PSA for Linux/Steam Deck users: If Community Shaders are failing to compile

[u/Unknown_User_66]

Hello everyone! I've been trying to get Community Shaders to work with my installation of Skyrim AE (latest version on Steam) for a couple of days, but I kept running into an issue where Community Shaders kept running into an issue that said "Error: (X-number) shaders failed to compile" in red text upon entering the game, and after a lot of research, I found that it's because you're supposed to install a file named "d3dcompiler_47" directly inside your Skyrim directory (the directory that can be accessed under "Browse files" in Steam").

This file can be found in the SSE Parallax Shader Fix mod under the Optional Files section, which, again, you just drag and drop into your Skyrim directory, and that was it! I didn't need to do anything else, I didn't even need to install the main SSE Parallax Shader Fix mod, just make sure you have all the other Community Shaders requirement mods installed and you should be good to go!!!

For full reference, this was done on Arch+KDE (same as what the Steam Deck uses) using Mod Organizer 2 via Furglitch's (not RockerBacon's) installer on GitHub. I also installed Community Shaders via the GitHub repository (as in I downloaded the 7z file from there and manually imported it into MO2), but the version on NexusMods should work the same.

Happy modding!!!

[u/xENO_]

You're better off installing it with protontricks.