Beyond Divinity is an epic sequel to the Divinity franchise with some interesting twists. Control two characters who are souls are bound by a sadistic spell. Fight as an evil Deathknight and a human. Level up, loot, solve puzzles, train new skills, explore, discover alchemy and much more...



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Beyond Divinity in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

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

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.6.2 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: beyonddivinity
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.6.2
click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Application 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


Installing Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)
Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_gdiplus
  
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_beyond_divinity_2.0.0.9.exe"
Click Open


Click Next

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


Installing


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "div.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Beyond Divinity
Click Next


Select "configtool.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: BD Config
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Beyond Divinity
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2


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

Beyond Divinity Configure

Select "BD Config"
Click Run


Select resolution
Enter FSAA Mode
Apply Fog
Click "Apply & Close"


Start a new game


Conclusion:
Beyond Divinity ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux. I'm pretty sure it will run fine on any laptop or netbook because of its generation. I was able to play at 1680x1050 full screen and didn't have any performance issues. Mouse and keyboard worked great, but I noticed the mouse doesn't move smoothly across the screen as expected. So sometimes you will miss an item on the ground.

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