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Modding

I like most PC gamers absolutely love modding the shit out of my games. I specifically pay Nexus Mods to be able to download mods quicker because of it.

However, there is no official Linux client yet for Vortex Mod Manager. But Bazzite has some neat tools, I should be able to get it to work right?


Step 1: Installing Vortex

The installation was actually pretty easy after doing some research. The BEST way to install it is through the app called "Lutris" thats included on Bazzite installs. This will play a key role in proper deployment.

I will write detailed steps later when I install it again on another Bazzite install, but for now, following some basic procedure through Lutris is the best bet.


Step 2: Configuring Wine and Vortex

This is the part that got me stumped and frankly, took me too long to figure out as there isn't much online specifically about this issue. Many just do something else. In hind site, I should have done something else.

The primary issue I had after install Vortex was getting it to "view" the directory where my games where installed. Because Steam default installation on the primary drive is in the `.local` directory in your home, Wine by default has "hidden directories" disabled. Of course there is no bloody way to manually specify a path.

When opening up Vortex and selecting a game to install, you get this menu. By default, the "Z:" folder is the root of your entire system.

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Alright not a problem, my game is installed on this drive. I know its installed under `/home/glenn/.local...`

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The issue is, all the folders starting with "." don't show. The screenshot above is AFTER I made the configuration change. From here I can select `.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common` and there is all my games.

In order to get this fucking shit to work, you need to enable this in the WineConfig which I will explain now.

  1. Close Vortex if you have it open
  2. Open Lutris
  3. Find Vortex within Lutris (usually under "wine")
  4. Click on it to open the menu
  5. Click the wine button down the bottom left side, then open "Wine Configuration"image.png
  6. Congratulations you have gotten to the menu that took me hours to find.
  7. Select "Drives"
  8. Enable "Show dot files"image.png


Now the big fun one. I also added a "S" drive in there you can see that points DIRECTLY to my steam library on my primary drive. This is good. Do this. Much easier to access.

Vortex Config

We ain't done yet. There is one more step we need to take that will allow Vortex to actually do things.

  1. Open Vortex
  2. Click Settings
  3. Click "Vortex" at the top
  4. Select "Shared" in Multi-User mode

For whatever reason, Vortex won't actually copy files to the directories without this being enabled. Not sure what it does, but I was told to do it so you should do it too. This WILL remove all your profiles and downloads too.

From there, you should be good to mod! Please test it first make sure it works before commiting to a large mod pack!


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