Battlefront 2 Guide

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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.

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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.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.46

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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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
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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 1.7.46 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
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Enter CD2 and copy the GameData folder to the Battlefront2 folder
Check "Apply this action to all files"
Click Merge
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Enter CD3 through CD5 with the same "Merge" steps

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Click Next

Click "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: battlefront2
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 1.7.46
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"
Check "Emulate a virtual deskop"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, Libraries, DLL's)

Check the following Packages:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Installing Battlefront 2

Click "Select another file"
Click Next
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Click Browse

Navigate to the Battlefront2 folder on your desktop
Open GameData folder
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next

Click Next
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Enter Key
Click OK
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Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
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Check "No, I don't want to install xfire"
Click Next
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Check "No, install GameSpy Arcade later"
Click Next
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Click "Automatic"
Click Next
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Desktop Shortcut
Click No
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Installing
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Uncheck "I would like to view the README file"
Uncheck "I would like to launch Star Wars Battlefront II"
Click Finish
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "BattlefrontII.exe"
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Battlefront II
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 Battlefront II
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.46
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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

Launching Battlefront II

Select Battlefront II
Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see output of errors and bugs while playing

Optimization

Click Options
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Click Video
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Adjust:
  • Brightness
  • Contrast
  • VSync
  • Overall Quality (Presets)
  • View Distance
  • LOD Distance
  • Resolution
  • Antialiasing
  • Texture Quality
  • Water Quality
  • Shadows
  • Lighting Quality
  • Light Bloom
Click Accept
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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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Thank you! I had a lot of run re-visiting the series! I'm surprised how well it ran, even without the CD ROM in the drive.

Unfortunately I was unable to join a Linux (Wine) Hosted game on my LAN
Only the Windows computer was able to join the Linux (Wine) Hosted game.

I have all the firewalls off, but the connection would time out each time.
 
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