You have to exchange the RDR2 exe with the launcher exe to stay in the same environment. Otherwise it just creates a new environment like you said.
Change the desired settings and then replace the launcher exe with the game’s exe again.
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You have to exchange the RDR2 exe with the launcher exe to stay in the same environment. Otherwise it just creates a new environment like you said.
Change the desired settings and then replace the launcher exe with the game’s exe again.
The simplest method would be to verify game files. When you do this, steam deletes the proton prefixes and thus forcing to you reinstall the launcher on the next run, where you can then enable cloud saves. The only downside to this is that it takes time for your deck to scan through all the files to verify.
Alternatively you can also go to the proton folder for RDR2 in desktop mode and manually remove the folder that holds the rock-star launcher and game saves. This would be something like /home/deck/.local/steam/steamapps/common or something very similar to that. You would then find the folder for RDR2 which would be under its steam ID. I usually use protondb for looking this up. You can then delete or rename this folder and it will force steam to reinstall the launcher on the next run.
Warning: Both of these methods will delete the local copy of your save file. If you do not want these deleted, please back them up for attempting.