Divine Divinity Guide

Divine Divinity is no typical hack-n-slash... instead, you will become addictively intimate with your characters story, customization and interactive world. Upgrade your armor, repair, interact with any object on the screen, move objects to reveal secrets, the exploration goes on and on.

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

Note: This guide applies to the Humble Bundle version of Divine Divinity. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
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 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window

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: divinedivinity
Click Next
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Check the following options:
Use another version of Wine
Configure Wine
Click Next
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Select Wine 1.6.2
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 drive"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
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Click Browse
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Select "Divinstaller_EN.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next

Click Next
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Click Next
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Click Next
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Click Install
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Click No
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Uncheck "Launche Divine Divinity"
Click Finish
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "div.exe"
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Divine Divinity
Click Next
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Select "configtool.exe"
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Divine Config
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Divine Divinity"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine Version: 1.6.2
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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

Divine Divinity First Launch

Select "Divine Config"
Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Select a resolution to match your Linux Desktop
Click "Apply & Close"
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Click Options
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Click Video
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Click Performance
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Adjust the Quality, ZTunnel, 3D Shadows and Fog
Click Apply
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Conclusion:
Divine Divnity ran perfectly with no overrides or extra libraries. Performance was great as expected since it was an older game from 2002. I was very impressed with the visuals, interactive objects and graphical design overall.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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