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Fix Proton-GE install path breaking first Steam launch (v13.0-KDE)

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install_proton_ge_from_github() was creating ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d
via mkdir -p before Steam had ever been launched. That forces ~/.steam/steam
to exist as a real directory — which then prevents Steam, on first launch,
from creating it as a symlink to ~/.local/share/Steam. Result: desktop Steam
fails with "can't configure Steam data" / "Steam needs to be online to update".

Switch the install target to ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/ (the
real Steam data dir). When Steam first runs it sets up ~/.steam/steam as a
symlink → ~/.local/share/Steam, so Proton-GE is picked up automatically.

Also check the legacy ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d path in the
idempotency probe so re-runs on previously-installed boxes don't redownload.

Bump version 12.27-KDE → 13.0-KDE (covers this fix plus the 2026-05-16
plasma-login-manager / AUR-reliability update which never bumped the string).
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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/bash
set -Euo pipefail
Super_Shift_S_VERSION="12.27-KDE"
Super_Shift_S_VERSION="13.0-KDE"
CONFIG_FILE="/etc/gaming-mode.conf"
[[ -f "$HOME/.gaming-mode.conf" ]] && CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.gaming-mode.conf"
@ -860,16 +860,24 @@ install_proton_ge_from_github() {
return 0
fi
local install_dir="$user_home/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"
# Write to the real Steam data dir, NOT ~/.steam/steam. The latter is a
# symlink that Steam itself creates on first launch (→ ~/.local/share/Steam).
# If we mkdir -p ~/.steam/steam before Steam has ever run, it becomes a real
# directory and Steam refuses to start with "can't configure Steam data".
local install_dir="$user_home/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d"
local legacy_dir="$user_home/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"
# Idempotent: if any GE-Proton* directory already exists (from AUR pkg,
# protonup-qt, or a previous run of this function), don't reinstall.
if compgen -G "$install_dir/GE-Proton*" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
local existing
existing=$(basename "$(compgen -G "$install_dir/GE-Proton*" | head -1)")
info "Proton-GE already installed: $existing — skipping"
return 0
fi
# Check both the real path and the legacy symlink path.
for check_dir in "$install_dir" "$legacy_dir"; do
if compgen -G "$check_dir/GE-Proton*" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
local existing
existing=$(basename "$(compgen -G "$check_dir/GE-Proton*" | head -1)")
info "Proton-GE already installed: $existing — skipping"
return 0
fi
done
echo ""
echo "================================================================"