From fc72e8ff6666a9ae6ee4b2790ee770f18f741b0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: quinver <quinver@quinver.dev>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:31:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] refactor: normalize OS-specific app data paths

---
 build.gradle.kts | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 5f8e9ab09..2386d4569 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,9 +7,25 @@ group = "com.example"
 version = "0.1.0"
 val javaVersion = 25
 
-val appData = System.getenv("APPDATA") ?: (System.getenv("HOME") + "/.var/app/com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher/data")
-val hytaleAssets = file("$appData/Hytale/install/release/package/game/latest/Assets.zip")
+val os = System.getProperty("os.name").lowercase()
 
+val appData = when {
+    os.contains("win") ->
+        System.getenv("APPDATA")
+
+    os.contains("mac") || os.contains("darwin") ->
+        "${System.getenv("HOME")}/Library/Application Support"
+
+    os.contains("linux") ->
+        System.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME")
+            ?: "${System.getenv("HOME")}/.local/share"
+
+    else -> error("Unsupported OS")
+}
+
+val hytaleAssets = file(
+    "$appData/Hytale/install/release/package/game/latest/Assets.zip"
+)
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()

From 5c63cf40119496c402a43e5810b34424625e9874 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: quinver <quinver@quinver.dev>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:53:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] refactor: add flatpak support

---
 build.gradle.kts | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 2386d4569..13196e847 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ group = "com.example"
 version = "0.1.0"
 val javaVersion = 25
 
+val home = System.getenv("HOME")
 val os = System.getProperty("os.name").lowercase()
 
 val appData = when {
@@ -14,11 +15,18 @@ val appData = when {
         System.getenv("APPDATA")
 
     os.contains("mac") || os.contains("darwin") ->
-        "${System.getenv("HOME")}/Library/Application Support"
-
-    os.contains("linux") ->
-        System.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME")
-            ?: "${System.getenv("HOME")}/.local/share"
+        "$home/Library/Application Support"
+
+    os.contains("linux") -> {
+        val flatpakPath = "$home/.var/app/com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher/data"
+        when {
+            File(flatpakPath).exists() -> flatpakPath
+            System.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME") != null ->
+                System.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME")
+            else ->
+                "$home/.local/share"
+        }
+    }
 
     else -> error("Unsupported OS")
 }

From 70eab9251598348e1e3e7a9ff8f0654ef0accf69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: quinver <quinver@quinver.dev>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:32:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] refactor: edit gameDir variable in the hytale plugin

---
 build.gradle.kts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 13196e847..5bc11b7b0 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ tasks.named<ProcessResources>("processResources") {
 }
 
 hytale {
-
+    gameDir = "$appData/Hytale"
 }
 
 tasks.withType<Jar> {