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
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
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