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steam deck tools, currently only vortex
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# pikdum's steam deck tools



## what is this



a collection of steam deck tools and scripts to help automate some things, starting with installing vortex



## install



1. right click and save as [this install.desktop link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pikdum/steam-deck/master/install.desktop)

2. go to the downloads folder, move the `install.desktop` file to the desktop, and double click to run it



or



``` bash

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pikdum/steam-deck/master/install.sh | bash -s --

```



## vortex



after installing, you should have a shortcut on the desktop to install vortex



this will:



0. install SteamLinuxRuntime Sniper

1. install pikdum/vortex-linux

2. use ./vortex-linux to set up vortex

3. add a 'Skyrim Post-Deploy' shortcut to desktop

   * needs to be run every time after you change mods in Vortex

   * also adds a 'Fallout 4 Post-Deploy'

4. map J: to internal games and K: to sd card games

   * E: is the sd card root



after modding, run games normally through game mode rather than launching through vortex



### adding a game



* will need to manually set the location, use either the J: or K: drives

  * J: is internal storage games, K: is sd card games

* vortex may pop up some warnings about: staging location, deployment method

   * if it does:

      * walk through their fixes

      * staging folder needs to be on the same drive as the game

        * suggested path works here

      * deployment method should be hardlinks

   * if it doesn't:

      * go to Settings -> Mods

      * set the **Base Path** to:

        * `K:\vortex_mods\{GAME}` if your games are on the sd card

        * `J:\vortex_mods\{GAME}` if your games are on the internal drive

      * press **Apply**

      * **Deployment Method** will now allow you to select `Hardlink deployment`

      * press **Apply** again



### download with vortex button link handler



* might work out of the box, unless you've installed vortex before

* if it doesn't work, edit these lines in ~~`~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list`~~ `~/.config/mimeapps.list`

```

x-scheme-handler/nxm=vortex.desktop

x-scheme-handler/nxm-protocol=vortex.desktop

```

* run `update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime/`

* might need to reboot

* if still issues, make sure your browser is using the default app



### what are these post-deploy shortcuts?



these are for games that need a bit extra to get things working after modding in Vortex



they automate things like:



* copying required files from Vortex's Documents folder to the game's Documents folder

  * plugins.txt, loadorder.txt, etc.

* setting up script extenders to launch through Steam



a game's post-deploy script should be ran every time after modding in vortex



> **Note:** If you know what you're doing, could set up symlinks instead for this.  

> That way it only needs to be set up once, before starting modding.  

> Might evaluate refactoring to that approach in a v2.



### how to open launcher to change settings afterwards



using Skyrim as an example:



* after running post-deploy, the game will now start SKSE instead of the launcher

* to open the launcher, install protontricks and launch the underscore-prefixed launcher .exe with it



## uninstall



```bash

# remove these tools

rm -rf ~/.pikdum/

# remove vortex

rm -rf ~/.vortex-linux/

rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/vortex.*

# manually remove desktop icons

```



## old version uninstall



```bash

# remove steamtinkerlaunch

rm -rf ~/stl/

rm -rf ~/.config/steamtinkerlaunch/

# remove these tools

rm -rf ~/.pikdum/

rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/pikdum-vortex.desktop

```