can you please add linux support?

[arxeon101]

im trying to add ac6 mods that require modloader as they arent regulation.bin files you can just swap in and out, but this only works on windows, and im on a steamdeck (linux)

[SophieBrown]

Seconding this request for Linux support. I'm running Mint Cinnamon 21.3, and when I try to run the launcher through wine, I get the following output:

sophie@sophie-MS-7D09:~/Documents/ModEngine-2.1.0.0-win64$ wine modengine2_launcher.exe wine: created the configuration directory '/home/sophie/.wine' 0048:err:ole:StdMarshalImpl_MarshalInterface Failed to create ifstub, hr 0x80004002 0048:err:ole:CoMarshalInterface Failed to marshal the interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}, hr 0x80004002 0048:err:ole:apartment_get_local_server_stream Failed: 0x80004002 0050:err:ole:StdMarshalImpl_MarshalInterface Failed to create ifstub, hr 0x80004002 0050:err:ole:CoMarshalInterface Failed to marshal the interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}, hr 0x80004002 0050:err:ole:apartment_get_local_server_stream Failed: 0x80004002 0050:err:ole:start_rpcss Failed to open RpcSs service 0040:err:setupapi:SetupDefaultQueueCallbackW copy error 1812 L"@wineusb.sys,-1" -> L"C:\windows\inf\wineusb.inf" Could not find Wine Gecko. HTML rendering will be disabled. Could not find Wine Gecko. HTML rendering will be disabled. wine: configuration in L"/home/sophie/.wine" has been updated. [2024-02-25 15:59:24.328] [stderr] [error] Couldn't find path to game

[Hollyrious]

I'd like to third this - or, failing that, just info on how to sideload as a dll would probably suffice.

[mivort]

It's actually possible to use ModEngine2 on Linux with only a small limitation. It's possible to unpack the archive to /Game directory, and replace start_protected_game.exe with modengine2_launcher.exe (I'm using symlink and shell script to quickly switch between these).

Then, in Steam game options, I set game launch arguments to %command% -t ac6 -c config_armoredcore6.toml for AC6 (or -t er -c config_eldenring.toml for Elden Ring) - that's basically what each of *.bat files does. Modengine launcher is able to find non-protected executable and start it with the modding support.

I think it may be possible to run it without unpacking to game directory, but that may require some wrapping of executable to properly set the working directory.

[yretenai]

for multiple games, you can also symlink the entire modengine2 folder, the toml config file of that specific game and the launcher exe (to start_protected_game.exe as described above)

the program by itself it will look for any of the non-protected games.

https://github.com/soulsmods/ModEngine2/blob/a3b50579dc76187cf4dcf5e979722c19781a36c4/launcher/launcher.cpp#L139-L165

steam will freak out a little if start_protected_game.exe ever changes, which happens when EAC gets updated (shouldn't happen anymore for any of the current games, maybe ER with a surprise bugfix update in a month or two)

this way you also only have to update the modengine2 folder in one location.