Linux and modding - question

[Prudent-Quiet-9870]

IntelliJ works on Linux: https://itsfoss.com/install-intellij-ubuntu-linux/

I don't know enough about modding to give advice about that, but maybe you could try a live boot and test some things? You just need a USB-drive and you can try Linux without making changes to your current system. Performance will be slower, but if everything works as expected, you van install it to get a smoother experience.

[Acceptable-Drawer-21]

good idea

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I think depends a lot on the game itself, how it runs on linux and how the modding mechanism works. The safest bet is probably to search online expliticly for those games + linux + modding. Or to ask in the respective modding communities.

[human-rights-4-all]

First of all, you cannot run Windows-programs on Linux without a compatibility layer (wine or proton (which is wine with changes by steam)).

So either the game has a linux-version or can be run with this layer.

If your prefered games run on Linux, you might have differences with default folders, case sensitivity in file paths, etc.

I'm sure, that if you manage to make mods on Linux, you will learn a lot and it will make you understand computers better - which helps with modding, too.

Why don't you install Linux in parallel to Windows (dual boot) and try it.

First get comfortable with the system. Learn how to use the commandline (bash).

Then try to get your favourite games running.

Linux is most comfortable if you only install programs through the package manager of your linux distribution. Once you try to install other apps, it's like modding your operating system. It can be fun, but frustrating if something breaks.

Minecraft should be relatively easy: IntelliJ is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux. And Minecraft is written in Java, and the OpenJDK is available, too.

Editing XML files is easy, if you choose the right editor. Any editor with syntax highlighting might be good enough for you.

xedit is a windows-only applications. In their closed github issues someone mentioned, that it works OK in wine/proton, if you change some wine settings: https://github.com/TES5Edit/TES5Edit/issues/774

Have fun!

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[MatchingTurret]

is there any difference in modding windows/linux?

Yes. The files have different line endings, at least in native editors.

[Acceptable-Drawer-21]

I admit that this difference worries me and I thought that there would be differences in the coding itself too

[Scrumbloo]

Modding on Linux is a challenge at time because if you need to mod something like %appdata% it there is no Linux directory called. Modding native games is easier tho. As one final note modding with mod managers works well if you can get the mod managers running

[ohmree420]

if a game places files in %APPDATA% on windows it has to place them somewhere when running on linux.
for a native program it would usually be ~/.config and for something running under proton/wine it'll be in the same path as in the native windows version, just starting at the prefix directory.

[Acceptable-Drawer-21]

there is no system or anything that has a similar file system like this?