UPDATE: As of this moment I highly suggest people use the method where Protontricks is installed via the Discovery store. I have tested this method a few times before uploading this video and it worked on my end. I have seen some people run into issues. If you do have problems I have an older guide linked in this comment that shows you how you can set up a modded Skyrim (or Bethesda game) installation on your Desktop PC then move it to your Steam Deck. Consider checking that one out if you have problems as things are always being updated! ua-cam.com/video/aTDOItcOKoM/v-deo.html
There is a way to install the windows version of mod organizer 2 using the steam ui and proton. Add the installer exe as a non steam game and run it. Then you can run the mod organizer in the steam ui. You still have to manually install mods though unfortunately. Could you look into it and make a tutorial. It would help alot of Linux noobs that suddenly overwhelmed with typing commands in a terminal and it makes more sense to use a windows version to mod a windows version of a game. Linux is a great open and free operating system but it doesn't make it easy to install apps that are not in the app store.
@SteelLodge method 1 the 'simple' method isint working for me. I type in the command at 2:48 but the command line returns 'no such file or directory'. please help!
This Guide was exactly what I was looking for. Everything on the Steam Deck, no PC needed, as I have a Mac and dont want to tinker with Crossover nor Parallels. Thanks a lot for this, finally Skyrim with all mods i love!
I used the approach illustrated in this guide to run through the Viva New Vegas setup, and aside from having to resort to a Windows installation to run some utilities that didn't play nice with Wine, I managed to get a fully functional modded NV going this way! Thanks a bunch for these highly detailed and informative guides.
This video is seriously one of the best videos I have seen on UA-cam! I was wondering if there would be a video about this from the day I preordered my Deck!
Thanks for the tutorial. As a new user to linux, I was able to follow this along and get everything installed perfectly! Had to give up on Fallout 3, though, as ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated just didn't seem to work right, no matter what I did. But I'll be trying New Vegas and Fallout 4 next!
Could really use a bit of clarification about that protontrocks command line. It kinda comes out of nowhere and the things mentioned aren't really visible on a new steam deck. Any idea what he's talking about?
Ik this comment was from a year ago, but I had the same issue at first and wanted to share in case anyone else new runs into this problem. All you have to do is go into the start menu and type either "command" or "Konsole" in the search bar. You want to select the program "Konsole (Terminal)", which is the command center. From there you just paste in the command (without the parenthesis): (echo "alias protontricks='flatpak run com.github.Matoking.protontricks'" >> ~/.bashrc) and hit enter. and that should do it.
Thank you for putting this video together, got stuck a couple of times but solutions in the comments helped me get it over the line. The only thing I couldn't get to work - when Nexus prompts to associate a program to handle the download, yours shows Mod Organizer 2 as an option whereas mine does not. It shows a list of programs and games I have installed but nothing to link it to the MO2. I have selected in the options to associate the file type with the program as well, so not sure if I've missed anything there. Manually downloading and installing works however, so I can still mod, thank you and subscirbed
Sorry to hear you had a few small issues, but I'm glad you got it working for the most part overall! I'm curious what issues you ran into that the comments section helped you sort out?
@@SteelLodge 2 errors. Error 1 was when running a knosole by right clicking on miniconda. I'm new to Linux so didn't realise the advice was to run the konsole program without anything selected. Second error, it wouldn't detect my installation of protontricks so I backed it out and used the Discovery installation which got me last that error
I am stuck where you download files with Mod Manager, I need to select Mod Organizer 2 as the program to open but its nowhere in my applications list, even though it boots on my game launching. Any help?
I'm hoping this process/guide works for AE edition of Skyrim. - NICE VIDEO *NM, you mention you installed/modded AE edition yourself around the 6min mark. Yay.
1:16 if you're installing for a game on your sd card just link your game folder to this path on your directory '/home/deck/.local/share/Steam' by copying and pressing link here , and boom! you're in there like swimwear, just run the install like normal :3
MO2 has an incredibly straight forward Linux installer in 2024 on github, it only requires a fresh prefix after installing and if you don't have a fresh prefix the installer asks you if you want to archive the old one so no data is lost
As of 2023, this no longer works. For some reason you can follow all of the steps perfectly and get to the stage where your installing Mod Organiser 2, but it will crash at the end and give you an error message. I have tried this method for installing MO2 for both Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas but unfortunately it no longer works. Im guessing this is an issue with the latest steam deck firmware or proton tricks no longer working as it should. AN updated guide is needed!
Heads up, downloading straight from Nexus can have issues with any mod manager. You might get away with it for smaller mods, but larger BSAs have a likelihood to get corrupted. You'll even see some mod authors of large texture packs remove that button from their downloads page. It's not just a linux thing, but for everyone. Edit: Thanks for the guide! About half the guide still worked for me, but the links you gave also had some resources that helped with issues. I followed their flatpak instructions along with some forum tips
When I go to type the mkdir /home/deck/.local/share/applications it tells me it can’t create a directory, tells me proton could not be found I followed all steps what should I do ?
fairly certain I've done everything right however I can't get downloads to launch Mod Organizer 2. not sure what to try next. I can launch Skyrim and it launches MO2 and can run it from there. Just can't figure out how to install the Mods now. any help appreciated!
Good explanation! I dont know basically anything about terminal use, so thanks for spelling it out. Hopefully i can figure it out eventually Lol i love how they market the steam deck as being moddable like a normal PC and then if you buy the 64GB version you are literally just screwed out of everything :’) The OS, Compatdata and shaders cache take up 55 of the 64 GB. Not even kidding, if im not playing a game frequently, i have to manually go in and delete all the compat/shader folders just to clear up space. Now with modding, which vortex hasn’t seemed to update for Linux at all (at least not yet) it’s so frustrating. Linux bros im sorry, but working with this github garbage and still getting wrecked by the limitations of the janky workarounds…. It’s just so annoying. I know im just ranting. But still. I guess all there is is “i hope they fix it next year”
I'm very dumb and I've followed this right up until downloading a mod... I can't find MO2 when it asks for which application to open nxm links with? MO2 is set up to handle them but I'm not sure what to do...
It seems the newest version of Protontricks has an issue causing this to happen. If you can use an older version I would try that. If you can't get one you might have to wait.
Unfortunately, when using this method for Fallout 4, running the game brings up Mo2 and then clicking run, and the nfile>exit, just brings up "Mod organizer is waiting on an application to close before exiting" and then after a very long time, blank screen
After installing MO2 it works but I dont have F4SE as an option to lunch on MO2 just the regular Fallout 4 .exe, I tried to add F4SE files to FO4 root where the exe is but then MO2 does not work anymore, it seems I have a directory named f4se_0_06_23 on my FO4 root folder with all the script extender files but I cant make MO2 to use those files and I dont know what to do to use the script extender on this game, any advice?
I can’t install miniconda3. After downloading it and running the command, I get a “file/directory doesn’t exist” error. I copy and pasted from the description and typing it myself. Im new to Linux but not to consoles. Im baffled
Hey any idea why there's an error in the mo2 about the deck's "mouse"? It dubs it invalid and I can't use it at all and trying to press stuff on small screen when everything is small and packed tightly together is an absolute pain in the ass... Any clue how to fix mo2 not reading my mouse imputs?
Unfortunately this is a common steam deck issue, you have to hold the steam or three dots buttons on your steam deck and move the right track pad to use a mouse. I'm not sure why this happens but some programs using proton sometimes have this issue.
Hi, so when it comes to downloading mods I can't seem to download via MO2. I tried to open it via the .exe file but it doesn't work. It works just fine when I open Skyrim but I cannot get it to actually download mods. What can I do?
How do you delete Mod Organizer 2 for a clean re-install? I got to a point where there was an error and it has to be totally redone. I cant launch Oblivion anymore.
like some others here, the pipx method didn't work for me, as i was also getting the cabeextract error. doing the discovery version method worked fine tho.
Anyone else getting stuck while MO2 is endlessly “configuring game prefix”? I don’t understand why it won’t go through but it shouldn’t take 2 hours….. am I doing something wrong?
It seems there's an issue with the newest version of protontricks and this. You might be able to download an older version otherwise you will have to wait for an update. This has happened with another version of PT before.
Im having an issue for fallout NV and 4 when i try to install it i get stuck on the "configuring game prefix" ive waited 30+ mins on each install and nothing ever happens, not sure how to fix
This has been an absolute nightmare that I've been at for hours, very frustrating. Right now when I try downloading MO2 it goes through the full installation in the console then at the very end says "Error check terminal for more details" I've followed everything to an absolute T yet it still isn't working properly. What is the issue here?
Warning: Could not find '/home/deck/Downloads/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh', starting '/bin/bash' instead. Please check your profile settings. This is red text I'm seeing as I'm trying to follow the miniconda steps. The command line is not showing. What did I do wrong?
I figured it out, I was getting the above error by right clicking on the file that had downloaded into the Downloads folder and clicking on Run in Konsole, this produces that error. Do not have the downloaded file from Miniconda selected, right click in the Downloads folder, and select the option Open Terminal. This will then open a console and you can type the commands as shown in the video. For some reason, mine wouldn't auto tab and complete as the video maker has mentioned, I had to type and enter both lines of text in succession and it worked for me. Hope this works for you too
Thank you for this great video. Looking forward to finally playing modded games on the Steam Deck. One question: won’t system updates overwrite pipx and Python (if we use the second method)?
I'm not 100% sure, I'll try switching to the beta branch and see if they get wiped out I think they'll be okay though. The main thing is that protontricks is fine even if the other two are overwritten. Honestly once you go through this process once you probably don't even need Protontricks anymore as it's just used for the installation process.
I had the mod organizer 2 working fine with fallout new vegas and after closing it. I can't get it to reopen. I don't know how I can launch the exe. When I launch NV it does NOT launch MO2. I can launch the exe through steam but then I have to direct the game to the libraries of the installs but since it's not utilizing dolphin it can't see the hidden steam files so it can't find the game I have installed.
I had to delete the entire prefix and mod organizer 2 files on my steam deck and then reinstall it to get it to work again when that happened to me, it only happened once but it was frustrating.
@@xvinx2446 in protontricks, if your game (for me it was fallout nv) is in the list you gotta use the numbers to find the game folder, alternatively deleting the game off of steam will automatically delete this prefix folder. I did also have to manually go to fallout New Vegas steam folder in properties and then delete that entire folder and reinstall the game, then I just went to mod organizer 2 GitHub and got the Linux installer, installed it for fallout New Vegas , and since your prefix is brand new you don't have to archive the old one when the installer asks you to
@@xvinx2446 if you can't figure it out drop your discord name and I'll try to walk you through the steps of getting MO2 to run, some mods don't install on steam deck and some have workarounds so You're gonna have to do your own research on individual mods and how to mod on steam deck, but MO2 setup only takes 1 minutes with the installer
I couldn't get the download links to work from nexus. It doesn't recognize MO2 as a flatpak application (it isn't) that I can select to open the link. Instead I manually downloaded them and put them in MO2's download folder. From MO2, on the bottom right, navigate to downloads and install them that way. Then delete those files within the download folder (but not within MO2 because it'll send them to a fake recycling bin and be a pain to find and actually delete).
So this comment pointed me in the right direction as I looked for a fix myself. It turns out, flatpak browsers like Firefox and Chrome downloaded from the Discovery store, use…. I believe this is correct… the flatpak-portal rather than xdg-open (which was working for NXM links). If you copy the modorganizer2-nxm-handler.desktop to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications it will show up in the picker dialogue. It won’t default to it, and it still has the “unable to start download bug” if it’s already running. But it’s a step in the right direction?
UPDATE 20/04/23: Modded Fallout New Vegas has stopped working due to new Updates on the Deck. I keep getting the error "An instance of Mod Organizer is already running" and I can't find any way to fix this problem. Has anyone solved this problem? Can't play New Vegas no more. OLD Message when modded New Vegas worked: Thanks a ton!
playing with proton 6 resulted in the game freezing or audio cutting out whenever an NPC started speaking even without any mods edit: reinstalling the game did nothing
I'm sorry to hear that, try deleting the proton data in the Steam compatdata folder if you know where to find it! I didn't really have problems with my installation.
@@gosusteele yep, seems like skyrim just wont work on proton 6 for me. it even had issues on a fresh installation of skyrim without MO2. I'm gonna try what steel lodge said
Works great, only issue is that Nexus isn't sending the mods I download to Mod Manager 2! I have to manually download everything despite the fact that I used method 2
This whole ordeal is so complicated. After about an hour of trying to get this working I just gave up. If there is some easier way to do this I would love to hear it.
Is this video still up-to-date? Protontricks doesn't seem to be available on the steam deck anymore... Your comments will be much appreciated, Steel Lodge. Many Thanks.
It should still work, check out to see some of the comments for some advice. My friend did this just about two weeks ago and proton tricks was on the discovery store.
@@SteelLodge Congratulations Steel! A really good video. With your help, I've managed to download and install MO2 on my Steamdeck. In the video, you mentioned you're more familiar with vortex. Now, won't you do the same for Vortex? All the best to you.
You have to run the games exe to generate a prefix, if you don't have a prefix which all games create, use proton tricks to see if you can find Skyrim in the list of games on there. If it doesn't show up on protontricks try to restart your steam deck and launch the game again. It's impossible to play games on steam deck without generating a prefix folder so that's a very specific and easy to solve issue.
@@theattila567 I don't know exatly what caused it, but for some reason even after rerunning Skyrim it still said it, and then eventually I fixed it by installing Flatseal and giving Protontricks all the permissions it worked fine
Be careful! The mo2 on the SteamOS system is different from the win system mo2 in that it has some bugs and some mods cannot be used on it, especially when you need to integrate many mods.
This guide is incredible. Thank you so much for the work you put into this. I also really like the progress bars for each chapter. Not super necessary, but a very nice touch (on top of actually using chapters!). One quick question. I've read in my research that installing packages won't always be consistent when steam deck updates. I imagine updates won't touch MO2 or the mods themselves since they're in the home folder, but what about pipx, protontricks, etc? Or are those unnecessary once MO2 is installed?
I think they're not necessary once everything is set up. Pipx definitely shouldn't be and I don't think protontricks is either. As soon as a new steam deck update drops though I'll check it out! Luckily even in that case I provide an alternative method for protontricks 🙂
I keep getting an error message saying that it could not find configured proton installation. I’ve put in the Alias in the terminal, closed it, then opened a new one and typed in “protontricks” and I seem to get everything you get in the video. Am Idoing something wrong? Or is anyone else getting this.
mine is stuck on “configuring game prefix this may take a while” edit: i fixed it by first going to konsole and using the command “passwd” after that make a password second u must paste this command “sudo flatpak update --commit=ffeb022787f036839f0aa98948025726c5c01173124890dcc3861c09a8be874c com.github.Matoking.protontricks” and that should fix the infinite loading and install mo2 hope it helps :)
I have only one issue with this video, you didn’t explain where you got that application for x-scheme handler and how we’re supposed to get it, I can’t find it.
@@Jab3rwoky Sorry if you don't need help with this anymore, but the original launcher is just renamed to _SkyrimSELauncher.exe. To launch it through MO, add it as an executable; click the dropdown next to SKSE, click , click the little plus, 'add from file' and navigate to that renamed exe, mine was at Z:\home\deck\.local\share\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Specil aEdition\_SkyrimSELauncher.exe
Amazing guide! Worked well the first couple play through, but now when Running skyrim in game mode or desktop it opens the Skyrim launcher instead of MO2, anyway I can make it so it opens up mo2 again?
it don't do it for me i tried and i did everything you said but ther but at the 6:44 moment of youre video i had an error, in the script there was (ERROR) Could not find configured proton installation! why?
I went through step by step... mod organize 2, running it brings up an error that i don't have protontricks... despite being able to pull up it in Konsole, am I missing something?
I just started experiencing a weird big after months following your guide. How when I launch the game MO2 opens but when I click run MO2 tries to open again. This happened for all of the .exe files in my Games folder.
The installer doesn't work with Fallout New Vegas. I followed all the steps and the game doesn't creat a subfolder h der common, and if I create that subfolder manually then protontricks crashes not finding the correct app id.
Hey, I can not find my mods when trying to manual install. I have the mods downloaded into the downloads folder and I can see them there but when I try to search for them in mo2 they don't appear.
So I have it all installed but when I push run it tells me "an instance of mod organizer is already running" when I havent ran it before and dont seem to have any other instances open
After installing about 3 mods, I get the error message "failed to write mod list: Failed to save '{}', could not create a temporary file : {} (error{})" what am I doing wrong here?
I can't seem to get the nexus button linked - when I click "connect to nexus"nothing happens. I have installed pipx and protontricks (although I had to uninstall the previously installed protontricks flatpak) - can you please help? Thanks
mo2 cant seem to find the game. i have everything set right now its asking for 8.02 for compatibility but it cannot find the game so it wont install. anyone know what to do?
UPDATE: As of this moment I highly suggest people use the method where Protontricks is installed via the Discovery store.
I have tested this method a few times before uploading this video and it worked on my end. I have seen some people run into issues. If you do have problems I have an older guide linked in this comment that shows you how you can set up a modded Skyrim (or Bethesda game) installation on your Desktop PC then move it to your Steam Deck. Consider checking that one out if you have problems as things are always being updated!
ua-cam.com/video/aTDOItcOKoM/v-deo.html
There is a way to install the windows version of mod organizer 2 using the steam ui and proton. Add the installer exe as a non steam game and run it. Then you can run the mod organizer in the steam ui. You still have to manually install mods though unfortunately.
Could you look into it and make a tutorial. It would help alot of Linux noobs that suddenly overwhelmed with typing commands in a terminal and it makes more sense to use a windows version to mod a windows version of a game. Linux is a great open and free operating system but it doesn't make it easy to install apps that are not in the app store.
@@austintse5719 Yeah I might check that out and make a video!
@@SteelLodge Did this ever get created? Any drawbacks to NOT using the Linux installation method of MM2?
@SteelLodge method 1 the 'simple' method isint working for me. I type in the command at 2:48 but the command line returns 'no such file or directory'. please help!
@@bend7726 did you try the one in the description
This Guide was exactly what I was looking for. Everything on the Steam Deck, no PC needed, as I have a Mac and dont want to tinker with Crossover nor Parallels. Thanks a lot for this, finally Skyrim with all mods i love!
2:42 Rest in peace casual computer users
While this might end up being more complicated than I can handle, this is a really well-made tutorial and I'm glad I found it! Keep up the great work.
Using proton 6 as MO2 instructs TANKS performance in oblivion. Switching it to proton 8 massively reduced stutter and didn't break MO2
I used the approach illustrated in this guide to run through the Viva New Vegas setup, and aside from having to resort to a Windows installation to run some utilities that didn't play nice with Wine, I managed to get a fully functional modded NV going this way! Thanks a bunch for these highly detailed and informative guides.
This video is seriously one of the best videos I have seen on UA-cam! I was wondering if there would be a video about this from the day I preordered my Deck!
'Dumbledore asked calmly' is the best video on UA-cam
Thanks for the tutorial. As a new user to linux, I was able to follow this along and get everything installed perfectly! Had to give up on Fallout 3, though, as ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated just didn't seem to work right, no matter what I did. But I'll be trying New Vegas and Fallout 4 next!
well at very least, you could use tale of two wasteland to be able to play 3 in NV, even if takes up a bit meaty amount of size
lmao this shit is not easy
Concise, very well organized, and straight to the point. I can't thank you enough for this guide!
Could really use a bit of clarification about that protontrocks command line. It kinda comes out of nowhere and the things mentioned aren't really visible on a new steam deck. Any idea what he's talking about?
Ik this comment was from a year ago, but I had the same issue at first and wanted to share in case anyone else new runs into this problem.
All you have to do is go into the start menu and type either "command" or "Konsole" in the search bar. You want to select the program "Konsole (Terminal)", which is the command center. From there you just paste in the command (without the parenthesis): (echo "alias protontricks='flatpak run com.github.Matoking.protontricks'" >> ~/.bashrc) and hit enter. and that should do it.
I will note, I came here to install protontrix so I could get TTW working on my deck, and it's all good.
Thank you for putting this video together, got stuck a couple of times but solutions in the comments helped me get it over the line. The only thing I couldn't get to work - when Nexus prompts to associate a program to handle the download, yours shows Mod Organizer 2 as an option whereas mine does not. It shows a list of programs and games I have installed but nothing to link it to the MO2. I have selected in the options to associate the file type with the program as well, so not sure if I've missed anything there.
Manually downloading and installing works however, so I can still mod, thank you and subscirbed
Sorry to hear you had a few small issues, but I'm glad you got it working for the most part overall! I'm curious what issues you ran into that the comments section helped you sort out?
@@SteelLodge 2 errors. Error 1 was when running a knosole by right clicking on miniconda. I'm new to Linux so didn't realise the advice was to run the konsole program without anything selected. Second error, it wouldn't detect my installation of protontricks so I backed it out and used the Discovery installation which got me last that error
This is a wonderful guide for getting things setup. Thanks for sharing it.
Bro you are awesome tysm. Exactly what i was searchung for. Keep up the good work, looking forward to your future stuff😊❤️
I’m having an issue where I can’t see mod organizer as an option to open to open my downloaded mods with. Any idea why?
Same did you ever figure it out?
Just install mods manually
I am stuck where you download files with Mod Manager, I need to select Mod Organizer 2 as the program to open but its nowhere in my applications list, even though it boots on my game launching. Any help?
Did u fix it?
I'm hoping this process/guide works for AE edition of Skyrim. - NICE VIDEO
*NM, you mention you installed/modded AE edition yourself around the 6min mark. Yay.
1:16 if you're installing for a game on your sd card just link your game folder to this path on your directory '/home/deck/.local/share/Steam' by copying and pressing link here , and boom! you're in there like swimwear, just run the install like normal :3
I love you
I tried this but I still can't I can see the link folder but the mo2installer doesnt find the game
Good job brother. Too complicated for me but keep up the good work.
Everything after 2:27 made my brain freeze. Im so lost LOL
That is such a rough workaround, I seriously hope someone manages to get Vortex running on Steam Decks soon
MO2 has an incredibly straight forward Linux installer in 2024 on github, it only requires a fresh prefix after installing and if you don't have a fresh prefix the installer asks you if you want to archive the old one so no data is lost
As of 2023, this no longer works. For some reason you can follow all of the steps perfectly and get to the stage where your installing Mod Organiser 2, but it will crash at the end and give you an error message. I have tried this method for installing MO2 for both Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas but unfortunately it no longer works. Im guessing this is an issue with the latest steam deck firmware or proton tricks no longer working as it should. AN updated guide is needed!
worked for me today
Worked for me on oblivion and enderal SE. The issue you mention is either specific to those games or, more likely, an issue on your end
Seems to work for me
I'm getting the operation canceled check the terminal for details but the konsole is empty after this error so I don't know what to add
I’m getting the same error
Heads up, downloading straight from Nexus can have issues with any mod manager. You might get away with it for smaller mods, but larger BSAs have a likelihood to get corrupted.
You'll even see some mod authors of large texture packs remove that button from their downloads page. It's not just a linux thing, but for everyone.
Edit: Thanks for the guide! About half the guide still worked for me, but the links you gave also had some resources that helped with issues. I followed their flatpak instructions along with some forum tips
This is 10/10 stuff. Well done.
Faster way is to select all the mods in the folder and drag and drop them into mod organizer
When I go to type the mkdir /home/deck/.local/share/applications it tells me it can’t create a directory, tells me proton could not be found I followed all steps what should I do ?
fairly certain I've done everything right however I can't get downloads to launch Mod Organizer 2. not sure what to try next. I can launch Skyrim and it launches MO2 and can run it from there. Just can't figure out how to install the Mods now. any help appreciated!
I’m trying to use the provided nxmhandler.exe, Steel seems to have a different executable and the one I’m using doesn’t work for some reason
Good explanation! I dont know basically anything about terminal use, so thanks for spelling it out. Hopefully i can figure it out eventually
Lol i love how they market the steam deck as being moddable like a normal PC and then if you buy the 64GB version you are literally just screwed out of everything :’)
The OS, Compatdata and shaders cache take up 55 of the 64 GB. Not even kidding, if im not playing a game frequently, i have to manually go in and delete all the compat/shader folders just to clear up space.
Now with modding, which vortex hasn’t seemed to update for Linux at all (at least not yet) it’s so frustrating.
Linux bros im sorry, but working with this github garbage and still getting wrecked by the limitations of the janky workarounds…. It’s just so annoying.
I know im just ranting. But still. I guess all there is is “i hope they fix it next year”
Great guide! Nice work man 👍
How come when I download a mod it won't download into mod manager even though I linked my nexus to it and I have to just download it manually
I'm very dumb and I've followed this right up until downloading a mod... I can't find MO2 when it asks for which application to open nxm links with? MO2 is set up to handle them but I'm not sure what to do...
This
for some reason I get "error redirector binaries not found. I think I have installed everything, most stuff was already installed by valve
I’m getting “cannot find cabextract” after doing it again for oblivion, I didn’t get it for Skyrim tho, what do I do?
It seems the newest version of Protontricks has an issue causing this to happen. If you can use an older version I would try that. If you can't get one you might have to wait.
Just used this method for fallout 4 worked great I am a super noob at this too
does this method still require the game to be installed on internal? vs sd card
You should be more descriptive about "how to open command windoes on steam deck" how to open desktop node and other mini steps you skip.
Unfortunately, when using this method for Fallout 4, running the game brings up Mo2 and then clicking run, and the nfile>exit, just brings up "Mod organizer is waiting on an application to close before exiting" and then after a very long time, blank screen
I'm having the same problem. Anyone have a fix for this?
After installing MO2 it works but I dont have F4SE as an option to lunch on MO2 just the regular Fallout 4 .exe, I tried to add F4SE files to FO4 root where the exe is but then MO2 does not work anymore, it seems I have a directory named f4se_0_06_23 on my FO4 root folder with all the script extender files but I cant make MO2 to use those files and I dont know what to do to use the script extender on this game, any advice?
I followed the advanced method and Mo doesn’t load python_plugin.DLL. Nor does it load skse and some other 10 mods that Bork my playthru. Help me lol
I can’t install miniconda3. After downloading it and running the command, I get a “file/directory doesn’t exist” error. I copy and pasted from the description and typing it myself. Im new to Linux but not to consoles. Im baffled
I’m also in the correct directory as the file
Renaming worked. Moving to next step
Back in the same boat
You can also install mods manually, most mods go in the data folder and only need to turned on in the load order. No wine/proton ticks or organizers.
When I go to install MO2 I keep getting an error message that it cannot find the directory
Hey any idea why there's an error in the mo2 about the deck's "mouse"? It dubs it invalid and I can't use it at all and trying to press stuff on small screen when everything is small and packed tightly together is an absolute pain in the ass... Any clue how to fix mo2 not reading my mouse imputs?
Unfortunately this is a common steam deck issue, you have to hold the steam or three dots buttons on your steam deck and move the right track pad to use a mouse. I'm not sure why this happens but some programs using proton sometimes have this issue.
My deck refuses to load the python.dll when booting up MO2. if I skip it, MO2 will load, but I'm sure that's not good. Any idea why this is happening?
thank you for this. there is another video out there that just glazes over so many of these steps and it’s so unhelpful
Hi, so when it comes to downloading mods I can't seem to download via MO2. I tried to open it via the .exe file but it doesn't work. It works just fine when I open Skyrim but I cannot get it to actually download mods. What can I do?
Exact things happens to me with Fallout New Vegas. I'm trying to get help myself😭
How do you delete Mod Organizer 2 for a clean re-install? I got to a point where there was an error and it has to be totally redone. I cant launch Oblivion anymore.
like some others here, the pipx method didn't work for me, as i was also getting the cabeextract error. doing the discovery version method worked fine tho.
were you able to get working? I am having the same issue.
How did you get the discovery method to work? im at 2:48 in the video and im getting an error 'no such file or directory'
Curious if anything else was necessary, I have the cabextract error, tried the discover store protontricks, still getting the cabextract error
cant get it to work. it hangs forever on configuring game prefix. Ive got some unknown flatpak file system permission errors too for some reason
Current version of protontricks is having issues with this process unfortunately. Hopefully a fix that updates things will drop soon.
Anyone else getting stuck while MO2 is endlessly “configuring game prefix”? I don’t understand why it won’t go through but it shouldn’t take 2 hours….. am I doing something wrong?
It seems there's an issue with the newest version of protontricks and this. You might be able to download an older version otherwise you will have to wait for an update. This has happened with another version of PT before.
I get an error saying cabextract not found. Any ideas what this is about?
Im having an issue for fallout NV and 4 when i try to install it i get stuck on the "configuring game prefix" ive waited 30+ mins on each install and nothing ever happens, not sure how to fix
i have the same issue
Following, I'm having the same issue with NV and 3
Same here. Seems like it's a recent issue since I can't find any reference except from the past few days and there is several on this video.
Current version of protontricks is having issues with this process unfortunately. Hopefully a fix that updates things will drop soon.
good to know im not the only one, someone let me know when its fixed please!
This has been an absolute nightmare that I've been at for hours, very frustrating. Right now when I try downloading MO2 it goes through the full installation in the console then at the very end says "Error check terminal for more details" I've followed everything to an absolute T yet it still isn't working properly.
What is the issue here?
Warning: Could not find '/home/deck/Downloads/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh', starting '/bin/bash' instead. Please check your profile settings.
This is red text I'm seeing as I'm trying to follow the miniconda steps. The command line is not showing. What did I do wrong?
Yeh I'm getting the same error, as a linux n00b this is all in Alien speak to me, hopefully someone will provide a solution to assist
I figured it out, I was getting the above error by right clicking on the file that had downloaded into the Downloads folder and clicking on Run in Konsole, this produces that error. Do not have the downloaded file from Miniconda selected, right click in the Downloads folder, and select the option Open Terminal. This will then open a console and you can type the commands as shown in the video. For some reason, mine wouldn't auto tab and complete as the video maker has mentioned, I had to type and enter both lines of text in succession and it worked for me. Hope this works for you too
@@melsh7628 oh thank you! I’ll give it a shot once I start trying to mod nv again.
Thanks for your great work !!! Can you make a vidéo for the witcher 3 for install the mods please ?
I can't believe this is possible! Wow.
This is a beautifully done tutorial. And it convinced me that I will not be getting a steam deck. I’m way too dumb for this
Is there any workarounds for Micro SD? I’ve got the 64 GB deck and don’t have room to move my games to the SSD
Same
Thank you for this great video. Looking forward to finally playing modded games on the Steam Deck. One question: won’t system updates overwrite pipx and Python (if we use the second method)?
I'm not 100% sure, I'll try switching to the beta branch and see if they get wiped out I think they'll be okay though. The main thing is that protontricks is fine even if the other two are overwritten. Honestly once you go through this process once you probably don't even need Protontricks anymore as it's just used for the installation process.
how would i uninstall?
I had the mod organizer 2 working fine with fallout new vegas and after closing it. I can't get it to reopen.
I don't know how I can launch the exe.
When I launch NV it does NOT launch MO2.
I can launch the exe through steam but then I have to direct the game to the libraries of the installs but since it's not utilizing dolphin it can't see the hidden steam files so it can't find the game I have installed.
I had to delete the entire prefix and mod organizer 2 files on my steam deck and then reinstall it to get it to work again when that happened to me, it only happened once but it was frustrating.
@@theattila567 How do you go about doing that? I’m pretty sure I did that?
@@xvinx2446 in protontricks, if your game (for me it was fallout nv) is in the list you gotta use the numbers to find the game folder, alternatively deleting the game off of steam will automatically delete this prefix folder. I did also have to manually go to fallout New Vegas steam folder in properties and then delete that entire folder and reinstall the game, then I just went to mod organizer 2 GitHub and got the Linux installer, installed it for fallout New Vegas , and since your prefix is brand new you don't have to archive the old one when the installer asks you to
@@xvinx2446 I went on the MO2 github and followed their guide and used the Linux installer
@@xvinx2446 if you can't figure it out drop your discord name and I'll try to walk you through the steps of getting MO2 to run, some mods don't install on steam deck and some have workarounds so You're gonna have to do your own research on individual mods and how to mod on steam deck, but MO2 setup only takes 1 minutes with the installer
I couldn't get the download links to work from nexus. It doesn't recognize MO2 as a flatpak application (it isn't) that I can select to open the link. Instead I manually downloaded them and put them in MO2's download folder. From MO2, on the bottom right, navigate to downloads and install them that way. Then delete those files within the download folder (but not within MO2 because it'll send them to a fake recycling bin and be a pain to find and actually delete).
So this comment pointed me in the right direction as I looked for a fix myself. It turns out, flatpak browsers like Firefox and Chrome downloaded from the Discovery store, use…. I believe this is correct… the flatpak-portal rather than xdg-open (which was working for NXM links). If you copy the modorganizer2-nxm-handler.desktop to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications it will show up in the picker dialogue. It won’t default to it, and it still has the “unable to start download bug” if it’s already running. But it’s a step in the right direction?
is there a way to make this work on sd cards? for 64gb steam decks. i have no space =(
I installed LOOT. It will open outside of MO2 but not through it. I keep getting an EnableNonClientDpiScaling error each time I try to run it.
LOOT v0.17.0 seems to work. None of the newer versions do though. Maybe an issue with wine? Idk. Someone smarter than me may know.
UPDATE 20/04/23: Modded Fallout New Vegas has stopped working due to new Updates on the Deck. I keep getting the error "An instance of Mod Organizer is already running" and I can't find any way to fix this problem. Has anyone solved this problem? Can't play New Vegas no more.
OLD Message when modded New Vegas worked: Thanks a ton!
playing with proton 6 resulted in the game freezing or audio cutting out whenever an NPC started speaking even without any mods
edit: reinstalling the game did nothing
I'm sorry to hear that, try deleting the proton data in the Steam compatdata folder if you know where to find it! I didn't really have problems with my installation.
Did you try and make sure you launched your game using proton 6.3 before installing MO2?
@@gosusteele yep, seems like skyrim just wont work on proton 6 for me. it even had issues on a fresh installation of skyrim without MO2. I'm gonna try what steel lodge said
@@SteelLodge still not working ;-;
Got around this issue by installing with proton 6 and then switching back to proton 7
Works great, only issue is that Nexus isn't sending the mods I download to Mod Manager 2! I have to manually download everything despite the fact that I used method 2
Any fix?
@@northernmaximus not that I know of, I've just been downloading the ZIPs and using the "install archived mod" option
Found it! And subscribed!
It's not installing the mod when I click the vortex instal method, it opens up MO2 but then just simply does absolutely nothing.
This whole ordeal is so complicated. After about an hour of trying to get this working I just gave up. If there is some easier way to do this I would love to hear it.
This video was awesome but I really need to uninstall mo2, does anyone have any idea how to or a video showing how to? I'm a complete Linux noob ngl
hi! have you found out how to uninstall all that in the meantime?
8:20
Weird, I've never had that happen. MO2 has worked flawlessly for me.
MO2 is working great for you on Deck then?
@@SteelLodge Yeah.
@@SteelLodge try running it with a fork of proton called proton-ge, which is glorious egg rolls version of proton with tweaks and fixes.
@@gettriggered_ian3269 I don't have problems with my installation. I've just seen other in the comments having a variety of issues.
Anyone know why I'm getting "redirector not found" error when trying to run the installer command?
Had the same issue, my problem was I had downloaded the source code and not the installer linked in the readme
Is this video still up-to-date? Protontricks doesn't seem to be available on the steam deck anymore... Your comments will be much appreciated, Steel Lodge. Many Thanks.
It should still work, check out to see some of the comments for some advice. My friend did this just about two weeks ago and proton tricks was on the discovery store.
@@SteelLodge Congratulations Steel! A really good video. With your help, I've managed to download and install MO2 on my Steamdeck.
In the video, you mentioned you're more familiar with vortex.
Now, won't you do the same for Vortex?
All the best to you.
I followed this tutorial (and used 8.0 like it asks now) and I'm getting a prefix not found error when I try to run the installer
You have to run the games exe to generate a prefix, if you don't have a prefix which all games create, use proton tricks to see if you can find Skyrim in the list of games on there. If it doesn't show up on protontricks try to restart your steam deck and launch the game again. It's impossible to play games on steam deck without generating a prefix folder so that's a very specific and easy to solve issue.
@@theattila567 I don't know exatly what caused it, but for some reason even after rerunning Skyrim it still said it, and then eventually I fixed it by installing Flatseal and giving Protontricks all the permissions it worked fine
Be careful! The mo2 on the SteamOS system is different from the win system mo2 in that it has some bugs and some mods cannot be used on it, especially when you need to integrate many mods.
This is amazing, will it work with programs like Nemesis and such too?
This guide is incredible. Thank you so much for the work you put into this. I also really like the progress bars for each chapter. Not super necessary, but a very nice touch (on top of actually using chapters!).
One quick question. I've read in my research that installing packages won't always be consistent when steam deck updates. I imagine updates won't touch MO2 or the mods themselves since they're in the home folder, but what about pipx, protontricks, etc? Or are those unnecessary once MO2 is installed?
I think they're not necessary once everything is set up. Pipx definitely shouldn't be and I don't think protontricks is either. As soon as a new steam deck update drops though I'll check it out! Luckily even in that case I provide an alternative method for protontricks 🙂
on my web browser i can get the default app for nxm to be mod organizer 2 and i cant find the location of it
same issue for me as well.
I keep getting an error message saying that it could not find configured proton installation. I’ve put in the Alias in the terminal, closed it, then opened a new one and typed in “protontricks” and I seem to get everything you get in the video. Am Idoing something wrong? Or is anyone else getting this.
'Progress bar' for progression of chapter in vid.... bro if I ever start a youtube channel imma use that and shout you out! 😅.... for real good idea!
STEEL LODGE!... 😅if I write it or type it I won't forget it..... bro no joke great idea!
mine is stuck on “configuring game prefix this may take a while”
edit: i fixed it by first going to konsole and using the command “passwd” after that make a password
second u must paste this command
“sudo flatpak update --commit=ffeb022787f036839f0aa98948025726c5c01173124890dcc3861c09a8be874c com.github.Matoking.protontricks”
and that should fix the infinite loading and install mo2 hope it helps :)
Same….. let me know if you figure it out. I’ve been waiting 2 hours now haha
Current version of protontricks is having issues with this process unfortunately. Hopefully a fix that updates things will drop soon.
Damn I have the same problem. There goes all my time..
@@MM.MischiefManaged hey i foind solution look at my comment i edited
@@volatilerain6647 oh shit were you able to mod skyrim then?
I have only one issue with this video, you didn’t explain where you got that application for x-scheme handler and how we’re supposed to get it, I can’t find it.
I'm not getting the choose application prompt. What am I doing wrong?
After setting up mo2 to open when you launch Skyrim, how do you access the Skyrim launcher to change system settings?
Having same issue
@@Jab3rwoky Sorry if you don't need help with this anymore, but the original launcher is just renamed to _SkyrimSELauncher.exe. To launch it through MO, add it as an executable; click the dropdown next to SKSE, click , click the little plus, 'add from file' and navigate to that renamed exe, mine was at Z:\home\deck\.local\share\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Specil aEdition\_SkyrimSELauncher.exe
@@TheguynamedT you legend , cheers !
Amazing guide! Worked well the first couple play through, but now when Running skyrim in game mode or desktop it opens the Skyrim launcher instead of MO2, anyway I can make it so it opens up mo2 again?
it don't do it for me i tried and i did everything you said but ther but at the 6:44 moment of youre video i had an error, in the script there was (ERROR) Could not find configured proton installation! why?
I went through step by step... mod organize 2, running it brings up an error that i don't have protontricks... despite being able to pull up it in Konsole, am I missing something?
Same here! Would love some help
I just started experiencing a weird big after months following your guide.
How when I launch the game MO2 opens but when I click run MO2 tries to open again. This happened for all of the .exe files in my Games folder.
The installer doesn't work with Fallout New Vegas. I followed all the steps and the game doesn't creat a subfolder h der common, and if I create that subfolder manually then protontricks crashes not finding the correct app id.
Hey, I can not find my mods when trying to manual install. I have the mods downloaded into the downloads folder and I can see them there but when I try to search for them in mo2 they don't appear.
Can’t associate nxm files handler error popped up?? So just download them manually for now? I don’t understand how you didn’t get that error
Can you please make a tutorial on how to install LOOT? Or how to manage your load order? I don't really understand how to do this
You should be able to do it in MO2 there are plenty of resources going in depth for how to do this on YT
I installed LOOT. It will open outside of MO2 but not through it. I keep getting an EnableNonClientDpiScaling error each time I try to run it.
LOOT v0.17.0 seems to work. None of the newer versions do though. Maybe an issue with wine? Idk. Someone smarter than me may know.
Almost got it working. At the end, running SKSE in MO2 just says "Couldn't find TESV_original."
So I have it all installed but when I push run it tells me "an instance of mod organizer is already running" when I havent ran it before and dont seem to have any other instances open
After installing about 3 mods, I get the error message "failed to write mod list: Failed to save '{}', could not create a temporary file : {} (error{})" what am I doing wrong here?
1:25 Ok but we want that covered tho 🙄
Around 7:12 where you have to create a new instance. My game is not showing automatically in the list.
I also cannot find it while browsing for it
I can't seem to get the nexus button linked - when I click "connect to nexus"nothing happens. I have installed pipx and protontricks (although I had to uninstall the previously installed protontricks flatpak) - can you please help? Thanks
I am gonna sell my SX that for sure now.
I installed method one but changed my mind to method 2. Vortex wont open in the browswr...
mo2 cant seem to find the game. i have everything set right now its asking for 8.02 for compatibility but it cannot find the game so it wont install. anyone know what to do?