As the title says, for a brief time a while ago I modded valheim and found r2modman and felt it was one of if not the best experience I’ve had modding games, it was especially sweet because I could mod the game with my friend who’s on windows and the process was the exact same so helping them was no issue.

I wanted to know what other similar software there is for modding on linux, since the game collection it works on is kinda limited (I only own a few of those) and whenever I want to mod a particular game I end up overwhelmed with steps and options.

To avoid just a list of every linux mod manager under the sun, most of the experience modding with r2modman is: picking a game > hitting download > play There’s usually not much you have to do for a specific mod to work besides adding it to the list, and it keeps the game files squeaky clean.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world
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    9 hours ago

    Limo is fairly staight forward, and supports the NexusMods API. It autodetects Steam games and needs a little manual set up for non Steam games. Available on Flathub.

    Someone mentioned it here and I’ve been trying it; so far fairly good I think.

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    12 hours ago

    most mod managers are for a single game.

    but i guess the actual answer would be steam workshop.

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      11 hours ago

      nah I suspect they want something like vortek where it checks the installed steam games, and pulls mod lists you can download/setup profiles for 1 click loading with mods… or load the games from steam directly without the mods preinstalled

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    11 hours ago

    if it’s not on r2modmanager, 9/10 times it’s on curse and the files are usually drag/drop into the game folder.

    lots of mods are just drag/drop/play.

    regardless, if you still want a manager for ease of whatever, perhaps Limo will be what you’re after and is used the nexus API to pull mods.

    https://linuxmasterclub.com/limo/