Assassin's Creed III is the 5th installment of the franchise and take place in colonial America during the the Revolution. Explore Boston, New York and the Frontier as you assassinate Templars who are trying to control the colonies.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Assassin's Creed III in Linux with PlayOnLinux with DXVK
Note: This guide applies to the Steam & Uplay version of Assassin's Creed III. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
DXVK: 1.0.1 (1.2 tested successfully)
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Download Legacy Uplay
Go to: ubi.li/78pn4
Save to your Desktop
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name the virtual drive: assassinscreed3
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 4.0
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP
Click Apply
Libraries Tab
Add the following overrides:
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- dxgi
- xaudio2_7
Click Apply
Note: Typing in each override is faster than finding them on the drop-down menu
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Components, Libraries)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_d3d10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2005
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
- POL_Install_vcrun2012
- POL_Install_vcrun2013
Click Browse
Select "UplayInstaller.exe" previously saved on your Desktop
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click "I Accept"
Click "Install"
Click Next
Click "Finish"
Sign into Uplay
Important - Check "Remember Me"
Go to Games
Click Assassin's Creed III
Click Download
Steam Setup will begin
Click Next
Check "I accept the license..."
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Close Steam
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Uplay.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Assassin's Creed III Uplay
Click Next
Select "Steam.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Assassin's Creed III Steam
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Assassin's Creed III Steam
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
Note: Ignore the Wine version in the screenshot
Display Tab
Video memory size: enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
DXVK Setup
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
Download Version 1.0.1
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Copy the files in the 32-bit folder to the Assassin's Creed 3 Folder
Full Path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/assassinscreed3/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Assassin's Creed 3/DXVK Full Guide
http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/dxvk-guide.2540/
Follow this guide for all the detailed steps to run DXVK in PlayOnLinux
Finally Play Assassin's Creed III
Important - Launch Assassin's Creed III Uplay first!
If you launch Steam first, it will install the newest version of Uplay which does not work with Windows XP. Then you have to start all over again...
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Assassin's Creed III Uplay"
Click Run
Wait for Uplay to completely launch
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Assassin's Creed III Steam"
Click Run
Sign in to Existing Account
Enter credentials
Click Login
Find Assassin's Creed III in your Steam Library
Click Install
Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next
Wait for it to download
Click Finish
Click Play
Optimization
Click Options
Click Graphics
Adjust:
- Resolution
- Environment Quality
- Texture Quality
- Anti-aliasing Quality
- Shadow Quality
Conclusion:
With DXVK Assassin's Creed III ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux! After testing Watch Dogs (which probably uses the same engine) I had to give this game another try and I was not disappointed. I was able to crank the graphics settings up to high and the previous lag was unnoticeable. AC3 runs perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060 and now I'm going to play all the way through. Boston now streams perfectly and I'm able to go anywhere without performance issues. DXVK is a Game Changer!
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