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

    • K0W4L5K1@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      3 months ago

      Yeah I run openIV installer with just wine works and then I use this program to create a launch option for openIV in GTA Steam meta data editor I’ve combined and created multiple img mods openIV has crashed a couple times still works lol I don’t start the game from openIV either and haven’t had any issues in GTA IV and will be Testing img mods in GTA V tonight