Modding Games On Linux!

[@bamptpo]

note for Vortex: The developers of Vortex are currently working on a new app that will support Linux, so it will be much less of a hassle to setup. It's still in beta right now, though.

[@jasminesidney8174]

That’ll be perfect for my Steam deck! (It’s the only Linux thing I own and Kingdom Hearts doesn’t have a steam workshop page)

[@thicclord848]

That sounds great! Perhaps soon I'll completely switch to linux on all my devices once and for all

[@ilokiwi]

So far the app is in Beta testing and only Stardew Valley is compatible with it right now.

[@RyanSmith-rz4cw]

whats it called and whens the release, thanks for this information

[@RedSntDK]

I can't wait for the Nexus Mods app to support Bethesda games. Then I'm all set. Mod Manager 2 is definitely superior in Windows, but it's just not a great way to install mods on Linux, at least not through bottles as the web handler protocol doesn't work.

[@happygofishing]

There is NO reason to not use a multimc based minecraft launcher, there are NO downsides, they are just objectively better than the official launcher.

[@superflame36]

Prism launcher is sooooooo useful

[@misael960]

SkLauncher is my favorite child :)

[@Tracenji]

isn't prism launcher easier as it's a fork of MultiMC that can download modpacks from more places?

[@majoramarix]

I was using it until I switched to Prism launcher

[@sulfurnitride]

@@Tracenji prism is it's own thing I think

[@ninjarunner]

omg, I legit didn't know that bottles could just straight up access ur steam games lol. Haven't even watched the rest of the vid yet but I feel like that alone will make things easier than everything I've tried in the past.

[@salmon85]

I just enabled it now and I don't see any of my prefixes, Bottles was via flatpak and my steam is the native install. I even provided access to the correct steamlibrary folders with flatseal. Looks like there is a bug report already for it on github.

[@Chr0n0s38]

yep, any wine-based GUI tool should be able to access your steam games if you set things up right.

[@Deathrape2001]

iTried 'Tuxedo OS' which is supposedly the best most Windows-like & easily compatible Linux OS & bottles & wine & all the other stuff with it wouldn't run any of the windows programs I like. Even something really basic like 'FSViewer,', it was barely functional at all = just opened but no icons, etc. It's all a joke = a prank. Linux is not an operating system. It is a file serving appliance, & if U expect 2 do N E thing else U R just wasting your time & can do all the same stuff way better with way less effort & time with Windows, even though Windows is a mess = Linux is infinitely WORSE & everything he talks about in this video is not even an issue in Windows. It 'just works'.

[@VoyivodaFTW1]

I started modding Skyrim last week with mod manager. It's a bit unstable, but all my mods i have installed on my steam deck work pretty well. I'm in love with the game now that I can get it it look decent.

[@elrondforwin]

prism launcher is the best launcher is out there by far.

[@xmeo209]

Modding Minecraft was always easy =)

[@MichaelNROH]

Most of the time yes

[@LovecraftianGodsKiller]

Especially with PrismLauncher (the best launcher for minecraft)

[@adamk.7177]

Unless someone decides to put viruses in the most popular mods on Curseforge

[@SargoIsHere]

@@LovecraftianGodsKiller And then modrinth comes.

[@olifloof]

@@SargoIsHere yes modrinth app is more intuitive, but prism still has more features

[@GoldenBeans]

4:15 As of why vortex didnt launch your skyrim with mods enabled this is an issue on windows aswell: its very simple the vortex mod manager for some reason defaults to launching skyrim with the **official exe** , to launch skyrim with mods what you actually wanna do is add skyrim script extended (skse) into your dashboard on vortex, and launch from there, or always launch skyrim from the script extender manually the skyrim script extender is essential for modding, when bethesda dropped anniversary edition update on skyrim special edition back in 2021 atleast 90% of nexus mods broke, why? Because the script extender is essential for loading those mods, and it is very tight to what "version" of the game engine it runs on the script extender modifies the skyrim engine to allow various scripts to run which are vital dependancies for most mods to work as of now the script extender has been updated to be compatible with the now 2 and half year old update so you dont need to worry about that with mods, but yea that was a frustrating moment, when bethesda pissed of most of the skyrim community with attempt to cashcow celebrate its 10th anniversary, by breaking the modding scene... TL;DR: you need the script extender to run mods, vortex' skyrim launcher is not the script extender

[@MichaelNROH]

Ah, so that's what this is for. Good to know

[@ProgrammerInProgress]

Following this helped me figure out what the heck was going wrong with Bottles for me. I'd already stumbled upon an old reddit post that mentioned using Flatseal to adjust the allowed directories, but just being given a demo of the settings for enabling proton and the like was very helpful. Thanks.

[@ProgrammerInProgress]

I confess, I watched a video about mods hoping that you'd just show how to set a game up in bottles too. I was proven correct!

[@Tracenji]

for modding minecraft i would just install prismlauncher, it let's you easily download and manage mods and modpacks straight from the launcher i'm using the flatpak, it comes with java and everything you need to run the game, not sure about distro packages, they might require you to install a specific java version

[@RedSntDK]

Flatpak version also keeps your (flatpak) nvidia driver up to date, which for me is a plus, but for others a negative as it does take up more space.

[@dermond]

It all comes down if the game is modding friendly or nah. Sims 4 you just have to drop the things on a directory and enable modds in game. Same with TF2

[@Chr0n0s38]

There's a bit more to it than that. Bethesda games are very mod-friendly. Tools like mo2 exist to make modding better. One of the greatest benefits to these tools are profiles. You can have different modded profiles using virtual filesystems so different saves use different sets of mods. Maybe you want a FO4 run with a ton of minutemen enhancements, and a BOS run but mods conflict with each other. Using profiles you can have both set up for different characters. Just dropping things in a directory doesn't get you that level of control.

[@dermond]

@@Chr0n0s38 My experience with Bethesda comes to how old the games I have are. Definitely Oblivion wasn't easy to mod, and I was on Windows. I'm sure Skyrim is really easy

[@ColdFuse96]

This is fantastic!!! Modding on Skyrim was one of the few things that was keeping me tethered to Windows. Now I just gotta deal with the headache of Skyrim mod organizing in the first place 🥴🥴🥴

[@Redmage913]

A huge sleeper issue with game mods even before considering mod managers is filename case sensitivity. Borgtorp1.TGA is a different file from Borgtorp1.tga - so, you end up having both files in the same directory and it’s a crapshoot if it will load the file you want or will load the original, unmodded file. Windows programs don’t expect this situation to even be possible. Ah, mentioned around 5:20! Thanks! For ext4, it’s required upon *partition creation* to enable the casefold property, which means that your base default installer for your OS likely won’t work for this purpose. For OpenZFS, zfs create -o casesensivity=insensitive will create a subvolume with case insensitivity. I do this when creating my Lutris subset.

[@pmcomputing2459]

Thanks for this video, I have a BUNCH of mods for cyberpunk 2077 on windows and I wasnt sure how to get vortex working so I could use those same mods on LInux for the game. Cant wait to try this!

[@shinigamiauthor]

Thank you for this video. I've quit trying to mod my games outside steam workshop, now to try this method for some of my games.

[@TomHenryCoursow]

The Bottles tipp was realy helpful! I usually used it for Battle Net but never knew that I can also hook up the steam prefixes and use it with bottles

[@tunin6844]

I haven't modded anything in a while. I used to run Skyrim with just over 200 mods (don't remember what distro I was using at the time). All installed manually (including correcting folder names)... If I get back into modding, I will give bottles a shot, unless I decide I am too much of a masochist to use tools like that. 😇

[@nathan22211]

TDLR, you have some options for mods on linux. Minecraft: Prism, ATLauncher Thunderstore supported games: R2modman Among us: no working manager as far as I'm aware, even for windows, but better crew link has a linux version Terraria: Tmodloader on steam People Playground, don't Starve series, Cities Skylines: Steamworkshop support for mods, but I'd check protonDB for anything that needs to be done first.

[@nonetrix3066]

We need a native mod manager for Linux, that would make things a lot easier imo

[@ВладимирДимов-л6р]

Exactly this! 👋

[@Chr0n0s38]

Honestly I don't think it's quite so necessary. There is a helper script for mo2 for Linux that makes it behave basically like on Windows. I haven't really noticed a difference. In theory, it might be possible to port mo2 to Linux though. Or at least to re-use the UI.

[@nonetrix3066]

@@Chr0n0s38 I don't think it would be possible to port mod manager to Linux directly, much of the backend code could maybe be used though. The UI seems to be some native Windows UI thing which would make that part unpractical to port see Notepad++

[@Chr0n0s38]

@@nonetrix3066 It actually uses Qt.

[@grimtermite191]

@@nonetrix3066 Well your in luck as nexus mods is developing a new mod manager called “nexus mods app” that is linux native. However I actually agree with Chr0n0s38 that it is not necessary with the mo2 install script. But it’s will still be great to have this new native mod manager.

[@zircon7396]

I built multiple Skyrim modlists on linux, with external tools like bodyslide, xedit, the requiem launcher and ENB working flawless with good performance. The only problems with the past ones was me putting some funny mods that added severe scriptlag and the game cpu bottlenecking, but otherwise? It's perfect

[@emurekanu1103]

Can you give more detail what did you use to make it work on linux i want to do it too

[@ucky9226]

FINALLY !!! I wanted soooooooooo much a video on that topic ! Thx a lot !

[@zoeyaaahmed203]

dude this video is so helpful and explained in a straqight foward matter. another W for you 🔥

[@currentsubset6885]

i daily drive MO2 for modding skyrim, and not a single mod or tool i've needed to use has failed to work. some are definately janky but they all complete the task you need them too. i don't use ENB though, i just use community shaders since it's less hassle. i can say that bethesda game modding on linux is in a very good state, but single click install is a while away until the new mod manager that nexus is making gets properly released.

[@currentsubset6885]

tools i use that work are wyre bash, bethini, zedit, xedit, xedit cleaning, dyndolod, texgen, xlodgen. and SSE obviously. all mods on nexus will work, and they will usually bug fix linux specific problems

[@TravellerHD]

I'm glad I came across this. I've been curious about how to get MO2 running in Linux if I ever make the switch. Thanks for the vid!

[@nikichashadow]

windows users think its not posible to mod games on linux and here is bro proveng tmem wrong

[@ram89572]

The problem is that it isn't anywhere near the same process. American Truck Simulator for example. In windows you have a locating where workshop files are downloaded and you also have a location in the documents/ my games/ American truck simulator folder to place non workshop mods. The folder structure is totally different on Linux so how the hell am I supposed to know where to put those files. People have been using windows for gaming for way longer. We just know what we are doing in that system. Moving to a completely different system isn't easy or intuitive and knowledge about specific things like modding is scarce

[@Daniel_VolumeDown]

@@ram89572 Well I don't know how good is modding on linux but If it just directoris then it is not a big deal. I mean, sure you might need to find some folders but that is not the end of the world. And you probably always can just search on whole drive for specific folder name like "AmericanTruckSimulator" (idk what is the name of folder but it is probably the same as in Windows) and find out that this way.

[@nikichashadow]

@@ram89572 wen my dad bought me a pi I didn't know what Linux was wen I was 9 but now I am a part of the community I learned it It takes time but I see your point you are right

[@k1logr4m51]

@@ram89572 Have you used linux? The games are installed in a prefix with a file structure identical to Windows's. So all directories including, AppData, Documents, Program Files, even system32. They're all within the prefix.

[@MashonDev]

​@@ram89572Dude, workshop mods are just in .steam and linux HAS documents/my games/ LMAO

[@sajanator3]

Could you do a guide on setting up nucleas coop? (It’s a mod that adds split screen functionality to games)

[@creamycustardstudios2414]

Totally agree 💯👍😁

[@galvatron9999]

I use mods on cyberpunk, anno1800, starfield, d2 resurrected , Jurassic world evo2, all on Linux

[@AquaJig]

hahaha skyrim crashing and modding on skyrim being difficult is pretty much the same on Windows. I think cyberpunk is an eassier game to mod if you don't know how it works.

[@R0ck4x3]

Yeah, the game itself is just unstable, regardless of how you're playing it.

[@rtf54]

@@R0ck4x3 Vanilla Special Edition is pretty much rock solid. In 2018, I 100%'d it with no crashes and no mods. Not even unofficial patch.

[@R0ck4x3]

@@rtf54 I'm not inclined to believe that given my experience and other people's experiences with Bethesda's janky, unstable version of the Gamebryo engine.

[@R0ck4x3]

@@rtf54 I find that hard to believe given it runs on Fallout 4's version of the engine, which is unfortunately even less stable than Skyrim Legendary Edition's

[@rtf54]

​@@R0ck4x3 I played Legendary and Special editions, I don't think Special Edition is any less stable than original. It's less complex than Fallout 4 so it gains a lot from 64 bit and other upgrades without Fallout 4's downsides. But generally I like their engine for its modding possibilities and can live with its issues.

[@erikeriklol]

I install bottles enable the proton thingy and allow it access to all the things in the file section in flatseal but nothing appears in the bottle application, and when selecting to create a new bottle i get no option to select steam or proton. If I create a bottle and then select the skyrimselauncher.exe as the executible it says it is launching but nothing happens. What could I be doing wrong?

[@DURANDAL1717]

Why is this so damn Complicated?

[@KCKingcollin]

The thing about enabling mods in vortex is just a vortex thing, it has always worked that way, kinda dumb

[@KingKrouch]

Now here's a new challenge regarding game modding. Get tools like Cheat Engine (for single-player games, I find this really helpful for finding memory values and testing code modifications while the game is actually running) and a DLL code debugger (like gdb running in WINE), Special K (Some games have enhancements done through it, and there's some great framerate limiting and shader tools with it), RenderDoc (Note: Before the Vulkan conversion is being done), and DLL-based mods to run. I don't even think that the FSR 3 mods for GTA V and Baldur's Gate 3 even run on Proton or the Steam Deck, because they require some sort of D3D11 to D3D12 interop functionality that doesn't work on DXVK and VKD3D. If there's one thing I can definitely say about game modding on Linux, is that for developers of mods, it's more challenging than Windows to actually debug code, and for a standard user, having to deal with WINE specific quirks (WINEDLLOVERRIDES, redistributables for individual wine prefixes, some mod managers being painful to get working right, especially Reloaded II) might be a deal-breaker, I just don't think it's documented enough in an accessible place. I still think that a lot needs to be done to make developing mods for Windows games less painful on Linux, for example.

[@Calslock]

Also, also - r2modman, great mod manager, with native Linux version, automatically figures out prefix and configuration stuff

[@jamesm2075]

I was literally just installing Vortex last night to mod skyrim on my steam deck. I couldn't get it working but I will try your method next! Thank you

[@el_jamos]

Use mod organizer 2 instead of vortex. Its easier and allows for better mod managing which is important for skyrim.

[@parabolicpanorama]

so for gaming on Linux, i dont have steam, neither do i buy anything on steam. proton is only bundled with steam. what is a way to get different proton versions without using steam?

[@hiru92]

protonGE

[@parabolicpanorama]

@@hiru92 their GitHub explicitly states non steam games aren't supported, and they also depend on steam for installation.

[@WMan37]

Bottles has a built in WINE and Proton downloader.

[@Chr0n0s38]

@@hiru92 ProtonGE is for Steam. Wine-GE is the non-Steam equivalent.

[@robertdeckard2136]

In addition to the other answers, you can probably get proton or wine through your distro's package manager or via flatpak if you prefer. May or may need some finagling. I use wine to run the gog version of skyrim. A little more initial setup on my end but I don't have to worry about steam automatically updating skyrim and breaking my mods.

[@paulgre3n]

Very good and useful video as always 👍

[@vanodon2257]

Mods that inject into game executable will more than likely not work, depending on how many hooks the game makes.

[@qweriop]

Please do not use any bottles package other than the flatpak. The flatpak is the only package supported by developers. Using the fedora, AUR or any other package is an incredibly buggy and unstable experience.

[@tonyoallie]

The flatpak version of bottles has a really hard time letting you access the wine prefixes.

[@MichaelNROH]

Why is that? Up until now I used the flatpak version exclusively

[@ResKraven]

What about steamtinkerlauncher? I still have some problems using it.

[@johanngambolputty5351]

I would have probably tried to use protontricks to try to run an external exe in some games prefix, but its good to know that bottles can do it, wine/protontricks can be a bit of a flaky interface.

[@wana2dmaxmax233]

Just switched to mint and couldn’t be happier! No more windows for me.

[@Alex-P-]

I don't understand how you manage games through Vortex installed this way. I can't find the game folder because Vortex keeps looking in a C drive (windows), whereas my Steam games are installed under the Linux denominations - Home. In a hidden folder. That I can't access through Vortex. What even is this? EDIT - it has something to do with symlinking, a completely new concept I wasn't even aware of. Did that - doesn't work. It says it can't find a working game folder.

[@gerarderloper]

The only issue I think I've had with modding games is special tools for Dragon Age 2/3 which didn't like Linux proton/wine. Sometimes mod tools don't play nice.

[@ricardoribeiroprudencio7871]

Yeah, id have to disagree here. Modding Skyrim (SE not LE) is a fruitless endeavour since some mods just refuse to work on Linux for some random reason (HDT and Custom Skill Framework as some examples) and using something like Wabbajack also dont work. That is the only thing preventing me to switch to Linux right now.

[@minion3806]

have you tried using script extender with skyrim? I saw in another comment that you need it to launch skyrim to get mods working

[@R0ck4x3]

@@minion3806 not all mods require the script extender, but based on my experience with Skyrim Legendary Edition, I would recommend installing it just in case as there are quite a few mods that do need it

[@xfy123]

HDT definitely works and custom skills are reportedly working with the new proton version. If you wanna use wabbajack there are some scripts for the popular modpacks or you can launch it in a vm and copy the files over.

[@anarchicnerd666]

i do actually have a question having just switched to Linux, and very sorry if this a stupid question... but what about fan patches and fixes? stuff like Vampire : The Masquerade - Bloodlines Unofficial fan patch, System Shock 2 Tool, stuff like that that has unofficial fan patches to fix compatibility with modern hardware? there's also the question of Source ports like GZ Doom for Doom modding, DarkPlaces for Quake 1 modding etc etc. sorry! pretty hardcore gamer and want to really commit to this Linux switch (Garuda Linux), but fixing up old games to get them working on modern hardware is honestly my favorite thing. i know Lutris boxes *some* of this stuff up, but not everything has a script and especially for Steam users there really needs to be guides and better documentation for this stuff

[@x90nop24]

I think you can use the unoffical fan patch for VtMB, I remember installing it via WINE way back in 2014-ish. I was at the time and currently still do run Arch Linux which Garuda is based on.

[@Fahm927]

Can you please do a step by step guide how to run CS2 on debian linux-gnome specifically? Thanks.

[@anon_y_mousse]

I was hoping this was going to be about writing mods and not installing them, but oh well. Still useful info if I find a cool mod.

[@cjbr0wn]

I use Steam Tinker Launcher to mod games with Vortex.

[@OnyxIdol]

I tried using my Windows GOG Cyberpunk install on my fresh Mint installation via heroic. The game itself starts fine, but I cannot seem to get mods running via Vortex (I use the same staging folder on Win and Linux, maybe that is the problem). Tinkering around with these things can be rewarding but also frustrating.

[@spinkey4842]

i've asked this at a few places but still stuck with no answer. cyberpunk under steam works, but CET don't work with only random mods working. all lib files for wine are updated. then under lutris, heroic, and bottles, the game plays and mods work... YES.......... buuuttt quick dash and dodge will not work, even after uninstalling the mods. a fresh start for a play through does nothing either. also all libs have been updated and garuda is all up to date. anyone have any idea what's going on here? am i the dummy for missing something???

[@nilsroewer6733]

Hey Michael, great Video. A lot of your Videos have helped my in my journey to Linux :-). In this case I have the problem, that when I add Mod Organizer to bottles that it does not save it. Everything works, but I need to add MO every time when I launch bottle. Any Idea?

[@Prophet6000]

I think the future Vortex is going to be Linux friendly.

[@MichaelNROH]

A couple of mod launchers are actually trying to support Linux going forward. Very interesting

[@el_jamos]

Vortex is garbage tho. MO2 allows far better control over modding and is far better to understand than vortex.

[@lydellmitchell4217]

I just manually install the mods for Skyrim, I found it much easier

[@peyton_uwu]

There is NO replacement for Mod Organizer 2. Yes, you can use Vortex, and it will work for your first hundred or so mods, but once you try to do something more advanced, you're going to run into issues that MO2 would've handled with ease. And not only do I agree with your recommendation of PrismLauncher, there is NO reason not to use it (or any MultiMC-based launcher) when modding Minecraft. Having a separate .minecraft folder for each modlist is how the base game's launcher should've handled things from the start.

[@tomaintaround]

What I had a bit of trouble modding was MGSV:TPP and Sonic Unleashed (RPCS3). MGSV:TPP was easy but annoting, since I had to run the install wizar every single time and it took a long time. Sonic Unleashed was just impossible. Its mod manager has 0 support for Linux and it’s abandoned

[@erder-rv]

very cool video, sadly i do a lot of android app modding and frida and that feels impossible on linux

[@itzamedave6242]

I tried to follow this guide and don't see the steam proton support in bottles like yours was able to install MO2 but can't link it to my Skyrim manually

[@_CrescentMoon]

MO2 exe works flawlessly on Lutris (except for pixelated fonts)

[@BoomMC_Inc]

My problem is getting LOOT to run inside of mo2 on the steamdeck.

[@PeakKissShot]

Nexus is actually working on the nexus mods app, which has native Linux support. It is still in heavy development though.

[@MichaelNROH]

Yeah, I saw that. It's pretty awesome to see some movement here

[@ys1197]

nice

[@TheDevil259]

Moin Michael! Can you do a video about Steam Tinker Launch? It includes lots of stuff and makes modding even easier, IMHO.

[@dannyss9314]

could you make a video about using vanillaOS's apx on other distros?

[@SnowyRVulpix]

I fully admit that I came into this video confused, and I'm a quarter of the way through and still confused. Modding games on Linux is identical to Windows. Just copy the files to the correct location, or install a mod-manager via Lutris or something.

[@michadybczak4862]

Managing mods is the same, but the first steps may be more convoluted. On Windows all you need is the installed game and installed mod manager app. On Linux, games or any windows executives can be in separate containers, so the paths will be different, they cannot see each other, etc. This is why you need to install mod manager in the same container (you have to track it down very, very, very deep in the system, or symlink them. To avoid that manual tinkering, you may use Bottles, but still, you need to be aware of some things. Also, some very advanced and scripted mods may not work well in Linux. Modding on Linux is not as straight forward and may be challenging to figure it out. Once the mod manager works and detects the game, the rest is mostly similar, but mod managers may be causing some unexpected problems sometimes, because they are build for Windows. Mod manager in general works better on Linux. Vortex can be tricky.

[@switchblade6226]

Does the bottles method require Vortex/MO2/etc. to be installed for every game individually due to separate prefixes?

[@x90nop24]

You could install vortex/MO2 to their own prefix and use symlinks to the directories where the games are installed then Vortex/MO2 wouldn't know they aren't in the same prefix, no?

[@MichaelNROH]

I'm not entirely sure. What I found interesting was, that my Skyrim instance found my Witcher installation. If you don't need to launch the games with the Steam integration (Steam is required error), then you can always select the game folder manually and it will work.

[@tubeDude48]

As a UNIX user in the '90's and Linux since 2002, I always thought WINE was a joke! But Bottles is quite good. You will see more games ported to Linux, since people are tired of windoz, and it's upgrades and more and more *CRAP* is driving windoz user's *NUTS,* and hopefully away from windoz!! Watch out microshaft!

[@TheCommunistRabbit]

Bottles uses wine though, it's just a front end

[@danielagustinmorales5696]

In my experience, the more the mods interact with the OS, the easier it breaks. For example, in Skyrim mods that are just plugins or texture/mesh replacers work just fine, but SKSE (.dll) mods can have problems. More so tools like nemesis, synthesis, etc. Also, it depens on how the game handles mods. In Rimworld for example the mods take a LOT more ram, maybe double (for 200+ mods maxing vm.max_map_count is a must).

[@MichaelNROH]

I used to mod Skyrim back when I initally trying it in 2016 and yeah, some mods straight up crashed the graphics driver (this was still on Windows). At the end of the day, modding can already be pretty advanced, especially when mixing them

[@tellsackett4572]

Any ideas for modding GOG Skyrim, without Steam, with a native Linux, not internet-based mod loader? 😅 It doesn’t seem like there are any Mod Managers for native Linux that meet this criteria. I’ve tried using wine to manage both Skyrim and both Mod Managers, but such don’t work well.

[@MichaelNROH]

Nexus is working on one

[@tellsackett4572]

@@MichaelNROH Yeah, they basically work; I was just kinda’ hoping you were aware of some kind of Linux-native mod-organizer that wasn’t Steam-dependant. I’ve looked and can only find two infant GitHub projects, but both have their own caveats for the scenario provided.

[@shrobbyy]

The Hedge Mod Manager is still a torture to set up unfortunately

[@jhonman214]

Hey so I followed your instructions and i'm having an issue where vortex wants me to install dotnet 6 but no matter how many times i hit the "fix" button it just ask me the same thing. Also whenever close and open bottles again everything is undone, do you have any ideas on how to fix this weird issue?

[@MichaelNROH]

I have been experiencing the Bottles issue as well after a reboot. Seems like it has something to do with the Bottles not regarding third party stuff when using the Steam runtime. I solved it as far, as just linking the executable in drive_C so that I can quickly drag and drop it into the bottle when clicking (Browse Files). You could also make a shortcut via your Desktop Environment and start it with your Bottle (it should ask you). The dotnet integration started downloading automatically as soon as I installed my first mod (See in downloads). There would alternatively also be the Dependency setting in the bottle setting which can also download (it's called dotnet or something)

[@jhonman214]

@@MichaelNROH Thanks for the response, I'll give this a shot and see if i make any progress

[@chocolover1998]

Teach me more about linux

[@arnabmandal9194]

IDK why but bottles never worked for me, I use lutris btw

[@MichaelNROH]

Lutris is also pretty great as long as it doesn't break. When Ubisoft had some shennanigans, it broke my Lutris Config a bunch of times, which is why I axed it

[@ucky9226]

Maybe Reloaded 2 and Concursus would have been great additions to the mod managers and installers you showed... Also, I think I saw Sonic Frontiers in your library by the past so why bot presenting HedgeMod Manager ? Especially since you're supposee to run it on Bottles and it's a bit of a hassle to make it work ans the community is never there if you need help...

[@pandazz69]

WHat about on heroic game store for GOG and Epic store games?

[@guromenst4416]

Vortex is not launching in bottles, and i don't know why

[@guromenst4416]

I got it working by using the latest wine ge

[@Evialroot]

What about RGB support on Linux? 🤔

[@elBartoDR]

OpenRGB (works also on Windows)

[@Calslock]

ArtemisRGB works great too

[@RhinoLftz]

So I can get mod menus on online games?

[@slay-r349]

When I try to download mods it shows "game not discovered". I tried to fix that but nothing works. does anyone know how to fix that? Because I definitely have the game.

[@MichaelNROH]

Did you already start in once? I couldn't select the Skyrim directory unless I ran the game once so that everything is resolved

[@slay-r349]

@@MichaelNROH it could be it, but the game doesn't want to turn on. It could just yesterday. I'm going on vacation so I can't fix it now but I'm gonna let you know if I'll encounter any other problems. Thanks.

[@slay-r349]

@@MichaelNROH nope, it still doesn't work. do you know if there's anything else that could've caused this?

[@tablettablete186]

Wow, I was reaching this yesterday...

[@somecallmesean_]

wish this video had hedgemodmanager :/

[@88farrel]

Why do you use vortex anyway?

[@GnuChanOS]

you can do this manuel you don't need extra software for install mods

[@MichaelNROH]

Yeah, but a lot of these mods don't tell you how they need to be installed.

[@LovecraftianGodsKiller]

Yeah, but a mod manager makes managing what mods you have installed, or enabled, easier.

[@GnuChanOS]

you can use google like hot to install mods like skyrim mostly it's easy to install mods or i'm god

[@matty5266]

If you're playing an modded Bethesda game, you had to have certain mods load after or before one of the mods which I can't imagine doing that manually and not used an mod launcher for it.

[@GnuChanOS]

@@matty5266 i don't how you do but i allways do manul

[@0rgaSMM]

I can't get Vortex to work

[@serpantinthewild]

I just want to Mod old GTA SA, any guides?

[@MichaelHedegaardJensen]

Does it work with Euro Truck Simulator too ?

[@GnuChanOS]

why you always choose hard way?

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@Kra___]

Micheal 📢

[@SargoIsHere]

I only care aout minecraft modding, so probably i don't need to go through this pain!

[@southbranch]

I use Vortex via Lutris but atm only mod/play fallout new vegas mostly :3

[@MichaelNROH]

Isn't this version massively outdated? I didn't even consider it because of that

[@southbranch]

@@MichaelNROH not sure tbh lol works perfectly fine. buuut I just use that set up for one game

[@HickoryDickory86]

If by "outdated" you mean "old," yes, New Vegas is old. It came out in 2010. But that's just one year before Skyrim. And besides, it's arguably the best game in the Fallout franchise, so age doesn't really matter. And the bigger, older titles have been in players' and modders' hands for longer, so they often tend to be the better supported titles on Linux.

[@southbranch]

@@HickoryDickory86 yeah exactly new vegas still has a massive mod community and even larger fan base. modding it is generally "easy" the hardest part is how to as there is many ways out there and in some cases like mine perhaps jury-rigged a bit funny but if it works it works right.

[@MichaelNROH]

@@HickoryDickory86 No I meant the Vortex version

[@resonanceofambition]

Bro I legit thought you were an AI video.

[@lexcelius6921]

This is Why I just use MO2

[@not_amanullah]

how to mod gta 5

[@BorisKalashnikov1917]

"Linux is all about free software... but to play skyrim you have to have it on steam"

[@muslimgamerrr9479]

modrinth

[@cookieface80]

This video isn't very reassuring.

[@JohnCastleSmokeless]

Yeah, Vortex is just... not, uhm... not good. Use MO2. _Far_ superior.