Assassin's Creed II moves from Israel to Italy where we control Ezio Auditore da Firenze. As a young assassin, he learns of his ancestor Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad's and follows in his footsteps.
Climb almost any structure in Florence, perform stealthy kills, run-n-hide from guards, ride horses, explore and complete quests.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Assassin's Creed II in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Retail & Uplay version of Assassin's Creed II. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/forums/playonlinux-explained.25
Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.7.26
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.26
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-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 1.7.26 is installed and you can close this window
Download Uplay
Go to: http://uplay.ubi.com/
Click "Download Uplay PC"
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Save UplayInstaller.exe 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: assassins2
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 1.7.26
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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Installing Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_gdiplus
- POL_Install_msxml3
- POL_Install_msls31
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
Note: All libraries will automatically download and install.
Click Next
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Installing Uplay
Click "Select another file"
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Click Browse
Navigate to your Desktop
Select UplayInstaller.exe
Click Open
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Click Next
Click OK
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Click Install
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Click Close
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Uplay.exe"
Click Next
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Name your shortcut "Assassin's Creed II"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Assassin's Creed II"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.26
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine.
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Display Tab
Video memory size: Select the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Installing Assassin's Creed II
Miscellaneous Tab
click "Run a .exe in this virtual drive"
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Navigate to your Assassin's Creed II CD ROM
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open
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Select Language
Click Next
Click Next
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Close Configure
Launching Assassin's Creed II
Select "Assassin's Creed II"
Click Run
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Looking for updates
Uplay may get stuck on this and you will have to close it
Launch Uplay again
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Updating Uplay
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Login to Uplay
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Select "Assassin's Creed II"
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click Play
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Legacy Patch process
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Update
Click Yes
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Select language
Click Next
Select "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
Click Next
Click Finish
Downloading Uplay game files
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Synchronize
Click Skip
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Press Enter
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Optimization
Click Options
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Click Graphics
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Set the Resolution to match your Linux Desktop
Adjust Multisampling, Vsync, Environment, Texture, Shadow, Reflection, Character and Post Effects.
Click Back to apply
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Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates
Conclusion:
Wine 1.7.24 and newer has fixed the crypt32 problem and now Uplay runs GREAT. So Assassin's Creed II runs great as well.
I recommend setting Uplay to offline so you don't have to worry about updates breaking your game.
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