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WayVR will abort on launch if Steam's folders don't exist #36

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@beanigen

I had this issue when trying to set up WayVR, it produces an error as I don't have the full Steam client installed, only steamcmd, meaning I don't have a .steam folder in my home directory, which seems to make it fail to launch.
Output:

2025-10-04T08:33:50.249131Z  INFO wayvr_dashboard: Starting WayVR Dashboard v0.3.7
    at src/main.rs:43


thread 'main' panicked at /home/runner/work/wayvr-dashboard/wayvr-dashboard/src-tauri/src/lib.rs:11:57:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Couldn't find Steam installation in search paths
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

I know the majority of people have Steam installed, however I do not wish to due to preference. I am able to get it to launch by merely creating an empty .steam/steam/ directory. Is it possible for this to be a warning instead, perhaps a message on the home screen of the dashboard stating that it couldn't find a Steam directory instead of aborting entirely?

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