Age Of Wushu Guide

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    Everything you want from Anime in a single game! Age of Wushu is a massive online multiplayer RPG with loads of character development, massive environments and classic Kung Fu moves all in Ancient China. Spend hours building up skills, exploring or socializing with NCP's and PVP characters.

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Age of Wushu in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the Snail Games version of Age of Wushu. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

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

    int 17 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.4
    Wine: 1.5.19

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 1.5.19
    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

    Downloading Wine
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    Downloading Gecko
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    Installed
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    Wine 1.5.19 is installed and you can close this window

    Age of Wushu Downloader

    Go to: www.ageofwushu.com
    Click Download
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    Download full game by clicking "Click here to download"
    Or Download separate .cab files to a folder on your desktop
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    Save Ageofwushu_download.exe to your desktop
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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: ageofwushu
    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 1.5.19
    Click Next

    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    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: Set to match the resolution of your Linux desktop
    Click OK
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    Installing Components (Libraries/Packages/DLL's)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_gdiplus
    • POL_Install_physx
    • POL_Install_registered_fonts
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    • POL_Install_wininet
    • POL_Install_xact
    Click Next
    Note: All libraries will automatically download and install

    Installing Age Of Wushu

    Click Browse
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Select "AgeofWushu_download.exe"
    Click Open
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    Click Next

    Age of Wushu launcher will run
    Click Start to begin downloading (10 GB)
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    Downloading...
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    Installing Age of Wushu

    Click Next

    Select "I accept the terms..."
    Click Next

    click Next

    Click Install

    Installing

    Uncheck "Launch Now"
    Click Finish
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select "fxlaunch.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name your shortcut: Age Of Wushu
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Select "Age Of Wushu"
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine Version: 1.5.19
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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: Select the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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    Close Configure

    Launching Age of Wushu

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Select Age of Wushu
    Click Run
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    Note: Click Debug to see console errors and bugs

    Click Confirm
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    Select a server
    Click Confirm
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    Updating/Settings

    After selecting a server Age of Wushu will probably download an update
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    Click Settings
    • Uncheck Windowed Mode for fullscreen
    • Adjust Resolution
    • Adjust volumes
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    Click Play
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    Loading...
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    Login
    Click Enter Game
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    Select Character
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    Optimization

    Press Esc in-game
    Click Video Options
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    Use presets on the left
    Or
    Adjust settings manually
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    Rule of Thumb:
    High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
    Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

    The Video Options has a great Frame Counter.
    As you increase the settings watch the frame rate.
    Anything below 20 will stutter a lot.

    Conclusion:
    I originally tested Age of Wushu with Wine 1.6.2 and newer version, but kept getting a pop-up error "Speed Up" and it was very annoying. Luckily I found Wine 1.5.19 runs perfectly!
    Also, the game refuses to do high resolutions unless you set the virtual desktop first. So I set mine for 1680x1050 and it played fullscreen just fine. What a beautiful game! I was able to crank the depth of view really high on my GeForce 550 Ti and see mountains and buildings really far away.

    Gameplay Video


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Apr 24, 2016
    booman, Aug 8, 2014
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Aug 8, 2014.

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  1. Dimebag
    I just double-clicked the game installer and game is now installed. It's updating now. Let's see what happens
    Dimebag, Apr 27, 2016
    #61
  2. booman
    awesome!
    Were you able to get passed the ????? screen?
    booman, Apr 27, 2016
    #62
  3. Dimebag
    It installed as if i was on windows, i.e. no issues. When starting, though, it was back to the way it was a week ago: game just doesn't start and is stuck at that screen before the loading bar.
    Dimebag, Apr 27, 2016
    #63
  4. booman
    It mus be the EU version like you said. Did you try downloading all of the separate .cab files like I did?
    booman, Apr 28, 2016
    #64
  5. Dimebag
    Wulin has 2 options to download: their downloader and a torrent. I chose the torrent which gives 7 .cab and 1 .exe installer
    Dimebag, Apr 28, 2016
    #65
  6. Zergling_man
    Blep. I'm still here. Not being very useful since I only just got internet and am busy updating Windows stuff.

    But I do have a question... The purpose of using Play on Linux is primarily to compartmentalise the game, right? So, assuming I don't intend to use it for anything else, I could just use wine without PoL and theoretically achieve the same results? If so, I intend to try that, because my problem at last check (which will be much more recent when I get around to updating SteamOS, PoL and other packages) was that I couldn't get wine itself to work...
    Zergling_man, Apr 28, 2016
    #66
  7. booman
    Yes, PlayOnLinux uses Wine and wineprefixes as a separated "sandbox" for Windows libraries and your game. You can definitely use Wine alone, but you will need to know a bunch of Terminal commands in order to run it, install and configure your games. PlayOnLinux gives gamers a GUI for achieving the same thing. It goes a step further and provides patched version's of Wine.
    This way you have a more Windows-like experience with your games. Its never guaranteed, but a LOT of games run just fine in PlayOnLinux
    booman, Apr 28, 2016
    #67
  8. booman
    I never use Torrent, but you may want to try downloading it again. Maybe the Torrent corrupted one of the cab files.
    booman, Apr 28, 2016
    #68
  9. Zergling_man
    Heh.

    Mmm, but if wine flat out refuses to work with PoL, then I ought to remove one of the factors from the equation.
    Zergling_man, Apr 29, 2016
    #69
  10. booman
    Yes, but I've never experienced PlayOnLinux refusing to work with Wine. I've experienced games refusing to work with Wine. 90% of the time its because:
    • DRM
    • Missing/compatible Libraries
    • 32-bit compatibilitiy
    For example, Grim Dawn worked perfectly in PlayOnLinux/Wine but when the developers updated Visual C++ with the new version, now it won't work. There is a work around with Winetricks, but it doesn't work with PlayOnLinux.
    booman, Apr 29, 2016
    #70
  11. Dimebag
    Retried. Nothing corrupted. Any other ideas?
    Dimebag, Apr 29, 2016
    #71
  12. booman
    nope, try the US one I guess? It worked for me.
    booman, Apr 29, 2016
    #72
  13. booman
    Now its not working... I'm getting a "Driver Failed" error and the SGP error again.
    I'll keep messing around with it. Trying Wine 1.8.2 now since its WineHQ's "Stable" version
    booman, May 2, 2016
    #73
  14. booman
    It doesn't make any sense. I got it to work one time, but the loading page never initialized completely. There should be a red loading bar at the bottom of the screen.

    It crashes all the time with the SGP error and I was switching versions of Wine and changing from Windows 7 to Windows XP and one time worked out of about 10 tries.

    I did find some interesting information about our Permission Denied error.
    Failed to use ICMP
    About half-way down there is some information about a program trying to ping out. I think SGP anti-cheat is pinging their servers and/or the server selection screen is pinging their servers. Either way, its not working and I tried the suggested command, but it broke Wine.
    So I'm at a loss and can't find anything consistent with my success.
    booman, May 2, 2016
    #74
  15. ILoveGuro
    Hi!

    I know this guide is very old,but i tried following it to install Age Of Wushu on 26th may 2016.

    I'm using Kubuntu 14.04 LTS and PlayOnLinux 4.2.10,But if i try to open the new installer i can't see any characters(only ?) and when i press what i think is the "install" button(i think it is because that's the point where the installer let me choose the installation folder) wine crashes and i can't go further than this.

    I installed all libraries but there's one returning "Error:File mismatch" called IE5.01sp4-KB871260-Windows2000sp4-x86-ENU.exe,maybe that's the cause.

    I tried with wine 1.5.19 and 1.7.49staging.
    ILoveGuro, May 26, 2016
    #75
  16. booman
    Yes, we are all having the same problem. There is an anti-cheat program in place that is preventing Age Of Wushu from launching. Strangely I got it to work one time this month and then it stopped.
    You might have to post a bug at WineHQs bugzilla
    booman, May 26, 2016
    #76
  17. ILoveGuro
    The problem is that i can't even install the game because the installer crashes.
    ILoveGuro, May 26, 2016
    #77
  18. booman
    I was able to install Age Of Wushu by using the provided client and installing it. Then upon launch the game would start downloading.
    Just like in this guide above.

    Do you have 32-bit libraries installed?
    booman, May 26, 2016
    #78
  19. ILoveGuro
    Yes,the only library i can't install is the one named above.

    But installer has changed,did you try the new one?Now you have to download data packages manually and then manually start the setup,there's not an automatic downloader.
    ILoveGuro, May 26, 2016
    #79
  20. booman
    Oh really? What language are you installing?
    I'll have to try the separate packages and installer. I don't mind this either, but what will happen is the game will still update after its installed.
    So we are basically installing the base-game and then allowing it to patch up when we launch it.
    booman, May 27, 2016
    #80
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