Nexus Mods app adds Cyberpunk 2077 as a supported game, improves Stardew Valley modding

Great day for modders. The newer in-development open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app has promoted Cyberpunk 2077 to supported status, making it easier to get modding across Linux (and Steam Deck).

The 0.10.2 version release also improves the experience for modding Stardew Valley with mods that don't have a manifest file, and there's also now draggable load order view for Cyberpunk 2077 REDmods.

Currently the only "supported" games out of the box are Stardew Valley and now also Cyberpunk 2077, with other games behind an experimental toggle button. For the newly supported Cyberpunk 2077, Nexus say they're "confident that we've got all the basics in place for players to mod Cyberpunk 2077 with the app".

For Cyberpunk 2077 the app features:

• Compatibility with the Steam and GOG Galaxy releases on Windows and Linux.
• Support for the most common types of mod: REDmod, archives, REDscript, and framework mods such (e.g. Cyber Engine Tweaks).
• Support for collections
• Health Check diagnostics for missing dependencies.
• Health Check diagnostics to help set up a Linux environment to mod the game.
• REDmod Load Order management and deployment.

Some other changes included in this release:

More Features

• When starting the app for the first time, the welcome, data consent, and log in messages have been combined into a single pop-up.
• Stardew Valley - We've updated the installation logic to better recognise mods that do not include a manifest file - including translations and asset replacers.
• Implemented new toolbar designs across the app.
• Added empty state for collections with no required mods.
• Reduced the size of all buttons in the UI for better use of space.

Technical Changes

• Removed the Xbox Game Pass (Microsoft Store) experimental toggle because it currently isn't functional for any game.
• The version number of the app will now be shown as 3 places, rather than 4. (e.g. 0.10.0, not 0.10.0.0)
• Installers that don't support an archive now provide a reason in the logs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the text alignment in the "Delete mods" pop-up.
• Fixed an issue caused by folder names with trailing whitespace characters.
• Fixed an issue where FOMODs with paths could cause the app to crash.
• Fixed an issue where the app would crash when view FOMOD images in a certain way.
• Fixed a bug where a collection could not be installed without applying the loadout at least once.
• Fixed an issue where the app would show an error message if the game/tool it launched returned a non-zero exit code (e.g. REDmod).
• Fixed an issue with the app would sometimes not back up game files correctly when replaced by files from mods.
• Fixed collections download pages opening inside the wrong game.

Known Issues

• The Epic Games release of Cyberpunk 2077 is detected but not supported.
• The app will attempt to run the REDmod.exe even if it is not installed, resulting in an error message.
• The sort order for some columns does not work as expected.
• The game version is not checked when adding a collection, meaning you can install outdated mods without being warned.
• The table header sorting and active tab states are not saved and are reset each time the view is loaded.

Eventually this will replace Vortex and be the go-to modding platform for Nexus. Especially nice that this time around it has full Linux support.

For Linux / Steam Deck you can download the AppImage from the GitHub release.