Play as young female inquisitor plotting between a faction of Mages and a cult. Decide your morality, your actions have consequences and lead to six different endings. Heretic Kingdoms has a simple combat system, large world to explore and an engaging story by Chris Bateman (Discorld Noir, Ghost Master)



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

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

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.8 is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"


Name your virtual drive: heretickingdoms
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.8
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

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: Enter the size of your Linux Desktop
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Heretic Kingdoms

Click Browse

Select "setup_heretic_kingdoms_2.1.0.8.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again

Click OK


Click Options
Check "Yes I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Click Install


Click OK for all errors


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "kult.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Heretic Kingdoms
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Heretic Kingdoms"
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.8


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


Launching Heretic Kingdoms

Select "Heretic Kingdoms"
Click Run


Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Settings


Click the Eye for Grahics

Adjust:

• Gama
• Level CAche
• Display Shadows
• Low Detail Particles
• Force 16bit
• Disable Dynamic Lights
• Display Weather
• Display FPS
• Run Windows
• Use w-buffer

Click OK


Fullscreen

If you wish to run fullscreen at 1600x1200, you will need to edit a config.
Go to: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/heretickingdoms/drive_c/GOG Games/Heretic Kingdoms
Open config.cfg
change

Code:

gr_resolution= 1

to

Code:

gr_resolution= 3

Save config.cfg


Conclusion:
Heretic Kingdoms ran fine on my GeForce 550 Ti. Its an older 2D game so it should run on just about any laptop or netbook as well. The highest resolution it will run is 1600x1200 but you have to set it in the config.cfg file.

I know the game starts off kinda cheesy, but it gets better as you progress.

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