Vikings Wolves of Midgard is a Diablo-esque action RPG. Scour the world of Midgar and fight mythological creatures of Ragnarok in this epic adventure! Chose male or female and 5 classes: Thor, Tyr, Loki, Skathi and Odin.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Vikings Wolves of Midgard in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Vikings Wolves of Midgard. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 5.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.5
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 5.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 5.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
PlayOnLinux Setup
Wine 5.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name the virtual drive: vikings
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 5.0
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Libraries Tab
Type each of the following
Click Add
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- d3d9
- dxgi
Click Edit
Change to "Native (Windows)"
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
Note: Check Emulate a virtual desktop and enter your screen resolution if the game does not accept keyboard input during gameplay.
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check each of the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2013
- POL_Install_vcrun2015
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Installing Vikings Wolves of Midgard
Click Browse
Select "setup_vikings_-_wolves_of_midgard_2.04_(25982).exe"
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
Click OK on all errors
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "vikings.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Vikings Wolves Of Midgar
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Installing DXVK
Download DXVK 1.5
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5
Save to your Desktop
Extract and open x64 folder
Copy all DLLs
Paste in the Vikings - Wolves of Midgard game directory
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/vikings/drive_c/GOG Games/Vikings - Wolves of Midgard/PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Vikings Wolves Of Midgar"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 5.0
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
Run Vikings Wolves Of Midgar
Select "Vikings Wolves Of Midgar"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Options
Click Video
Adjust:
- Resolution
- Game Screen Renter Quality
- Screen Mode
- Display
- Graphics Quality
- Anti-aliasing
- VSync
- Gamma Correction
Conclusion:
Vikings Wolves of Midgard ran GREAT on my GeForce GTX 1060 once I was able to figure out how to make the keyboard work in-game. My character moves fine with the mouse, but if I want to use a skill, heal myself or look into my inventory... nothing happened from keyboard input. I started messing with windowed settings and it worked, but I wanted fullscreen. So I had to enable the virtual desktop at 1920x1080 and they keyboard input worked fine and the game was fullscreen. This may not work for everyone.
I also tried online co-op with another computer in my network and they just stuck at "Initiating Online Game"... so it never actually worked. I think its because the GOG game requires Galaxy to connect online.
Gameplay Video
Screenshots:
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