Known Workarounds

Known workarounds for various games that may have trouble running in a snap environment

Factorio ¹

Factorio will try to write to your home directory to save game data, but this isn't allowed for Snaps. Follow these steps to fix this:

1. Open ~/snap/steam/common/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/config-path.cfg
2. Change use-system-read-write-data-directories=true to use-system-read-write-data-directories=false
3. Change config-path=__PATH__system-write-data__/config to config-path=__PATH__executable__/../../config

This will cause Factorio to use the config file at ~/snap/steam/common/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/config/config.ini, so, let's create the config.ini file:

1. Ensure the config directory exists, e.g. mkdir -p ~/snap/steam/common/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/config
2. Create the file ~/snap/steam/common/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/config/config.ini and open it up
3. Add this content verbatim:

   [path]
   read-data=__PATH__executable__/../../data
   write-data=__PATH__executable__/../../writedata
   

You should be able to start Factorio now! If Factorio asks to reset the config file, select "yes" (it will keep the custom paths we put in).