Assassin's Creed is a very unique game that combines the action and sandbox elements to create an immersive story-line in the time period of the Crusades. Not only can you climb any structure and are free to strategize how to make your kill, Assassin's Creed also gives you the freedom to save people in distress and roam massive ancient cities of Israel.





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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Assassin's Creed. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.6.2 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: assassinscreed
Click Next


Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next

Select wine 1.6.2
Click Next


Select "32-bits windows installation"
Click Next


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 drive"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK


Install Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries)

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_gdiplus
  
• POL_Install_vcrun2005
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Assassin's Creed

Click Browse


Select "setup_assassins_creed_2.1.0.23.exe"
Click Open


Click Next

Select a Language
Click OK


Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Options
Uncheck "Create deskcop icons"
Click Install


Check "I accept the license agreement"
Click Next


Click Finish


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "AssassinsCreed_Dx8.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Assassin's Creed
Click Next


Click Next again

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Assassin's Creed"
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2


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 has


Close Configure

Select Assassin's Creed
Click Run


Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Optmization

After creating your account
Click Options


Click Graphics Options


Select a resolution to match your Linux desktop for fullscreen

Adjust:

• Vertical Sync
• Mutlisampling
• Grpahics Quality
• Level of Detail

Click Apply


Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
Assassin's Creed ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux on my GeForce 550 Ti. No frame lagging and great sound. Everything works just as it does in Windows. I recommend once you set the resolution, to keep it there. Wine always seems to have problems setting different resolutions vs Linux desktop resolution and virtual desktop resolutions.

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