Unverum Mods on the Steam Deck

Guide to mod several Unreal Engine 4 anime games using the Unverum Mod Manager on SteamOS.

Protontricks setup

You will need Protontricks, if you already have that installed you can skip this entire section after reading this.

• Open up Discover and search for Protontricks then install it.
  
  
• After that, search for Flatseal then install and open it.
  
  
• Click on Protontricks on the left, scroll down to Filesystem then click All user files and give permission to /run/media under Other files.
  

What is Flatseal and what exactly am I giving access to?
Flatseal allows you to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications, we are giving Protontricks access to any external drive (like a MicroSD card) you may have in case the game is installed there.

Unverum Setup

• Download the Unverum mod manager from GameBanana[gamebanana.com] or Github[github.com] and extract it wherever you want.
  
• Within the folder you just extracted, Right-click on Unverum.exe and click Add to Steam.
  
• Open up Steam and find Unverum.exe in your Steam Library. Click on the Gear Icon and then Properties.
  
  
• In Properties, click on Compatibility, check the box, and set it to Proton 8.0-4 (or your preferred Proton).
  

Unverum Prerequisites

• Now click Play and you should get an error telling you to install .NET Desktop Runtime.
  
  
• Click Yes and it should open this page[dotnet.microsoft.com]. Close Unverum if it didn't already close itself.
  
  
• Navigate to the file you just downloaded, Right Click on it and click Open with Protontricks Launcher
  
  
• In the menu that pops up, scroll down until you find Unverum.exe and click on it, then click OK.
  
  
• A new box will open and you'll simply click Install and Close once it's finished.
  
  
• Now open Protontricks
  Find & click Unverum in the list, then click OK
  (It should be a Non-Steam Shortcut)
  
  
• A Winetricks window will eventually pop up, click Select the default wineprefix, then OK
  
  
• In the new window click Run winecfg, then OK
  
  
• In the Wine configuration window, click the Drives tab, then check Show dot files (towards the bottom left)
  
  
• Click Apply then OK, and close any other Winetricks windows.

Game Setup

Although this guide is for Guilty Gear Strive, the process is the same for the majority of games supported by Unverum such as Dragon Ball Fighterz, Granblue Fantasy Versus, or My Hero One's Justice 2. (and many others!)

• Open up Unverum in your Steam Library and click Play. Once it opens click on Setup towards the top and point it towards your game's exe.
  
  
• You're finished and everything should work.
  

Manually adding mods to Unverum

Downloading mods under Unverum's Browse Mods works but can be jank, if you prefer you can install them manually.

• Download your mod from Gamebanana or wherever and open your Unverum folder. Within the Unverum folder should be a folder named Mods, and within that folder should be a list of games you have set up.
  
  
• In the folder of your game, make a new folder for your mod and place it in there.
  
  The folder should appear within Unverum and when toggled on should work if it was set up right.
  

Costume Patcher Fix

The Costume Patchers for games like Fighterz or Strive need some extra steps in order to work.

• Open up Protontricks and choose the game you're doing this fix for
  
  
• Click Select the default wineprefix then OK
  
  
• Click Install a Windows DLL or component then OK
  
  
• Scroll down to dsound and check the box next to it, then click OK.
  
  
• Wait for the Protontricks window to pop back up then you can close all windows.
  
  Any Costume Patch mods should start appearing in-game after doing this.
  

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO Mods

Unverum now supports Sparking Zero but requires some additional steps to make work. I hate repeating myself though so please check this Steam Guide if you need help setting it up.

[Jazzboat Joey]

Hey so I followed everytime step by step but as soon as I launch unvernum my steam deck just freezes does anyone have a solution? I've tried resetting it multiple times and only when I launch it does everything just freeze.

[Revolver Ocelot [Prinny God]]

In the end I was able to get the mods to work

[Revolver Ocelot [Prinny God]]

I made sure to follow every step too.

[Revolver Ocelot [Prinny God]]

Im encountering a problem where the Steamapps folder donesn't show anything. I can't do the setup for the games.

[Captain Diagram]

Hidden folders, like .steam , should appear as long as Show dot files is enabled, which is shown in the Unverum Prerequisites section of the guide.

[dragonseeker3465]

Adding a post someone made because I kept getting stuck and unable to find the executable.

"I would like to add that Home is /home/<username>, and that .steam is a hidden folder so it might not show if hidden files are not shown. If hidden files don't show, either find an option to show them in a menu, or use the keyboard shortcut ctrl+h.

So, if your username would be "deck", then it's /home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/common, or home -> deck -> .steam -> steam -> steamapps -> common"

Hope this helps.

[MOE]

I’ve done everything the steps say on my steam deck. But for some reason when trying to launch the mods after installing them manually, I get the message saying “sorry, something went wrong”

[Mayravixx]

Isn't working for me (trying to mod DBFZ.) Whether I enable or disable a mod, the game will crash after about a minute of nothing if I launch it from Unverum. Even installed the dsound.dll just to be on the safe side and it still won't work

mod I'm trying to install is "accurate destructive finishes." OS is Kubuntu 24.10 if that helps anything (using the snap of Steam and the flatpak of Protontricks)

[kellypounder]

I don't see steam deck anywhere

[Captain Diagram]

You can find Discover in the Application Launcher, which you get to by clicking the Steam Deck icon in the bottom left of Desktop Mode.