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League of Legends Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Jul 18, 2013.

  • by booman, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:20 AM
  • booman

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    Call on your Summoner to battle along-side minions in the free-to-play MOBA. Level up, buy upgrades from the store and play cooperative with some friends. League of Legends has a lot of competitive action and fighting as you slaughter minions, turrets and Summoners.

    League of Legends has received a lot of attention in the Linux world. WineHQ's and PlayOnLinux are constantly bombarded with questions on how to run it.

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing League Of Legends in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the Official Website version of League Of Legends. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

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

    Mint 17.3 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
    Wine: 1.8

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
    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 1.8 is installed and you can close this window

    Create Account
    Go To: https://login.leagueoflegends.com/
    Click "Create an Account"

    Click preferred language
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    Fill out registration form
    Click "Play For Free"
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    Download League Of Legends Installer

    LeagueOfLegendsBaseEUW (Europe West)
    http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/LeagueOfLegendsBaseEUW.exe

    LeagueOfLegendsBaseEUNE (Europe Nordic East)
    http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/LeagueOfLegendsBaseEUNE.exe

    LeagueOfLegendsBaseNA (North America)
    http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/LeagueOfLegendsBaseNA.exe

    Navigate to Desktop
    Click Save
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    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 the virtual drive: leagueoflegends
    Click Next
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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 1.8
    Click Next
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    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows Version: Windows XP
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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
    Desktop size: Enter resolution of Linux Desktop
    Click OK
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    PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, DLL's, Components)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next
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    Note: All packages should automatically download and install

    Installing League of Legends

    Click Browse

    Navigate to your Desktop
    Select "LeagueOfLegendsBaseNA.exe"
    Click Open
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    Click Next again

    Click Next
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    Check "I accept the terms..."
    Click Next
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    Select "Complete"
    Click Next
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    Click Install
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    Uncheck "Launch League of Legends"
    Click Finish
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select "lol.launcher.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name the shortcut: League Of Legends
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Select "League of Legends"
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 1.8
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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: Select the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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    Close Configure

    Launching League of Legends

    Select League of Legends
    Click Run
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    Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

    Click Accept
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    Click Accept
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    Updating & Patching
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    Peer to Peer disable
    Click the gear at the top right
    Uncheck "Allow Peer to Peer Transfer"
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    Click Launch
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    Login
    Check "Remember username"
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    Click Play
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    Optimization

    Press Esc
    Click Options

    Click Video

    Adjust:
    • Resolution
    • Windowed Mode
    • Graphics Presets
    • Character Quality
    • Effects Quality
    • Environment Quality
    • Shadows
    • Character Inking
    • Frame Rate Cap
    • Anti-Aliasing
    • Wait for Vertical Sync
    Click Okay
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    Conclusion:
    League of Legends runs even better with Wine 1.8 I've read you may experience better performance with Wine 1.8-staging as well. I had no problems with my GeForce 550 Ti 192-bit 1GB RAM.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Mar 2, 2016
    booman, Jul 18, 2013
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Jul 18, 2013.

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  1. Static
    I followed you process step by step, THANK YOU. very easy! But i have encountered an issue. When i launch the game, the League of Legends logo apears. but just freezes, do you know the issue?
    Static, Nov 30, 2013
    #21
  2. booman
    I need some more information on your computer...
    What Distro are you running?
    Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
    What video card do you have?
    Did you install the drivers for the video card?

    Can you run other games on your computer?

    All of these are critical to a successful gaming experience.
    booman, Dec 2, 2013
    #22
  3. OctoWorm
    I've found that the shop only works for some updates, and tends to be broken more than it works, but you are still able to purchase skins and champions from the 'Champions' category of your profile.
    OctoWorm, Dec 4, 2013
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  4. booman
    Welcome to the forum OctoWorm!
    I have yet to get the shop to work.
    What version of Wine are you using?
    booman, Dec 4, 2013
    #24
  5. inter001
    Hi booman,
    I find your guide very helpful, but I got common dbghelp/wininet error, which I cannot take care of...
    I've installed LoL on wine 1.7-LoL instead of 1.6.4rc, everythings working fine until login. Game crashes when it wants to authenticate my account. If I turn off dbghelp library game doesn't crash but it cannot connect to server.
    Any ideas? (installing wininet from 'configure--->install components' doesn't change a thing)
    inter001, Dec 13, 2013
    #25
  6. booman
    I originally had this problem too, but when I unchecked "peer-to-peer" in the options, it let me login.
    Yeah, setting dbghelp to anything but default doesn't help.
    I know it has something to do with wininet, but have not found a solution yet.
    Also try Wine 1.5.24-LeagueOfLegendsShop too. I've had success with it in the past.
    booman, Dec 13, 2013
    #26
  7. inter001
    Unfortunately P2P solution doesn't work for me (Mint 15 32-bit).

    If you find a way how to bypass dbghelp bug, please let me know.
    inter001, Dec 17, 2013
    #27
  8. booman
    Oh I will. I'll actually include it in my Guide.
    If you want to read up on PlayOnLinux... here is the post with 4 pages:
    League of Legends
    booman, Dec 17, 2013
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  9. SonicMaster7773
    Okay so I finally got to a computer that will be able to run league. I got everything installed and working and league allowed me to update, but then while trying to log in, it just crashes. Boop. Nothin. No warning messages. No ideas as to why, either. And the P2P uncheck fix did nothing as well. *sigh*
    SonicMaster7773, Dec 19, 2013
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  10. SonicMaster7773
    OKAY SO I WAS ABLE TO LAUNCH THE GAME AND HAD NO PROBLEMS OPENING THE SHOP @-@

    Bodhi Linux 32-bit
    3GB DDR1 Ram
    128 MB AMD ATI Radeon 9800 series graphics card

    I used /THIS/ guide to install. Then it would crash while trying to login.

    I found this
    https://bitbucket.org/Xargoth/tuxlol/wiki/Home

    tuxlol patched some files, and I was finally able to login.

    Then I had the issue of a black loading screen in which case it proceeded to crashed Enlightenment E17 in Bodhi Linux.

    Now, in order to fix the black screen,, I found this:
    http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3834522

    So open up yer command prompt of choice, and run these in turn:
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa

    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get install libtxc-dxtn0

    Now, it DID take me a while to start loading, but after it started it loaded up to 100% rather quickly. It took like 3 minutes for my old machine to allow me to enter the game, however as soon as I turned the graphics settings down(netting me a whole <5 FPS), I was able to hit 'P' to open the shop and was able to purchase Berserker's Greaves and a doran's blade for sivir no problem.

    I was able to lock the camera to her by hitting 'Y', and then ran out to my lane.

    Now, given the fact that I had like 3 FPS, I couldnt do much, but I figure that somebody here would appreciate the fact that I got it working :) i will most likely just have to install my windows xp disc on a second partition if I wish to play on this computer, but I feel accomplished that I was able to get it to work.
    SonicMaster7773, Dec 19, 2013
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  11. booman
    Wow, yes! Thank you for posting some solutions. I don't know how you found them :cool:
    Of course the question is... what do we do now?

    That is a lot of work-arounds and you have to apply them every time there is an update.
    I wonder why Wine can't handle mipmaps smaller than one block?
    Maybe this is something unique to games or online games?
    You may want to post this in the PlayOnLinux forum too... there are a lot of LoL players there posting about the login & store problems.
    http://www.playonlinux.com/en/forums.html
    booman, Dec 19, 2013
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  12. SonicMaster7773
    SonicMaster7773, Dec 19, 2013
    #32
  13. booman
    I subscribed to that thread in case anyone replies
    booman, Dec 19, 2013
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  14. mpgoodwin
    I'm unsure if I should start a new thread or just post my status/problem here.
    mpgoodwin, Dec 20, 2013
    #34
  15. booman
    booman, Dec 20, 2013
    #35
  16. morgancat
    Hi
    Thank you for your guide.
    i followed your guide and everything went fine up to when i actually try to run the game :(
    I can adjurn to the latest patch but as soon as insert my login credential the system just crash and it close the virtual desktop. i tried se the 1.7 version but didn't help much. what can i do?
    I'm using a 64 system but i have installed it on the 86 part of play on linux.
    I can run starcraft 2 so i should be able to run LoL.
    Once againthank you a lot
    morgancat, Dec 27, 2013
    #36
  17. morgancat
    this is the report that the console give me
    PlayOnLinux: ~/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts > ./League\ of\ Legends
    [POL_Wine_SetVersionEnv] Message: Setting wine version path: 1.7-LeagueOfLegends, x86
    [POL_Wine_SetVersionEnv] Message: "/home/amos/.PlayOnLinux//wine/linux-x86/1.7-LeagueOfLegends" exists
    [POL_Wine] Message: Running wine-1.7-LeagueOfLegends lol.launcher.admin.exe
    wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winemenubuilder.exe"
    [POL_Wine] Message: Wine return: 0
    PlayOnLinux: ~/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts > wine: Unhandled page fault on write access to 0x630020c4 at address 0x77ea7316 (thread 0039), starting debugger...
    err:dbghelp:pe_load_dbg_file Couldn't find .DBG file "dll\\wininet.dbg" ("\xf2\xceE\xf7\x01\x80\xad\xfb \xc53")
    morgancat, Dec 27, 2013
    #37
  18. booman
    Welcome to the forum morgancat!
    Unfortunately this is very common with the current League of Legends patch.
    I've seen that "dbghelp" error all over the place. Everyone is getting it.
    I even got it, but found that disabling "peer to peer" may have fixed it for me, but it didn't work for anyone else.

    As soon as there is a permanent fix for it, I will definitely post it here
    booman, Dec 28, 2013
    #38
  19. Liewyec
    Liewyec, Jan 19, 2014
    #39
  20. Wolfgang Dawson
    I'm in the installation process right now, and after I click on the launcher and go through the installshieldwizard, I'm just ending up with a black screen. It won't actually take me to the client to update. Thats through the manual installation because the other way was just crashing
    Wolfgang Dawson, Jan 20, 2014
    #40
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