There is a massive number of Medieval games from strategy to first person action... but when was the last time you have played a Medieval simulation role playing game?
Mount & Blade has it all!
Character customization, leveling up, weapons, armor, quests, merchants, looting... its all there! But when you dive into the action its like a simulation of Medieval battles, sieges, arena's & exploration.



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

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

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.3
Select it


Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.8.3 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"
Click Next


Name your virtual drive: mountblade
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.8.3
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: 1024x768
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Click Browse

Select "setup_mount_and_blade_2.0.0.4.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again...

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


Click "OK" on all errors


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "mount&blade.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Mount & Blade
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Mount & Blade
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.3


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


Close Configure

Launching Mount & Blade
Select "Mount & Blade"
Click Run


Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Mount & Blade Launcher

Click Configure


Adjust Video settings & Advanced settings
Click OK


Click "Play Mount & Blade"


Optimization

Click Options


Click "Video Options"


Adjust:

• Render Method
• Secreen Resolution
• Monitor Gamma
• Shadow Quality
• Texture Detail
• Grass Density
• Chracter Detail
• Character Shadow Detail
• Number of Corpses
• Number of Rag Dolls
• Blood Stains
• Dynamic Lighting
• Character Shadows
• Environment Shadows
• Realitic Shadows on Plants
• Particle Systems
• Anisotroopic Filtering
• Fast Water Reflections

Click Done


Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
Mount & Blade will run well on just about any computer. Most locations are just an arena, so it only has to render the objects, skies, ground and characters for each arena. Adjust the graphics settings in order to get a good frame rate, then have fun. Mount & Blade ran perfectly on my GeForce 9800, which is an older card.

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