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Mirror's Edge Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Aug 19, 2013.

  • by booman, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:50 AM
  • booman

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    Jump across the elaborate rooftops performing death-defying stunts as Grace in Mirrors Edge. Reaction and timing plays a huge role as you jump, slide, climb and scale buildings running from swat teams. Reveal the complex plot as you help your sister in a murder mystery.

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Mirror's Edge in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Mirror's Edge. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

    Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.


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


    Mint 14 32-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.1
    Wine: 1.7.8

    Installing Wine

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    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
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    Click Next

    PlayOnLinux will automatically download it and save it in this directory:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86
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    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
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    Installed
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    Wine 1.7.8 is installed and you can close this window

    Downloading Steam

    Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
    Click Install Steam
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    Do not click "Install Steam Now" it will automatically install Linux Steam.
    Since Mirrors Edge isn't made for Linux, we will download the Windows Steam instead.
    click "Windows" under the green button
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Click Save
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    Setup PlayOnLinux

    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 you virtual drive: mirrorsedge
    No spaces
    Click Next
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    Select all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 1.7.8
    Click Next
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    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.

    Configure Wine

    Applications Tab
    Windows Version: Windows XP
    Click Apply
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    Graphics Tab
    Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
    Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
    Desktop size: 1024x768
    Click Ok
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    Install Libraries

    Check the following libraries:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_Physx
    • POL_Install_registeredfonts
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    • POL_Install_vcrun2005
    Click Next
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    Installing Steam

    Click Browse
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Select: SteamInstall.msi
    Click Open
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    Click Next

    Click Next

    Check: I accept the license...
    Click Next

    Click Next

    Click Next

    Click Install

    Click Finish

    Updating Steam
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    More updating, extracting and installing
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    When Steam is done installing the login screen will pop up. You probably won't see any text because there is a font bug.
    Click the "X" to close Steam login

    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select Steam.exe
    Click Next
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    Name your shortcut: Steam
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    More PlayOnLinux Configuration

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure
    Select Steam virtual drive

    General Tab
    Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
    This fixes the missing font and store problem
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    Note: -no-dwrite only works if you launch Steam from PlayOnLinux. Steam is automatically set to launch when Windows starts, which means if you do a "Windows Reboot" from the Wine tab -no-dwrite won't execute. Just close Steam and try again.

    Display Tab
    Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
    Video Memory Size: size of memory on your video card
    Offscreen rendering mode: fbo
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    Wine Tab
    Click "Windows reboot"
    Close Steam because it will automatically launch when Windows reboots and won't execute -no-dwrite.
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    Close Configure

    Installing Mirrors Edge

    Select Steam
    Click Run
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    When you select the Steam icon you will probably get this pop-up error
    Just click OK and continue
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    Login with your Steam account

    Select Mirror's Edge
    Click Install
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    Click Next

    Click "I agree"

    Uncheck: Create start menu...
    Uncheck: Create desktop shortcut...
    Click Next

    Click Finish

    Mirror's Edge will begin downloading

    Launching Mirror's Edge

    Select Mirror's Edge
    Click Play
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    Click Play
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    Optimizing

    Click Options
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    Click Video
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    Mirror's Edge automatically set my graphics setting according to my GeForce 550 Ti performance capabilities.
    If you game runs slow, try lowering the Resolution, Texture Detail and Graphics Quality.
    Vertical sync can remove screen tearing, but lowers your frames per second
    Physx can also slow down frame per second (specially when lots of glass breaks) so make sure to turn it off.
    Depending on your video card and memory, you will need to adjust these settings and then try playing the game.

    Click Save Settings
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    Conclusion:
    WineHQ test results will tell you that Mirror's Edge runs slow and has to be set on the low settings, but I was able to run it at 1680x1050 resolution and all the settings on high.
    The game performed perfectly and frame rates were very smooth. Don't forget to turn off Physx otherwise you will get some extremely low frame rates when glass is broken.
    I recommend at least a GeForce 550 Ti or newer to get good performance.

    Not to mention Mirror's Edge is pretty intense and fun! Reminds me of Assasin's Creed as you run, jump and climb around the skyscrapers.

    Screenshots:

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    Last edited: Dec 12, 2019
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Comments

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Aug 19, 2013.

  1. booman
    High Res Screenshots:

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  2. booman
    I'm still playing Mirror's Edge. Fantastic game! Very intense...
    I'm in the middle of chapter 7 and have to fight hand-to-hand with another runner.
  3. booman
    I finished Mirror's Edge! Amazing game!
    No big boss at the end, which made me very happy. I'm tired of the big bosses where I die so many time that I eventually give up and consider the game "done"

    Its was shorter than expected, but still a great game in my book!
    And works great in PlayOnLinux. I give it a 10 for sure
  4. danrok
    I like the visual look of this game.
  5. booman
    Me too! At first when I saw screenshots I thought "a bunch of white buildings is going to get really boring" but after playing it, there is a lot of detail in the white buildings and areas with color really stand out.
    There are also color cues to help you too.
    Amazing game and very action packed!
  6. ILDPRUT
    It isn't working for me :/
    I did everything what the guide said, but still no luck. It just crashes when it tries to load the main menu of the game. I have also tried to use the newest version of wine. I use Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit (Virtual drive is 32-bit. Not sure if it's because the 32-bit virtual drive and my 64-bit computer don't work very well together). Maybe it's because I need some other packages, but I wouldn't know which ones to get. I tried to disable the in-game overlay too. Any help would be nice :)
  7. allenskd
    Please post debug logs if you have them, it's really hard to know what's wrong without output logs :[
  8. ILDPRUT
    http://pastebin.com/ktVrs363
    It doesn't seem to actually crash, but instead it becomes blank. The debugger only outputted for Steam when it was launching, not sure if it will be of any help to solve the problem. I'm pretty new to using PlayOnLinux/Wine for this kind of stuff.
  9. ILDPRUT
    (↑Forgot to use reply, oops↑)
    http://pastebin.com/ktVrs363
    It doesn't seem to actually crash, but instead it becomes blank. The debugger only outputted for Steam when it was launching, not sure if it will be of any help to solve the problem. I'm pretty new to using PlayOnLinux/Wine for this kind of stuff.
  10. ILDPRUT
    Saw something about Mirror's Edge in the logs when I had force closed the Wine instance. Not sure if it's just because it was force closed.
    http://pastebin.com/0HM24ND8
  11. booman
    Nothing major in your output.
    Have you tried Disabling the In-Game Community overlay?
    This is known to crash all kinds of games...

    Overlay
    Steam update also broke the In-Game Community overlay for some games. If your game won't launch, crashes or just won't play after installing, try disabling it:

    Click Steam menu
    Click Settings
    [​IMG]

    Select "In-game"
    Uncheck "Enable Steam Commuinty In-Game"
    Click OK
    [​IMG]
  12. ILDPRUT
    Already tried that.
    But what I think might cause the crash is this:
    err:d3d:wined3d_debug_callback 0x1acfe678: "glPointSize parameter <size> has an invalid value 'nan': must be greater than 0.000000 (GL_INVALID_VALUE)".
    err:d3d:state_pscale >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_VALUE (0x501) from glPointSize(...); @ state.c / 1572

    But then again, I'm not enteriely sure.
    And another weird thing is that it doesn't show all the logoes when the game starts, it immediately starts loading the main menu, which could cause some problems.
  13. booman
    Are you using an AMD or Intel video chip?
    I've seen those produce GL errors in the past. Also make sure you are using Wine 1.6.2 or 1.7.8 or newer
  14. ILDPRUT
    I'm using AMD (Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series). I have searched around and seen it has been a problem, but I never found a solution. I have tried both Wine 1.7.8 and 1.7.13, but none of them worked.
  15. booman
    Dang, that is what I feared. Chances are... it is related to a driver problem. I can't verify that because all of my computer has Nvidia.
  16. tsester
    Thnx a lot for the guide! getting 20~21 FPS in the first run part of the practice.
  17. booman
    Thanks for the confirmation. Are you using the version of Wine in the guide, or did you try a newer version?
  18. tsester
    I'm using 1.7.55. I also tried 1.9.19 but i got ½-1FPS less so i stuck with the former.
  19. booman
    Try the Wine 1.9.19-staging and you will probably see some improvement in performance

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