I was wondering if anyone has tried upgrading the textures on Skyrim? Is it possible to do this without affecting the performance too much on Steam Deck?

I actually haven’t played the game since the original release, so if it’s possible to run it now with extra enhancements that would be a great incentive for me to get back into it.

What mods would you recommend, and how hard is it to get them running?

    • OmegaMouse@feddit.uk
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      2 years ago

      Thank you, this is very insightful! I believe the Steam Deck has 1GB of VRAM assigned by default - would that be sufficient for most purposes?

      Most guides for the Steam Deck seem to focus on installing Vortex. If I understand correctly, Vortex has it’s own ‘collections’ (i.e. modpacks) whereas Wabbajack modlists are installed using the alternative program ModOrganizer2. Speaking of Wabbajack, I did find this specific guide for Linux/Steam Deck. The Dragonborn modpack in particular sounds interesting…

      As another alternative, you can also install mods using the built in mod manager? I’m guessing that is a lot more limited.

        • OmegaMouse@feddit.uk
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          2 years ago

          I know you can turn up the VRAM to 4GB if you like. When I eventually give the modpack a try, I’ll see how I get on with the default first.

  • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 years ago

    Yes, I’ve done it. It worked great after a clunky setup.

    This video has most of the instructions, the rest are in the video description. I got it working and it’s working great.

    https://youtu.be/f0lC-alUAGg

    Oh, and this is for Vortex only, so you could try a vortex collection I guess.

    • OmegaMouse@feddit.uk
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for confirming it works! The video seems comprehensive :)

      Is Vortex a mod loader? Edit: ah yeah I think I’ve got my head around it now. Check out my other comment for a link to set up ModOrganizer2 as an alternative

      • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 years ago

        No problem. The nice thing with this setup is that I can find a mod on my PC, send that tab to Firefox on my Deck, and I can actually use the mod manager download button on the site. I install the mod like normal, execute a shortcut to run the script to make it work (takes 3 seconds), switch back to gaming mode and just launch it like I normally would.

        But MO2 is better from what I can tell, especially if you want to to install Wabbajack packs.

        Oh and by the way! To save SSD space, delete the downloads folder from the MO2 directory once you’re don’t setting up the game, and you confirm it works. It’s just a backup copy of the mod zip files. There’s no real reason to keep them. I once installed a pack for Fallou4 that was 100GB and I realized that it was using double the storage space. The only downside is that if you fully uninstall a mod, you’ll need to redownload it. But you can still disable and enable mods even if you delete the downloads.

        • OmegaMouse@feddit.uk
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          2 years ago

          Thanks for the heads up with the downloads folder - that definitely would have caught me out.

  • Grass@geddit.socialEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I did fallout 4 and it worked. Skyrim should be mostly the same and most Bethesda games have packs that claim better looks and performance. I used steam tinker launch to install mod organizer 2 to the prefix. You could do vortex the same way. I also toggled case sensitivity for the prefix folder in case of weird mod behavior, probably not necessary but it can only be toggled on empty folders, so before install or delete and reinstall, and if you haven’t used the btrfs mod.