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League of Legends Guide

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

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"

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

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

Click preferred language

Fill out registration form
Click "Play For Free"

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

PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install

Click "Install a non-listed program"

Click Next

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

Name the virtual drive: leagueoflegends
Click Next

Check all three options:

Use another version of Wine

Configure Wine

Install some libraries

Click Next

Select Wine 1.8
Click Next

Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next

Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows XP

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

PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, DLL's, Components)

Check the following:

POL_Install_corefonts

POL_Install_d3dx9

POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next

Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Installing League of Legends

Click Browse

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

Click Next again

Click Next

Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next

Select "Complete"
Click Next

Click Install

Uncheck "Launch League of Legends"
Click Finish

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "lol.launcher.exe"
Click Next

Name the shortcut: League Of Legends
Click Next

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

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "League of Legends"
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: Select the amount of memory your video card/chip uses

Close Configure

Launching League of Legends

Select League of Legends
Click Run

Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Click Accept

Click Accept

Updating & Patching

Peer to Peer disable
Click the gear at the top right
Uncheck "Allow Peer to Peer Transfer"

Click Launch

Login
Check "Remember username"

Click Play

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

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.

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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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Cabian
Idk if the computer is the problem, i had windows and used to play a lot before... the model is PCG-61A11U... Apreciate you answering me, thank you very much

Cabian, Jul 12, 2014

#101
plazma
Ubuntu 14.04

64-bit

Asus gtx 670 2gb

tried gpu drivers : x.org, 304.117, 331.38, 331.49, 331.67, 331.79, 331.89, and 340.24

PlayOnLinux Version 4.2.2

tried wine vers. : 1.2.3,1.3.20, 1.5.12 lol, 1.7-lol, 1.7.18, 1.7.19, 1.7.19-lol, 1.7.19-lol2, 1.7.20, 1.7.21

i installed with no error and applied mono patch but always getting @ the start black screen.
plazma, Jul 14, 2014

#102
booman
Wow, I am stumped!
Nvidia drivers have always been great to me and GeForce cards work very nicely in Linux.
You have even tested different versions of Wine with no luck.
Did I already ask you if the 32-bit libraries are installed?

booman, Jul 15, 2014

#103
plazma

booman said: ↑

Wow, I am stumped!
Nvidia drivers have always been great to me and GeForce cards work very nicely in Linux.
You have even tested different versions of Wine with no luck.
Did I already ask you if the 32-bit libraries are installed?
Click to expand...

yes, step by step with your guide. Before ubuntu 14.04 64 bit tried ubuntu 12.04. 64bit same results i can pass black screen problem.

plazma, Jul 15, 2014

#104
booman
I mean the Linux 32-bit libraries.
use your Software manager and look for multi-arch or ia32-libs.
Those have to be installed for most games to work.

booman, Jul 15, 2014

#105
plazma

booman said: ↑

I mean the Linux 32-bit libraries.
use your Software manager and look for multi-arch or ia32-libs.
Those have to be installed for most games to work.
Click to expand...

Yes installed them.

plazma, Jul 16, 2014

#106
booman
Still black screen?
The only thing I can think of is starting over one more time.
It LoL still stops at a black screen then I am at a loss.
How long did you wait at the black screen?
I remember loading a game could take a while, but can you even get to the hero select screen?

booman, Jul 17, 2014

#107
SimpleSign
Hello,
i followed your guide and i encountered a problem.

the launcher encounters a serious problem and i have to close it,
i mananged to figure it out that it is because i change the windows version from Windows XP to Windows 7,

any ideas on how i can fix this ?

Cheers

SimpleSign, Jul 17, 2014

#108
booman
You should be able to use Win7 from now on. Previously I recommended Win XP because Internet Explorer 8 was needed, but not anymore.
Was the game working before you set it to Win 7?

booman, Jul 17, 2014

#109
SimpleSign
Yes the game is working when i have it on Win XP, but whenever i change it to Win 7 the launcher encounters an error

SimpleSign, Jul 17, 2014

#110
booman
If it work on Win XP with the new patch, then just keep playing in Win XP.
Otherwise, please post your debug output and we'll see what is going on behind-the-scenes.

booman, Jul 17, 2014

#111
Valdiz777
Yes with the new patch I can confirm xp works better. At least so far it got me to the launcher screen (which I wasn't able to do with win 7 mode)

Valdiz777, Jul 17, 2014

#112
booman
Ok, then keep using WinXP for now. If you want League of Legends to run in Win7 then you will probably have to start over and follow this guide.

booman, Jul 17, 2014

#113
Valdiz777
Ok so I was finally able to get it to work. I can enter any game (rank, norms, aram etc) with really good fps even with graphics all the way. I followed the guide however I'm using league of legends2. I also installed the ati black screen fix (i'll get back to this in a minute). I went ahead and Installed ie8, winhttp,wintrust,gecko, d3d9, d3d10, d3d11, directx9---all are these are installed along with what was recommended in the guide. I also followed this guide. FURTHERMORE: I made my wine think that my gpu is nvidia and not ati (so u can ignore ati black screen fix but I still have it on).
How to make your wine think gpu is nvidia:
go to wine>configure>regis editor> current user>software>wine>direct3d
while here:
1. create a new DWORD value, name it VideoPCIDeviceID
a. after creating it, right click>modify> value =402
2. create a new DWORD value, name it VideoPCIVendorID
a. after creating it, right click>modify> value =10de
3. create a new String value, name it VideoDriver
a. after creating it, right click>modify> value =ati2dvag.dll
Other things:
direct drawrenderere=opengl
strictdraw=disabled
useglsl=enabled
memorysize=1024 (my real memory size is 256 but I set 1024 regardless, I recommend this--It is a bypass, I can go into further explanation if you need)

after doing all of this the only remaining bug:
out of game shop: still black screened, however it wont crash the game unless you are on debug mode.

I was very tired and sleepy whole writing this (because of the long day trying to get this to work haha) so if you have any questions please ask. I ran into all sorts of errors purposely just so I can fix them. So I can contribute a lot to any future questions especially with this new patch.

Hope this helps anyone, if not, I'll be here
Cheers

Valdiz777, Jul 18, 2014

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booman
Great information! Thanks for posting. I had no idea you can trick wine to think you have an Nvidia card!!!

It may be a good idea to post your solutions on the PlayOnLinux website because there are a LOT of posts there about League of Legends.

Strange that you had to install IE8 and Wininet. The last time I tried League of Legends, it worked fine with Win7 and a newer version of Wine. No IE necessary;

When you wrote "League of Legends2" what did you mean?

booman, Jul 18, 2014

#115
Valdiz777
the wine virtual drive I used was titled 1.7.19-LeagueofLegends2. Yeah about the IE8, Im pretty sure I didn't need it, I just installed it as a fail-safe. Same thing with the wininet. Initially I thought haven't it uninstalled was a problem but it really wasnt. what helped improved my performance along with the videocard issues and something I totally forgot to include can be found here here: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/topic-11344.html
mainly the libraries: dbghelp (diabled)
dnsapi (built-in, native) .

Valdiz777, Jul 18, 2014

#116
Valdiz777
I'm going to work hard and see if I can figure out the out of game shop bug today

Valdiz777, Jul 18, 2014

#117
Valdiz777
Sorry, not trying to spam, I am new here and I don't really know how to edit my posts. I ran a couple of tests with wininet and compatibility. So with the XP verison you do have to have wininet (builtin), else the game wouldn't launch. I also tested this with win 7 and 8 and got the same results..weird.

Valdiz777, Jul 18, 2014

#118
plazma

plazma said: ↑

Yes installed them.
Click to expand...

wait about 1-2 hours but nothing happens, can click links or buttons i cant see but click them gonna try not ubuntu distrios, fedoara or opensuse

plazma, Jul 18, 2014

#119
plazma

booman said: ↑

Great information! Thanks for posting. I had no idea you can trick wine to think you have an Nvidia card!!!

It may be a good idea to post your solutions on the PlayOnLinux website because there are a LOT of posts there about League of Legends.

Strange that you had to install IE8 and Wininet. The last time I tried League of Legends, it worked fine with Win7 and a newer version of Wine. No IE necessary;

When you wrote "League of Legends2" what did you mean?
Click to expand...

he has an ati gpu card and tricks wine to nvidia ?

"League of Legends2" wine version 1.7.19-LeagueofLegends2 etc.

plazma, Jul 18, 2014

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