Medal of Honor franchise has had a long history of World War II titles in the last 10 years. Starting with Allied Assault and finishing off with Airborne.
Visuals and special effects are beautiful and each of the maps are non-linear. You can choose your own route as the battle moves forward.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Medal of Honor: Airborne in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Medal of Honor: Airborne. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.2
Wine: 1.7.8
Installing Wine
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.8
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
PlayOnLinux will automatically download it and save it in this directory:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86
Note: username is where you put your login name
Its a good idea to backup this directory to another computer because you won't have to keep downloading wine versions when you need them.
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.7.8 is installed and you can close this window
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 your virtual drive: mohairborne
Click Next
Select all three options:
Select Wine 1.7.8
Click Next
Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
Always select 32-bit virtual drive.
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop Size: 1024x768
Click OK
Installing Windows Packages (Components/Libraries)
Check the following packages:
Do not install Physx because the game can not over-ride the POL Physx.
Click Next
Note: All packages will automatically download and install. If there are any errors or crashing, just download them later in PlayOnLinux Configure. Some libraries are required to install a game, so you may have to start over due to a crash.
Installing Medal of Honor: Airborne
Select "CD-ROM: Airborne"
Click Next
Click Install
Enter key
Click Next
Check "I accept the license agreement"
Click Next
Installing Physx
Click Finish
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next again
Click Next
Click Install
Installing...
Click Finish
Select "Quit"
Click Finish
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select MOHA.exe
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: MOH: Airborne
Click Next
Select "I don't want to create another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.8
Note: Click the + to download newer versions of Wine. Click the arrow to select newer versions of Wine
Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video memory size: Amount of memory on your video card (see Systems Tab below)
Offscreen rendering mode: fbo
Wine Tab
Its always a good idea to do a Windows reboot
Close Configure
Launching Medal of Honor: Airborne
Select MOH: Airborne
Click Run
Medal of Honor: Airborne Setup
Video Tab
Resolution: Set the resolution to match your Linux desktop. The virtual desktop will automatically allow fullscreen windows.
Vertical Monitor Sync: Leave unchecked unless you are using a modern dedicated video card
Texture Detail: Start with low and work up to high (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Model Detail: Start with low and work up to high (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Decals: Start with low and work up to high (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Post-Processing Effects: Start with off and work up to full (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates
Note: You may get a performance warning.
Click ok
System Tab
Displays your processor video capabilities.
Play Medal of Honor: Airborne
Conclusion:
Airborne ran very smoothly on my GeForce 550 Ti without any problems. Since all of the Medal of Honor games are made with Unreal engines, opengl has been developed extensively. So all of them should run really well. Of course the older games will run better on older computers or laptops.
The visuals are stunning and the action is very typical of MOH games and the Call of Duty games.
Screenshots:
Visuals and special effects are beautiful and each of the maps are non-linear. You can choose your own route as the battle moves forward.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Medal of Honor: Airborne in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Medal of Honor: Airborne. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.2
Wine: 1.7.8
Installing Wine
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.8
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
PlayOnLinux will automatically download it and save it in this directory:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86
Note: username is where you put your login name
Its a good idea to backup this directory to another computer because you won't have to keep downloading wine versions when you need them.
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.7.8 is installed and you can close this window
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 your virtual drive: mohairborne
Click Next
Select all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.7.8
Click Next
Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
Always select 32-bit virtual drive.
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop Size: 1024x768
Click OK
Installing Windows Packages (Components/Libraries)
Check the following packages:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_dxfullsetup
- POL_Install_vcrun2005
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_tahoma
Do not install Physx because the game can not over-ride the POL Physx.
Click Next
Note: All packages will automatically download and install. If there are any errors or crashing, just download them later in PlayOnLinux Configure. Some libraries are required to install a game, so you may have to start over due to a crash.
Installing Medal of Honor: Airborne
Select "CD-ROM: Airborne"
Click Next
Click Install
Enter key
Click Next
Check "I accept the license agreement"
Click Next
Installing Physx
Click Finish
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next again
Click Next
Click Install
Installing...
Click Finish
Select "Quit"
Click Finish
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select MOHA.exe
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: MOH: Airborne
Click Next
Select "I don't want to create another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.8
Note: Click the + to download newer versions of Wine. Click the arrow to select newer versions of Wine
Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video memory size: Amount of memory on your video card (see Systems Tab below)
Offscreen rendering mode: fbo
Wine Tab
Its always a good idea to do a Windows reboot
Close Configure
Launching Medal of Honor: Airborne
Select MOH: Airborne
Click Run
Medal of Honor: Airborne Setup
Video Tab
Resolution: Set the resolution to match your Linux desktop. The virtual desktop will automatically allow fullscreen windows.
Vertical Monitor Sync: Leave unchecked unless you are using a modern dedicated video card
Texture Detail: Start with low and work up to high (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Model Detail: Start with low and work up to high (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Decals: Start with low and work up to high (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Post-Processing Effects: Start with off and work up to full (Depends on the speed of your hardware)
Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates
Note: You may get a performance warning.
Click ok
System Tab
Displays your processor video capabilities.
Play Medal of Honor: Airborne
Conclusion:
Airborne ran very smoothly on my GeForce 550 Ti without any problems. Since all of the Medal of Honor games are made with Unreal engines, opengl has been developed extensively. So all of them should run really well. Of course the older games will run better on older computers or laptops.
The visuals are stunning and the action is very typical of MOH games and the Call of Duty games.
Screenshots:
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