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In Medal Of Honor 2010 you will step into the boots of a Tier 1 Operator in the most unforgiving and hostile battlefield conditions of present day Afghanistan.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Medal Of Honor in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Origin version of Medal Of Honor. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 17.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
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
Download OriginSetup.exe
Go to: https://www.dm.origin.com/download/legacy
Navigate to your 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 your virtual drive: Medal Of Honor
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select "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
Click Apply
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Note: Ignore the windows version in the screenshot
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Click OK
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Installing Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)
Check the following packages:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
- POL_Install_vcrun2012
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Click Browse
Installing Origin Client
Navigate to your Desktop
Select OriginSetup.exe
Click Open
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Click Next Again
Uncheck all options:
Click Install
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Installing...
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Check "I have read and accept..."
Click OK
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At this point the client will try to launch, but nothing will happen...
Origin will lock-down the Origin folder and is waiting
We can fix that, just leave Wine where its at for now
Origin Directory Permissions
Go to the Origin Directory
Path: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/Origin/Drive_C/Program Files/
Right click
Select Properties
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Click Folder Access Dropdown under "Owner"
Select "Create and delete files"
Click the File Access Dropdown under "Owner"
Select "Read and Write"
Click "Apply Permissions to Enclosed Files"
Click Close
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Open the Origin directory
Delete these files:
igoproxy.exe
igoproxy64.exe
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Origin Login will now appear
Login to Origin
Check "Remember Me"
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Disable Overlay
Click Origin
Click Application Settings
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Click "Origin In Game"
Uncheck "Enable Origin In Game"
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Download Medal Of Honor
Click My Games
Select Medal Of Honor
Click Download
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Check "I Agree"
Click Continue
Check "I Agree" again
Click Continue
Check "I Agree" one more time
Click "Start Download"
Installing Punkbuster
Click Next
Click "I Agree"
Click Next
Click Finish
When Medal Of Honor is finished downloading, Origin may crash
Click Exit Origin
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select Medal Of Honor.exe
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Medal Of Honor
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Select Medal Of Honor
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: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure
Launching Medal Of Honor
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Medal Of Honor
Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Options
Click Video
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Set the resolution to match your Linux Desktop
Adjust Quality, Texture, World, Shadows, Anti-Aliasing
Click Save
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Gameplay Video:
Conclusion:
Medal of Honor plays very well in PlayOnLinux on my GeForce 550 Ti. Only a few frame stutters when areas load, but the fighting is very fluid. No tricks or work-arounds for this one, just get Origin setup, download the game and play!
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