https://www.dobbo.ca/tags/bepinex/ Recent content in BepInEx on Dobbo Hugo en Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:40:00 -0700 https://www.dobbo.ca/posts/valheim/apple-silicon-bepinex/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:15:00 -0700 https://www.dobbo.ca/posts/valheim/apple-silicon-bepinex/ <p>Every guide to modding a Unity game on an Apple Silicon Mac ends the same way: run it under Rosetta. That advice is correct, and it is worth understanding why, because the reason is a single failed system call and the fix is about forty lines of C and C#.</p> <p>This post is about the bug and about not needing Rosetta. If you just want mods working today, <a href="https://www.dobbo.ca/posts/valheim/bepinex-on-macos/" >installing BepInEx for Valheim on macOS</a> covers the setup and the one-line workaround.</p> https://www.dobbo.ca/posts/valheim/bepinex-on-macos/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700 https://www.dobbo.ca/posts/valheim/bepinex-on-macos/ <p>Modding Valheim on a Mac is mostly the same as on Windows, with three differences that will each cost you an afternoon if nobody tells you: Gatekeeper quarantines the files, Steam&rsquo;s Play button bypasses BepInEx entirely, and on Apple Silicon the shipped launch script loads no plugins while reporting nothing.</p> <h2 id="install-bepinex"> Install BepInEx <a class="heading-link" href="#install-bepinex"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>Download <code>BepInEx_macos_universal_5.4.23.5.zip</code> from the <a href="https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx/releases" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BepInEx releases page</a> and unzip it directly into the game directory, next to <code>Valheim.app</code>:</p>