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Divinity II Directors Cut is about training to become a Dragon Slayer in the world of Rivellon. Battle against Damian's armies of minions and necromancers in this open-world RPG with all the bells and whistles. Level up your skills, customize your class, plunder loot, explore, slay all kinds of minions and battle against bosses.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Divinity II Directors Cut in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Divinity II Directors Cut. 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 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.2
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 2.0.2 is installed and you can close this window
Downloading Steam
Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
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Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
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Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
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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 your virtual drive: divinity2
No spaces
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine 2.0.2
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Configure Wine
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 (Libraries, Components, DLL's)
Check the following libraries:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_Physx
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2005
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Installing Steam
Click Browse
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Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
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Click Next
Click Next
Check: I accept the license...
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Updating Steam
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Click the "X" to close Steam login
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select Steam.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Divinity II
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes any missing font problems and the Store problem (Windows needs to be set as Windows XP)
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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: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure
Launching Steam
Select Divinity II
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Click "Login to existing account"
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Login
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Located Dvinity II in your Steam Library
Click Install
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Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next
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Click Finish
Wait while Divinity II downloads
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Click Play
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Click "Play Divinity II - Normal Mode"
or click "Play Divinity II - Developer Mode"
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Optimization
Click Options
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Adjust:
Click "Advanced Options"
- Resolution
- Quality Presets
Adjust:
Click the Red "X" to apply
- Use VSync
- Screenspace Anti-Aliasing
- Geometry High Quality
- Dynamic Geometry Distance Rendering
- Dynamic Lighting Quality
- Timeline Animation Update
- Render Shadows
- Timeline Shadow Update
- Shadow Quality
- Anistropic Type
- Dynamic Reflection
- Use HDR
- Use Depth of Field
- Render Light shafts
- Tree Quality
- Vegetation Quality
- Use Multicore
- Lockstep Mode
- FPS Cap
Click Yes to apply changes
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Note: The game will ask if you want it to restart, but it won't restart on its own. Just click Play in Steam again.
Conclusion:
Dvinity II Directors Cut ran perfectly in Wine 2.0.2 and my GTX 1060. I didn't even bother trying the staging versions of Wine. The only issue I experienced was the cutscene movies do not work. I tried setting Windows as Windows XP and installing Windows Media Player 9 & 10, but no good. Just press Esc to skip the movies.
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