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Wanted to post this as an easy aid to anyone trying to install and play Age of the Ring on either their Steam Deck, Steam OS device, or Linux device. It's proved surprisingly easy. Got some help from one of the mods on the discord, again major thank you to Angmar

Go to: https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-horse-lords-a-total-modification-for-bfme/downloads/age-of-the-ring-version-90 and click Download Now
You'll end up with a zip file that has multiple archives. Download PeaZip and use it to extract the contents. If your download folder only has the zip folder you can use Download Here in the PeaZip to extract all the contents and then place them in a created folder of your own after
Once extracted and placed in a new folder use Lutris to do the installation. If you do not have Lutris download it from your market/discover store. In Lutris you'll see a + icon in the top left. Click on it. Then click Install a Windows game from an executable. It'll have you type in the name for the file once installed. I recommend Age of the Ring for simplicity but you can use your own preferred name. For Identifier I recommend copying and pasting the file name you want to use. Click install, and then again. You'll come to a screen to select the file you want to install. Click the folder icon to browse and choose the installer. Make sure to select at least the top two checkboxes: create a desktop shortcut, and create application menu shortcut. These two will ensure that once the game is installed you can start the game itself and not the installer again to play the game.
Let the installer run until finished. Make sure to click at the end to start the launcher
Once Age of the Ring is loaded you'll likely be asked to update, go ahead and click yes. You may see a prompt afterward saying "failed to use python." Do not worry about this. It will close the Age of the Ring but since you have the desktop shortcut and the start menu application you can click either and come right back to the main screen to update. Go ahead and click update again and everything should be working smoothly : )
After that your done

I know this looks like a lot but to make things more simple looking: download Age of the Ring zip, use Peazip to extract, use Lutris to install the installer, make sure to click to get a desktop icon and start menu application, let the installer run, and basically done. That's it

I've used Steam and Faugus to run the installer exe. DO NOT DO THIS. Why? Faugus will run you into an issue where troops may be invisible, things don't work right, as well as I believe you have to run the installer each time to play the game. Steam will not create a shortcut if you've chosen to not have shortcuts before. Thus with Steam you will not have a game shortcut once the installer is done and thus cannot load the game without also using the installer each time. Lutris is the only option where you'll have the shortcuts afterward, and...can avoid error messages forcing you to restart the install process all over again

Also, Lutris will also have the game launcher on it once installed, so it acts as a third launcher option for you

Thank you for your time. I hope this information helps

Im not sure if this has been brought up, but I think ive had an idea that could solve the summoning your Pals issue. Right now, Pals are summoned to your side, whereas you used to be able to throw your Pals out

So to solve this, I remember the mechanic from other games of where to spawn objects and similar. In simulator games you see the object depicted in like a green color for instance. For other games summoning like a person, spirit, something living or fight able, youd get like a floating circle to move and specify where youd like the summon to occur. Im thinking something along the lines of the floating summoning circle could work for Palworld

Was trying to look online for an example of the summoning circles im thinking of but couldnt find them. However I will say a creative ritualistic design could work as well. Something maybe along the lines of how the Pal sphere's art along its sides looks, maybe.

So on the ground youd be able to see the circle go out along the surface of the ground. If you were falling, or throwing out, off a cliff for instance, youd see a floating circle in the air

The summon animation itself would be the same we have now, so no throwing of a pal sphere to summon. The Pal would appear in the circle, or arise from. In the meantime without the ability to include the throwing out animation, I think this could be a good alternate

Steam Deck/Linux Age of the Ring install

Pal Summoning issue solution