Using Flatpak MangoHud on Minecraft (PolyMC) and Steam Games

Hi, Cassio here!

Today I'll share how to use Flatpak MangoHud on Minecraft and Steam games.

Setup

note

MangoHud already is installed together with Steam Flatpak, but it's not enabled by default.

1. Install Flatseal
2. Check if MangoHud is already installed by running: flatpak list
   1. Choose the branch with the highest version
   2. List all flatpak apps again to make sure the install is done

Enabling all MangoHud stats variables

1. Open Flatseal
2. Go to the application you want to run MangoHud
3. Paste this on enviroment variables: MANGOHUD_CONFIG=full

Steam

1. Open your Steam library
2. Click on the Gear Icon
3. Click on Properties...
4. Paste in Launch Options:

mangohud gamemoderun %command%

5. Done!

Screenshot in Baldur's Gate 3

Minecraft (PolyMC)

1. Open Settings
2. Click on Custom Commands
3. Paste in Wrapper command:

gamemoderun /usr/lib/extensions/vulkan/MangoHud/bin/mangohud --dlsym

4. Done!

Screenshot in Minecraft (PolyMC)