[Question] creating mods on linux

[wasted90]

so i'd like to make a colorsheme modification for stations and ships, but haven't digged into the matter of x4-modding at all, since i'm not sure if i can mod the gamefiles on linux.
so my questions are:

1. is it possible to mod x4 on linux?

2. if it's possible, any hint to the right direction would be welcome

thanks

[UniTrader]

1. sure, doing it all the time (albeit testing my stuff on windows)

2. there should be no real differences to windows, except maybe text editor choice. you might need wine to run the official egosoft tools to extract the game files for reference.

[wasted90]

1. sure, doing it all the time (albeit testing my stuff on windows)

2. there should be no real differences to windows, except maybe text editor choice. you might need wine to run the official egosoft tools to extract the game files for reference.

thanks, sounds good
i'll have a look, but first i have to deal with zyarth

[RPINerd]

Somewhere on here is a python script to unpack the .cat/.dat files, you can run it in a terminal no problem! I've been modding and playing X4 exclusively on linux from the start

[wasted90]

thx for the hint, found a bash script from UniTrader that does similar things, don't know if thats it you referring to. anyway, i just used the cat tool with wine to extract the files, no need for more atm. just at the beginning with figuring out how the game works.

[eagledelta]

I'm looking to start doing some modding on Linux, but every time I try to convert xmf files to dae, the program errors in WINE. I've tried system Wine (5.0), Lutris custom WINE, Proton 5.0-9, and Proton GE. Same error each time:

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= converting assets/units/size_l/axes_cyclops.xml===============
000d:err:service:process_send_command receiving command result timed out
0019:err:ntoskrnl:ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\wineusb": c0000142
001d:err:service:process_send_command service protocol error - failed to read pipe r = 0  count = 0!
wine: configuration in L"/home/dhollinger/.wine" has been updated.

abnormal program termination
= converting assets/units/size_l/macros/axes_cyclops_macro.xml==

abnormal program termination
= converting assets/props/SufaceElements/macros/ishield_arg_l_cyclops_macro.xml

abnormal program termination

Anyone know if I need to be running this in a specific version of WINE or with WINE set to a specific windows version? I'm on Pop!_OS 20.04