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Unix platforms (native games)

On Unix platforms, Steam provides a way to run launch scripts directly before running the original game. The process is similar for both Linux and macOS, but with one key difference.

1. Download and install BepInEx

First, download and install BepInEx binaries if you hadn't done so.
For that, follow steps 1-2 in the [installation guide](Installing BepInEx#installing-bepinex)

Tip

To easily find the game folder of a Steam game, go into properties of the game:
Right-click the game and press Properties

And Select Browse local files from Local files tab:
Click Browse local files to open the game folder

Note

Don't run the script yet as it will run the game without Steam integration. You don't need to configure the script either, as it will be done by Steam.

2. Set up permissions

On Unix systems, you first need to give the run script permission to run.
At this moment it has to be done manually.

Open the game folder in terminal and add execution permission to run script:

chmod u+x run_bepinex.sh

This will add needed permissions to run BepInEx.

3. Configure Steam to run the script

Finally, configure Steam to run the script.
Open the game's properties on Steam:

Open game properties on Steam by right-clicking the game name

Next, click Set launch options button which will open a new window:

Click Set launch options to set launch options

Now, change the launch options depending on your OS:

Set the launch option to

./run_bepinex.sh %command%

4. Run first time to generate configuration

Finally, run the game via Steam normally. This will generate BepInEx config, but the game might not run.

5. Configure BepInEx to suit your needs.

Open BepInEx/config/BepInEx.cfg in a text editor of your choice. All options are documented directly in the configuration file.

Additionally, refer to refer to the configuration guide for more information.

Proton/Wine

Note

Instructions on using BepInEx with proton are based on a guide from R2Wiki

Setting up BepInEx with Wine requires primarily configuring the DLL forwarding to work correctly. We strongly recommend to use Proton, but it is not an absolute requirement.

Adding the DLL override

Using the Steam launch options

If you are using proton with steam, you can specify the DLL override in the launch options: WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winhttp.dll=n,b" %command%

With this method you can ignore the last steps since you are not using winecfg. (Thanks to the comments on ProtonDB for this method!)

Using protontricks to open winecfg

With proton the easiest way to do so is via protontricks (or similarly with winetricks which is not covered here). Open the terminal and type

protontricks --gui

Next, select the game you want to configure

Select the game from library in protontricks

Next, in winetricks menu select Select default wineprefix option and press OK:

Select "Select default wineprefix" option

Finally, select Run winecfg and click OK:

Select "Run winecfg" and click OK

This will open winecfg. Proceed to the last step to configure the proxy to run.

Using the command line to open winecfg

To open winecfg from the command line for your games prefix use the following command:

env WINEPREFIX="<steamapps folder>/compatdata/<appid>/pfx" WINEPATH="<steamapps folder>/common/<proton folder>/files/bin/wine64" winecfg

Replace <steamapps folder> with the path to your steamapps folder, <appid> with the appid of the game and <proton folder> with the folder name of the proton version to use.

Configure proxy to run

BepInEx relies on winhttp.dll proxy DLL to inject itself into Unity games. On wine the proxy should be configured manually.

In winecfg, select Libraries tab. Under New override for library dropbox, select winhttp and Click add:

Add "winhttp" library override in winecfg Libraries tab

Finally click Apply and you're done. Running the game should now run BepInEx.