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In Prince of Persia Sands of Time, fight against time to defeat the Evil Vizier! Engage in this epic platformer, trick jump action game with a special ability to reverse time using the ancient Dagger.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Prince of Persia Sands of Time in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the retail version of Prince of Persia Sands of Time. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.4
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.4
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 1.8.4 is installed and you can close this window
Copy CD ROM data
Due to problems with PlayOnLinux/Wine and mounting CD ROM's
Create a "Prince of Persia" folder on your desktop
Copy all the data from both of your disks to the new folder
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 the virtual drive: princeofpersia
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine 1.8.4
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"
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries)
Check the following:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Select "Select another file"
Click Next
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Click Browse
Navigate to your Prince Of Persia installer
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next
Select Language
Click Next
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Click Next
Check "I accept the terms of the license agreement"
Click Next
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Click Next again
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Proceed with installation?
Click Yes
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Installer will ask for Disk 2
Click Browse
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Navigate to /media/username/POP_PLAY/autorun/Pop_GFX
Click OK
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Note: Enter your login in place of "username"
Path should show D:/autorun/Pop_GFX
Click OK
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Note: It's fine if there is another drive letter. ex: E: or F:
Check "I will install Acrobat Rader myself later"
Click Next
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Check "Never register"
Click OK
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Uncheck "View the Readme.txt File"
Uncheck "Launch the Prince of Persia The Sands of Time"
Click Finish
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "PrinceOfPersia.EXE"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Prince of Persia
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 "Prince Of Persia"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.4
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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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Close Configure
Prince Of Persia First Launch
Select Prince Of Persia
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Options
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Click Graphics
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Adjust:
- Resolution
- Gamma
- Special Effects
- Shadow Effects
- Water Effects
- Fog
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Fog Artifacts Fix
There is a problem with fog even in Windows
Navigate to the game Support folder
Path:
Open Hardware.iniCode:/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/princeofpersia/drive_c/Program Files/Prince of Persia Sands of Time/Support
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Scroll down to the bottom
Change the following to:
ForceVSFog=1
InvertFogRange=0
ZEnableFix=0
Click Save
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Right click Hardware.ini
Click Permissions Tab
Select "Read-only" for all permissions
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Conclusion:
After fixing the fog problem, Prince of Persia Sands of Time ran beautifully. There are some strange camera movements to get used to, but otherwise performance is great and graphics look amazing "for its time".
Gameplay Video:
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