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:
Click Next
- 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 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:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
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:
Click Okay
- Resolution
- Windowed Mode
- Graphics Presets
- Character Quality
- Effects Quality
- Environment Quality
- Shadows
- Character Inking
- Frame Rate Cap
- Anti-Aliasing
- Wait for Vertical Sync
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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