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Mod managers for Linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Original question by @communism@lemmy.ml

I've finally started having some free time lately and have been working through my Steam library, most of which is Windows games I'm playing with Proton.

I wanted to install some mods, and wanted a mod manager for this. Nexus Mods has Vortex, which is not available for Linux. In any case, running Windows games on Linux through Proton on Steam is fairly specific; the game files will be at certain locations on a Linux filesystem, not at the same locations as they would be on a Windows filesystem. So I think I would need software that has specifically been designed for this use-case (Windows games from Steam running on Proton).

Are there any such mod managers out there? What do other people do when playing games on Linux? I can't be the only person who wants to play video games with mods.

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Uhm I am pretty sure that you can install vortex into the same wine prefix as your Bethesda game you want to mod. And then run it through wine or proton as you would other windows only applications.

But even when you install vortex in its own prefix, you can simply point the mod directory and game directory to your target game just like under windows (you would use the Z: drive in the directory/file chooser though)