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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What's the alternative to nexus mods?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Alternative to nexus mods or nexus mod manager?

Limo looks promising as a mod manager.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I was just confused at why they didn't want it, I was under the impression that it will serve a completely unserved purpose on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I replied to them directly as well, but isn't it open source? https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/NexusMods.App/releases

I too am confused why they wouldn't want a tool made for linux that works with their mods. Most people are going there for them anyways.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Just someone wanting to be a cunt about something without even taking the time to think or look into if they were wrong or not.. I bet they don't even come back to reply to any posts after being immediately shown how fuckin wrong he was.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mod Organizer 2, which has supported Linux for years

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't used that in years. Does it have collection support, and can you download mods from in the app? Those are the 2 most important features that nexus has in my opinion. It's so seamless to verify compatibility and get it all up and running with no hassle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Does it have collection support

There's Wabbajack. But I don't use collections as a lot of the modding community has some really weird preferences. There's tons of mods that a lot of collections use to make Skyrim more like Ubisoft games, which personally makes me mentally gag to think about.

and can you download mods from in the app?

I didn't know this was a thing and I honestly don't get why this would be an advantage over just using a browser. I often compare multiple similar mods before picking one to add, and I don't see how Vortex could beat a browser for that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
  • Steam-workshop
  • Built-in mod manager like a few mil-sims have
  • Old school drag n drop load_order.ini
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

I'm not a fan of built-in mod managers. They're just walled gardens that the devs have a monopoly on. It's the biggest gripe I have about Factorio