I downloaded the game files, mounted the .iso files and added the game to setup.exe to my steam library and installed the game under the mountpoint. When i click play in steam i just get back to the installer. Running the SkyrimSe.exe in steam(located in the CODEX directory) doesnt work. I use Arch Linux.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 5 points 2 years ago

I have a dim memory of hearing somewhere that you need to run SkyrimSELauncher.exe first at least once to create .ini files and such.

I was going to suggest you just spend the $6 or whatever to buy the game on Steam, but apparently they're asking $53 for it now. What the fuck Bethesda. Maybe they had to raise the price to stop it selling more than Starfield. Anyway, good luck.

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

Use Bottles is very easy to use and game changer for gaming!

[–] mambabasa@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

Use Lutris instead. Add the EXE, install it, change the launch EXE to the correct file.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you right click on the game in your steam list, go to manage and change compatibility to actually use proton?

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. Otherwise it wouldn't even run at all. The setup.exe ran fine but the skyrim.exe didn't run at all.

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Have you considered using JC141?

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use arch Linux.

No one? Not a single commenter recognized this as satire?

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As someone that uses Arch and still has issues sometimes, I'd say it isn't satire.

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You have issues running Windows executables on Arch?

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tell me you haven't touched Linux gaming in the last few years without directly saying it.

YES. Some games don't always work via Proton. Proton is Steam's compatibility layer. That's how the Steam deck works. It's based on Arch and uses Proton to make Windows games work on Linux.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 2 points 2 years ago

I've had issues running stuff even on debian. Too often the people packaging things just assume you're using Windows to run your Windows executables like some kind of noob.

[+] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know this is the piracy community, but why not just buy it? It's like $15 lol

If you're planning on modding the game (which isn't an easy task on Linux, I've been using Arch for a decade and it was a nightmare getting it to work through MO2), be aware that some mods (usually only SKSE mods) flat out won't work with a cracked version of the game, the authors wrote checks in the code I'm guessing to look for specific strings or versions. Then there's the issue of multiple exe versions and some mods only work with specific versions.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Or OP could retrieve the GOG installer from the high seas which technically wouldn't have any DRM to crack.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your comment runs antithetical to this server, but I agree. Skyrim has been out for 12 years and it's surprising that OP doesn't already have like 3 copies of it. Sometimes, piracy really is just a service problem.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Suggesting that people actually buy something in here is apparently equivalent to kicking a puppy lol