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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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[–] kbal@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Mostly I just install Skyrim mods manually because I'm insane I guess, but for some games I like to run Mod Organizer 2 under proton. Your whole linux filesystem can be made accessible to windows programs, not sure if it is by default. But anyway since we're talking steam games here the game itself normally will be in the same place as usual, as far as windows programs know.