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Darksiders Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by Daerandin, Jan 26, 2014.

  • by Daerandin, Jan 26, 2014 at 7:25 PM
  • Daerandin

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    Play as the first Horseman of the Apocalypse - War
    Wield supernatural attacks, combos and weapons in order to slay the minions of Hell on Earth. Will War find vengence and justice making aliances with demons as he journeys through Earths apocalyptic remains?

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

    Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Darksiders. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

    To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

    Mint 17.3 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
    Wine: 1.8.2

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.2
    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 1.8.2 is installed and you can close this window

    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: darksiders
    Click Next
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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 1.8.2
    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 Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_directx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next
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    Note: All packages will automatically download and install

    Click Browse

    Select "setup_darksiders_2.0.0.6.exe"
    Click Open
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    Click Next again

    Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
    Click Options
    Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
    Click Install
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    Errors
    Click OK on all errors
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    Click Exit
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select "DarksidersPC.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name the shortcut: Darksiders
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Select Darksiders
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 1.8.2
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    Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine

    Display Tab
    Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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    Close Configure

    Launching Darksiders

    Before you launch three videos need to be deleted in order to reach the menu
    Otherwise you are stuck with a black screen because of video codecs

    Delete three videos:
    • AMD_Logo_movie.wmv
    • Darksiders_Intro_CG_1280x720.wmv
    • main_menu_intro.wmb
    Path:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/darksiders/drive_c/GOG Games/Darksiders/media/videos
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    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Select Darksiders
    Click Run
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    Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

    Optimization

    Click Options
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    Click Advanced Options
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    Adjust Resolution & Vertical Sync
    Press Enter to apply settings
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    Note: Darksiders video might not resolve correctly after changing resolution. Kill Darksiders from PlayOnLinux Configure/Wine/Kill Proccesses. Launch again

    Conclusion:
    The only bugs I experienced was the flickering menu/HUD and the resolution bug. No one has been able to solve the flickering problem in Wine but its tolerable because you only see the map flickering. It is kind frustrating browsing the store, but its still possible.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by Daerandin, Jan 26, 2014.

  1. Daerandin
    I wanted to add that anyone looking for a Darksiders 2 guide will have to wait. I had it running briefly when using wine version 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer, but experienced a lot of flickering while playing and frequent crashes. There is also no information at all on WineHQ about Darksiders 2, so I'm not optimistic.
  2. booman
    Awesome guide by the way! I'm glad you are taking some time with these newer games.
    Try the Wine 1.7.10-CSMT maybe it will deliver more promising results.
    What kind of errors are you getting?
  3. Daerandin
    I'll give Darksiders 2 a more serious go either later this week or next week. I was focusing on the first game for this guide and only did a couple of quick tests for the sequel.
  4. booman
    Did you experience memory leaks with Darksiders 2? Is that why you chose to use doublebuffer?
  5. Daerandin
    No, I just came across a forum post while googling, that claimed Darksiders 2 worked with the doublebuffer and RAW patches. Since currently only doublebuffer patched wine is provided for PoL, I was hoping that newer wine versions would be sufficient. The forum post was on winehq and is about a year and half old.
  6. booman
    I find that a lot too. Researching on Wine can be helpful but sometimes posts are really old.
    I also get notifications of my posts being deleted. Makes me mad because some of my posts are to help others trying to run the game.

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