I’ve been using Linux exclusively for over seven years now, including for gaming (believe it or not), but only now is the first time I’ve been in the mood to get mods for my TES games working.

Anyway, I searched how to do it and, as per usual when it comes to Linux, found a bunch of different instructions documents with a bunch of different approaches. Anybody have an opinionated recommendation for the one that’s the most up-to-date/preferred by the community currently?

    • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I think manually modding really sucks. I got it working in the past using MO2 but the easiest way is probably to use SteamTinkerLaunch to install MO2 or Vortex, it does everything for you. That’s also how I mod Cyberpunk using Vortex in my system, works perfectly fine.

    • bradgy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’ll second this method for the Skyrim Special Edition. Works for me, although I don’t have an extensive mod list. Just:

      SKSE, SkyUI, Vilya in Skyrim, Unofficial skyrim patch, Achievements Mod Enabler.

      Will be moving to the new Nexus app when it is out of alpha or enables Bethesda games.

      For Oblivion, I’d do something similar.

      For Morrowind, you should use OpenMW and install mods through that as they describe in their docs.

    • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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      10 months ago

      Assuming the new app doesn’t suck. Vortex was pretty shitty even on Windows. Manual modding is trash because it is impossible to keep track of your mods (unless you’re a very casual modder with only a handful of mods), which means eventually you just have to nuke the whole folder and start fresh. That’s why you want to use a proper mod organizer.