Play as young female inquisitor plotting between a faction of Mages and a cult. Decide your morality, your actions have consequences and lead to six different endings. Heretic Kingdoms has a simple combat system, large world to explore and an engaging story by Chris Bateman (Discorld Noir, Ghost Master)
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Heretic Kingdoms in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Heretic Kingdoms. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.8 is installed and you can close this window
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Name your virtual drive: heretickingdoms
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.8
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 desktop"
Desktop size: Enter the size of your Linux Desktop
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Installing Heretic Kingdoms
Click Browse
Select "setup_heretic_kingdoms_2.1.0.8.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again
Click OK
Click Options
Check "Yes I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Click Install
Click OK for all errors
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "kult.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Heretic Kingdoms
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Heretic Kingdoms"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.8
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
Launching Heretic Kingdoms
Select "Heretic Kingdoms"
Click Run
Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Settings
Click the Eye for Grahics
Adjust:
- Gama
- Level CAche
- Display Shadows
- Low Detail Particles
- Force 16bit
- Disable Dynamic Lights
- Display Weather
- Display FPS
- Run Windows
- Use w-buffer
Fullscreen
If you wish to run fullscreen at 1600x1200, you will need to edit a config.
Go to: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/heretickingdoms/drive_c/GOG Games/Heretic Kingdoms
Open config.cfg
change
Code:
gr_resolution= 1
Code:
gr_resolution= 3Save config.cfg
Conclusion:
Heretic Kingdoms ran fine on my GeForce 550 Ti. Its an older 2D game so it should run on just about any laptop or netbook as well. The highest resolution it will run is 1600x1200 but you have to set it in the config.cfg file.
I know the game starts off kinda cheesy, but it gets better as you progress.
Screentshots:
