Kingdoms Of Amalur Guide

Discovery a huge world of fantasy and epic stories... rescue a war-torn world of humans, dwarfs, elves and fairies. Create your own character and level up your own skills while crafting, smithing, looting, tinkering with alchemy and magic.

Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Origin version of Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 18.1 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 2.0-staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"

Look for the Wine Version: 2.0-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right

Click Next

Downloading Wine

Extracting

Downloading Gecko

Installed

Wine 2.0-staging is installed and you can close this window

Origin Legacy Download

Go to: www.dm.origin.com/download/legacy
Save OriginThinSetup.exe to your Desktop

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install

Click "Install a non-listed program"

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next

Name the virtual drive: amalur
Click Next

Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next

Select Wine 2.0-staging
Click Next

Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP

Note: This is critical otherwise Origin won't run

Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktp size: 1024x768
Click OK

PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2008
• POL_Install_vcrun2010
• POL_Install_vcrun2012

Click Next

Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "OriginThinSetup" from your Desktop
Click Open

Click Next again...

Uncheck all options
Click Install

Check "I have read and accept..."
Click OK

Login to Origin

Note: Don't forget to check "Remember Me"

Operating System Warning
Click Close

Roll the mouse over Kingdoms Of Amalur
Click the "i"

Click "Download"

Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Uncheck "Created desktop shortcut"
Click Continue

Check "I have read and accept..."
Click Continue

Disabling Origin In Game Overlay

Click Origin
Click "Application Settings"

Click "Origin In Game"
Uncheck "Enable Origin In Game"

Wait for Kingdoms Of Amalur to download
or
Click Origin
Click Exit

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Reckoning.exe"
Click Next

Name the shortcut: Kingdoms Of Amalur
Click Next

Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next

PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Kingdoms Of Amalur"
Click Configure

General Tab
Wine version: 2.0-staging

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

Close Configure

Select "Kingdoms Of Amalur"
Click Run

Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Finish downloading Kingdoms of Amalur
Click Play

Login to EA for Activation

Optimization

Click Options

Scroll over to Resolution
Adjust:

• Resolution
• Fullscreen
• Vertical Sync

Scroll over to Graphics
Adjust:

• Brightness
• Shader Complexity
• Post-Processing
• Texture Quality
• Vegetation
• Shadow Quality
• Anisotrophy

Conclusion:
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning runs beautifully on my GeForce GTX 1060 with everything set to high. I never experienced any crashes or graphical bugs. I wish it would have run this nice a few years ago. Thanks to Wine now it activates, synchronizes with EA servers and runs great.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:

 

Very good game with good colors and good guide too

 

Thank you! I was so happy to see that Kingdoms of Amalur finally plays in Linux.

 

Hello, any news about playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning GOG version?

 

Wow, didn't realize the re-reckoning was on GOG
https://www.gog.com/game/kingdoms_of_amalur_rereckoning

I don't have this version, but I do have the Origin version of the original. I doubt they will give it to us for free. If you own the re-reckoning on GOG, you can always try a manual installation in PlayOnLinux. They may have updated it with DirectX 10/11 which means you will need DXVK and Vulkan.

http://gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/dxvk-guide.2540/

 

I install it manuall in Lutris. Enable DXVK and works perfect.
I also have old version KoA:Reconing (buy for 3$) in Origin but it works very bad [resolution 1024 and microfreezeing] with Lutris. I try install in Playonlinux but failed so I buy new version in GOG and now it's great.

 

That is awesome news! Please share some screenshots!

 

Do You also want screenshots from Lutris configuration?

 

I meant screenshots of the game play.
Then I can post it to our homepage.

 

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Do You also want screenshots from Lutris configuration?

can you tell me how to get this to work I have been trying for weeks now and can't? I get a error. I'm using the GOG version also v1.3. i was using custom proton version by GloriousEggroll. And then when it starts i get disco rainbow colored glitching everywhere. What distro are you on Linux Mint, Ubuntu ,Arch ,Debian let me know and the settings. thanks

 

can you tell me how to get this to work I have been trying for weeks now and can't? I get a error. I'm using the GOG version also v1.3. i was using custom proton version by GloriousEggroll. And then when it starts i get disco rainbow colored glitching everywhere. What distro are you on Linux Mint, Ubuntu ,Arch ,Debian let me know and the settings. thanks

skweresp is using Lutris, but you can install it manually in PlayOnLinux

Do you have Vulkan installed?
Does your video card/chip support Vulkan?
Did you install the DXVK components?

 

skweresp is using Lutris, but you can install it manually in PlayOnLinux

Do you have Vulkan installed?
Does your video card/chip support Vulkan?
Did you install the DXVK components?

Ya thats what i have been using but i'm getting really bad disco colors flickering really bad?

1. i have vulkan installed its by default in fedora Linux

2. yes it does. i have AMD RX 590 8GB
here's card i have https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/nitro-rx-590-8g-g5-se_c

3. I'm using GloriousEggroll Custom proton it has dxvk in it.

I want to know everything you did instll,setup,everything skweresp

 

Are you using open source drivers or proprietary AMD drivers?

You may have to do a test with Proton 5.0-9 and Wine staging. You never know which one will work better.

 

Are you using open source drivers or proprietary AMD drivers?

I'm on your Linux Mint Cinnamon @booman

i'm running the mesa drivers from
ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa

 

I'm on your Linux Mint Cinnamon @booman

i'm running the mesa drivers from
ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa

Dang, not sure then. Maybe try the open source drivers?

 

I meant screenshots of the game play.
Then I can post it to our homepage.

Hello, sorry for that late answer but I don't have time to play now. I play one hour and make some screenshoots but I noticed they're blank. I don't know why. Maybe some nvidia update make that.