Assassin's Creed Revelations continues the journey of Ezio Auditore da Firenze as he conquerors Rome. Explore the vast cities in Rome, recruit assassins, fight the Borgia, learn new skills, upgrade armor and upgrade weapons.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing revelations in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam/Uplay version of Revelations.
Tips & Specs:
Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
int 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.4
Wine: 1.7.24
Wine Installation
Note: Versions of Wine older than 2.0.2 and Wine 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.24
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Extracting
Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.7.24 is installed and you can close this window
Download Uplay
Go To: http://uplay.ubi.com/
Click Download Uplay
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Click "Download Uplay PC"
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Save UplayInstaller.exe to your desktop
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PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name the virtual drive: asrevelations
Click Next
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Select all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Click Next
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Select Wine: 1.7.24
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop Size: 1024x768
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Components (Packages, Libraries, DLLs)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_dxfullsetup
- POL_Install_gdiplus
- POL_Install_steam
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
Click Next
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Note: All Components will automatically download and install
Steam Installation
Click Next
Check "I accept the license..."
Click Next
Select Language
Click Next
Click Next
Make sure "Run Steam" is checked
Click Finish
Updating...
Close Steam due to the dwrite bug
We will fix this in a later step
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Installing Uplay
Click Browse
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Go to your desktop
Select UplayInstaller.exe
Click Open
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Click Next
Click OK
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Click Install
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Click Close
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Steam.exe"
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Assassin's Creed Revelations
Click Next
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Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Assassin's Creed Revelations
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine Version: 1.7.24
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine.
Arguments: -no-dwrite
Note: This fixes the missing fonts problem in Steam
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Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configre
Launching Steam
Select Assassin's Creed revelations
Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs
Click Login to an existing account
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Login
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Click "I Agree"
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Disable Steam Overlay
Click Steam (top left)
Click Settings
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Click In-Game
Uncheck "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game"
Click OK
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Installing Assassin's Creed Revelations
Select Assassin's Creed Revelations
Click Install
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Click Next
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Click "I agree"
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Uncheck shortcut options
Click Next
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Click Finish
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Wait for it to download...
Click Play
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Uplay will update
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Note: You may see a product activation prompt. Enter the key for Assassin's Creed Revelations and click OK
Login to Uplay
Check "Remember me"
Next time you launch revelations from Steam you won't have to see Uplay
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Click Play
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Note: You may see a sync error, just click skip. Sometimes it appears behind the Steam/Uplay window, so you might have to minimize Steam and Uplay
Optimization
Click Options
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Click Graphics
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Adjust Resolution to match your Linux Desktop
Adjust Environment, Texture, Shadow, Reflection, Character and post-effects.
Press Enter to apply
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Rule of thumb
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates
Conclusion:
Once I got through all of the Steam and Uplay setup, revelations launched perfectly and ran really well. There may be a little frame stutter during the intial loading while in a cutscene. The mouse didn't seem quite as sensitive as in Windows. A bit of jerkiness here and there, but still totally playable. Cutscenes, freerunning, quests, upgrades worked fine.
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