Call of Duty is a well known war franchise in settings from WWII to modern day. When Call of Duty 2 arrived it was packed with a bunch of new features like directx 9 graphics and the ability to play through different WWII scenarios from different countries.

Running Call of Duty 2 in Linux was pretty easy and ran really well.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Call of Duty in PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the retail version only. Downloaded and Steam versions may require additional steps.



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

Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.1.9
Wine: 1.4

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Search for "Call of Duty 2"
Select "Call of Duty 2"
Click Install


Wine Installing


Installation Wizard
Click Next


Directx
Click Next


Where is your mounted CD-ROM?
This step is important because if you can't tell it where your CD-ROM is, you can install the game.

Select "Other"
Click Next


In Mint 14 the COD2DVD CD-ROM's are mounted here: /media/username/COD2DVD

Note: Username is where you put your login name or profile name. Also, spelling and Capitalization is very important. Otherwise PlayOnLinux won't see the CD-ROM.

Click Next


Wine Again


InstallShield Wizard
Click Next

Key Code
Enter your Key Code from the insert
Click Next

Confirmation
Click Ok

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

Minimum System Requirements
Click Next

Setup type
Select Typical
Click Next

Register
Click No

Note: The installation froze at this point with a black screen. I had to use System Monitor to end a Driver.exe then PlayOnLinux would continue

Confirmation
Click Next


PlayOnLinux Configuration
Select "Configure"


Wine Tab
Click "Configure Wine"


Application Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop Size: 1024x768

Note: These settings are for testing purposes. Once the game runs decently, then we'll uncheck virtual desktop so it will run in fullscreen.

Click Ok


Wine Tab
Click "Windows reboot"


Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video Memory Size: set for the amount of memory on your video card
Offscreen rendering mode: fbo

Wine Tab
Click "Windows reboot" again


Install Components

Note: Components are the Windows libraries we need to install and run PC Games in Wine

DirectX

Select d3dx9
Click Install



Dot Net Framework

Select dotnet30
Click Install



Note: This will take a few minutes because it installs dotnet20 too. Be patient!

Installing .NET




Wine Tab
Click "Windows reboot" again


Launch Call of Duty 2


When I launch Call of Duty 2 I can't see the animated splash screens, but can hear them. So press Esc to skip them. Then the menu screen will appear.

Create your profile

Options


Check the graphics settings. My video card was able to handle all the settings on high.
If the game is running well in your virtual desktop, don't forget to go back and uncheck it in Wine configuration. This way you can play fullscreen.

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