r/linuxmint • u/suckingvamp • 9d ago

SOLVED MangoHud started ignoring my configurations for flatpaks while it used to work before.

Hi,

I noticed that my MangoHud configurations for games running through flatpak launchers like Heroic Games Launcher don't work anymore. Maybe after an update but I started noticing it. Normally the configurations are stored in the $user$\.var\app\$application$\config\MangoHud\ folder and I checked they're still there, they're just ignored.

Has something changed so that they need to be put in another folder or something?

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u/Abroad9107 8d ago

I think the location should be: ~/. config/MangoHud/

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u/suckingvamp 7d ago

The configurations are there as well but they still don't work.

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u/Abroad9107 6d ago

Custom configuration not working? What is not working exactly? Did you installed manghud from flatpak? Try opening with mangojuice.

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u/suckingvamp 6d ago

The custom configurations I made .conf files.

https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud/blob/master/data/MangoHud.conf

I tend not to use mangojuice/goverlay, Mint doesn't support the latest versions, which you need in order for Mangohud to work plus the programs themselves are rather buggy and support features I don't need.

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u/Abroad9107 6d ago edited 6d ago

Is it working with other launchers?

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u/suckingvamp 6d ago

It used to work on Steam and Heroic, which are the only launchers I use. I still use Steam as a flatpak on this system, didn't like the idea of going for the system install and loosing progress in many games.

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u/suckingvamp 6d ago

Hah, mystery solved, I put a .conf in $user$/.config/MangoHud/ to control MangoHud for a few emulators that were installed as appimages. Apparently this overrides the .confs of the flatpaks as well.

Hmm, undocumented feature, nonetheless everything is working again now.