Metro Last Light Guide

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Explore and survive the Metro stations in Post-apocalyptic Moscow 2034. Plays as Artyom and save Russia from Civil War by crafting your own weapons and slaying the mutated monsters below.

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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Metro Last Light in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Metro Last Light. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 3.21
DXVK: 0.93

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"

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Look for the Wine Version: 3.21
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right

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Click Next

Downloading Wine

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Extracting

Installed

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Click (amd64) Tab
Select "3.21"
Click the arrow pointing to the right

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Downloading Wine 64-bit

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Installed

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Wine 3.21 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install

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Click "Install a non-listed program"

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Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next

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Name the virtual drive: metrolastlight
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 3.21
Click Next

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Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next

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Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7

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Libraries Tab
Enter the following libraries:
  • d3d10
  • d3d10_1
  • d3d10core
  • d3d11
  • dxgi
  • xaudio2_7
Select one at a time
Click Edit
Select "Windows (Native)
Click Apply

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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in fullscreen windows"
Click OK

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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Components, Libraries)

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx10
  • POL_Install_d3dx11
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next

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Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_metro_last_light_redux_2.0.0.2.exe"
Click Open

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Click Next again

Click OK

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

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Click OK on all errors

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Click Exit

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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "metro.exe"
Click Next

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Name the shortcut: Metro Last Light
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
Select "Metro Last Light"
Click Configure

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General Tab
Wine version: 3.21

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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: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses

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Miscellaneous Tab
Download Direct X Runtime to fix the audio bugs

Go to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8109
Save to your Desktop
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"
Select "directx_Jun2010redist.exe"
Extract to a folder on your desktop

Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive" again
Navigate to the new folder on your Desktop

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Select "DXSETUP.exe"
Click Open

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Select "I accept the agreement"
Click Next

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Click Next

Click Finish

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DXVK Installation

Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v0.93
Download dxvk-.093.tar.gz
Save to your Desktop
Extract it and open the x64 Directory
Copy all of the dlls

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Past the dll in the same directory as metro.exe
Full path:
Code: 
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/metrolastlight/drive_c/GOG Games/Metro Last Light Redux/

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Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Metro Last Light"
Click Run
Wait about 1 min for the game to initially launch

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Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Optimization:
Click Options

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Click Video

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Adjust:
  • Resolution
  • Quality
  • SSAA
  • Texture Filtering
  • Motion Blur
  • Tessellation
  • VSync
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Conclusion:
When I have tested Metro Last Light in the past there was a really bad audio problem that caused distortion and stuttering in the sound. But after adding xaudio2_7 and the DirectX Runtime it is completely gone. DXVK does an amazing job with visuals but there still are a bit of flickering objects and textures. Playing with Tessellation might fix it... Other than that, it runs amazingly well! What a beautifully crafted game!

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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booman
skweresp said:
Metro Last Light and Metro 2033 has also linux versions on steam.
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Yes, Steam does have the native versions. I've read that performance isn't so great depending on the video card/chip you use.

Until the native versions are available on GOG, this guide will get you running with the Windows version.
 
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booman said:
Yes, Steam does have the native versions. I've read that performance isn't so great depending on the video card/chip you use.

Until the native versions are available on GOG, this guide will get you running with the Windows version.
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Thanks, it's great that we have choice on linux :)
 
booman
skweresp said:
Thanks, it's great that we have choice on linux
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Absolutely!
That is what Linux is about for me... the freedom to choose how to use it the way I want.
I may post more guides in the future for Windows games that already have a native Linux port... Mostly because GOG game are DRM Free. SteamPlay is a major reason why I stick to guides for games on other clients.
There is a chance in the future that SteamPlay will handle all games and we will no longer have any guides to post. Which is a good and bad thing :)
 
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booman said:
Absolutely!
That is what Linux is about for me... the freedom to choose how to use it the way I want.
I may post more guides in the future for Windows games that already have a native Linux port... Mostly because GOG game are DRM Free. SteamPlay is a major reason why I stick to guides for games on other clients.
There is a chance in the future that SteamPlay will handle all games and we will no longer have any guides to post. Which is a good and bad thing :)
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You make a great job. Don't worry, there's be always something to write about.
 
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