Lara Croft is searching for her Mom and the secrets that surround her dissapearance. Explore underwater caves, ancient tombs and the mysterious power of Thor... but, you are not alone! This episode of Tomb Raider is filled with clever puzzles, creative jumps, hardcore splunking and lots of action.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Tomb Raider Underworld in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Tomb Raider Underworld. 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 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 2.0-staging

Wine Installation

Note: Wine versions older than 2.0.2 and 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam.

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

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam


Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save


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: tombunderworld
No spaces
Click Next


Select all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine: 2.0-staging
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Configure Wine

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 (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following libraries:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Steam

Click Browse

Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open

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


Note: Sometimes there is a problem with fonts, we'll fix that later

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Tomb Raider Underworld
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font problem and the store problem


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


Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Tomb Raider Underworld
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Click "Login to existing account"

Login

Go to Steam Library
Find Tomb Raider Underworld
Click Install


Uncheck "Created desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next


Click Finish


Click Play


Follow Direct X installation


Display Setup

Adjust your graphics settings before the initial launch
Click OK


Optimization (In-Game)

Click Audio/Visual


Click Display Mode Selection


Adjust Width, Height, Refresh Rate and Aspect Ration
Click Apply


Back to Audio/Visual Menu
Click Display Settings


Adjust:

• Anti Aliasing
• Texture Detail
• Texture Filtering
• Fullscreen Effects
• Reflections
• Water Effects
• Volumetric Effects
• Shadows
• Triple Buffering
• VSync

Conclusion:
Tomb Raider Underworld would only run if I used Wine 2.0-staging version. Wine 2.0 alone would not allow it to pass the initial title screen. Once I was able to run the game, everything ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 950. I was able to crank the graphics up to high and had great frame rates. Underworld has a lot of great features, puzzles and visuals. It's a "must buy" in my book.

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