I wrote about the brand new Nexus mods app before, as it's quite a promising and exciting development for the future of modding (especially for Linux and Steam Deck). And now, they want your feedback.

Yesterday, July 1st, they announced the Alpha release of this next-generation mod manager and their new Product Manager got in touch to mention they “would be really keen to get feedback from Linux users”. So this is your chance to ensure Linux (and Steam Deck) finally become a first-class citizen for game modding.

  • Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de
    87·
    6 months ago

    finaly,
    one of the verry last things i was missing.

    now $(date +“%Y”) will truly be the year of the linux desktop

  • Vertelleus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    43·
    6 months ago

    I tried this out, I was unable to log in with Firefox or Chromium. It appears the only games that it supports in this alpha are Stardew Valley and Cyberpunk 2077. I have Stardew Valley installed and it finds it.

    It’s a good start, though. I hope this gets updated soon.

  • S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    341·
    6 months ago

    YEAH SWEET I’ll give my feed back for sure… After I get enough money for the steam deck…

    • F04118F@feddit.nl
      272·
      6 months ago

      Just install Linux on your laptop or desktop.

      If you want a hassle-free setup, get Linux Mint, or if you use Nvidia, Pop!_OS.

      To get as close to the Steam Deck setup as reasonable, get EndeavourOS with KDE. It is Arch-based and may require maintenance though.

      Kubuntu is a good middle ground, with the same desktop interface as SteamOS (KDE) but also pretty hassle-free setup.

      • can@sh.itjust.works
        71·
        6 months ago

        Just install Linux on your laptop or desktop.

        I have been trying

        I don’t think my laptop likes to boot from a USB, things used to be so much easier. Maybe I need to try a DVD.

        I need to find a DVD.

        • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
          7·
          6 months ago

          Mind if we collectively do some troubleshooting?
          What are you using to write to the usb key? Have you tried tools like Ventoy? What OS are you using to write the USB iso? Which iso are you using?
          What model is your laptop? How far along in the process are you able to get? Is the USB key in the boot device list? Do you have USB enabled in the BIOS under bootable options?

          • can@sh.itjust.works
            6·
            6 months ago

            I would really appreciate that in fact.

            I tried Rufus and UNetbootin, both on the windows 10 machine I’m intending to try Linux on, to a 32gb flash drive (I tried two different ones actually). I used an AV Linux ISO and Ubuntu Studio ISO. I have not tried Ventoy.

            It’s an HP. I’ll have to check the model. I went through the bios, and while admittedly it’s been some time, I thought everything seemed right. I recall trying to change the priority.

            It wouldn’t boot at all. Windows just forces its way through.

            Edit: I looked I to Ventoy a bit. I’ll give it a try tomorrow.

            • pezhore@lemmy.ml
              6·
              6 months ago

              There should be a a button that you can press repeatedly to open up a boot menu - it can be the delete key, f2, etc.

              Depending on how new your laptop is, you may need to disable something called “Secure Boot”. Keep in mind if your windows installation is encrypted with BitLocker or whatever else Windows is using these days. If it is encrypted, and you have secure boot enabled you may run into issues booting back into Windows - it will freak out that secure boot was disabled and require your encryption key.

              At least, that’s what happened with my ROG Zephyrus M16 - I had to find my BitLocker key to boot into Windows and then decrypt it using the settings menu.

              Also, if you want to be able to use both Windows and Linux - see if your laptop has an expansion port for a second hard drive. Windows historically has screwed over dual booted Linux grub with updates, and if you can just boot to a entirely different drive that won’t happen.

              • can@sh.itjust.works
                4·
                6 months ago

                It’s at least 5 years old. I’ll look into secure boot. I wouldn’t be against ditching windows entirely but I’m not sure I’m up for transferring all my files over right now. No way my laptop supports another drive unfortunately

                Edit: however much to my surprise I did find an official service guide

                • pezhore@lemmy.ml
                  3·
                  6 months ago

                  Yeah, I may catch flak but I wouldn’t be inclined to ditch windows altogether. Unless you literally only do web browsing on your laptop, there’s a high likelihood you may run into a few things that need troubleshooting to get working under Linux, and dual being able to switch back to Windows seamlessly is a huge help/comfort.

                  If you can find the model number or service tag, that would be a big help for troubleshooting.

                  There should be a sticker under your laptop with a bunch of tiny text, or if I recall correctly you can use System Information. See this article

            • w2tpmf@lemmy.world
              6·
              6 months ago

              UNetbootin stopped being useful a long time ago. Rufus is OK as long as you set it up right.

              Partition scheme: MBR

              Target system: BIOS or UEFI

              File system:FAT32

              Then in the BIOs setting on the HP go to advanced and set “Legacy Support Enabled”. Save and exit.

              Smash the F9 key repeatedly during boot to pull up the boot menu. You should see your USB device listed to pick and boot from.

          • can@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            6 months ago

            That’s reassuring. I think it’s capable but it may be windows secure boot messing it up. Not familiar with bcdedit but I could try.

              • can@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                6 months ago

                For me, it’s just a matter of finding various forum posts from other people trying to get it working, and applying different suggested fixes until something works (ideally).

                I’m no stranger to that. I guess it’s a matter of motivation at this point.

        • Caveman@lemmy.world
          3·
          6 months ago

          It might take a bit to wade through the BIOS settings to get it up but I’d recommend a process of elimination based on “Doesn’t sound relevant to the boot sequence” to figure it out. I have a recent HP laptop and I installed KDE Neon on it.

          Searching for “How to install Linux on [your BIOS and version]” might also help.

      • Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 months ago

        I use kubuntu with nvidia and it works really well. The only issue I have is stuttering on games with a locked framerate lower than my monitor refresh rate. I was able to fix the stuttering on elden ring with mods and so far that is the only game that has been wonky about it.

      • S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        6 months ago

        I’m already a mint user tho in one of my laptops I have atlas cause I’m trying to extract some sprites from an old game and for some reason wine wasn’t making it. But I’m not liking the windows experience any bit.

        • F04118F@feddit.nl
          151·
          6 months ago

          Software-wise, if you are using a Linux installation with KDE interface, on an AMD CPU and AMD GPU, and are using a wayland session with gamescope to play games, it is very VERY close to the Steam Deck and you are benefiting from all the optimizations that were made for Steam Deck. Bonus points if the hardware is Ryzen 3000 series and Radeon RX 6000 series.

          You probably saw this, but Nexus Mods are asking feedback from Linux users, not just Steam Deck. Because, you know, apart from the sticks, size and touch pads, Steam Deck is just another Linux machine.

        • Grass@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          6 months ago

          if you have an amd gpu and install bazzite its basically the steamos version valve hasn’t released yet but with a fedora base instead of arch. I wouldn’t actually do the deck image though because game mode is kinda annoying unless controller really is your primary input. I use the desktop image on all my computers that aren’t server use.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
      5·
      6 months ago

      I really love the thing. It’s been my almost exclusive gaming device for the last couple years, except for the past few weeks where I’ve been binge gaming shattered pixel dungeon on my phone.

        • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          6 months ago

          I just screwed myself so hard. Was OP buff as hell warrior class. Killed the final boss with ease, went back up to level 1, and …couldn’t leave. I’d forgotten to go grab the dumb amulet and didn’t even notice I wasn’t healing on the boss stages on the way back up.

          Went all the way back down, grabbed the amulet, started going back up again but at that point I was running low on food. Then due to a quick series of absolute bs and bad luck I got killed. Ruined a fantastic run that I thought was in the bag.

              • S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                1·
                6 months ago

                I already learnt that you have to keep an eye on the amulet debuff. One time I got up a level and as I didn’t sqw it I gone “ooops” and gone back.

                • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
                  1·
                  6 months ago

                  Just did that last night. My inventory was full and I got back up a level before I was like “wait a second…damn it”

            • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
              1·
              6 months ago

              I gotta go all the way! Lol. So far I’m 2/48 now. Beat with the mage first, then warrior just today. Next up will be Rogue. After I win with every hero it’s going to be time to retire and play other games again. I think the last three hero wins will go a lot faster than the first two. I have a great grasp of the game, now.

                • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
                  2·
                  6 months ago

                  Will do. I started a rogue run just a bit ago and I hope I don’t screw it up, cause I got a crazy good level 3 blasting wand drop on floor 1 or 2. Huge benefit to rogue it seems. I’ve never even had a level 3 wand drop on me in my last 48 games.

            • S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              1·
              6 months ago

              Is not even that hard really it does not spawn many champions so they are just tougher only. Challenge yog is harder.
              Now that I think of it hopefully evan doesn’t see this he’s gonna patch out the shit outta it.

  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
    251·
    6 months ago

    Cross platform now!? Oh happy day! As time moves on I find less and less that would force me to hold on to this Win10 install just for gaming. One of those things was “Aw but their mod manager was really good.”

    Absolutely astounding.

    • Ananace@lemmy.ananace.dev
      8·
      6 months ago

      Seems to work with my personal setup at least, with two libraries - the default on ~/.local/share/steam, and one on /mnt/storage/steam - and Stardew Valley installed in the secondary storage library

    • seaQueue@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 months ago

      Worst case scenario you could just bind mount the nonstandard steam directory into the usual place

    • Sivilian@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      It only works with Stardew Valley right now, but a gog and steam are support so I think you can point it to where you have the game.

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    I never really used their previous client. I liked the control of doing it manually and found it got in the way.

    I’m glad to hear they’re working Linux support in to this new version though.

  • Vincente@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 months ago

    I just bought the Steam Deck 3 days ago. And I like modding ES5 and Cyberpunk 2077. So I will!

      • Mango@lemmy.world
        323·
        6 months ago

        Idk what that is. This is about that mod where some dude wanted all the relationships in BG3 to be straight couples. Nexus mods is okay with all the relationships being gay, but not all of them being straight? The hypocrisy is ridiculous. We can’t have our fantasy play time be dictated by other people, so why should they?

        Edit: It might have been Skyrim. Not sure. Either way, people should get to do whatever they like in the privacy of their homes with whatever shapes please them, and it shouldn’t be up to Nexus mods to say which communities can share their fantasy shit and which can’t do long as they’re positioned as the primary access point for the whole modding scene. It’s literally discrimination. Those who say otherwise are probably the same trolls that say only men can rape.

        • yuri@pawb.social
          121·
          6 months ago

          Either way, people should get to do whatever they like in the privacy of their homes with whatever shapes please them

          It seriously sounds like you’re trolling. People could do that already! The addition of the mod does LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IT DOES. The existence of gay characters doesn’t FORCE you to be gay around them.

          Thanks for self reporting so hard though.

          • Mango@lemmy.world
            210·
            6 months ago

            I’ve got no problem with the gay mods bro. I’m bi. I’ve got a problem with “it’s ok when it’s gay but not when it’s straight”. That’s exclusion. Doing it back to them is not justice.

            I don’t generally feel the need to mod sex into my games anyhow. I want that college of winterhold and extra spells and shit. I’ve got other games for sex.

        • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
          166·
          6 months ago

          Yeah, no. Allowing this kind of fuckwittery excludes other people from the platform. How do you think the average minority player feels when people create mods specifically to turn non-white characters white? If you want these things available, go ahead and create your own platform - but don’t force others to swallow your racist, sexist bullshit.

          Or, to make it short: too bad you feel discriminated against while trying to discriminate against others.

          • Mango@lemmy.world
            616·
            6 months ago

            How do you feel when someone turns everything not Shrek into Shrek? Who gives a damn? Nexus didn’t pull rank with the BG3 mod that makes everyone gay. The fact that one group in the category is bigger than the other doesn’t matter. That’s just discriminating specifically against the majority which makes no more sense than discriminating against the minority. Pick a stance that isn’t hypocritical. You can have your all gay wonderland but they can’t have their all straight wonderland? Get fucked. Get fucked however you like. I’m personally only interested in gameplay and graphical improvements, but I won’t waste a moment dealing with a discriminatory host like Nexus.

            • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
              113·
              6 months ago

              How do you feel when someone turns everything not Shrek into Shrek?

              The idea that this is in any way comparable to my previous example shows the amount of empathy people with your positions have for other groups: none at all.

              • yuri@pawb.social
                14·
                6 months ago

                Being gay is wrong, but this idiot can JAQ off in public all day without shame? Disgusting.

                • maniii@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  16·
                  6 months ago

                  Dude. Lemmy is also another place where minorities don’t respect or even acknowledge the majority preferences.

                  I would rather let people be whoever they want to be in their own privacy and not try to rub it in everyones faces.

          • Mango@lemmy.world
            513·
            6 months ago

            What makes all straight bigoted while all gay is not? Hypocrite. It’s only discrimination if it’s white or straight or male now? You can have it how you like but they can’t? Go fuck yourself however you please, but they gotta fuck themselves also how you please?

            • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgDeutsch
              93·
              6 months ago

              1. please wipe away the copious amount of foam from your mouth

              2. Changing relationships outside the cishet normativity to the cishet normativity because it makes you UnComFoRtAbLe is bigoted, yes. Deal with it sweety :)

              • Mango@lemmy.world
                410·
                6 months ago

                Oh, so now it’s bad to be uncomfortable. So now they gotta take it and be uncomfortable with it, but YOUR comfort matters? Get over yourself. You’re just being tribalistic. You don’t care what’s good and right. You want your side to win. You’re a hypocrite.

                • yuri@pawb.social
                  14·
                  6 months ago

                  Just Ask some more Questions, that’ll really make your position solid!

    • jereme simpson@mastodon.social
      11·
      6 months ago

      @Mango so I must have missed something but just use Nexus and then run lovers labs mods. That’s all I did all the time. I don’t know if the new Nexus app put restrictions on lovers labs mods but you should still be able to use it.

      • Mango@lemmy.world
        25·
        6 months ago

        I haven’t really bothered modding anything since Skyrim. Regardless, if I do, I won’t really have anything to do with Nexus. Attention is money.