Nextcloud - tienducle/steam-deck-stuff GitHub Wiki

Steam offers great features like Cloud Saves and Mod Management via Steam Workshop, however there are some use-cases where a custom sync setup is still needed. In this example, a Nextcloud instance will be used.

Set up synced scripts folder

Install Nextcloud

  • Switch to Desktop Mode
  • Open Discover
  • Search for Nextcloud and install it
  • We don't need to run it, since we'll use nextcloudcmd in our scripts

Set up Nextcloud credentials

  • Assuming everyone is using MFA, we need to create an app password in the Nextcloud instance under Settings -> Security
  • Open the terminal and execute nano nextcloud-credentials.sh
  • Paste the following snippet and replace the values appropiately
#!/bin/bash
export NC_USER=""
export NC_APP_PASSWORD=""
export NC_SERVER_URL="https://some.nextcloud.instance"
  • Press Ctrl+X and Y to save and close the file
  • Execute chmod +x nextcloud-credentials.sh to make the file executable

Set up Steam Deck folders in Nextcloud

  • Create a folder steamdeck in the root folder in Nextcloud
  • Under the new steamdeck folder, create a scripts folder

Initial sync

  • Execute mkdir -p ~/scripts
  • Execute nano ~/scripts/scripts-sync.sh
  • Paste the following snippet
#!/bin/bash

source ~/nextcloud-credentials.sh

mkdir -p ~/scripts

flatpak run --command=nextcloudcmd com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud \
--path "/steamdeck/scripts" \
-u "${NC_USER}" \
-p "${NC_APP_PASSWORD}" \
"/home/deck/scripts" \
"${NC_SERVER_URL}"
  • Press Ctrl+X and Y to save and close the file
  • Execute chmod +x ~/scripts/scripts-sync.sh to make the file executable
  • Execute ./scripts/scripts-sync.sh and check if the file is synced to Nextcloud
  • The scripts folder will be used to have all sync scripts in a handy place

Sync Stardew Valley Mods

Keep Stardew Valley installed mods in sync on multiple devices.

Note: SMAPI is not synced and needs to be updated individually on each device.

Set up folders in Nextcloud

  • Create /steamdeck/Stardew Valley/Mods folder structure on Nextcloud
  • Execute nano ~/scripts/stardew-sync.sh
  • Paste the following snippet
#!/bin/bash

source ~/nextcloud-credentials.sh

mkdir -p "/run/media/mmcblk0p1/steamapps/common/Stardew Valley/Mods"

flatpak run --command=nextcloudcmd com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud \
--path "/steamdeck/Stardew Valley/Mods" \
-u "${NC_USER}" \
-p "${NC_APP_PASSWORD}" \
"/run/media/mmcblk0p1/steamapps/common/Stardew Valley/Mods" \
"${NC_SERVER_URL}"
  • If the game is installed on internal SSD, change the paths accordingly
  • Press Ctrl+X and Y to save and close the file
  • Execute chmod +x ~/scripts/stardew-sync.sh to make the file executable

Sync Sims 4 saves

WIP