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Titan Quest Anniversary Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, May 5, 2017.

  • by booman, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM
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    Explore a Mythological world from Greece to the China Wall. Titan Quest has everything... exploration, leveling up, melee & projectile attacks, magic & special abilities. Not to mention the monsters and enemies are unique and very fun to kill.

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Titan Quest Anniversary Edition in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Titan Quest Anniversary Edition. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

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

    Mint 18.1 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
    Wine: 2.0-staging

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 2.0-staging
    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 2.0-staging is installed and you can close this window

    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 the virtual drive: titanquest
    Click Next
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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 2.0-staging
    Click Next
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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows 7
    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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    PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next
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    Note: All packages will automatically download and install

    Click Browse

    Select "setup_titan_quest_anniversary_edition_2.10.0.12.exe"
    Click Open
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    Click Next again...

    Click OK
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    Click Options
    Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
    Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
    Click Install
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    Visual C++

    Click Next
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    Check "I have read and accept the license terms"
    Click Next
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    Click Finish
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    Visual C++2005 32-bit & 64-bit
    Click Yes
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    Errors
    Click OK
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    Click Exit
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select "TQ.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name the shortcut: Titan Quest
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Select "Titan Quest"
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 2.0-staging
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    Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine.

    Wine Tab
    This registry fix will stop the game from missing character/model textures

    Click Registry Editor
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    Go to:
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    • Software
    • Wine
    • Direct3D
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    Right-click and select:
    New
    String Value
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    Name the String: CheckFloatConstants
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    Enter in Value data: enabled
    Click OK
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    Close Registry Editor
    Click "Windows Reboot"

    Display Tab
    Video Memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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    Close Configure

    Launching Titan Quest Anniversary

    Select "Titan Quest"
    Click Run
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    Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

    Optimization

    Click Options
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    Click Video

    Adjust:
    • Screen Resolution
    • Texture Quality
    • Shadow Detail
    • Detail Level
    • Reflection Quality
    • Gamma
    • HUD Size
    • HUD Style
    • Anti-aliasing
    • Vertical Sync
    • Full Screen
    • Triple Buffering
    • Camera Shake
    • Detail Objects
    • Advanced Effects
    Click OK
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    Conclusion:
    Titan Quest has always run well in PlayOnLinux/Wine and the registry fix will improve the missing textures/models bug. Multi-player over LAN runs really well and can host up to 6 player connections. The Anniversary edition boasts a few new features like the Expansion and some multiplayer improvements.

    Gameplay Video:



    Screenshots:
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, May 5, 2017.

  1. mrdeathjr28
    Good game and good guide too

    And runs stable in recent wine versions

    :)
  2. jury
    Have you played it for longer time ( like more than 10 hours total )?
    As I have bought gold edition lately and after installing and playing for first few hours, it was quite stable. But since couple of days it freezes like every 30 minutes :(
    And on appdb site I have read that Anniversary Edition also suffers from freezing.
  3. jury
    Found the solution! wine-stating is needed ( as this option did not make to wine yet ) and CSMT must be enabled. Played few times for like 2 hours stright and no freeze!
    This game is great and now is playable.
  4. dlf
    I've installed TQ countless times in playonlinux, 'Cept now for some reason after installing Mint 19 I have no sound.
  5. batmanm0b1e
    I installed titan quest in playonlinux booman using wine 3.4 (no staging) with virtual desktop enabled 1920x1080 that's what my monitor is. You can also see the bar at the bottom installing GOG game when virtual desktop is enabled. only thing i turned off was Vsync it has check mark so just uncheck. So cool! I have sound also fun game played a little of it got killed didn't know what i was doing because of my eyes where tired lol. pick up tomorrow morning. Thanks for the guide booman

    dlf try wine 3.4 like i did make sure you have virtual desktop set to your monitor resolution when playing. Let me know if it works.
  6. booman
    I've heard that Mint 19 may have some issues. This could be a newer version of Alsa or Pulseaudio
    I'm not sure how to roll it back to an earlier version.
    I'm sticking with Mint 18.3 for now, because every new version seems to have some issues.
  7. dlf
    It seems to me that wine 3.14 (released yesterday) fixed the sound issue.
    booman likes this.
  8. booman
    Awesome! Must have been an existing bug with those other versions?
    Thank you for sharing

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