Survive Rapture while trying to save Andrew Ryan's family by killing splicers and Big Daddies... again, but this time in a remastered version of Bioshock. High resolution textures, 4K support, controller support and more.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Bioshock Remastered in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Bioshock Remastered. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.3
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: bioshock
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 3.21-staging
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Application Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Type the following Libraries:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi

Select each one and click Edit
Select Native (Windows)
Click Apply



Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK



PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_d3dcompiler_43
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: Each package should automatically download and install

Installing Bioshock Remastered

Click Browse

Select "setup_bioshock_remastered_1.0.122872_(25715).exe"
Click Open



Click Next again...

Select Language
Click OK



Click Options
Uncheck "Created desktop icons"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install



Click OK on all errors



Click Exit



PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "BioshockHD.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Bioshock
Click Next



Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next



PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Bioshock
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 Libraries

Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
Click Version 0.93
Download "dxvk-.093.tar.gz"

Extract to your Desktop
Open the 32-bit directory

Copy all the DLLs



Paste in the same game directory as BioshockHD.exe



Launching Bioshock

Select Bioshock
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization
Click Options



Click Graphics Options



Adjust:

• Resolution
• Anisotropic Filter
• Field of View
• Mouse Cursor Scale
• Windowed Mode
• Vertical Sync
• Antialiasing
• Distortion
• Real Time Reflection
• Water Ripple
• Maintain UI Aspect Ration

Click Apply



Conclusion:
Bioshock ran beautifully with DXVK and Wine 3.21-staging. When you initially launch the game, be patient, it takes about 10-15 seconds, but it will launch. Other than that my GeForce GTX 1060 handled the game without any problems. It played just like in Windows...

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