be a problem to whip up a litle script that does a 3-way diff if I can figure out the format. That way even concurrent changes (of different games) shouldnt be a problem. Do you know which file the categories are stored in?

But I really expected steam to have some way to select the direction. There should be a considerable number of users with multiple steam clients (eg laptop + desktop).

Originally posted by Youli:

Pardon me Psy, do you access both linux and windows client with the same account or different account for both of the client?

same
I don't think there is nor should be any sync between different accounts

[Tofufu]

usually its located in userdata\yoursteamnumber\7\remote\sharedconfig.vdf

[Tofufu]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

I guess it wouldn't be a problem to whip up a litle script that does a 3-way diff if I can figure out the format. That way even concurrent changes (of different games) shouldnt be a problem. Do you know which file the categories are stored in?

But I really expected steam to have some way to select the direction. There should be a considerable number of users with multiple steam clients (eg laptop + desktop).

Originally posted by Youli:

Pardon me Psy, do you access both linux and windows client with the same account or different account for both of the client?

same
I don't think there is nor should be any sync between different accounts

not sync but perhaps overlapped?

[PsyBlade]

Sorry, but I don't understand your question. Could you elaborate?

[Tofufu]

No, I'm asking when you switched to linux client, do you login with the same account or you have different account for both linux and steam client.

[PsyBlade]

I use the same steam-account for both the linux steam client and the windows steam client(As I tried to say in post #8)

[Felix]

It might be worth posting this in the Client Beta Bug Report forum. I think you'll need to join the group to post there. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/

[Tofufu]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

I use the same account (As I tried to say in post #8)

Ah sorry then, didn't quite get what you stated in post #8. As I've never have experience in multiple OS client installed in 1 same device, may I ask is your linux client's directory installed with the windows client directory or are they totally separate? As so there might be an 'overlapping issue.

[PsyBlade]

Originally posted by FrazerJC:

It might be worth posting this in the Client Beta Bug Report forum. I think you'll need to join the group to post there. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/

It is a bug? I thought it was intended behaviour. (Since two way is more complex than one-way)
Will do.

[PsyBlade]

No the directories are totally seperate.
It should behave the same as two steam installs on two different computers.
(Except that I can't run em at the same time)