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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Tera in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Tera. 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: 2.20-staging
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 2.20-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 2.20-staging 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: tera
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 2.20-staging
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_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
- POL_Install_winhttp
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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
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: Tera
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 Tera
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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Click the Store
Search for TERA
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Click "Play Game"
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Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next
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Click Finish
Wait for 40 Gigs to download
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Click Play
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Optimization
Tera can run slow even with newer video cards due to the UI and streaming content. I found that playing in "Windowsed(fullscreen)" helped improve the frame rates. Also removing the GUI with Ctrl+Z helped to gain some frames per second.
Adjust:
Click Apply
- Screen ratio
- Resolution
- Fullscreen
- Windowed(fullscreen)
- Windowed
- Auto-adjust effect level while in a group
- Effects Level
- Lurid Display
- Presets
- Specific Graphic Details
- Adjust Texture resolution
- PC view distance
- PC limit
- Character
- Shadow
- Distan environment detail
- landscape
- Effects Distance
- Background Quality
- Background Distance
- Character Effects Quality (field)
- Character Effects Quality (dungeon)
- Travel effects
- Lighting Enrichment
- Real-time Optimization
Click OK
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Conclusion:
I was able to run Tera on 3 different PCs with different video cards and play co-op with my daughters. The frame rates were bearable as long as you were not in the huge city. Even then, you can crank down the Video settings to gain a few more frames per second. I ran Tera on a Nvidia 750 Ti, GTX 9520 & GTX 1060. After reading the AppDB page, some gamers noticed that the GUI was causing some processing exhuastion. So I was able to gain some frames per second by disabling it with Ctrl+Z
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