Hi everyone I have recently started modding GTA IV, and needed dotnet48 to work for some mods.but as many of you may know current proton(4.11<) doesn’t allow dotnet48 download. I scoured the internet and have found a work around. Originally posted on reddit

But I’ve condensed it to be easier to follow and decided to post here because I’m sure there are many reasons to need it for proton

Make a copy of the original …/gameid as a backup

use command: cp -RLv steam-path/gameid/pfx/drive_c/windows steam-path/gameid/pfx/drive_c/windows.dereferenced

remove steam-path/gameid/pfx/drive_c/windows

use command: mv steam-path/gameid/pfx/drive_c/windows.dereferenced steam-path/gameid/pfx/drive_c/windows

use command: protontricks appid -q -f dotnet48

use command: protontricks --gui

winecfg - change W7 to W10

Edit: the only thing that would be annoying about this I found so far is the pfx folder size goes from like 300mb to 1.6gb

  • Lojcs@lemm.ee
    3·
    9 months ago

    Couldn’t you just chmod / chown the folder and let the installer overwrite the symlinks?

    • K0W4L5K1@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      I don’t know I’m fairly new to Linux but from my understanding from the comments on reddit and how those commands work. It wouldn’t work it’s not the dotnet48 installer itself that doesn’t work it’s some file in the windows folder and proton forcing windows 10. With how windows errors work they don’t. it’s impossible to actually find the problem. Look in that windows folder it’s huge

      I forgot to mention when you do this it increases the pfx size from like 300 mb to 1.6gb