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.
This is going to replace their previous apps like Vortex, eventually anyway. Right now, it's only made ready for Stardew Valley, since it's a very popular game for mods and is also cross-platform so it makes it simpler for them to get all the features of the app ready.
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.
Pictured - me testing out the Nexus Mod app
They said they plan to release an app update every 3 weeks going forward, and the next game they plan to add support for will be Cyberpunk 2077.
See more in their news post. Exciting times ahead!
You can grab it from their download page, and the source code is on GitHub. See details on testing in their forum post.
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Kimyrielle 2 Jul 2024
That's a good move! I so disliked how they based their current mod manager on the work of a person who clearly didn't care about any platform other than Windows.
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This is good news. I guess it's time for me to dust off the old hoe. I mean my gardening tool, of course.
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Shroobster 2 Jul 2024
Didn't expect Nexus to drop a W like that
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blindcoder 2 Jul 2024
Just tested it and works like a charm!
Installed 22 mods, warned about two incompatible ones, I found replacements for each, applied and played! YAY!
Installed 22 mods, warned about two incompatible ones, I found replacements for each, applied and played! YAY!
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Huge W from Nexus. I don't play much stardew but I may have to check this out.
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redneckdrow 2 Jul 2024
[Ta-ra-ra boom de ay!](https://youtu.be/lGycuCWUJkk?t=7)
There are no words for how happy I am!
If it works half as well as it should, I may just start a modding frenzy!
There are no words for how happy I am!
If it works half as well as it should, I may just start a modding frenzy!
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officernice 2 Jul 2024
Feedback: stop using electron.
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Ohh nice... Cyberpunk 2077 being the next one. Currently i have been manually downloading the mods 1 by 1:)
THanks for the News. Will give it a try when CP2077 support drops.
THanks for the News. Will give it a try when CP2077 support drops.
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Sounds awesome. Hope they add Cyberpunk soon, having to use Nexus for it is a pain. 
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ssj17vegeta 2 Jul 2024
Feedback: stop using electron.
While I agree with that opinion in terms of RAM usage and non-standard interface, Electron provides tremendous advantages I'm sure you're well aware of, first and foremost being that NodeJS has tons of developers who know how to use it and can help debug it...
Even though they can in a way be described as better alternatives, what good is using wxWidgets/GTK/Qt/Gambas/Lazarus if they end up being totally dependant on one or two devs at best ?
It's far from being a totally blind choice.
Anyway, installed and will report bugs (already found one actually, relaunching the app seems to mess with the locale and turns it into german lol).
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Surprising, Nexusmods have always been pretty hostile (to everything).
Great news though.
Great news though.
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Feedback: stop using electron.
Well good news, it's not Electron!
I agree though, electron isn't a good choice for an application of this nature.
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Feedback: stop using electron.
Well good news, it's not Electron!
I agree though, electron isn't a good choice for an application of this nature.
hi IMHO electron is never a good choice for any applications
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It is when all you have is a bunch of developers who are all familiar with web technologies & NodeJS but not much else...Feedback: stop using electron.
Well good news, it's not Electron!
I agree though, electron isn't a good choice for an application of this nature.
hi IMHO electron is never a good choice for any applications
In the end, Electron does waste of lot resources and is just straight slower than alternatives, but I don't think it really matters for an application like this.
And hey, pressing F12 to debug an application you are using (most seem to not disable this feature) is pretty cool.
And anything cross-platform beats whatever the hell they were using for the previous app.
Last edited by TheSHEEEP on 3 Jul 2024 at 6:07 am UTC
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hardpenguin 3 Jul 2024
Please just make Oblivion and Skyrim modding easier for me thanks
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Just for completeness, it's built with .NET / C# and they helpfully included their write-up on why they made this choice, [directly in the repo](https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/NexusMods.App/blob/02994e535139f0f83123328f9db194226c7d991d/docs/developers/decisions/project/0001-use-csharp-and-dot-net.md).Feedback: stop using electron.
Well good news, it's not Electron!
I agree though, electron isn't a good choice for an application of this nature.
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slaapliedje 3 Jul 2024
Feedback: stop using electron.This please! There are much better cross platform toolkits. Electron is trash. The only app I've seen that uses it well is Discord.
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slaapliedje 3 Jul 2024
I guess the real question is, how does it compare to r2modman?
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Whoa! When I switched to Linux four years ago I was resigned to never getting to mod (I know it's possible but I'm not super tech savvy and 50% of the time I break something). Cant wait for universal game support, I've been dying to mod Mass Effect but it's an older game so I doubt we'll see it added in alpha testing.
Huge thanks to the people putting in the work for us to have more accessible modding. ^_^
Huge thanks to the people putting in the work for us to have more accessible modding. ^_^
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ElectricPrism 3 Jul 2024
Nexus mods want feedback from Linux / Steam Deck users on their new [...] app
Valve has solved the Chicken and Egg Problem (a intellectual causality loop) with Proton.
Having been there before Proton dropped there was a large discussion in the Linux Community over the cost/benefit analysis of giving up native ports for native-wine ports. There was a large concern that Proton would be bad for the future of Linux gaming.
And now years in the future we see the effects. So many 3rd parties even Microsoft, and Sony have deployed to Steam Deck and therefore Linux.
I fire up a hand coded Wine Bottle Shell Script and the differences between 2024 and 2019 or 2016 are night and day. Most things "Just Work" as a result of Valve funding CodeWeavers, WINE, DXVK, SDL and others to solve problems. They partner with AMD and Nvidia to solve graphics issues with great success and have done major work in the Linux kernel as a faithful steward of Linux & Humanity.
In any case, back to the original sentiment -- The Chicken and Egg paradox is solved when I see headlines like this. Well done everyone -- I know a lot of Baldurs Gate people that will be happy to use a mod manager like this (although I know they are also happy with Steam Workshop coming too.)
Less Time Fiddling, More Time Gaming :P
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