#How to get Mod Organizer 2 working on linux?

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tardy edge
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Hello all. does anyone here have any experience getting MO2 working on linux? I cannot use the MO2 linux installer because it changes the name of the executable and breaks every dll mod
I tried adding:

$(echo %command% | sed -r "s/proton waitforexitandrun .*/proton waitforexitandrun/") "/home/grimsby/Downloads/Import/Games/Skyrim/Tools/Mod Organizer 2/ModOrganizer.exe"

to the launch commands but it just doesn't open. I can add MO2 as a non-steam game and run that through proton, which DOES work, but then the issue is that it's a separate proton environment than Skyrim VR.
The game runs fine in vanilla using ALVR btw, my issue is specifically just getting MO2 working without using the MO2 linux installer, which is completely broken for the reasons stated above. And in fact, MO2 actually runs just fine through proton, the roadblock here is just getting it to open through the same proton environment as the game.

calm valve
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Could you explain why you say MO2 and Skyrim will have two different protons?

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@tardy edge I myself have only been modding on the Steam Deck so I cannot really tell how it compares to other linux systems. I do imagine though it is very similar. If you use Steam that is. So you could still check this guide it out and see if there's anything that helps.
I did not had to set a proton under compatibility settings for Skyrim either. As a matter of fact giving each a different proton version broke my install.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xtmxe0uTIIvI62YH8d22EUq07vRYwSRJSuZuidm3E_Q/edit?usp=drivesdk

Google Docs
A shitty guide to modding Skyrim on the SteamDeck

A shitty guide to modding Skyrim on the Steam Deck You might have tried modding Skyrim on your Steam Deck but couldn’t figure out quite how. Well you’re in luck for I finally managed to convince my lazy self to write this shitty guide where I compiled my experiences and errors I encountered with...

tardy edge
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when I launch the game through MO2 it just says "waiting" on the steam VR home screen with zero mods installed

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when I luanch it through steam normally it shows up on my headset fine, in MO2 it just say "waiting" while I see it perfectly fine on my monitor and hear audio

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so I guess I'll just have to start from scratch using vortex

calm valve
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Is this something that helps?

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tardy edge
tardy edge
calm valve
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I imagine it's best if you ask in some Skyrim modding server on how to mod SkyrimVR with MO2

tardy edge
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I have, no response

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I have been at this for over a week, my entire free time has been trying to get this to work

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99.99999999999% of those people have never touched linux so I doubt I'll get a response and if I did it will be them telling me to use the MO2-linux-installer that breaks every dll mod

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regardless, I appreciate the help, you've been the only one to respond at all.

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wait

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suddenly there is hope?

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I still don't know how to make this work with MO2 though, and I can't mod the game without a manager

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I mean, I technically can but, HAHAHA I'm not doing that

calm valve
tardy edge
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I'm very aware lol. I've been modding bethesda games since morrowind

tardy edge
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I've done it before on windows

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now I'm trying to do it with several compatibility layers on linux

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this worked fine when I did it with FNV but this is a VR game and it will not hook into steam VR if I do it though MO2

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Vortex seems like a no-go as there's literally no way to install it at the moment, all the previous ways are currently broken

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I'm begining to think modding Skyrim VR on linux is just flat out impossible for now

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I mean you can install a couple simple non-script mods but, I'd rather just play vanilla at that point

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and if I had to play vanilla without any of the mods that make VR bearable I'd rather just not play at all at that point

calm valve
tardy edge
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I am actually amazed the steam deck runs skyrim VR at all

calm valve
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It runs a lot of things. It's amazing.

tardy edge
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hmm

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theory

calm valve
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So what I get is that there is some issues with sksevr for linux

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Can't say I can try it myself due to no SkyrimVR

tardy edge
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perhaps I can do all the previous steps I took to get them in the same proton environment, but instead of setting it as a launch command to open MO2 I can just have it be a separate steam launch so that skyrim's launch is unnafected

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wait no that wtill won't work

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it needs to run through MO2 otherwise the virtual folders won't load in and it will just be running vanilla

tardy edge
calm valve
tardy edge
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if you have a VR headset lol

calm valve
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Don't have a VR headset haha

tardy edge
tardy edge
calm valve
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I got experience searchig for cryptic issues lol

tardy edge
tardy edge
calm valve
tardy edge
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  1. it's the VR version not SSE
  2. it's on linux
  3. it's modded and MUST use MO2
  4. the MO2-for-linux installer breaks dll mods because it renames the executable files
tardy edge
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played all the way up to riverwood for like an hour just fine

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it would be good to have that installed just in case regardless

calm valve
tardy edge
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99% of all google searches regarding MO2 and linux just tell you to use it

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It's completely useless outside of simple non-script mods

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how not a single person has pointed this out is beyond me

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literally anything with a dll dependancy does not work

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and it's not like it even needed to do it that way, I was able to get MO2 to launch through hitting play on skyrim VR through steam by just changing the launch options

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it's completely uneccesary

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the guy who made it also closed every issue without responding

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and claims it's "done"

calm valve
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They probably don't know better or don't use more complex mods.
Or those don't need help with it don't think of searching for help threads and giving solutions

tardy edge
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It also installs an outdated version of SKSE

calm valve
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#1079246487940251648 message

Dunno if this helps either

tardy edge
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huh, funny that that was posted in here

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I should ask them about it

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I typed skyrim and got nothing

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your googlefu is better than mine, I kneel

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sent him a request, hope I can ask him about it

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for now I'll try a few other things I have in mind

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if that guy can get it working using MO2 on the steam deck then there's clearly a way

calm valve
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I found it by searching for "skyrimvr". Using different ways to write things also helps in searches lol
All I learned by modding Skyrim on the Steam Deck almost by myself ;-;

tardy edge
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and I really don't want to have to reinstall everything on MO2 again

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90% of this is just patches, I really do not even have that much

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I have maybe like, 50 actual mods, the rest are patches

calm valve
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900 patches???

tardy edge
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skyrim is compatibility hell

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I'm used to modding FNV

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the way skyrim handles record edits is very different

calm valve
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I cannot imagine what patches those are

tardy edge
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they add up

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and also you need patches for the patches

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it's a mess

calm valve
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.> I don't have that many patches

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Or "had" rather

tardy edge
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so they way older beth games like FO3 and Oblivion handled things as record edits would just overlap

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in skyrim if on record is changed to an NPC if another seperate record to that NPC is changes it completely replaces the entire NPC

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so like in FNV if I have two mods, each adds a single chair at opposite sides of the same room, I would get two chairs when I load into the game

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in skyrim however, if I were to load the game I would only see one chair from the mod latest in the load order

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also the papyrus scripting system is an absolute mess

calm valve
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I was in the process of updating all mods to 1.6.1170? Don't remmeber what the latest was again

tardy edge
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it bakes all running scripts into your saves

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if I don't like a mod on FNV I can just remove it no problem

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if I don't like a mod on skyrim then I have to start a new character if uninstall it

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I pretty much only have interest in skyrim for VR and mods, but I'm starting to regret yearning to play it so bad

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I've jumped through several hurdles to get this far, first my original VR headset stopped having support(windows mixed reality) It's basically a $400 doorstop now

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then I boguht a new headset, and then switched to linux so I couldn't run anything on my PC

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then ALVR supported my headset and works, but I was on debian and it wouldn't work with their custom nvidia drivers

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then I switched to arch and now all this shit is happening

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I am absolutely determined after over a thousand dollars and hundreds of hours of troubleshooting to play this fucking game lol

calm valve
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Well I can only say good luck!

tardy edge
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lol

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I'll post updates in here if anything changes

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thanks for your help

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a lot of these links are very helpful

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particularly that steamdeck one