So I needed to comment and support this guy, because the part of the video beginning at 10:45 actually allows you to download entire collections via Vortex on the Steam Deck through the URL method. Made installing Skyrim Immersive mods 10x easier.
thanks for your support and comment! much appreciated. can you recommend some skyrim mods, i'm planning to do a video for skyrim modding but i'm not sure what mods are good for camera (can easily be seen that the mod is active).
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I would love a tutorial for Fallout as I couldn't see the same kind of folder for Fallout 3 or NV (Not tried F4 yet) in the numbered folder thing that you see from Protontricks, Though I may have been dumb and done something wrong a long the way
I'm like 99% sure symlink is way smarter than copying the entire game folder. Especially because there's a "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps" directory already inside Vortex's compatdata folder. If you just symlink the "common" directory from your actual steamapps folder, you get a C:\ file path for Nexus, and can also keep all your different games inside one folder and not have to do a ton of copying if you want to work on multiple games.
@@humungousrichard9805drag the common folder like you were going to move it. There will be an option next to ‘move folder here’ that says ‘link folder here’s
Thank you so much for this - I've been tearing my hair out trying to get Vortex to run on my Arch desktop. I tried your tutorial as all my desktop options - Lutris, Wine and SteamTinker had varying levels of success. This worked right out of the gate.
2 things I'd like to add to this video 1: instead of moving the folder pick the create link option instead. It works just as well 2: On steam deck if you don't have a m&kb plugged in there's no way to get the context menu to open to allow you to paste links in vortex Just open the keyboard & near the bottom right there's a paste button. Use that.
Thanks for your suggestions. I don't like the link option because over time I forget what links where and it gets messy. But that's just my personal preference. Thanks for the input.
I did everything he said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab... I'm on the Legion Go.
So just in case anyone is as new as I am at navigating the steam deck, when you get to the part where you have to put quotes around the path in the ‘target’ field, to get the keyboard to pull up, just hit X. For some reason I’d got it in my head that I needed to hit the steam button and then X to open the keyboard, and was getting very frustrated when I was unsuccessful for an embarrassingly long time. Just hit X. That’s all. If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the corner wearing a dunce cap. I’ll also be playing my newly modded save file for Baldur’s Gate 3, so at least there’s that.
Would you happen to know why when I get to the part to put the Game location in the drive C: folder, when I go to my steam library, and press options on my game, there is no shortcut option where the links are. I have general, and compatibility tab. But no target url or anything
Man this really helped me with my bannerlord mods thank you, I will be installing sim mods for my gfs deck. Appreciate this tutorial, it does take a lot of trial and error and patience but it all works if you just take your time. And I cannot stress enough that if you are on a steam deck first download all the mods and enable them when the game is on the c drive. Do not redownload the game like steam wants too, instead go in your c drive folder where your vortex lives and manually drag and drop your game back into your steam common library it will boot with everything you added, I know he mentioned it but it was a bit unclear and I thought you needed two copy’s and I’m sure people having an issue are doing the same thing I was. Happy modding.
@@lumopal6473 I installed the mods by opening vortex and dropping them from my browser download straight to the section that says downloads once the game was in the c drive folder of vortex. Also I enabled the DIII on steam deck it will ask permission to execute not the same security tab they show here. Also I found that if I just open the zip folder and find the actual mod I can drag that to my modules folder in my game and not have to use vortex. Vortex just helps make it simple and easy. You probably haven’t gone into the folder and enabled diii, go to the bin folder and open the windows 64 folder and in their will be the diii, enable it but going to permissions and putting executable. I’ve got like 30+ bannerlord mods working this way.
@@SubZeroJez In the end I downloaded them manually and tried one by one to see which mod the game crashed for me, it was a very old one from bandit militia or something like that so I removed it and it was already working fine, you also have to look carefully at the loading order of the mods, there is some guide out there but they usually put the ones that make the most changes to the game like RBM as high as you can but below vanilla, you download them manually and extract them and paste them in the folder that says "modules", if you want To use vortex you need a keyboard to ctrl+v the mod link as done in the video but if you get used to doing it manually it is easy. Oh and look at the version of the mod, if it is very old, look for a newer similar one or change the version through the Steam beta to an older one.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG mostly it's the location of things. They don't seem to match. My game is not installed in a pfx. When I browse local files from steam for cyberpunk it's in a different folder. I mean I can still move it to the vortex prfc I just don't know what will happen.
Trying to do this with fallout 4, but when i get to 5:45 when I click manage, it says the game can't be found and I have to do it manually, but I'm struggling to find out where to direct it. Any advice?
It would work, but you would need to change target exe from vortex.exe to game.exe everytime which will be a hassle. And you would need to install vortex for every game you want to mod.
I found that adding a link to the file directory works, I made one to the BG3 folder in my steamcommon folder and it detected the game when I selected that directory link as the folder
@@nonjas1can you please explain more? Do you mean like a shortcut to the game folder in the vortex directory? I know it doesn't take much time but if I could save copy pasting the game folder every time that would def be preferred
@@KregisAurelius Yes, exactly, I did this too. The path where he copies his Starfield folder into, instead of copying the folder there, you simply right click in that location, select "Create new --> Link to file or directory" and link to BG3 installation folder which you can find by clicking "browse local files" in Steam.
I did everything he said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab... I'm on the Legion Go.
I'm trying to follow the guide but once I get to 4:51 when it's time to launch Vortex nothing happens, I start it, the loading icon appears and at that point it closes on its own. Any suggestions on what to do?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG sorry to be that guy but I still can’t find it. Home/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160(fallout 4)/pfx/drive_c/program files- not there. That’s where I’m stuck on
@@GrownUpGamingGUG ok I found it! Thanks! But now I’m stuck again. I can apply and enable all the mods but when I move the game folder back into the common file, and run the game, the mods aren’t there.
thank you for this video! I am able to download entire nexus collections using the URL method you showed around the 10min mark. just make sure the url you paste into vortex isnt the webpage url, but the link address from the actual download button on the collection page.
6:29 I'm having an issue. When i type in the game name (baldur's gate 3) and click on manage, it says "Baldur's gate 3 hasn't been automatically discovered, you will have to set the game folder manually." What do i do? I cant find the game folder.
No. I'm not the best with computers. I tried following your steps. When I click on properties for bg3, it doesn't show the shortcut like when I open vortex properties. I found the app ID# and went to the pfx/drive_c location, but I still don't see the games name like how you found starfield.
This video is very well explained. I downloaded this on my steam deck before, but I couldn’t get Game on the manager, so I gave up and uninstalled the program, but if I can’t get mod to work this time, I’m not going to ever uninstall this program because it is difficult to get it to work again for me. I feel like I’m coding whenever he says change thedirectories and stuff around. I have never done anything like this so without this guide I wouldn’t know what to do. Thank you. You do a very good job on explaining stuff and your videos are very detailed. I appreciate that.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG well as an exclusively Linux user for 7+ years it's making me happy to see average users exposed to a Linux desktop but on the same note boy is it funny to see everyone struggling with it lol
@@WilliamMelton617 If the newcomer's struggle makes you laugh, I get it, we've all been new to something before. But if it also makes you happy to see people getting exposed to Linux, then imagine how much happier you'd be if you helped people truly understand it. :)
There is install from file option in the mods tab of vortex. Seems my in app browser crashes Everytime now as well. Too bad. I hope they fix it at some point
When I go to play the part @ 1:45 the install folder does not come up? I switched to Proton Experimental. I press play and it just hangs for a while and goes back to play after a few minutes. Anyone else getting this or know how to fix it?
So i literally followed everything to a T up until you launched Vortext. I copied EXACTLY what you typed and did and then i click launch and it says "launching" and then it says "running." And then nothing happens and it acts like i haven't launched it. I've been stuck at the library screen forever.
I tried lutris first when I was following a tutorial on steam for modding BG3 and it didn't work, so I tried your method and I got all the way to launching it from steam after I put in the pathing under properties and it just keeps telling me it's running though nothing is popping up or loading in, and then 5 seconds later steam will act like I didn't try to launch it and the program will go back to the "play" launch button.
@GrownUpGamingGUG yes, and then I removed them like you had in the "start in" category below it as well as removed the .exe at the end of vortex and added the slash. I'm not really sure what's going on with it.
confused... I added it as a non steam game and ive installed it and everything but when trying to change the path (4:00 ~) I don't seem to have a file named vortex??
If vortex.exe isn't there then maybe you didn't install it correctly? Try using a different proton to install it. Not sure if proton-experimental update break anything or not.
Great tutorial, thank you! Just a note for any other people thinking about this, cutting and pasting the Starfield folder is an INSTANT process so its not a big deal pasting it back and forth from the Vortex C Drive and the Steam "common" folder.
Question: Dying Light doesn't appear to have the shortcut menu shown on practically every other game. I've found the steam ID for it, but navigating through the file path (as closely as it resembles the one you pasted at 8:37) doesn't lead to a folder with the game's name on it. Would it be okay to just end the file path at /drive_c/ or does it need a more specific path for it to work?
Okay, so I’m stuck at the part where I need to help Nexus manually find my game “Stardew Valley”. I have no “shortcut” on the game…And whenever I tried to play the game that’s installed through the common steamapps folder, it says “no game in the folder.” Which maybe goes into the Drive-C issue where it needs to be in there, BUT- I can’t find where it is and what to put in there…So how do I get the file route/What do I put into Drive-C in that instance? It’s downloaded from steam. Not from an external source.
I'm using non-steam version so I can just move the game folder inside vortex prefix drive_c. For steam version you might have to move it back and forth.
@@ReeBoi17 if you have a lot of mods, manually installing them is a pain. I've gone down that route before. You forget which mods which and you can disable them. You have to manually remove them but you forget the file names.
Guys I need some serious help on this one. I downloaded 9 mods and exported it into the Steam Deck to install. I kept getting "External Changes" errors. My Witcher 3's installed on the Micro SD card so I took some of the advice and moved the Vortex app folder into the Micro SD Card.
Welp im stuck at 5:20 refuses it freezes after i fixed it and when i open applications larger or shorter i get a black screen i must be doing something wrong
So I'm following this video as my guide to try and get Vortex working on my Deck currently, one thing I was alittle confused about was what to do exactly if youre using the steam version of a game. I'm trying to get Fallout 4 to work through Vortex but having some difficulty here when I try to "manage" the game through Vortex, seems it cant find the install location for a regular steam game. Any help is appreciated 👍
Have an issue; at 5:00 I hit the fix button and theres an error pop-up that says "network connect was not permitted, check firewall settings" but having trouble finding anything related to application bypass. I tried disabling the firewall while reloading vortex and still no luck.
I figured out a way to use symlinks with this video! This way you don’t have to move the entire game folder and possibly mess up future game updates with Steam. You have to create two Symlink folders. The first folder goes to the game folder for managing(c root “Starfield”--> game root folder).The second folder goes to a completely empty mod folder(c root “Mods”-->(game root “Mods”, used for deployment and staging (created a mods folder within the root game folder) I was getting a “mods can’t be deployed”error before I did this and after I did this, the error completely went away.
thanks for sharing! as most my games are non-steam games, i can run them anywhere so i like to just move the game folder inside the vortex/wemod prefix folder i created so it can both be modded and run cheats at the same time.
Dude, you and the original poster are life savers! It took me awhile to find the install location for Vortex. (I used a different way to install it then this video) It was located in the Home/Vortix.Linux/compatdata/drive_C... ect I also put an empty Mod folder in the game folder I wanted to work with! Bingo! It worked!
Fuck the more i read it the more i dont understand... maybe cuz its 5am, anyway. Tell me if im am wrong. Basically a create two folders liked toghether, i put one i game directory and the other one in vortex directory. I will use the one in the vortex directory as a fake location for my game when vortex will ask to insert the location manually. Am i right?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG proton experimental But I've had it installed for a long time, I don't know if I have to update the protons, I don't even know if they are updated
Awesome guide! For those of you who are exclusively using an sd card for your games, rather than moving your games to your hard drive logical thing is move vortex instead. You can use the same method of drag and drop to move the black tree game folder to your external drive if you already installed to your decks internal drive
I actually installed vortex on wemod prefix. And now all games are on wemod prefix folder so I can use wemod and vortex to manage them without transferring them around.
So belay my above post, if you just move vortex to the sd cars it affects updating it and the uninstaller, so it is better to just install it to the drive your keeping your games on in the first place. I ended up deleting it and then reinstalled in my case
I did everything he said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab... I'm on the Legion Go.
Worked perfectly when using the same steps for skyrim se. No issues with setting up and following your steps so thanks for the tutorial. Now the next step would be figuring out how to install games that require anti cheat (destiny/apex) and xbox for pc and you could run everything off steam os without having to install windows.
I get vortex installed, but when I go to select my game, it tells me the game wasn’t found and I have to select the folder myself. How do I select my game? I go to the deck folder the “.steam” folder doesn’t come up because it’s a hidden folder
@@tanner_titus for steam games try this th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html. For non-steam games, it's easier as you can put the game folder wherever and it still launches.
I was very excited to find this video, but I need a spot of help, if you please. I followed along with the video and everything went well until I need to set the game folder manually. I found drive_c for the game, but there's no folder with the game's name. What should I do?
im very late to this but you use the steam apps common instead to find the game then move it over to the same place in the vid then after you install the mod move it back to steam apps common and then voila you have yourself a modded game hope this helps someone
@@GrownUpGamingGUGyour screen says up in the left corner Shortcut and compatibility mine on the other hand says General Compatibility Updates Installed Files Betas Controller DLC and finally Feedback
ok, i'm using a non-steam game. you are using a steam game. here is a video to mod steam games. the process is different. th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=14oXiWKV7CvG5He3
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thank you very much for replying most don't I really appreciate this it's been an nightmare trying to mod anything on the deck cause I use windows and not litrus and I have zero know how to programming either so thank you very much
Mad helpful so far but at 5:45, the only thing that pops up for me is a screen that says game not discovered, you will have to set the game folder manually and the only option is to continue which pops up a select folder menu.
Okay so i figured it out but when I go into properties for the game, the shortcut tab doesn't show up. I just get controller options and general stuff like that. @@GrownUpGamingGUG
11:40 at this moment my steam deck just freezes up and I need to restart it to make it work again. And to boot it again it needs to go through several cycles of not turning on and ends up on “verifying installation” screen
8:00 Trying to mod Fallout New Vegas, but when I go to the Properties tab, it doesn’t give me any option to view Shortcuts. The game is fully installed to. Is there any work around or am I screwed?
Any tips on downloading collections from Nexus? Im able to get it to populate in Vortex, but it errors on each mod saying I need to download it from Nexus
@GrownUpGamingGUG no they're free! There are some made specifically for steam deck I'm looking to try. But they can have hundreds of individual mods, so I'm hoping to avoid downloading them 1 at a time. It could be a great way to stream line SD modding if it worked
Holy shit, it works!!!!! Brother you are a life saver on this. Took me an hour and half at a snails pace to get it but it works for fallout 4. If I could shake your hand right now I would. U just won a sub!!!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG if you played new Vegas getting the service rifle (m16) by wasteland melody is a must. Nadie2283 has an expansion pack for it that allows for an under barrel grenade launcher, multiple sights, camos, attachments. Hands down my favorite mod. I’m big on the weapons side of modding for FO4. Tbh FO4 has such a large modding community there’s something for everyone.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG personal favorite is by wasteland melody. It’s the service rifle (m16) from New Vegas. But this time the modifications have been greatly expanded for full customization. Nadie2283 makes and expansion pack for melody’s mod that increadses the number of attachments and modifications. Highly would recommend. But FO4 has such a large modding community there’s something for everyone
@@GrownUpGamingGUG yeah I appreciate that haha I didn't realize this one was for non steam games till after I sent this one, so I watched the other video instead haha
So far ive been able to do everything up until actually i stalling a mod for a game. Whenever it would open the link to drop the copy and pasted url from the google url mod screen, it crashes Steam and Vortex completely. Is there any way to stop it from crashing?? 10:48
At 8:01 for me there is no shortcuts tab on the side earlier there was though. Now it shows general, compatibility, updates, installed files,betas, controllers, game recording, privacy, and feedback
I was able to install Vortex completely but once everything is done and the page opens up my curser stops working. Once I close the vortex page my curser works again. I deleted the whole thing and started from scratch like you did and the same thing happens and my curser stops working again.
Please help, im trying to do this with lethal company and although the mods are gettinf installed, i keep getting a notification saying basically amy mod i download is redundant.. I did all the instructions carefully so im not sure if i messed with the wrong setting somewhere or what. Also, even without that notification, mods would say "enabled" but arent actually showing up in game.. its almost been 2 days of me trying to fix this🙏
@@thedarkcommunity7877 I would try those mods out on pc first. Make sure things are working. Check if the mods need dependencies. Or try out some simple mods first just to make sure the setup is correct. Or even install mods manually in the game folder to see how the structure works.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG yeah, lethal company requires "BepInEx" for unity modding. I have that and mods show vortex but don't show up when the game is opened otherwise. I don't have a PC and I'm actually a noobie when it comes to modding TwT But as far as manual installation or more I'm general, my problem might be so easily fixed if I knew which folder the mods are supposed to be in?
I'm trying to mod baldur's gate 3 but at 5:50 in the video your game needs an extenstion while I get a pop-up "game not discovered", do you have any idea how to fix this? I can't locate the game file via the menu it's given me
So I'm doing this to mod Fallout New Vegas, I have made it to 9:08 but unlike the tutorial I do not see a Fallout New Vegas folder like how he has a starfield folder. I know I'm in the right compatdata for FNV. Any help because I'm at a dead end now. Official copy of FNV from steam.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG much love my friend! I pretty much figured it out on my own after studying your starfield folders contents and matching it to fnvs file contents lol. Seems to be working!
So ive made it to 7:55, clicking on Baldur's Gate 3 (which is downloaded) and there is no shortcut menu where it shows links, just other stuff like compatability, General, etc. i went through all the options and found no tab on it. Any idea?
UPDATE: i tried searching the game on the sepreate tab in the dolphin folder, going .steam, steam, steamapps, common, BG3. do i move the game itself to the drive? or, when i click it, it has bin which holds Bg3.exe, do i move this?
I can't get it to work with Steam Games through Vortex. The system keeps telling me that there are no executable files in the game folder, or that it can't find one at least. There has to be one though, because the game works perfectly well. I'm trying to get it working with a legit copy of Marvel Mignight Suns.
Any chance you can make an updated video for modding? I tried modding Cyberpunk 2077 and it didn’t go well so I just uninstalled everything. Thank you!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG no, it’s OK I wanted to get vortex because I wanted to get mods for fallout four but it turns out fallout 4 had an update and now you can just get mods standalone
I'm confused about one thing, if someone is willing to help I would appreciate it. At 14:11 he says if you're using the steam version of a game then you need to move the file back to the original location... But then at 15:58 he says the game needs to be in the same location as Vortex or it won't be able to manage the mods?? Does that mean Vortex can't actually work if you move the game back to the original location? Idk how all this works so I'm very confused. Thanks in advance!
Yes, move the game folder inside vortex prefix folder when you use vortex to mod the game. After you finished modding, move the game back to original location to play the game. You don't need to use vortex at the point.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG You don't need Vortex to manage your games while you play? Also, does this mean you need to move the game folder back into the Vortex folder every time there's a mod update?
After you mod the games you don't need vortex anymore. But if you need to add, update or delete mods then you need it to vortex to manage so you need to move the folder back. Moving folders is instant though.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Alright, thank you! Would it be possible to mod Stardew Valley through Vortex on the steam deck? I somehow got it to work on my laptop following a guide but I have no idea how to do it on the deck.
I am attempting to follow your guide for my new OLED Steam Deck, but when it comes to the part where I need to guide Vortex to the directory Skyrim is located in I am running into an issue. When I click on compatibilities a completely different menu pops up from what is shown in your video, when I click browse files I find it, but Vortex does not like the given link.
I did everything you said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab.
I got to 8 mins in and got stuck, when I open properties of the game (Baldurs Gate) it doesn't show me the target box, and when I look manually by the number the game file isnt present in the drive_c, I can only find it in home>local>share>steam>steamapps>common so I'm struggling to set up the game in Vortex, any ideas where I'm going wrong?
Why does my steam deck desktop have Exclamation mark on the files inside the Black tree folder. It wants me to specify what to do with (.exe / .bin / .dll / .dat) files
I was making a stupid mistake 😂. I was dropping the manually downloaded roms to the downloads list. 🤦♂️ instead of the mods section on Nexus. Thanks for the tutorial
when i use vortex the find any game, i click on home, deck, steamapps. and then nothing. blank. why wont vortex see any of the games i have in the steam games folder? its becoming upsetting. its just not finding anything. just blank. ive put vortex into the same folder. nothing. why?!?!?!?!
PLEASE HELP. i am trying to mod Monster Hunter Rise, i have downloaded and installed Vortex. at (3:12) there is a folder listed as BlackTreeGaming, but on my system it isnt there, instead it is a folder named Steam. did i do something wrong?
So when I open vortex and search Skyrim special edition and select mangage, it says the game is not available, and I have Skyrim installed on the Internal Sd card.
I finally managed to follow along with everything but the mods aren't reflected in the game. Vortex says they are enabled but it hasn't changed anything in the game.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG The game is my time at sandrock. I installed "your time at sandrock" and bepinex which most of the mods say they need then I installed "ytas lovers" and "ytas tweaks". Everything seems good to go because there are no error messages, but the mods are still not being reflected when playing the game, not on my PC and not on steamdeck. This is my first time trying to use mods. It's been time consuming and frustrating with nothing to even show for it.
Having an issue with installing mods now, each time I do I get a window saying "External Changes" showing that mod files were changed (deleted) outside of vortex. Each time I deploy it does this and none of the mods get deployed even if they say enabled and succesful.
I also have an issue with the mouse button freezing (pressing the steam button on the deck unfreezes it) and it will crash vortex or the deck if I try to open a mod using a link the same way you do at 11:01 Any and all help is appreciated!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thank you for replying so fast! I wasn't expecting you to get back to me so quickly First thing I checked after you said in the video that it would be a common problem, it's definitely there in the same folder. Seems the issue is that when I deploy mods they are swiftly removed from the mod folder. I actually manually copied in one of the .pak files into the mod folder, didn't deploy mods in vortex, launched the game, and now suddenly it works. But that seems to be the issue, when I press deploy mods it deletes them from the mod folder instantaneously.
@@patrickmorrissey4811Same issue and found a fix. Change the Vortex Mod staging folder to a location on the same drive as your game installation. (Settings--Mods tab) Then make sure the Deployment Method is a "Hard link Deployment" I was modding stardew and this fixed things for me.
So, I did everything up until selecting a game, when I try to select fallout 4, it says quote "Fallout 4 hasnt been automatically discovered, you will have to set the game folder manually" Im not a tech person, I dont know much about anything, pls help ;-;
I got it to install and logged in. But now since I've tried copy and paste the link, vortex just CTDs on me. Trying different runtimes now. Varying luck before insta closing. I was so close. Made a collections on my PC to soeed the process up. Whenever it decides to open.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG So got it working - just had to run the vortex installer again, had it reinstall. Looks like it's sticking, even got my collection downloading now in the program. Thanks for the video. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Though now I'm not sure I'll be able to play Monster Hunter in public again.
Not sure how to get this going for new vegas? Steam has a proton folder for it but the game files aren't kept there. If I move the game folder to the vortex proton folder, I can't open it from steam without adding it as a non steam game. When I try to run it as a non steam game with proton, it errors out. Is the process different if your launching a steam game?
i seem to be doing somethhing wrong when moving the fame folder. it now acts as the game doesnt exsit and then i can no longer play it and steam trysa to validate and redownload the game
Fallout 4 doesn't have the C drive folder you copied into the Vortex instance. I tried directing it to the other FO4 directory, and now it can't access the ini's from the user folder. I'm a little worried about copying both directories over, cause the game might get confused on where to place saves. Edit: I copied the Fallout 4 folder from the other directory (right click the game in steam, browse files), and that worked. It just took rebooting Vortex a few times to generate the ini's in the documents location.
i'm trying so hard to get vortex running for fnv. i've been all over for different methods of mod instalations and nothing's worked so far. i got two minutes into this before it didn't work. when i tried installing vortex, following everything as u did, it gave me an error. the error says "Extract: error to writing to file C:\users\steamuser\temp spcc7b.tmp\vb_redist.x64.exe" i don't know if there's some kind of permissions i'm missing or what. i was hopeful since this was a more recent tutorial, but still something went wrong. do u know how to fix this? anyone?
Sorry for not responding. I didn't know u answered. It was on the internal SSD yes. I got a new problem now. I got vortex to work and got excited. I was to the step where to move the folder to the c drive and start downloading things. But as soon as I downloaded one of the mods, everything froze, then crashed. Now I can't open steam or my Internet browser without restarting my deck. I have no idea why modding this game is so hard for me Edit it: okay so I guess it doesn't like direct downloads? When I download it manually and drag the zip over, vortex takes it. So, I THINK I made it work. I only wanted two small mods tho so I'll have to find out when they come into okay. Let's hope it finally goes to plan. Thank u!
So I needed to comment and support this guy, because the part of the video beginning at 10:45 actually allows you to download entire collections via Vortex on the Steam Deck through the URL method. Made installing Skyrim Immersive mods 10x easier.
thanks for your support and comment! much appreciated. can you recommend some skyrim mods, i'm planning to do a video for skyrim modding but i'm not sure what mods are good for camera (can easily be seen that the mod is active).
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I would love a tutorial for Fallout as I couldn't see the same kind of folder for Fallout 3 or NV (Not tried F4 yet) in the numbered folder thing that you see from Protontricks, Though I may have been dumb and done something wrong a long the way
My in-app browser crashes after launching within vortex. Anyone having the same issue? (Everything else works great thank you!)
@@tubawest9768 same i noticed that when an ad at the bottom shows up it crashes and i have to restart my deck
@@isubki8275 I have that now so I just download the mods from the steam deck browser and drag the zips to the mods tab in vortex.
I'm like 99% sure symlink is way smarter than copying the entire game folder. Especially because there's a "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps" directory already inside Vortex's compatdata folder. If you just symlink the "common" directory from your actual steamapps folder, you get a C:\ file path for Nexus, and can also keep all your different games inside one folder and not have to do a ton of copying if you want to work on multiple games.
That's good for steam games.
How does one do this?
@@humungousrichard9805 hold alt, generally, when you move it. symlinks are sort of like shortcuts on Windows, but way more useful.
@@humungousrichard9805drag the common folder like you were going to move it. There will be an option next to ‘move folder here’ that says ‘link folder here’s
@@humungousrichard9805i’m also curious (aka, this would be really great to know)
Thank you so much for this - I've been tearing my hair out trying to get Vortex to run on my Arch desktop. I tried your tutorial as all my desktop options - Lutris, Wine and SteamTinker had varying levels of success. This worked right out of the gate.
You're welcome 🤗 Thanks for the comment!
Same here. I was having a hankering for some Fallout New Vegas, but adding mods was a nightmare without Vortex [ Steam Deck ]
@@DarkWestern glad it helped! :) happy gaming!
i am really glad im gonna try this
2 things I'd like to add to this video
1: instead of moving the folder pick the create link option instead. It works just as well
2: On steam deck if you don't have a m&kb plugged in there's no way to get the context menu to open to allow you to paste links in vortex Just open the keyboard & near the bottom right there's a paste button. Use that.
Thanks for your suggestions. I don't like the link option because over time I forget what links where and it gets messy. But that's just my personal preference. Thanks for the input.
I did everything he said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab... I'm on the Legion Go.
you're on the legion go with windows, you don't need compatability. proton is for linux. it's a layer to play windows games on linux.
The second way doesn't work for me. When I try to paste smth nothing is happening
@Valcirin yeah I think you have to tap the box again after you open the keyboard because it takes you out for some reason.
It's strange but I can't use Steam Deck's keyboard in Vortex and can't paste anything
steam + x button? else try kde connect.
Same
Same I can't do a thing in vortex my track pad stops working when it's onscreen and I can't open my keyboard
Somehow happened to me too, any solution to this yet?
@@ArthyenR I just use the touchscreen or open archives without Nexus
So just in case anyone is as new as I am at navigating the steam deck, when you get to the part where you have to put quotes around the path in the ‘target’ field, to get the keyboard to pull up, just hit X. For some reason I’d got it in my head that I needed to hit the steam button and then X to open the keyboard, and was getting very frustrated when I was unsuccessful for an embarrassingly long time. Just hit X. That’s all.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the corner wearing a dunce cap. I’ll also be playing my newly modded save file for Baldur’s Gate 3, so at least there’s that.
Yes, virtual keyboard can be brought up with steam button plus x button.
I guess I'm still feeling like a dunce. I can bring the keyboard up, but the address field won't register any input from the keyboard. 😩
Would you happen to know why when I get to the part to put the Game location in the drive C: folder, when I go to my steam library, and press options on my game, there is no shortcut option where the links are. I have general, and compatibility tab. But no target url or anything
I just bought a steam deck to play bg3 and cyber punk with mods so I'll definitely be back if I have questions when it gets here next week
Man this really helped me with my bannerlord mods thank you, I will be installing sim mods for my gfs deck. Appreciate this tutorial, it does take a lot of trial and error and patience but it all works if you just take your time. And I cannot stress enough that if you are on a steam deck first download all the mods and enable them when the game is on the c drive. Do not redownload the game like steam wants too, instead go in your c drive folder where your vortex lives and manually drag and drop your game back into your steam common library it will boot with everything you added, I know he mentioned it but it was a bit unclear and I thought you needed two copy’s and I’m sure people having an issue are doing the same thing I was. Happy modding.
Thanks for sharing! Happy gaming!
You installed the mods downloading manually or with vortex manager auto option? I can't see the mods installed in the mod section in the Launcher...
@@lumopal6473 I installed the mods by opening vortex and dropping them from my browser download straight to the section that says downloads once the game was in the c drive folder of vortex. Also I enabled the DIII on steam deck it will ask permission to execute not the same security tab they show here. Also I found that if I just open the zip folder and find the actual mod I can drag that to my modules folder in my game and not have to use vortex. Vortex just helps make it simple and easy. You probably haven’t gone into the folder and enabled diii, go to the bin folder and open the windows 64 folder and in their will be the diii, enable it but going to permissions and putting executable. I’ve got like 30+ bannerlord mods working this way.
how did you do it i cant get mine to work its also for bannerlord
@@SubZeroJez In the end I downloaded them manually and tried one by one to see which mod the game crashed for me, it was a very old one from bandit militia or something like that so I removed it and it was already working fine, you also have to look carefully at the loading order of the mods, there is some guide out there but they usually put the ones that make the most changes to the game like RBM as high as you can but below vanilla, you download them manually and extract them and paste them in the folder that says "modules", if you want To use vortex you need a keyboard to ctrl+v the mod link as done in the video but if you get used to doing it manually it is easy. Oh and look at the version of the mod, if it is very old, look for a newer similar one or change the version through the Steam beta to an older one.
Thanks for this one mate. Clear and to the point overview that really helped me (a dullard) get mods working. Much appreciated
Glad it helped 😁
Thank you for the easy to follow tutorial. The only issues i had was lack of knowledge on my end on where to find things at lol.
Watch it a few times and you will get it. Good luck! 💪
@@GrownUpGamingGUG mostly it's the location of things. They don't seem to match. My game is not installed in a pfx. When I browse local files from steam for cyberpunk it's in a different folder. I mean I can still move it to the vortex prfc I just don't know what will happen.
@@specrtre alrighty, you will get there!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I got it thanks again just not sure while my file structures were different thank you
That's great news!
Trying to do this with fallout 4, but when i get to 5:45 when I click manage, it says the game can't be found and I have to do it manually, but I'm struggling to find out where to direct it. Any advice?
th-cam.com/video/E5rawN1fxVg/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming i find this way is better for fallout 4
Installing vortex directly in an existing game's prefix might work as well. Thanks for all your tutorials. They are really helpful.
It would work, but you would need to change target exe from vortex.exe to game.exe everytime which will be a hassle. And you would need to install vortex for every game you want to mod.
I found that adding a link to the file directory works, I made one to the BG3 folder in my steamcommon folder and it detected the game when I selected that directory link as the folder
@@nonjas1can you please explain more? Do you mean like a shortcut to the game folder in the vortex directory? I know it doesn't take much time but if I could save copy pasting the game folder every time that would def be preferred
@@KregisAurelius Yes, exactly, I did this too. The path where he copies his Starfield folder into, instead of copying the folder there, you simply right click in that location, select "Create new --> Link to file or directory" and link to BG3 installation folder which you can find by clicking "browse local files" in Steam.
I did everything he said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab... I'm on the Legion Go.
4:38
I've tried all versions of Proton and it won't start. Is there a solution?
I'm not sure, I use proton-experimental and it just works.
Having your same issue. Have you found a solution?
Switch it to GE-Proton8-32 if you have it. it started working for me
I'm trying to follow the guide but once I get to 4:51 when it's time to launch Vortex nothing happens, I start it, the loading icon appears and at that point it closes on its own. Any suggestions on what to do?
maybe try using a different proton version.
did you figure it out?
I am trying to do stardew Valley but it is giving me a game not discovered and is telling me I would have to set the game folder manually 6:30
Manually point it to the game directory.
You might need to update this to sort by accessed date. For whatever reason modified date, does not update to newest. Only access date does.
It still does for me. But to be sure, you can just open protontricks and check the number for the folder.
I still can’t locate the fallout 4 folder
Steam games are normally in home/deck/.steam/steam/Steamapps/common
@@GrownUpGamingGUG sorry to be that guy but I still can’t find it. Home/steam/steamapps/compatdata/377160(fallout 4)/pfx/drive_c/program files- not there. That’s where I’m stuck on
game folder is in the common folder. compatdata folder is just the prefix folder.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG ok I found it! Thanks! But now I’m stuck again. I can apply and enable all the mods but when I move the game folder back into the common file, and run the game, the mods aren’t there.
thank you for this video! I am able to download entire nexus collections using the URL method you showed around the 10min mark.
just make sure the url you paste into vortex isnt the webpage url, but the link address from the actual download button on the collection page.
Thanks for sharing ☺️
Hey, random human here - can you explain exactly how you acquire the link address from the download button on the collection page please?
6:29 I'm having an issue. When i type in the game name (baldur's gate 3) and click on manage, it says "Baldur's gate 3 hasn't been automatically discovered, you will have to set the game folder manually." What do i do? I cant find the game folder.
Do you know how to find the game folder location on your steam deck?
No. I'm not the best with computers. I tried following your steps. When I click on properties for bg3, it doesn't show the shortcut like when I open vortex properties.
I found the app ID# and went to the pfx/drive_c location, but I still don't see the games name like how you found starfield.
Is it purchased from steam? Normally the location is inside home/deck/.steam/steam/compatdata/common
@GrownUpGamingGUG yes. Bought the game directly from the steam app
This video is very well explained. I downloaded this on my steam deck before, but I couldn’t get Game on the manager, so I gave up and uninstalled the program, but if I can’t get mod to work this time, I’m not going to ever uninstall this program because it is difficult to get it to work again for me. I feel like I’m coding whenever he says change thedirectories and stuff around. I have never done anything like this so without this guide I wouldn’t know what to do. Thank you. You do a very good job on explaining stuff and your videos are very detailed. I appreciate that.
Thanks for the comment 😊
seeing average gamers try to wrestle with linux is both enteraining and heartwarming
That's a weird comment. But thanks anyway 😜
@@GrownUpGamingGUG well as an exclusively Linux user for 7+ years it's making me happy to see average users exposed to a Linux desktop but on the same note boy is it funny to see everyone struggling with it lol
@@GrownUpGamingGUG btw tip: pressing Ctrl + l in the file explorer will let you paste/type the file path you need in dolphin 🐬
thanks for the tip! let us know more of your knowledge! :)
@@WilliamMelton617 If the newcomer's struggle makes you laugh, I get it, we've all been new to something before. But if it also makes you happy to see people getting exposed to Linux, then imagine how much happier you'd be if you helped people truly understand it. :)
When pasting a url like you show at the 10:50 mark, my deck crashes. How do I stop this??
It happens to me sometimes. I don't use the browser in vortex now. I just download the mods and drag the zip to vortex.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG idk how I’m dumb 😭
There is install from file option in the mods tab of vortex. Seems my in app browser crashes Everytime now as well. Too bad. I hope they fix it at some point
it was all going good till 7:55 because when i hit properties it only showed general not that shortcut thing if you can can you help
For steam games use this th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thanks a lot bro
You're welcome 🤗
When I go to play the part @ 1:45 the install folder does not come up? I switched to Proton Experimental. I press play and it just hangs for a while and goes back to play after a few minutes. Anyone else getting this or know how to fix it?
try removing it and do it again or change the proton version. maybe restart the steam deck. sometimes that happens to me too.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Thank you. I will give it a try.
So this “thee black gaming” folder in this video do I need to create this so I can find it the thing I need to copy and paste?
It should be created automatically when installed
After doing everything up to 11:43, I click slow download and the whole thing freezes and will stay frozen until I alt+F4
I download the mod zip files and drag them to the mod tab now.
So i literally followed everything to a T up until you launched Vortext. I copied EXACTLY what you typed and did and then i click launch and it says "launching" and then it says "running." And then nothing happens and it acts like i haven't launched it. I've been stuck at the library screen forever.
you can't launch it from lutris? is that the issue?
I tried lutris first when I was following a tutorial on steam for modding BG3 and it didn't work, so I tried your method and I got all the way to launching it from steam after I put in the pathing under properties and it just keeps telling me it's running though nothing is popping up or loading in, and then 5 seconds later steam will act like I didn't try to launch it and the program will go back to the "play" launch button.
did you put quotation marks in the target (") start and end?
@GrownUpGamingGUG yes, and then I removed them like you had in the "start in" category below it as well as removed the .exe at the end of vortex and added the slash. I'm not really sure what's going on with it.
not so sure, make sure the paths are correct and the proton version is correct.
confused... I added it as a non steam game and ive installed it and everything but when trying to change the path (4:00 ~) I don't seem to have a file named vortex??
If vortex.exe isn't there then maybe you didn't install it correctly? Try using a different proton to install it. Not sure if proton-experimental update break anything or not.
Great tutorial, thank you! Just a note for any other people thinking about this, cutting and pasting the Starfield folder is an INSTANT process so its not a big deal pasting it back and forth from the Vortex C Drive and the Steam "common" folder.
Thanks! :)
Question: Dying Light doesn't appear to have the shortcut menu shown on practically every other game. I've found the steam ID for it, but navigating through the file path (as closely as it resembles the one you pasted at 8:37) doesn't lead to a folder with the game's name on it. Would it be okay to just end the file path at /drive_c/ or does it need a more specific path for it to work?
@@cameroncooper44 steam version of the game? I was using non-steam games in the video.
Okay, so I’m stuck at the part where I need to help Nexus manually find my game “Stardew Valley”. I have no “shortcut” on the game…And whenever I tried to play the game that’s installed through the common steamapps folder, it says “no game in the folder.” Which maybe goes into the Drive-C issue where it needs to be in there, BUT- I can’t find where it is and what to put in there…So how do I get the file route/What do I put into Drive-C in that instance? It’s downloaded from steam. Not from an external source.
I'm using non-steam version so I can just move the game folder inside vortex prefix drive_c. For steam version you might have to move it back and forth.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I just decided to download the mods manually unfortunately, took 6 hours lol. Quite unfortunate. Thanks for the reply though.
@@ReeBoi17 if you have a lot of mods, manually installing them is a pain. I've gone down that route before. You forget which mods which and you can disable them. You have to manually remove them but you forget the file names.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Yeah- and with Stardew Valley, it can update anytime and break every. Single. Mod. It’s slightly terrifying.
@@ReeBoi17 yes that too 😅
At 7:57 the target link screen is not coming up for me.
For steam version games use this th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html
Guys I need some serious help on this one. I downloaded 9 mods and exported it into the Steam Deck to install. I kept getting "External Changes" errors. My Witcher 3's installed on the Micro SD card so I took some of the advice and moved the Vortex app folder into the Micro SD Card.
it's harder to run on sd card i think.
Welp im stuck at 5:20 refuses it freezes after i fixed it and when i open applications larger or shorter i get a black screen i must be doing something wrong
Some people mention their router or firewall blocked it from downloading that's why they can't install the .net when clicking the fix button.
So I'm following this video as my guide to try and get Vortex working on my Deck currently, one thing I was alittle confused about was what to do exactly if youre using the steam version of a game.
I'm trying to get Fallout 4 to work through Vortex but having some difficulty here when I try to "manage" the game through Vortex, seems it cant find the install location for a regular steam game. Any help is appreciated 👍
okay, will do.
Any fix having the same issue
@@GrownUpGamingGUGany fix?
@@943awsomeness steam version watch this video th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html
Have an issue; at 5:00 I hit the fix button and theres an error pop-up that says "network connect was not permitted, check firewall settings" but having trouble finding anything related to application bypass. I tried disabling the firewall while reloading vortex and still no luck.
maybe your router is blocking from downloading? you can download the install file for .net 6 and install it with protontricks on the vortex prefix.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG It was my router, just swapped to my hotspot and its downloading now. Thank you!!!
good job!
I figured out a way to use symlinks with this video! This way you don’t have to move the entire game folder and possibly mess up future game updates with Steam. You have to create two Symlink folders. The first folder goes to the game folder for managing(c root “Starfield”--> game root folder).The second folder goes to a completely empty mod folder(c root “Mods”-->(game root “Mods”, used for deployment and staging (created a mods folder within the root game folder)
I was getting a “mods can’t be deployed”error before I did this and after I did this, the error completely went away.
thanks for sharing! as most my games are non-steam games, i can run them anywhere so i like to just move the game folder inside the vortex/wemod prefix folder i created so it can both be modded and run cheats at the same time.
Dude, you and the original poster are life savers! It took me awhile to find the install location for Vortex. (I used a different way to install it then this video) It was located in the Home/Vortix.Linux/compatdata/drive_C... ect I also put an empty Mod folder in the game folder I wanted to work with! Bingo! It worked!
Sorry man but i dont understand english much and google translate doesn't help. Could you explain the process easier? pls(?)
@@dkkids good job! :)
Fuck the more i read it the more i dont understand... maybe cuz its 5am, anyway. Tell me if im am wrong. Basically a create two folders liked toghether, i put one i game directory and the other one in vortex directory. I will use the one in the vortex directory as a fake location for my game when vortex will ask to insert the location manually. Am i right?
4:35 I am not able to continue, when I enter the address the program does not open and I have already tried everything
What SteamOS and proton are you using?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG proton experimental But I've had it installed for a long time, I don't know if I have to update the protons, I don't even know if they are updated
@@GrownUpGamingGUG my steamos is 3.5.19
Awesome guide! For those of you who are exclusively using an sd card for your games, rather than moving your games to your hard drive logical thing is move vortex instead. You can use the same method of drag and drop to move the black tree game folder to your external drive if you already installed to your decks internal drive
I actually installed vortex on wemod prefix. And now all games are on wemod prefix folder so I can use wemod and vortex to manage them without transferring them around.
So belay my above post, if you just move vortex to the sd cars it affects updating it and the uninstaller, so it is better to just install it to the drive your keeping your games on in the first place. I ended up deleting it and then reinstalled in my case
@@jalyson575can i ask how? when i open the installer and the destination folder selection part it’s blank whenever i try to change the folder.
can you expand on this ? what is wemod prefix?@@GrownUpGamingGUG
I did everything he said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab... I'm on the Legion Go.
Worked perfectly when using the same steps for skyrim se. No issues with setting up and following your steps so thanks for the tutorial. Now the next step would be figuring out how to install games that require anti cheat (destiny/apex) and xbox for pc and you could run everything off steam os without having to install windows.
i can't make everything work.
im having trouble copying the directory link, the bar where it is isnt there.
What directory link?
8:04 so im doing skyrim and when i go to properties it doesnt the the shortcut tab
th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html for steam version games use this
I get vortex installed, but when I go to select my game, it tells me the game wasn’t found and I have to select the folder myself.
How do I select my game? I go to the deck folder the “.steam” folder doesn’t come up because it’s a hidden folder
@@tanner_titus for steam games try this th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html. For non-steam games, it's easier as you can put the game folder wherever and it still launches.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG the link send us to a xr glasses review you did.
@@whodatboiwhodisis7076 lol 😂 thanks for letting me know, I edited the comment.
Extremely helpful tutorial… thank you for the clear and simple to follow directions
you're welcome! thanks for the comment!
every steam deck owner needs to subscribe to your channel bro. Amazing content as always
I wish that too, that will be an easy 2-3 million subscribers I think 🤔
I was very excited to find this video, but I need a spot of help, if you please. I followed along with the video and everything went well until I need to set the game folder manually. I found drive_c for the game, but there's no folder with the game's name. What should I do?
Add them to the c drive is the best way to go.
Which "them"? I didn't see an equivalent of the "Starfield" folder at 9:16 @@GrownUpGamingGUG
you on steam version of the game right? i don't have that.
Yeah I’m stuck on the same part, I followed the directory but the game folder is not showing up when you open the pfx tab
im very late to this but you use the steam apps common instead to find the game then move it over to the same place in the vid then after you install the mod move it back to steam apps common and then voila you have yourself a modded game hope this helps someone
Where is the shortcut part at 8:01 my screen looks much different than yours
i don't understand what you mean.
@@GrownUpGamingGUGyour screen says up in the left corner Shortcut and compatibility mine on the other hand says General Compatibility Updates Installed Files Betas Controller DLC and finally Feedback
@@GrownUpGamingGUGI can't find the shortcut part at all
ok, i'm using a non-steam game. you are using a steam game. here is a video to mod steam games. the process is different. th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=14oXiWKV7CvG5He3
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thank you very much for replying most don't I really appreciate this it's been an nightmare trying to mod anything on the deck cause I use windows and not litrus and I have zero know how to programming either so thank you very much
Tried a different guide to install this and it didnt work. Will try this later im sure your version will do the trick as usual!
Did it work?
Mad helpful so far but at 5:45, the only thing that pops up for me is a screen that says game not discovered, you will have to set the game folder manually and the only option is to continue which pops up a select folder menu.
Fixed the problem, on the game that I want to mod, the target and start in options don’t appear
So fixed?
I'm having a problem around the 9:00 mark. The game name is not showing up in drive_c when i go into it.
did you move it the game in that location?
Oh, i didn't know you had to move it there. How do you do that?@@GrownUpGamingGUG
move the game folder inside the vortex prefix folder under drive_c. it's in the video.
Okay so i figured it out but when I go into properties for the game, the shortcut tab doesn't show up. I just get controller options and general stuff like that. @@GrownUpGamingGUG
i'm using non-steam game in this video. for steam game, try this th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TCQZaeXB0HbOP1D8
11:40 at this moment my steam deck just freezes up and I need to restart it to make it work again. And to boot it again it needs to go through several cycles of not turning on and ends up on “verifying installation” screen
I don't use that anymore, I download the mod from my steam deck web browser and drag the zips to the mods tab in vortex.
I don't know if anyone looks here anymore but when I try to install vortex at 0:50 it gives me a windows desktop runtime x64 file, anyone know why?
nevermind I'm an idiot, I was accidentally trying to install .net 6.0 as vortex
I didn't have that. Maybe try another file.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG nah I figured it out I was being an idiot and trying to install .net 6 as vortex
Lol 🤣 glad you got it!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG now I gotta figure out an issue at 10:55
8:00 Trying to mod Fallout New Vegas, but when I go to the Properties tab, it doesn’t give me any option to view Shortcuts. The game is fully installed to. Is there any work around or am I screwed?
for steam games, try this video th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Gahhh thx mate! Cheers!
Any tips on downloading collections from Nexus? Im able to get it to populate in Vortex, but it errors on each mod saying I need to download it from Nexus
@@NickCelis-n9r I don't use collections. Do you need to pay for collections?
@GrownUpGamingGUG no they're free! There are some made specifically for steam deck I'm looking to try. But they can have hundreds of individual mods, so I'm hoping to avoid downloading them 1 at a time. It could be a great way to stream line SD modding if it worked
Maybe I'll try if I have a chance.
@GrownUpGamingGUG please! One of your videos would be great for this. Great content btw!
Holy shit, it works!!!!! Brother you are a life saver on this. Took me an hour and half at a snails pace to get it but it works for fallout 4. If I could shake your hand right now I would. U just won a sub!!!
I was going to use this method for fallout 4. I'm just starting that game. Any recommendations on what mods I should use for that game?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG if you played new Vegas getting the service rifle (m16) by wasteland melody is a must. Nadie2283 has an expansion pack for it that allows for an under barrel grenade launcher, multiple sights, camos, attachments. Hands down my favorite mod. I’m big on the weapons side of modding for FO4. Tbh FO4 has such a large modding community there’s something for everyone.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG personal favorite is by wasteland melody. It’s the service rifle (m16) from New Vegas. But this time the modifications have been greatly expanded for full customization. Nadie2283 makes and expansion pack for melody’s mod that increadses the number of attachments and modifications. Highly would recommend. But FO4 has such a large modding community there’s something for everyone
I've actually never played a fallout game, starting with fallout 4 due to the hype of the TV series.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG lol that’s what made me wanna go replay it
It doesnt work the same for newvegas or fallout 3 for some reason.
I replied your comment in the steam version video. Hope you get it working 😄
@@GrownUpGamingGUG yeah I appreciate that haha I didn't realize this one was for non steam games till after I sent this one, so I watched the other video instead haha
So far ive been able to do everything up until actually i stalling a mod for a game. Whenever it would open the link to drop the copy and pasted url from the google url mod screen, it crashes Steam and Vortex completely. Is there any way to stop it from crashing?? 10:48
I download the mods from the steam deck browser and drag the zips to the mod tab of vortex.
Baldur's gate does not show the target shortcut like at 8:00 mark. How else can I find this?
is it a steam game? normally steam games are located in home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/common
This helped. Thank you!@@GrownUpGamingGUG
glad it worked! :)
At 8:01 for me there is no shortcuts tab on the side earlier there was though. Now it shows general, compatibility, updates, installed files,betas, controllers, game recording, privacy, and feedback
For steam games use this th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming
I couldn’t go any farther then 8:00 the shortcuts links where the “start in” won’t pop up
You just put the game path in that text area.
I’m still confused
I was able to install Vortex completely but once everything is done and the page opens up my curser stops working. Once I close the vortex page my curser works again. I deleted the whole thing and started from scratch like you did and the same thing happens and my curser stops working again.
@@anunez1979able hold steam button and use right touchpad as mouse and R2 as left mouse click.
Weird question, but only my touch screen seems to work in the vortex program right before I try and install a game
Hold the steam button and use right touchpad as mouse.
Please help, im trying to do this with lethal company and although the mods are gettinf installed, i keep getting a notification saying basically amy mod i download is redundant.. I did all the instructions carefully so im not sure if i messed with the wrong setting somewhere or what. Also, even without that notification, mods would say "enabled" but arent actually showing up in game.. its almost been 2 days of me trying to fix this🙏
I've never played the game you're mentioning unfortunately 😔
@GrownUpGamingGUG dang.. any tips on these errors? Maybe some ideas that could help me get this to work? :b
@@thedarkcommunity7877 I would try those mods out on pc first. Make sure things are working. Check if the mods need dependencies. Or try out some simple mods first just to make sure the setup is correct. Or even install mods manually in the game folder to see how the structure works.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG yeah, lethal company requires "BepInEx" for unity modding. I have that and mods show vortex but don't show up when the game is opened otherwise. I don't have a PC and I'm actually a noobie when it comes to modding TwT
But as far as manual installation or more I'm general, my problem might be so easily fixed if I knew which folder the mods are supposed to be in?
@@thedarkcommunity7877 I probably need to try it to give you any answers but that game is not on my priority right now.
I'm trying to mod baldur's gate 3 but at 5:50 in the video your game needs an extenstion while I get a pop-up "game not discovered", do you have any idea how to fix this? I can't locate the game file via the menu it's given me
I suggest move the game folder to the vortex prefix folder drive_c. Then you can select it from my computer/c:.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG ok, I'll try that thank you so much for the reply ^^
@@annapaulien1352 good luck!
the 2889 folder is completely different, do I need to sort through every single numbered folder until I find the drive that has the thing
This might help you th-cam.com/video/xCXJ8Xp12gg/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming
So I'm doing this to mod Fallout New Vegas, I have made it to 9:08 but unlike the tutorial I do not see a Fallout New Vegas folder like how he has a starfield folder. I know I'm in the right compatdata for FNV. Any help because I'm at a dead end now. Official copy of FNV from steam.
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@@GrownUpGamingGUG much love my friend! I pretty much figured it out on my own after studying your starfield folders contents and matching it to fnvs file contents lol. Seems to be working!
@@matthewrussell1600 that's even better! Good job 👍
4:46
Mine isn’t starting up what do I do?
Try again?
@ I have tried I think I’m just going to use proton qt and access it from there
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I did all the steps in the video but vortex won’t open after changing the vortex downloaded to the actual vortex app
So ive made it to 7:55, clicking on Baldur's Gate 3 (which is downloaded) and there is no shortcut menu where it shows links, just other stuff like compatability, General, etc. i went through all the options and found no tab on it. Any idea?
UPDATE: i tried searching the game on the sepreate tab in the dolphin folder, going .steam, steam, steamapps, common, BG3. do i move the game itself to the drive? or, when i click it, it has bin which holds Bg3.exe, do i move this?
For the steam version of bg3, procedure is a little different. I will make a video later about it. Happy New Year 🎊
I can't get it to work with Steam Games through Vortex. The system keeps telling me that there are no executable files in the game folder, or that it can't find one at least. There has to be one though, because the game works perfectly well. I'm trying to get it working with a legit copy of Marvel Mignight Suns.
You're watching the wrong video, try this th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html
Any chance you can make an updated video for modding? I tried modding Cyberpunk 2077 and it didn’t go well so I just uninstalled everything. Thank you!
th-cam.com/video/JBgz2NCnXyY/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming how about this one?
It did not work for me. For some reason it all screwed up when my mouse cursor would freeze on the window of vortex, so I just gave up.
You should try holding the steam button and move the right touch pad as mouse.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG no, it’s OK I wanted to get vortex because I wanted to get mods for fallout four but it turns out fallout 4 had an update and now you can just get mods standalone
@@TheSilverTRex great!
I’m having a problem. I can’t use my mouse or open my keyboard
hold steam button and use right touchpad as mouse and R2 as left mouse click.
Ok so I’ve been following all the way up until the part where you open the .exe at 1:55 and it just won’t open. Do you have any idea why?
It should be you missed something. That's just an installer exe. Should be easy to run.
Are there any other things I have to download?
Don't think so, just follow the video.
yeah, i followed exactly but nothing is popping up when i click play
I'm confused about one thing, if someone is willing to help I would appreciate it.
At 14:11 he says if you're using the steam version of a game then you need to move the file back to the original location... But then at 15:58 he says the game needs to be in the same location as Vortex or it won't be able to manage the mods??
Does that mean Vortex can't actually work if you move the game back to the original location? Idk how all this works so I'm very confused.
Thanks in advance!
Yes, move the game folder inside vortex prefix folder when you use vortex to mod the game. After you finished modding, move the game back to original location to play the game. You don't need to use vortex at the point.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG You don't need Vortex to manage your games while you play?
Also, does this mean you need to move the game folder back into the Vortex folder every time there's a mod update?
After you mod the games you don't need vortex anymore. But if you need to add, update or delete mods then you need it to vortex to manage so you need to move the folder back. Moving folders is instant though.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Alright, thank you! Would it be possible to mod Stardew Valley through Vortex on the steam deck? I somehow got it to work on my laptop following a guide but I have no idea how to do it on the deck.
here you go th-cam.com/video/2wxV04Ohino/w-d-xo.html
I am attempting to follow your guide for my new OLED Steam Deck, but when it comes to the part where I need to guide Vortex to the directory Skyrim is located in I am running into an issue.
When I click on compatibilities a completely different menu pops up from what is shown in your video, when I click browse files I find it, but Vortex does not like the given link.
For steam games follow this guide th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html
I did everything you said but when I added Vortex to Steam "Non-games" Library...I clicked on the "settings cog", so once I opened Vortex, I do not see the Compatibility tab...all I see is "Shortcut" and "Controller"... 🤔 I downloaded Vortex twice and also my Vortex didn't have exe at the end of it either...I even installed it the second time around to see if that was the problem, and nope, still no "Compatibility" tab.
shortcut and controller? are you sure? i've never seen that before. would you mind going to my discord and share some screenshots?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Yes, I wouldn't mind, send me the Discord link here and I'll share the images once I get off work later tonight.
you are using steamos right?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG No, just regular Steam that comes with the Legion Go...I downloaded Steam and started using that but the "OS"...nope.
I have the same issue. There is no compatibility tab
just shortcut and Controller
When i get to the Manage Games part is says its not findng any of my games…
You should put the game folder inside vortex prefix folder under drive_c.
I got stuck at 7:58. I dont have any shortcuts for my games
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I got to 8 mins in and got stuck, when I open properties of the game (Baldurs Gate) it doesn't show me the target box, and when I look manually by the number the game file isnt present in the drive_c, I can only find it in home>local>share>steam>steamapps>common so I'm struggling to set up the game in Vortex, any ideas where I'm going wrong?
For bg3, try this th-cam.com/video/prTSwXazPHg/w-d-xo.html
i heard something about a url method to download collections faster without a premium membership, is that true and if so how the hell do i do it
Not really sure about that.
Why does my steam deck desktop have Exclamation mark on the files inside the Black tree folder. It wants me to specify what to do with (.exe / .bin / .dll / .dat) files
I don't have that. But what files do you need to run?
Tried this and when dragging and dropping mods it doesn't work. When trying to go through nexus, the app crashes
It happens to me sometimes, I download the mods with a browser and drag the zips files to the mod tab in vortex now.
I was making a stupid mistake 😂. I was dropping the manually downloaded roms to the downloads list. 🤦♂️ instead of the mods section on Nexus. Thanks for the tutorial
@@shaba.N1 you're welcome 🤗
when i use vortex the find any game, i click on home, deck, steamapps. and then nothing. blank. why wont vortex see any of the games i have in the steam games folder? its becoming upsetting. its just not finding anything. just blank. ive put vortex into the same folder. nothing. why?!?!?!?!
put it inside drive_c of the vortex prefix. then you can find it in my computer/c:/
PLEASE HELP. i am trying to mod Monster Hunter Rise, i have downloaded and installed Vortex. at (3:12) there is a folder listed as BlackTreeGaming, but on my system it isnt there, instead it is a folder named Steam. did i do something wrong?
How do you know you installed vortex if you don't have the blacktreegaming folder?
So when I open vortex and search Skyrim special edition and select mangage, it says the game is not available, and I have Skyrim installed on the Internal Sd card.
Are you sure you pointed to the correct location?
9:07 There is no game folder in my files. Do you know why?
How did you install the game? Through steam?
@
Yes, that's right. I downloaded it from the Steam download button.
Right click the game on steam and manage, then browse local files to get the location of the game folder.
I found it! Thank you for helping me!
You're welcome 😁
So after you install Vortex and mods, you have to move the game again, why?
If it's the steam version, the game only runs in the common directory so you should put it back to launch it.
I finally managed to follow along with everything but the mods aren't reflected in the game. Vortex says they are enabled but it hasn't changed anything in the game.
What game? Do you have any errors in notifications?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG The game is my time at sandrock. I installed "your time at sandrock" and bepinex which most of the mods say they need then I installed "ytas lovers" and "ytas tweaks". Everything seems good to go because there are no error messages, but the mods are still not being reflected when playing the game, not on my PC and not on steamdeck. This is my first time trying to use mods. It's been time consuming and frustrating with nothing to even show for it.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG So... any ideas?
Having an issue with installing mods now, each time I do I get a window saying "External Changes" showing that mod files were changed (deleted) outside of vortex. Each time I deploy it does this and none of the mods get deployed even if they say enabled and succesful.
I also have an issue with the mouse button freezing (pressing the steam button on the deck unfreezes it) and it will crash vortex or the deck if I try to open a mod using a link the same way you do at 11:01
Any and all help is appreciated!
Is your game folder in the same directory as vortex? I find that if the game folder is not in the same directory as vortex, it has problems.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG thank you for replying so fast! I wasn't expecting you to get back to me so quickly
First thing I checked after you said in the video that it would be a common problem, it's definitely there in the same folder.
Seems the issue is that when I deploy mods they are swiftly removed from the mod folder. I actually manually copied in one of the .pak files into the mod folder, didn't deploy mods in vortex, launched the game, and now suddenly it works.
But that seems to be the issue, when I press deploy mods it deletes them from the mod folder instantaneously.
@@patrickmorrissey4811Same issue and found a fix. Change the Vortex Mod staging folder to a location on the same drive as your game installation. (Settings--Mods tab) Then make sure the Deployment Method is a "Hard link Deployment"
I was modding stardew and this fixed things for me.
It wont work, im trying to manage fallout 4 and theres no shortcut tab on properties.
th-cam.com/video/E5rawN1fxVg/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming this for fallout 4
So, I did everything up until selecting a game, when I try to select fallout 4, it says quote
"Fallout 4 hasnt been automatically discovered, you will have to set the game folder manually"
Im not a tech person, I dont know much about anything, pls help ;-;
@@Rosemarytwigs th-cam.com/video/E5rawN1fxVg/w-d-xo.html this might be a better video for fallout 4
I got it to install and logged in. But now since I've tried copy and paste the link, vortex just CTDs on me. Trying different runtimes now. Varying luck before insta closing. I was so close. Made a collections on my PC to soeed the process up. Whenever it decides to open.
It happens to me sometimes so now I just download the mods and drag the zips to the mods tab instead of using the vortex browser.
@@GrownUpGamingGUG So got it working - just had to run the vortex installer again, had it reinstall. Looks like it's sticking, even got my collection downloading now in the program.
Thanks for the video. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Though now I'm not sure I'll be able to play Monster Hunter in public again.
Happy Gaming 😁
Not sure how to get this going for new vegas? Steam has a proton folder for it but the game files aren't kept there. If I move the game folder to the vortex proton folder, I can't open it from steam without adding it as a non steam game. When I try to run it as a non steam game with proton, it errors out. Is the process different if your launching a steam game?
th-cam.com/video/HIWC25M8cBo/w-d-xo.htmligr=GrownUpGaming I have a video for that game
i seem to be doing somethhing wrong when moving the fame folder. it now acts as the game doesnt exsit and then i can no longer play it and steam trysa to validate and redownload the game
For steam games follow this instead th-cam.com/video/IGHh_0Xxg8Q/w-d-xo.html
Does this still work?
I'm tired of playing games where they are I need some kind of improvement with mods
It works for me but it'll probably depend on the game you're trying to mod too
How do you give Vortex read write permission on your steam deck?
It's not a flatpak so it already has permission.
When I tried to managed a game it says to set the folder manually then puts me in a fake files window with nothing in it
Scratch that it's making me re-download the entire game now
so is there any issue now?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG idk I had to completely reinstall baldur's gate and haven't opened it yet
12:15
When I try to login, the entire thing crashes
I download mods with the steam deck browser now and drag the zips to the mod tab so it doesn't crash.
Fallout 4 doesn't have the C drive folder you copied into the Vortex instance. I tried directing it to the other FO4 directory, and now it can't access the ini's from the user folder. I'm a little worried about copying both directories over, cause the game might get confused on where to place saves.
Edit: I copied the Fallout 4 folder from the other directory (right click the game in steam, browse files), and that worked. It just took rebooting Vortex a few times to generate the ini's in the documents location.
you can move it back over to original location after you finished modding the game.
glad it all worked out!
@@GrownUpGamingGUG Good to know, thanks! Your guide helped alot
thanks for the comment! appreciate it.
11:00. При попытке скачать мод по ссылке у меня всё вылетает вместе со стимом.
What happened to the other comment I replied you?
@@GrownUpGamingGUG I deleted it realizing that it was my mistake. I didn’t see the answer in advance, because... Didn't refresh the page.
i'm trying so hard to get vortex running for fnv. i've been all over for different methods of mod instalations and nothing's worked so far. i got two minutes into this before it didn't work. when i tried installing vortex, following everything as u did, it gave me an error. the error says "Extract: error to writing to file C:\users\steamuser\temp
spcc7b.tmp\vb_redist.x64.exe" i don't know if there's some kind of permissions i'm missing or what. i was hopeful since this was a more recent tutorial, but still something went wrong. do u know how to fix this? anyone?
you installing to internal ssd? haven't seen that error before.
Sorry for not responding. I didn't know u answered. It was on the internal SSD yes. I got a new problem now. I got vortex to work and got excited. I was to the step where to move the folder to the c drive and start downloading things. But as soon as I downloaded one of the mods, everything froze, then crashed. Now I can't open steam or my Internet browser without restarting my deck. I have no idea why modding this game is so hard for me
Edit it: okay so I guess it doesn't like direct downloads? When I download it manually and drag the zip over, vortex takes it. So, I THINK I made it work. I only wanted two small mods tho so I'll have to find out when they come into okay. Let's hope it finally goes to plan. Thank u!
It didn't work still