Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a team-based FPS much like the Battlefield series. Conquer maps by taking bases in many new locations like Mygeeto, Utapau, Naboo, Hoth, Mustafar, Yavin, the Jedi Temple and the Death Star. Play as 5 different classes and even earn a chance to play as a Jedi hero or a Sith Lord.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Battlefront 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Retail (CD ROM) version of Battlefront 2. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.46
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.46
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.7.46 is installed and you can close this window
Copy CD ROM Data
Create a Battlefront2 folder on the desktop
Enter CD1
Copy all data from CD1 to the Battlefront2 folder
Enter CD2 and copy the GameData folder to the Battlefront2 folder
Check "Apply this action to all files"
Click Merge
Enter CD3 through CD5 with the same "Merge" steps
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Click "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: battlefront2
Click Next
Check all three options
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.7.46
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual deskop"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, Libraries, DLL's)
Check the following Packages:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Installing Battlefront 2
Click "Select another file"
Click Next
Click Browse
Navigate to the Battlefront2 folder on your desktop
Open GameData folder
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open
Click Next
Click Next
Enter Key
Click OK
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
Check "No, I don't want to install xfire"
Click Next
Check "No, install GameSpy Arcade later"
Click Next
Click "Automatic"
Click Next
Desktop Shortcut
Click No
Installing
Uncheck "I would like to view the README file"
Uncheck "I would like to launch Star Wars Battlefront II"
Click Finish
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "BattlefrontII.exe"
Click Next
Name your shortcut: Battlefront II
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Battlefront II
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.46
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
Launching Battlefront II
Select Battlefront II
Click Run
Note: Click Debug to see output of errors and bugs while playing
Optimization
Click Options
Click Video
Adjust:
- Brightness
- Contrast
- VSync
- Overall Quality (Presets)
- View Distance
- LOD Distance
- Resolution
- Antialiasing
- Texture Quality
- Water Quality
- Shadows
- Lighting Quality
- Light Bloom
Rule of thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates
Conclusion:
Battlefront 2 installed and played perfectly. Any level I loaded played and performed just as well as Windows on my GeForce 550 ti. I had everything set to high except view distance and LOD distance.
Ironically in Windows 7, Battlefront 2 would crash over and over. It turns out there is some audio bug with Realtek chips and it causes a crash when a level is loaded.
I was able to host the game in Linux and connect from the Windows client, but not the other way around.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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