This is a guide to help you set up BakkesMod for Rocket League on Linux. It will show you how to install and run BakkesMod with an up to date version of Rocket League through the Proton/Wine compatibility layer.
If you're on the Steam Deck start here, otherwise continue on :)
Warning
This guide is very Steam centric (as that's what I use) but the concepts apply to different launchers as well.
If you have experience with different launchers and want to share it, check out Contributing.
Important
Using Proton is only recommended if you're running Rocket League through Steam. If that's not the case using Wine or Wine-GE is advised as using Proton outside of Steam can cause issues.
Tip
Visit the troubleshooting page if you're having issues installing or running BakkesMod.
If all else fails you can create an issue here.
Download BakksModSetup.zip
from the official website or GitHub repository.
Extracting the archive will yield BakkesModSetup.exe
.
You can either:
- Install
protontricks
(preferred option for Steam users)
Warning
Use this option only with Proton (not Wine, Wine-GE or other options)
- Install
winetricks
- Use plain
wine
(don't install Wine yourself, use the one that's used by your launcher to launch Rocket League)
You'll need to find what wine prefix the game is running in.
Tip
On Steam this is usually ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/252950/pfx
or a similar path (note that the AppID of Rocket League on Steam is 252950
). Once again for other installations you'll have to find this yourself.
You'll need to find the path to Proton/Wine that is used for Rocket League.
Tip
On Steam this can be achieved by inspecting ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/252950/config_info
and noting the path on the 4. line without the last directory (the result should end with /dist
). For me it's ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton 7.0/dist
for example.
You can achieve that with this command: sed -n 4p ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/252950/config_info | xargs -d '\n' dirname
For installations other than Steam (e.g. Lutris, Heroic, Bottles, ...) you'll have to find this yourself.
Note
Replace your_prefix
with the one you obtained in Finding wine prefix
Replace wine_folder
with the one you obtained in Finding Wine/Proton folder
To be able to run BakkesModSetup.exe
we need to change the Windows version of our prefix to Windows 10.
- Using
protontricks
:protontricks 252950 win10
- Using
winetricks
:WINEPREFIX="your_prefix" winetricks win10
- Using
wine
: RunWINEPREFIX="your_prefix" winecfg
and setWindows Version
toWindows 10
Now run the the previously downloaded BakkesModSetup.exe
.
- Using
protontricks
:protontricks-launch --appid 252950 ~/Downloads/BakkesModSetup.exe
- Using
wine
:WINEPREFIX="your_prefix" "wine_folder/bin/wine64" ~/Downloads/BakkesModSetup.exe
This should start the BakkesMod installer. Go through the installation as you normally would.
Warning
You'll probably have to enable the executable flag for BakkesModSetup.exe
.
You can do so by running chmod u+x ~/Downloads/BakkesModSetup.exe
After starting Rocket League you can launch BakkesMod in the same way as running BakkesModSetup.exe
.
- Using
protontricks
:protontricks-launch --appid 252950 "your_prefix/drive_c/Program Files/BakkesMod/BakkesMod.exe"
- Using
wine
:WINEPREFIX="your_prefix" "wine_folder/bin/wine64" "your_prefix/drive_c/Program Files/BakkesMod/BakkesMod.exe"
Warning
You might see this message: Mod is out of date, waiting for an update
.
To work around it, you'll have to go to Settings
and disable Enable safe mode
. You'll be prompted with a warning before injecting.
Tip
You can find the path to BakkesMod.exe
using this command: find ~ -name "BakkesMod.exe" 2> /dev/null
The path should probably end with drive_c/Program Files/BakkesMod/BakkesMod.exe
You can start BakkesMod automatically with Steam Tinker Launch via the Custom Game Executable feature.
Note
This script works only on Steam but it shouldn't be hard to make it work on other launchers as well.
- Create a file somewhere in your home directory and make it executable (you can do so with
chmod +x /path/to/the/script.sh
) - Paste in the contents of bakkes.sh or make your own launch script.
Warning
You might have to change some paths if you're using bakkes.sh.
- In Steam go to
Library
and find Rocket League in the menu on the left. Right-click on it and selectProperties
- In the
General
tab you will seeLaunch options
text field. Set that to"/path/to/the/script.sh" & %command%
(you can put any other launch options before%command%
)
Warning
You might have to use absolute path to the script (also without "$HOME"
or ~
).
And that's it! You should now have a working BakkesMod installation that will launch alongside Rocket League and close when Rocket League does.
As of right now I'm running Rocket League on Steam via Proton 7.0.
I've written an install script that requires protontricks
to run. It downloads and runs the setup executable. It also sets the Launch options
in Steam to execute bakkes.sh
Warning
I haven't tested this in a while and I'm not sure if it works.
If you find any errors or have anything to add I'll be hapy to update this guide.
You can let me know by creating an issue.
I've mainly used this issue bakkesmodorg/BakkesMod2-Plugins#2 to make my installation work. There is a lot more covered there than I've shown here. Thanks to all the people who have shared their solutions there!