FF9 Moguri Mod Setup Guide on Steam Deck 

Good guide. Just wanted to point out that the default proton compatibility option as of today on the beta branch is "Proton Experimental" and crashes the installer. Selecting the second option instead, "Proton 7.0-4" worked just fine. The installation takes about 6 or 7 minutes.

RE: the path for the SD card in the installer if installing to SD, it'll be Z: un\media\sdcard\gamepath. thanks for the guide, worked like a charm

Omg, I know I'm late to the party. But I found that if you hold the Steam button down while you use the trackpads to click the browse/paste the address of FFIX on your SSD, it will let you use the mouse! I was able to paste the path in without a keyboard. Held the steam button down, and my mouse worked like normal for that part!

I'm really new to Linux and steamdecks, I think you said you would not suggest installing this to the SD card but then you show how to proceed and the only option shown was how to install it to the SD card - am I missing something? I got " there isnnot enough space in folder c users steam users/appdata/roaming/mogurimod/mogurimod8.3.0/install" But I have 100g free on SD card and 29g free on my internal. How do I find the path c/users (etc etc)

Amazing. Incredible guide, super easy to follow and right to the content. You deserve a statue

Just a warning, you HAVE to have a keyboard, otherwise you won't be able to use the Moguri mod installed

Full path for the SSD card for me was z: un\media\mmcblk0p1\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY IX

I just can't get this installer to work. I think there's a problem with the filepath. The drive doesn't have a name? There is no Z drive? At least the drive that has my games has no letter...it's strange. I'll try the tip to just extract the 7z folder and copy/paste the files into the game folder in the steam desktop os. Unless you have other ideas?!

I did all that but when I launch the game, there no sound for some reason (tried to turn up the sounds on Moguri Mod setup but nothing seem to work) can you please help me what I need to do?

Thanks for this. Was tripped up on the file path part, didn't think to flip the slashes. Got it working 👍

You can also just ignore the installer and instead extract the 7z folder over the existing game folder. Obviously uninstalling won't be possible this way, so you'd have to backup. But it's an alternative method that worked for me.

I really appreciate you doing this video! I was literally looking for this the other day and someone linked to your video on reddit! Thanks so much!

Anybody know why I'll get the Moguri menu, the orchestral soundtrack on the title screen, but when i boot it up there's no backgrounds or character models? Pause screen still works and everything

Which drive letter do I use if the game is installed n the local SSD? I tried the C drive, and the mod installed, but it seems to have no effect on the game.

Been waiting for a walkthrough!!! Thank you so much

Quick question, because i'm an idiot. So, that launch setting will force the compat data to go on the SD card instead of the hard drive? Or is that for something else?

I read somewhere that the game crashes towards the end(i think relates to a cutscene) and you have to delete the file mbg116.bytes. Is it still necessary? Not sure if doing this you miss/completele delege a cutscene.

When I run the mod, the mod launcher doesn't show up, but I can tell the texture is upscaled. Any way to get the launcher to work so that I can pick settings?

I followed your steps to a T and it didn't work. None of the mod files appeared in the FFIX folder like yours did at 4:39 despite taking what felt like an hour to install. Then I tried extracting the contents of the MoguriMod_8.3.0-FILES.7z file into the FFIX folder like you said in a reply below, and it fixed it.

3:47 I can't find this section to copy URLs at all. It just doesn't exist for me, anyone have this problem?

thanks, this is really helpful! Follow up questions: I accidentally installed on the c: drive.. how does one remove the mod there? as well as subsequently removing it from the z drive?

I'm trying this out myself but can't seem to get it to work. I try opening Moguri mod from steam but it keeps telling me function failed. Tried in SSD and micro SD but it gives me a function failed message.

I just did this and it works great! Awesome instructional videos! I didn't use a seperate keyboard though, I just used the native Steamdeck keyboard interface. My Moguri mod looks slightly different though. When mine pops, it just let's me pick the resolution and toggle between full screen or windowed, that's it. I do have 3 options to turn on boosts in the menu, but that's all mine shows. Regardless, the game looks so much better on Steam Deck with this mod and this video helped me alot! The sprites are HD and bright in color, and there are alot of other cool enhancements as well. Thanks for the video!!

My steam ui doesn't have a copyable file path. How do you even enable that?

It always crashes for me. I don't know what I am doing wrong but I always get "function failed" as an error message when I press play on MoguriMod in Steam. I have installed and reinstalled several times, I have no idea why it isn't working. Any ideas?

Any advice for getting a custom font working? I've got an OTF font I'm trying to use with it, but even though I put the font file in ~/.fonts and reloaded the font cache, and edited Memoria.ini to reflect the correct font name, the game just loads the default.

This is sweet! I managed to install this and then learned about the Memoria Engine mod tool, has anyone gotten that working on deck? I have been searching the web for that and this vieo came up via reddit

I know this guide was a year ago, but just did this now and wanted to say thanks. Btw if the game is installed on an external SD card, you can just copy the downloaded zip to a folder in the same SD card (e.g. the steamapps) and extract it there. No need to do that step where you grant the mod access to the SD card. All other steps are the same.

After installing the mod my deck's controller input no long works with ffix :(

Does it work in deck mode instead of desktop?

Thank you

Should the "Fix Steam Overlay" option work? It seems to revert the game to the original state if I choose that.

Hey, thanks for this video! I am stuck at the point of trying to launch the moguri mod after adding the launch path. Once I hit play it says "an error occurred while extracting" any ideas?

May I ask what keyboard is that?

Holy shit! Thanks! I would never be able to do that alone. Also I learned a lot with this simple video. Good job!

I tried typing in the installation folder but It kept cutting off the last few letters. Is there any way to get past that?

I got the path to game folder wrong by accident but it was still ok. After moguri stuff installed I just copy pasted those files from the wrong place into ffix game folder and said yes to overwrite all files of the same name, works fine yay. Can avoid having to type stuff that way I guess.

Maybe the best video guide I've ever seen on YT. Sincere thank you, sir.

Excellent guide, works like a charm. Thanks man!

This is cool can I also install 7th Heaven with FF7 on this steam deck!! :)

Does the game only work in desktop mode after the mod is installed?

Do steam achievements still work with this?

I feel like I'm doing something really wrong. I get Moguri running and all, but once I try to launch, I get an error about the unity_data folder not being next to the executable. But it's there. Totally there. The only thing I didn't do was the launch option command, but my understanding was that that was needed if you're installed on an SD card. I'm on SSD, so that shouldn't be an issue, right?

Thank you! Worked perfectly. Can I just delete the zip file afterwards for space.

Do you have to run it through desktop mode each time? Or can you launch it in the gaming mode too

Thaaaaaaanks man

Worked great. Thank you!

do you know if this works on other linux distros other than the deck?

Thanks for this!

thank you for making this

All I ever get is the installer ended prematurely. nothing I've tried works, it's ridiculous.

I salute you good sir.

Thanks for the guide! Question. With the moguri mod can you only play on desktop mode or once you're done with config you can launch it on gaming mode?

This is awesome; could you do a follow-up to set up the Alternate Fantasy mod too? I've read some posts where it doesn't trigger Beatrix correctly, but it sounds like a faulty install rather than a Steam Deck issue (I hope).

Thank you !

Thanks for the guide but I still seem to have an issue. All the files were installed and I see the folders in the directory but when I turn on the game like you did at the end the Moguri Mod options don't show up. The game just simply turns on without anything popping up beforehand.

Sadly I just get a black screen when I hit play. Everything's on my internal ssd so there's no confusion there. The moguri launcher loads up fine then I hit play and just get blackness. Anyone found a fix yet?