Avencast Guide

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Avencast is an Action RPG following a similar story to the Harry Potter books. You begin as cadet in a school of magic and complete training quests to level up. Avencast has some great features like skill tree, character stats, melee & projectile weapons, roll & dodge, spells and keyboard combinations to cast them.

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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Avencast. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.


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

Mint 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.2
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 2.0.2 is installed and you can close this window

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
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Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
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Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
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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 your virtual drive: avencast
No spaces
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 2.0.2
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok
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PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following libraries:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Steam

Click Browse
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Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
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Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam

Click the "X" to close Steam login
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Avencast
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
Click Configure
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General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes any missing font problems and the Store problem (Windows needs to be set as Windows XP)
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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: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Avencast
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Click "Login to existing account"
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Login
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Find Avencast in your Steam Library
Click Install
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Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next
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Click Finish
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Click Play after Avencast is finished downloading
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Select "Launch Options Menu"
Click Play
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Adjust:
  • Adapter
  • Resolution
  • Windowed
  • VSync
  • Shadows
  • Texturefiltering
  • Particeleffects
  • Bloom-Shader
  • Floor in systemmem
  • No PostRenderEffect
  • Multisample PostRenderEffect
  • Vertex processing
  • FF-Pipeline
  • Sound
  • Video Subtitles
  • Disable videos
  • XFire Info
Click Save & Play
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Also, in-game during game-play you can press Esc
Click Options
Graphics Tab
Adjust a few graphical settings like resolution
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Even after setting Avencast to 1920x1080 the game would still launch at 1280x960
To resolve this, go to the Avencast/cfg directory
path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/avencast/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Avencast/cfg

Open game.cfg with your text editor
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Edit the two lines:
resX=
resY=
Enter the desired fullscreen resolution
Save & close
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Conclusion:
Avencast ran perfectly with standard overrides and Wine 2.0.2. Feel free to set Windows to XP so you can browse the store too. I experienced great frame rates on my GTX 1060 in resolution of 1920x1080 as you can see in the video below. Avencast is an older game, but a really fun & challenging experience. so much to do and so many ways to customize your characters skills.

Gameplay video:


Screenshots:
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Avencast is amazing! I played it years ago and loved it! Though the graphics are a bit dated, it is still very fun and involved. In some ways its even better than Harry Potter games.
 
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