Game locations

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When using the Unvanquished launcher

When using the Unvanquished launcher, the default system paths are:

Platform Default binary directory (libpath)
Linux #xdg ${HOME}/.local/share/unvanquished/base
Windows %ProgramFiles%\Unvanquished
macOS ${HOME}/Games/Unvanquished/Unvanquished.app/Contents/MacOS

The default user directory is:

Platform Default user directory (homepath)
Linux #xdg ${HOME}/.local/share/unvanquished
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Unvanquished
macOS ${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Unvanquished

When installed using Flatpak

When installed using Flatpak, the default user path is:

Platform Default user directory (homepath)
Linux (Flatpak) ${HOME}/.var/app/net.unvanquished.Unvanquished/data/unvanquished/

The system directorys follows a different layout and can be split and stored in various places (as system install or user install). When installed system-wide, here is the parent directory for the pkg directory, to be used as engine path (even if it's not the engine path) in tools like NetRadiant:

/var/lib/flatpak/app/net.unvanquished.Unvanquished/current/active/files

When using the Universal zip

When using Universal zip, the default system paths are:

Platform Default binary directory (libpath)
Linux/Windows <Extracted directory>
macOS <Extracted directory>/Unvanquished.app/Contents/MacOS

The default user paths are the same as the launcher ones.