I have it on steam but I realized it’s on gog. Not having to reinstall my mods ever (unless I want to) is worth buying the game again.

How hard is it to run Skyrim special edition on wine? What winetricks modules do I need? Can you actually achieve performance comparable to playing it on proton just using wine and winetricks?

Edit: also, is it still possible to install mainstream Skyrim special edition mods in Linux? Every year, the installation instructions for everything contains more and more windows-only bullshit I have to find ways to circumvent. This time it’s this stupid thing called “LOOT” that hacks the executable to load files in a certain order or some stupid shit. No matter Skyrim mods existed for more than a decade prior and only needed this new thing as of recently.

  • Impound4017@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    LOOT is definitely not anything new. I’m decently confident it’s been a thing for over a decade. To clarify: load order is important to make sure no incorrect files or assets are accidentally overwritten in the course of loading the mods onto the base game, as an incorrect load order can cause a lot of issues.

    Regardless, it looks like there is a Linux compatible flatpak version on flathub. Here’s the GitHub page. I personally can’t say I’ve used LOOT on Linux, though, only on Windows, as my Skyrim modding days came before I made the switch, so your mileage may vary.

    • PenisWenisGenius@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Basically on a scale or 1 to 10 how hard is it to get it running on wine though? That’s what I want to try to find out before buying it. Wine is a more manual approach than using proton but proton only works on games you own on steam.

      • style99@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I use the latest wine-staging (which you can get from winehq), and that runs Skyrim SSE just fine on my system. You will need MO2 if you want to use mods, but that installs in wine as well.

      • Ace! _SL/S@ani.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Using lutris it should run flawlessly, even with MO2

        Instead of giving money to Bethesda AGAIN you could also remove Steams DRM from your copy of the game with Steamless via Wine

        You need to enable don’t rebase text section or what it’s called to not break SKSE mod support though (not at my computer atm. I can update you on the exact wording later if you want me to)