Returning to Rapture as an awakened Big Daddy, you help to rescue Tenenbaums little sisters from the insane ADAM induced residents. Weild Big Daddies massive drill, nail gun and more weapons while combining Plasmids abilities to stop Sofia.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Bioshock 2 Remastered in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Bioshock 2 Remastered. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 3.21-staging
DXVK: 0.93
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 3.21-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Installed
Click the 64-bit Tab also
Download Wine version: 3.21-staging
Wine 3.21-staging 32-bit and 64-bit is installed and you can close this window
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: bioshock2
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use anther version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine: 3.21-staging
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Libraries Tab
Type the following:
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- dxgi
Select "Native (Windows)"
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_d3dcompiler_43
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Click Browse
Select "setup_bioshock_2_remastered_1.0.122864_(25813).exe
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
Click "OK" on all errors
Note: These errors do not affect the game installation
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Bioshock2HD.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Bioshock 2
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Bioshock 2"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 3.21-staging
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 uses
Close Configure
DXVK Installation
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
Click Version 0.93
Download dxvk-0.93.tar.gz to your Desktop
Extract it to your Desktop
Open the 32-bit directory
Copy all the DLLs
Paste DLLs in the Bioshock 2 directory with the Bioshock2HD.exe
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/bioshock2/drive_c/GOG Games/BioShock 2 Remastered/Build/FinalLaunch Bioshock 2
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Bioshock 2"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Options
Graphics Options
Adjust:
- Windowed Mode
- Vertical Sync
- Antialiasing
- Distortion
- Real Time Reflection
- Water Ripple
- Maintain UI Aspect Ratio
- Resolution
- Anisotropic Filter
- Field of View
- Mouse Cursor Scale
Conclusion:
Before DXVK Bioshock 2 would crash constantly due to a memory leak when the textures were set to high. Now with the Remastered version and DXVK we can play it perfectly without any crashing or bugs. I was able to install, configure, load, save and successfully play Bioshock 2 Remastered with great performance.
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