Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire is a 3rd person action puzzler based on the 4th novel. Play as Harry, Ron and Hermione in a co-operative adventure using combined spells to solve physics puzzles and cast away monsters.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 18.1 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 2.0-staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 2.0-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 2.0-staging is installed and you can close this window

Copy Disk1 & Disk2 data

Enter Disk1
Create a new folder on your desktop
Copy everything from Disk1 to the new folder


Enter Disk2
Copy everything from Disk2 to the new folder
Check "apply this action to all files"
Click "Skip" for Replace files


Important Note: Leave Disk2 in the drive

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


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


Name the virtual drive: gobletoffire
Click Next


Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next


Select "2.0-staging"
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Uncheck "Allow the window manager control the windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 800x600
Click OK


Important: It is very important to disable window manager controlling the windows. Otherwise the game will not load the levels.

Installing Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

The installer will refuse to run at this point
Click Cancel


Note: Remember to leave Disk2 in the drive

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


Installing Goblet Of Fire

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


Navigate to the new folder on your desktop
Select "AutoRun.exe"
Click Open


Enter the KEY from the insert
Click Next


Check "Advanced User - Select Directory
Use default path
Click Next


Click Next Again


Click "Register Later"


Check "Quit"
Click Finish


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Back to PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "gobletoffire"
Click General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"


Select "GofControls.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Harry Potter Config
Click Next


Select "gof_f.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Harry Potter GoF
Click Next


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


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


Close Configure

Configure Controls
Run "Harry Potter Configure"
Select a controller
Enter the buttons for each controller
Click Quit


Note: My configure initially had 4 controllers, two (Event) and (js) for each controller. I didn't know which ones to configure for the game, so I went into System Settings and removed two of them.

Launching Harry Potter Goblet of Fire

Select "Harry Potter GoF"
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Click New Game
Click Save slot
Select characters with controllers and keyboard
Play


Conclusion:
Harry Potter Goblet of Fire ran perfectly in 800x600 resolution with the Virtual Desktop enabled. Initially the first level would not load due to the window manager, but we fixed that in Wine Configuration. I was able to play fullscreen even on my widescreen monitor. Both controllers worked fine after some configuration and I played on the keyboard. There are no widescreen patches or fixes for this game.

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