VS Code ESLint — resolve plugins from custom directory - visual-studio-code

Question

How can I get ESLint setup with VS Code when my node_modules is not in the workspace root?
root/
third_party/
node_modules/
.eslintrc
src/
(source files)
In the VS Code settings, I have ESLint setup to load from the custom node_modules location:
"eslint.nodePath": "third_party/node_modules"
However, I'm still getting the following error message:
Failed to load plugin '#typescript-eslint' declared in '.eslintrc': Cannot find module '#typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin'
Require stack:
- /path/to/repo/__placeholder__.js
Referenced from: /path/to/repo/.eslintrc
Happened while validating /path/to/repo/src/index.ts
This can happen for a couple of reasons:
1. The plugin name is spelled incorrectly in an ESLint configuration file (e.g. .eslintrc).
2. If ESLint is installed globally, then make sure '#typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin' is installed globally as well.
3. If ESLint is installed locally, then '#typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin' isn't installed correctly.
And here's my .eslintrc:
{
"plugins": [],
"extends": [
"eslint:recommended",
"plugin:#typescript-eslint/recommended",
"prettier"
],
"parser": "#typescript-eslint/parser",
"parserOptions": {
"sourceType": "module",
"ecmaVersion": "latest",
"project": "./tsconfig.json"
},
"ignorePatterns": ["node_modules"]
}
I saw there's a CLI option (--resolve-plugins-relative-to) that will tell ESLint where to look for the plugins, but that doesn't seem to be exposed to the .eslintrc or in the VS Code extension settings.
https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/command-line-interface#--resolve-plugins-relative-to
Due to my specific circumstance, changing the directory structure is not possible.