Half human, Half vampire BloodRayne hunts down the children of Kagan. She must stop a new dawn of vampires who develop "The Shroud" to protect them from the sun.
Perform fatalities, acrobatics and suck their blood to replenish BloodRaynes health. Use melee weapons, hand/foot combat and guns to elminiate all of Kagans siblings.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing BloodRayne 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of BloodRayne 2. Other versions may require additional steps

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

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
Wine: 1.7.51-staging

Wine Installation

Note: Wine versions older than 2.0.2 and 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam.

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.54-staging
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.7.54-staging is installed and you can close this window

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam


Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save


PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name your virtual drive: bloodrayne2
No spaces
Click Next


Select all two options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine

Click Next


Select Wine 1.7.51-staging
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok


Installing Steam

Click Browse

Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam


Steam will not have any fonts due to dwrite functionality
Click the "X" to close Steam login


Note: If you use newer Wine versions, the fonts will probably work just fine, close Steam anyways

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: BloodRayne 2
Click Next


Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font and store problem


Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine

Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses


Cutscene Fix

Download LAV Splitter (Video Encoder)
Go To: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=156191
Click "Installer (both x86/x64)



Save LAVFilters-0.67.exe to your Desktop



Back to PlayOnLinux Configure
Select BloodRayne 2

Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"



Navigate to your Desktop
Select LAVfilters-0.67.exe
Click Open



Click Next

Click Next

Leave all three options checked
Click Next



Check "Don't create a Start Menu folder"
Click Next



Uncheck "Create Start Menu Shortcuts"
Click Next



Leave all codecs checked
Click Next



Click Install



Leave all options unchecked
Click Finish



Close Configure

Installing BloodRayne 2

Before Launching Steam and installing/playing BloodRayne 2, make sure to set your Linux desktop resolution to 1600x1200 for fullscreen gaming

Select BloodRayne 2
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Select "Login to an existing account"


Login with your Steam account
Click Login


Find BloodRayne 2
Click Install


Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next


Wait for BloodRayne 2 to download
Click Finish


BloodRayne 2 First Launch

Click Play


Optimization

Select resolution: 1600x1200

Note: The highest resolution is 1600x1200

Adjust:

• Bump mapping
• Dynamic Shadows
• Texture Detail
• Reflections

Click OK


Click New Game

Conclusion:
BloodRayne 2 ran really well on my GeForce 550 Ti. No frame stuttering or anything. I was able to enable all graphical settings and play on 1600x1200 just fine. The game is old enough that it should run on most laptops and netbooks as well, but I have not confirmed this.
Even the cutscenes ran fine after installing LAV Splitter.

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