Installing Protontricks

We will need Protontricks in order to manage and install closed-source Windows components that are not included by default in your Fallout: New Vegas installation. Installing Protontricks is as simple as clicking here and then clicking Install.

Installing the Game

1. Click here, then click Uninstall
2. Click here to install Fallout: New Vegas

Key Terminology

Now that the game is installed, there are two folders from it that will be referred to in the guide often:

• Root folder: Where the game is installed.

~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Fallout New Vegas

• Data folder: Where all of the game's assets are located.

~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Fallout New Vegas/Data

• Prefix folder: Where all of the game's compatibility files are located.

~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/22380

Generating Fresh Configuration Files

1. Click here to run the game from Steam
2. Allow Steam to generate a Vulkan shader cache. This will take a few minutes.
3. Click OK to both pop-ups that say Detecting Video Hardware.
• If there aren't any pop-ups, try re-installing the game, and then try again.
4. Click OK then Exit.

Installing Visual C++ Redistributables

Yvile's Crash Logger, a core mod in this guide, requires the latest Visual C++ Redistributables to be installed. We will use Protontricks to install it.

1. Open Protontricks
2. Click Fallout New Vegas, then click OK
3. Click OK
4. Click Install a Windows DLL or component, then click OK
5. Scroll down until you find the package named vcrun2022. This is the latest version of the Visual C++ Redistributables. Tick the box next to it and then click OK
6. Wait. This process may take a while.
7. Once installation has finished, keep clicking Cancel until the application quits.