I was able to run TexGen and DynDOLOD successfully. The following versions were used:
Steam Proton 8.0-4
Windows Version set to Windows 10
installed additional software in the prefix
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022
.NET SDK 7 7.0.402
I had to set the following settings to get the programs to run. TexGen in particular was very sensitive, and I had to set virtually all parameters.
TexGen_SSE.INI:
[TexGen]
LockTexconv=1
RenderSingle=1
RenderTexturesSingleThread=1
TexconvAdapterIndex=-1
DynDOLOD_SSE.ini:
[DynDOLOD]
TexconvAdapterIndex=-1
There is a visual error with the DynDOLOD program. If it is set to Windows 10, then the text under "Mesh and Reference rules" is not displayed. If you click on it, the blue selection of the line is displayed for a short moment, but then disappears again, so that the area remains white. I suspect that the font color here is just white? Maybe you have an idea about this. Because the rest of the text is displayed. The problem can be solved if I set DynDOLOD to Windows 7.
There is another error with DynDOLOD. If the program runs as Windows XP, then the closing dialog does not appear, but the program closes after the run. Nevertheless, the following can be read in the logs:
[38:29] LODGenx64.exe generated object LOD for Tamriel successfully
[38:29] Created a summary of log messages C:\Modding\DynDOLOD_3.00-Alpha-155\Summary\DynDOLOD_Index.html.
[38:29] Save DynDOLOD plugins, save plugins and zip output, exit DynDOLOD without saving, check the log? If 'Check log' is selected, the DynDOLOD plugins will be saved and the log can be checked.
[38:29] Saving C:\Modding\DynDOLOD_3.00-Alpha-155\DynDOLOD_Output\DynDOLOD.esm
[38:31] Saving C:\Modding\DynDOLOD_3.00-Alpha-155\DynDOLOD_Output\DynDOLOD.esp
[38:35] Saving C:\Modding\DynDOLOD_3.00-Alpha-155\DynDOLOD_Output\Occlusion.esp
The error seems understandable to me. If there is an error when starting DynDOLOD, the message window always appears with the link to the website. This also does not appear under Windows XP. Instead, the log says that at least Windows Vista is needed to display the dialog. The reason why I set DynDOLOD temporarily on Windows XP was that, as described above, the text is not displayed correctly under Windows 10.
Don't get me wrong, I just want to share with you and the community my findings about the tools on Linux.