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Prince of Persia 2008 Guide

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  • by booman, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:31 PM
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    Prince of Persia is the latest installment of the franchise and with a new make-over. All of the trick-jumps, climbing and platforming is there, but now you get to play cooperative with Princess Elika. Purge the corruption by slaying bosses of each realm and explore multiple routes to the next objective, all in comic-book style graphics.

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

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

    Tips & Specs:

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

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

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 2.0-staging
    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-staging 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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    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next
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    Name the Virtual Drive: princeofperisa
    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: 2.0-staging
    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 (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

    Check the Following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next
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    Click Browse

    Select "setup_prince_of_persia_2.0.0.17.exe"
    Click Open
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    Click Next
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    Click Options
    Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
    Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
    Click Install
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    Click Exit
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcuts

    Select "Prince of Persia.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name the shortcut: Prince of Persia
    Click Next
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    Select "Launcher.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name this shortcut: PoP Launcher
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Select "Prince of Persia"
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 2.0-staging
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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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    Optmization

    Select "PoP Launcher"
    Click Run
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    Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

    Click Settings
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    Adjust:
    • Screen Resolution
    • Widescreen
    • Vertical Sync
    • Antialiasing
    • Graphics Quality
    • High Resolution textures
    Click OK
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    Click "Launch the game!"
    or Quit launchPoP Launcher and run Prince of Persia
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    Conclusion:
    Prince of Persia ran great on my GeForce GTX 950. There were some short freezes when loading some content, but otherwise climbing and fighting was smooth. This game has some wonderful Borderlands-ish graphics and amazing animation. It is a lot of fun playing co-operative finding the way to the next area and then fighting off minions and bosses.

    Gameplay video:


    Screenshots:
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Mar 17, 2017.

  1. mrdeathjr28
    Good prince or persia game and actually must be runs good in most machines

    :)
  2. booman
    Thanks, I'm still playing Prince of Persia and LOVING IT!

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