This guide will walk you through setting up Nvidia drivers, Wine versions and DXVK version for DirectX 11 games in PlayOnLinux 1. Install Nvidia 440 Use the Driver Manager or Additional Drivers (Mint/Ubuntu) to install Nvidia 440 drivers Reboot If you don't see 440 then you may have to enter this PPA: Open Terminal Run command Code: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa Refresh Driver Manager Check Nvidia 440 Click Install Reboot 2. Install Vulkan Linux Libraries Launch Terminal Run the following commands: Code: sudo apt-get install libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 Press Enter Reboot 3. Vulkan Install Check Verify that Linux Vulkan is installed with the following command: Code: vulkaninfo Press Enter Note: Will also show you Vulkan version 4. Install Wine Be sure to Have PlayOnLinux 4.3.4 Installed: Download Install 32-bit and 64-bit version of Wine 5.0 (or newer) 6. 64-bit Virtual Drive Create a 64-bit Virtual Drive through Manual Installation in PlayOnLinux 7. DXVK Installer (DLLs & Registry Entries) Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases Download DXVK 1.7 Extract to your desktop Note: Newest versions are only compatible with beta versions of Nvidia drivers 8. Copy/Paste DLLs Copy the DLLs into the game directory where the game executable is run.: d3d10_1.dll d3d11.dll dxgi.dll d3d10.dll d3d10core.dll d3d9.dll 64 vs 32 bit: If the game is 64-bit, copy the 64-bit dlls If the game is 32-bit, copy the 32-bit dlls or Place 64-bit DLL in: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/game/c_drive/Windows/System32 or Place 32-bit DLL /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/game/c_drive/Windows/syswow64 Note: d3d11 and dxgi already existing? Overwrite them! 9. Wine Overrides PlayOnLinux Configure Select your Virtual Drive Wine Tab Configure Wine Libraries Tab Add the following overrides: d3d10_1 d3d11 dxgi d3d10 d3d10core d3d9 Click Edit, change them from (native,builtin) to (native) Windows: d3d10_1 (native) d3d11 (native) dxgi (native) d3d10 (native) d3d10core (native) d3d9 (native) Note: You can type in the override name instead of searching, just be careful of typos 10. Enable DXVK HUD PlayOnLinux Configure Miscellaneous Tab Command to execute before running program Enter this Command: export DXVK_HUD=devinfo,fps Note: Turn off DXVK HUD by removing the command Close Configure 11. Run Game If you see Vulkan info like FPS and Nvidia information Its working! Some games are still not 100% functional and still may not run properly. DXVK is releasing updates on a regular basis, but you may have to install the newest versions of Nvidia and Wine staging. Other games like Fallout 4 still have bugs and do not run without patched versions of Wine. Crackling Sound or No Sound Some games like Metro will have really bad crackling audio To fix this make sure you added the library xaudio2_7 Download DirectX 2010 Runtime Save to your desktop Install in your virtual drive Select your game in PlayOnLinux Click Configure Miscellaneous Tab Click "Run an exe in this virtual drive" Find Direct X 2010 Runtime on your desktop Enter the path where it will extract (create a folder because it extracts a LOT of files) Finish Back to Miscellaneous Tab Click "Run an exe in this virtual drive" again Navigate to the folder where you extracted the files Select "DXSETUP.exe" Follow the steps Click Finish DXVK Game Guides: Metro 2033 Redux Metro Last Light Redux Bioshock 2 Remastered Bioshock Remastered Watch Dogs Assassin's Creed III Darksiders Warmastered Darksiders II Deathinitive
One way to avoid all of these steps for multiple games is setting up everything in a generic Virtual Drive /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/ Name a Virtual Drive: masterdrive Then when you want to test a game with DXVK you just copy the folder and rename it. This new Virtual Drive will show up in PlayOnLinux Configure This way Wine 3.12 Staging, DXVK is already installed and setup. You can now install the game from the Miscellaneous Tab and create shortcuts with the General Tab.
I'm lost on this part? what folders do you mean (Then when you want to test a game with DXVK you just copy the folder and rename it.)
Go your your .PlayOnLinux directory in your home. Open Wineprefix and you will see all of your Virtual Drives. What you can do is setup a "generic" Virtual Drive with no games installed, but have all the basic packages, DXVK and Wine setup. So all you do later on is copy the "generic" folder and rename it. Then install your game. This way you don't have to do it over and over and over again.
Aaah now i get it so i'm just making VD and installing the necessary DXVK stuff and then copying the folder somewhere. So then don't have to do these step millions of times. Great idea booman
Yup, you can leave it in /home/batman/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix directory if you want. I have one called: masterprefix
@booman Hey booman DXVK now has dx10 support as well. We have 3 more .dll files to set up. They are included in the latest release (0.70) d3d10.dll d3d10_1.dll d3d10core.dll i updated my guide post for S.T.A.L.K.E.R Peace.
Thank you for the tips. The question is, do I keep this guide because it refers to Nvidia 396.24.02 and DXVK 0.60 or do I update it with the newest versions? Or... do I create a new one for 0.70?
@booman I think you should update this guide for 0.70 unlike wine there is little to no reason to use older version of DXVK. There is not much to change since we are installing it manually, just three more .dll files to setup and latest Nvidia driver. DXVK is advancing rapidly it's hard to keep up. Right now recommended driver version is 396.51 for Nvidia users. Older versions likely to cause problems in certain games.
I agree When I checked my driver manager after some system updates, turns out now I'm using Nvidia 396.51 I didn't even see this update in the list??? Anyways, I downloaded 0.70 and will probably update this guide. Its Debian, Ubuntu, Mint specific anyways... so it doesn't apply to everyone
I'm lost at point: From where do I take those files? Edit: Damn, its late ... Please disregard above question. I found the source of those dll's
( I answered 2-3 days ago but somehow my answer did not show ) I'm trying Aven Colony. And I finally managed to run this game!
That is because I moved your post to here: http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/aven-colony.2830/
No problem! I try to keep it up-to-date as well. Hopfully its not much different on other Distros like Ubuntu, SuSE, Manjaro, etc.
this will work for any game? Lets say my old wow 1.12.1? that is giving me problems with fps and performance?
It is possible. DXVK has support for DirectX 10/11 games but also DirectX 9 games. It really depends on the game. As long as you have Vulkan installed and your video card and drivers support Vulkan... you can give it a try. It doesn't hurt to try it out. No performance gained? Then go back to stable Wine or staging Wine.
Ok here I go again... I do all the guide until point 6 Cant create the 64 bits virtual drive. Playonlinux gives error. Tried from Configure>new drive and nothing doesnt create any drive_c or dosdevices folders btw wow 1.12.1 is directx9 the game is from 2006 if Im not wrong. should i use 64 bits driver for the game?
