Mods for Steam Subnautica and one for Epic Games Subnautica

[Batai341]

I have two copies of Subnautica, one from Steam and one from Epic Games.

 

I already have mods set up for Steam Subnautica and they work fine.

 

I can't figure out how to set up/add mods for the second version/copy of Subnautica, the Epic Games copy.

 

The Steam version is installed under Program Files (x86) and the Epic Games version is installed under Program Files.

 

I tried having Vortex search and find the copy under Program Files but it finds nothing!

 

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

[inkwhiz888]

2 days ago i had no troubles with this, today has been trial and error, this has been drivng me nuts for a while now, but i have finally figured out why.

 

First as a rule when modding anything, it should not be insalled in program files.

 

soon as I knew that it was I opened the epic games launcher, then re-installed subnautica to "D:\Epic Games\Subnautica" so it is outside program files and not affected by the UAC (User Access Control) i also deleted the "\not found" bit. so the "Subnautica" folder is the games Root Directory.

 

Then I installed the Qmodmanager that is now (in this example) found in "D:\Epic Games\Subnautica\Subnautica_Data\Managed" as I had to point Vortex in the right direction.

 

After you have mods installed keep vortex mod manager open and launch Subnautica from the Epic Games Launcher.

 

this is required because a form of DRM (Digital Rights Management) in recently put in place.

 

if you have a shortcut for Subnautica on the desktop, right click on it, then left click on the properties and you will see a it now has a web document tab instead of a shortcut tab. if you try to launch Subnautica directly using the Subnautica.exe something kill the process.

Currently i don't know how else to get vortex to launch this game using the URL instead of the Subnautica.exe file.

[Batai341]

2 days ago i had no troubles with this, today has been trial and error, this has been drivng me nuts for a while now, but i have finally figured out why.

 

First as a rule when modding anything, it should not be insalled in program files.

 

soon as I knew that it was I opened the epic games launcher, then re-installed subnautica to "D:\Epic Games\Subnautica" so it is outside program files and not affected by the UAC (User Access Control) i also deleted the "\not found" bit. so the "Subnautica" folder is the games Root Directory.

 

Then I installed the Qmodmanager that is now (in this example) found in "D:\Epic Games\Subnautica\Subnautica_Data\Managed" as I had to point Vortex in the right direction.

 

After you have mods installed keep vortex mod manager open and launch Subnautica from the Epic Games Launcher.

 

this is required because a form of DRM (Digital Rights Management) in recently put in place.

 

if you have a shortcut for Subnautica on the desktop, right click on it, then left click on the properties and you will see a it now has a web document tab instead of a shortcut tab. if you try to launch Subnautica directly using the Subnautica.exe something kill the process.

Currently i don't know how else to get vortex to launch this game using the URL instead of the Subnautica.exe file.

 

 

Many Thanks! I will give this a try.

[Marsbar701]

no dice for me nothing is working!

[doomblaze]

I got it to work by making a simple .bat file and having vortex open that.

 

@echo off
cd "C:\where you put the link
start Subnautica.url

exit