Emissaries of Tux is a performance friendly Wabbajack list for the steam version of Enderal SE, aiming to give the world of Vyn a more unique feel over skyrim, targething at minimum the hardware of the Steamdeck. The list has optional modern combat and ego, plus some custom overhauls for Enemies and armor. Together with mods adding extra content to the world like Kata series of mods and Forgotten Dungeons series. With a total install size of 40gb and a download of 23gb.

For those unfamiliar with Enderal, it’s a total overhaul for Skyrim made by the German game studio SureAI. It’s the 4 games in the setting of Vyn, but you don’t need to play the last 3 to get into Enderal. Depending on who you ask, it might even be better to jump in blind. Not only have the world and story be reworked but also the gameplay. Enderal world is deleved and you will need to buy skill books to level up your skills. Healing in combat comes with some minor drawbacks, similar to the rad system of Fallout, but there are also many powerful items to find around the world. While you sometimes will have to come back to stuff later with a more powerful character, there is always a way to overcome what you encounter.

EGO SE - Enderal Gameplay Overhaul builds on top of the systems in a similar way as the Skyrim mod Requiem does, all a lot of systems are more in depth but also more challenging. BFCO replaces the combat of Skyrim with a more modern feel, similar to what you see in Action RPGs released today. These are not for everybody and can be turn off by the end user if they want.

The Modlist is currently in beta testing, so support will be 'best effort' during this time. If you wish to chat about Emissaries of Tux, join the Aetherius Modding Discord , grab the Beta role from Channels & Roles and look for us in the #modlist-betas-forum channel. Or if you just want to chat about Wabbajack Modlists on Steam Deck/Linux in general, then drop by the #unofficial-linux-help channel of the Official Wabbajack Discord.


Performance:

As noted above, Emissaries of Tux is designed for the performance profile of the Steam Deck, but that doesn’t mean it’s limited to that platform! It’s also a great, content-full, lightweight (in terms of performance) list for less powerful systems. There are no less than six Performance Profiles included that you can choose from, depending on if you wish to play with BFCO, your desired performance target, or system specs (if not the Steam Deck):

Emissaries of Tuxborn – Deck: This profile aims for a locked 40FPS experience on the Steam Deck.

Emissaries of Tuxborn – Deck CS: This profile aims for a locked 30FPS experience on the Steam Deck, but with the additional visual benefits of the Community Shaders mod and profile.

Emissaries of Tuxborn – Desktop: This profile is for slightly more powerful PCs, has a full Community Shaders suite and higher INI settings. Performance of this profile will depend on your system specs.

Emissaries of TuxBFCO – Deck: This profile aims for a locked 40FPS experience on the Steam Deck, and includes the BFCO combat animation framework.

Emissaries of TuxBFCO – Deck CS: This profile aims for a locked 30FPS experience on the Steam Deck, but with the additional visual benefits of the Community Shaders mod and profile, and includes the BFCO combat animation framework.

Emissaries of TuxBFCO – Desktop: This profile is for slightly more powerful PCs, has a full Community Shaders suite, higher INI settings, and includes the BFCO combat animation framework. Performance of this profile will depend on your system specs.

Please Note: Due to the need for shader cache building on the Steam Deck, there may be a noticeable stutter in the first 1-2 hours while the cache builds. It should be good after that.