Half human, Half vampire BloodRayne hunts down the children of Kagan. She must stop a new dawn of vampires who develop "The Shroud" to protect them from the sun.
Perform fatalities, acrobatics and suck their blood to replenish BloodRaynes health. Use melee weapons, hand/foot combat and guns to elminiate all of Kagans siblings.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing BloodRayne 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of BloodRayne 2. 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 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
Wine: 1.7.51-staging
Wine Installation
Note: Wine versions older than 2.0.2 and 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam.
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.54-staging
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 1.7.54-staging is installed and you can close this window
Downloading Steam
Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: bloodrayne2
No spaces
Click Next
Select all two options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
Select Wine 1.7.51-staging
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Configure Wine
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok
Installing Steam
Click Browse
Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
Click Next
Click Next
Check: I accept the license...
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Updating Steam
Steam will not have any fonts due to dwrite functionality
Click the "X" to close Steam login
Note: If you use newer Wine versions, the fonts will probably work just fine, close Steam anyways
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select Steam.exe
Click Next
Name your shortcut: BloodRayne 2
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font and store problem
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
Cutscene Fix
Download LAV Splitter (Video Encoder)
Go To: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=156191
Click "Installer (both x86/x64)
Save LAVFilters-0.67.exe to your Desktop
Back to PlayOnLinux Configure
Select BloodRayne 2
Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"
Navigate to your Desktop
Select LAVfilters-0.67.exe
Click Open
Click Next
Click Next
Leave all three options checked
Click Next
Check "Don't create a Start Menu folder"
Click Next
Uncheck "Create Start Menu Shortcuts"
Click Next
Leave all codecs checked
Click Next
Click Install
Leave all options unchecked
Click Finish
Close Configure
Installing BloodRayne 2
Before Launching Steam and installing/playing BloodRayne 2, make sure to set your Linux desktop resolution to 1600x1200 for fullscreen gaming
Select BloodRayne 2
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Select "Login to an existing account"
Login with your Steam account
Click Login
Find BloodRayne 2
Click Install
Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next
Wait for BloodRayne 2 to download
Click Finish
BloodRayne 2 First Launch
Click Play
Optimization
Select resolution: 1600x1200
Note: The highest resolution is 1600x1200
Adjust:
- Bump mapping
- Dynamic Shadows
- Texture Detail
- Reflections
Click New Game
Conclusion:
BloodRayne 2 ran really well on my GeForce 550 Ti. No frame stuttering or anything. I was able to enable all graphical settings and play on 1600x1200 just fine. The game is old enough that it should run on most laptops and netbooks as well, but I have not confirmed this.
Even the cutscenes ran fine after installing LAV Splitter.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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