Assassin's Creed III is the 5th installment of the franchise and take place in colonial America during the the Revolution. Explore Boston, New York and the Frontier as you assassinate Templars who are trying to control the colonies.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Assassin's Creed III in Linux with PlayOnLinux with DXVK

Note: This guide applies to the Steam & Uplay version of Assassin's Creed III. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
DXVK: 1.0.1 (1.2 tested successfully)

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Installed


Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Downloading Wine 64-bit


Installed


Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

Download Legacy Uplay

Go to: ubi.li/78pn4
Save to your Desktop

PlayOnLinux Setup

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: assassinscreed3
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 4.0
Click Next


Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP
Click Apply


Libraries Tab
Add the following overrides:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi
• xaudio2_7

Select "edit" on each override and check Native (Windows)
Click Apply


Note: Typing in each override is faster than finding them on the drop-down menu

Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Components, Libraries)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_d3d10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2005
• POL_Install_vcrun2008
• POL_Install_vcrun2010
• POL_Install_vcrun2012
• POL_Install_vcrun2013

Click Next


Click Browse

Select "UplayInstaller.exe" previously saved on your Desktop
Click Open


Click Next again...

Click OK

Click "I Accept"

Click "Install"


Click Next

Click "Finish"

Sign into Uplay


Important - Check "Remember Me"

Go to Games
Click Assassin's Creed III


Click Download


Steam Setup will begin

Click Next

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

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Close Steam


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Uplay.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Assassin's Creed III Uplay
Click Next


Select "Steam.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Assassin's Creed III Steam
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Assassin's Creed III Steam
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 4.0
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox


Note: Ignore the Wine version in the screenshot

Display Tab
Video memory size: enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

DXVK Setup

Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
Download Version 1.0.1


Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop


Copy the files in the 32-bit folder to the Assassin's Creed 3 Folder
Full Path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/assassinscreed3/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Assassin's Creed 3/

DXVK Full Guide
http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/dxvk-guide.2540/
Follow this guide for all the detailed steps to run DXVK in PlayOnLinux

Finally Play Assassin's Creed III

Important - Launch Assassin's Creed III Uplay first!
If you launch Steam first, it will install the newest version of Uplay which does not work with Windows XP. Then you have to start all over again...

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Assassin's Creed III Uplay"
Click Run


Wait for Uplay to completely launch

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Assassin's Creed III Steam"
Click Run


Sign in to Existing Account
Enter credentials
Click Login


Find Assassin's Creed III in your Steam Library
Click Install


Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next


Wait for it to download
Click Finish

Click Play


Optimization

Click Options


Click Graphics


Adjust:

• Resolution
• Environment Quality
• Texture Quality
• Anti-aliasing Quality
• Shadow Quality

Conclusion:
With DXVK Assassin's Creed III ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux! After testing Watch Dogs (which probably uses the same engine) I had to give this game another try and I was not disappointed. I was able to crank the graphics settings up to high and the previous lag was unnoticeable. AC3 runs perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060 and now I'm going to play all the way through. Boston now streams perfectly and I'm able to go anywhere without performance issues. DXVK is a Game Changer!