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F4SE on Linux
By Louise
How to install F4SE on Linux.
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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27 Apr, 2024 @ 9:43am
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1) Launch your game normally at least once. Configure the game to your specifications.
2) Rename Fallout4Launcher.exe to Fallout4Launcher_bak.exe
3) Paste files from F4SE[f4se.silverlock.org]
4) Rename f4se_loader.exe to Fallout4Launcher.exe
5) Launch the game normally through Steam.
6) It just works™

If you want to configure graphic settings - restore the original Fallout4Launcher.exe.
If there will be update and the game won't launch - restore the original Fallout4Launcher.exe.
If for some reason this doesn't work for you - restore the original Fallout4Launcher.exe.

This should also work for any other script extenders for other Bethesda games.

UPDATE:
Next-gen update breaks F4SE, so either rollback to previous version (instruction in the sticky post on Nexus[www.nexusmods.com], yes, it's that convoluted) or wait for the update from F4SE folks.
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chutney 10 May @ 4:57pm 
Good guide. Thanks bro.
John "pork" Palinody 25 Nov, 2024 @ 4:07am 
is there gonna be a guide for mo2 on linux?
ElfireII 12 Nov, 2024 @ 2:03pm 
my goat
Cobravirus 13 May, 2024 @ 10:07pm 
Wow I gave up trying to get it to work on Linux about a month ago then came across this. Thank you!
76561199476664779 27 Apr, 2024 @ 9:50am 
based
Louise  [author] 27 Apr, 2024 @ 9:48am 
It's so funny to me that this guide is getting views now. I threw it together in 15 minutes, ~3 years ago. :D:

I added info about the next-gen update, so people are informed about the situation.
76561199476664779 27 Apr, 2024 @ 9:26am 
that picture is so fuckin' cursed lmao
Jilberta D'angerous 26 Apr, 2024 @ 8:34pm 
from the f4se dev:
The 2024-04-25 Fallout 4 update (1.10.980 and later) has broken F4SE and the rest of the native code modding scene similarly to Skyrim's "Anniversary Edition" patch. I am working on an update and cannot currently offer a timeline for its availability, nor whether there will be any critical technical issues that would block an update.
grim_pete 26 Apr, 2024 @ 12:23am 
This is very cool. I must try it sometime. Way back I installed Oblivion on Linux and got it working, just because I could --- lots of config required. But couldn't do the same for Skyrim or Fallout 4 ... until NOW. :)
Pirate Jones 25 Apr, 2024 @ 10:22am 
easy fix = get win