I'm trying to use a program called ChooChoo to run trainers for video games on my Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon setup. After a lot of trial and error, I finally located the executables for both the game and the trainer. However, when I tried to save the profile, I encountered an error saying the path was denied. Although the game launched, the trainer didn't. The error log showed multiple 'Access to the path denied' messages related to the profiles and settings. I'm using Flatpak Steam, and the trainer I downloaded is from Cheat Happens. If anyone has tips for getting trainers to work better on Mint or a different method, I'd love to hear them!
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First off, I'd suggest stopping the use of the Steam Flatpak and switching to the native version instead. It's the best way to run Steam on Linux. You can install it using `apt install steam-installer`. To run trainers with your games, you don't necessarily need ChooChoo—just add a launch argument in Steam like: `PROTON_REMOTE_DEBUG_CMD="/PATH/TO/TRAINER.exe" %command%`. This way, the trainer should start up alongside your game. Since you're using the Flatpak version, permission issues could arise. Here are a few things you can do: 1. Move the trainer to a directory that Flatpak Steam can access. 2. Use Flatseal to give Steam access to the folder where your trainer is located. 3. Alternatively, you can use the terminal to grant access with `flatpak override --filesystem=`. Switching to the standard Steam version should solve these issues altogether!
This sounds a lot clearer and simpler than the other methods I've found, thank you! I do have some follow-up questions if you don't mind. Will my installed games and save files migrate automatically if I switch out of Flatpak, or is there a process for that? Also, is the "/PATH/TO/TRAINER.exe" part of the command literal, or do I replace that with the path to the exe in my file system?