LEGO Star Wars II encompasses the first three original movies in a silly LEGO story with lots of puzzles, secrets, jump tricks, action and interactive elements. Play with a friend and defeat Darth Vader and his storm troopers with Luke, Leah, R2-D2, C3-PO, Hans Solo, Chewbacca and many more...



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing LEGO Star Wars II in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of LEGO Star Wars II. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.4

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.4
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.8.4 is installed and you can close this window

Copy Disk Data

Create a new folder on your desktop
Enter the LEGO Star Wars II DVD
Copy everything from the DVD to your new folder


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 the virtual drive: legostarwars
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.8.4
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing LEGO Star Wars II

Select "Select another file"
Click Next


Click Browse

Navigate to your new folder on your Desktop
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again

Click Next


Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next


Click "Easy Installation"


Installing


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "LegoStarWarsII.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Lego Star Wars II
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Lego Star Wars II
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.4


Note: Click the + to download more 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


Launching LEGO Star Wars II
Select "Lego Star Wars II"
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Video Options


Adjust:

• Screen Ratio
• Resolution
• Antialiasing
• Bump Mapping
• Bloomg Filtering
• Plastic Reflections

Click Apply


Rule of Thumb:
High settings - More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings - Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
LEGO Star Wars II installed and ran perfectly. It even worked with my old Logitech Dual-shock controller. Performance was great on my GeForce 550 Ti. The only issues I had was related to controls and camera movement, but that is inherent with LEGO games.

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