The newer in-development open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app just expanded, and it's sounding awesome. Much easier modding is coming for Linux and Steam Deck.
Keep in mind this is not finished (nowhere near done) with the amount of games supported right now being limited, but they do keep gradually expanding it. Like with the version 0.6.2 release that's out now for testing, which has added in support for modding Baldur's Gate 3! That's in addition to Stardew Valley and Cyberpunk 2077.
For Linux desktop and Steam Deck modders you'll be pleased to know this release also now supports the Heroic Games Launcher. This means games installed via Heroic from GOG can now be modded via this Nexus Mods app, although in this case the REDmod for Cyberpunk 2077 via Heroic was disabled but you can sort that inside Heroic itself.
Pictured - Nexus Mods app on Linux
There's also been some UI improvements, and they're starting to show when a mod needs an update in the app too. On top of that there's some bug fixes like using the correct Wine prefix on Linux.
Really exciting to watch this app grow so we can finally have really easy multi-game modding on Linux / Steam Deck through a supported app. For now though, each update does need you to wipe things so it's more about testing and giving feedback to help shape the future but it's certainly getting there.
Just imagine in say a year or so when someone asks about modding on Linux / Steam Deck, and all you have to say is "use the Nexus Mods app" and away they go. Every little wall being smashed to make it easier will get more people to stick.
See the release notes for all the details and the main GitHub page.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Last time I tried to mod Baldur's Gate 3, the instructions made my head spin and I got stuck. If I recall correctly, I got Lethal Company mods working and Minecraft via PrismLauncher was a 50/50.
Quoting: SilverNO3Very excited by this. One friend could be held to Windows explicitly because of mod support.
Last time I tried to mod Baldur's Gate 3, the instructions made my head spin and I got stuck. If I recall correctly, I got Lethal Company mods working and Minecraft via PrismLauncher was a 50/50.
Maybe you tried to add the mods manually, in the days before BG3 Mod Manager became a thing? Because that would be confusing and tiresome for sure, but otherwise, to mod BG3 you just download the mod, unzip it into the Mods folder, run BG3MM, enable the mod, update the mod list, and then play your newly modded game.
But yeah, in general modding is one of the few remaining sore points with Linux gaming, because downloading, updating and generally handling more than a few mods at once is much more difficult than on Windows. Nexus Mods will mostly make that a thing of the past, so I'm also super excited about it.
Quoting: NociferMaybe you tried to add the mods manually, in the days before BG3 Mod Manager became a thing? Because that would be confusing and tiresome for sure, but otherwise, to mod BG3 you just download the mod, unzip it into the Mods folder, run BG3MM, enable the mod, update the mod list, and then play your newly modded game.I was attempting to use the BG3 Mod Manager. To be fair, this was on Steam Deck and very early days of the mod manager so instructions were kinda everywhere. I'll try again on Bazzite (laptop) and Steam Deck (out of commission due to liquid+screen damage) when I can. I think I saw that the instructions I was following were out of date. Looking at a couple reddit threads, people are still having problems at various steps of getting BG3MM up and running.
I, myself, am comfortable with regular "non"-immutable distros, but I wanted to run the gauntlet and get the full picture of pros & cons for friends who could be interested. Looking at the instructions, I didn't see anything that would indicate it was a real factor/barrier, but I could be wrong.
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