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Gabriel is on a quest to defeat the Titan Bosses with his combat cross, 50 combos and special moves. Slaying minions such as werewolves, vampires, trolls and gian spiders is not going to stop him from his ultimate goal: Lords of Shadow
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Castlevainia Lords of Shadow in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Castlevainia Lords of Shadow. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.3
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.3
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Extracting
Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 2.0.3 is installed and you can close this window
Downloading Steam
Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
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Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
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Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
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PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "install a non-listed program"
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Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: castlevlordsofshadow
No spaces
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine 2.0.3
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Configure Wine
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok
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PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)
Check the following libraries:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_Physx
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Installing Steam
Click Browse
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Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
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Click Next
Click Next
Check: I accept the license...
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Updating Steam
Click the "X" to close Steam login
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select Steam.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: castlvlordsofshadow
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes any missing font problems and the Store problem (Windows needs to be set as Windows XP)
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Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine
Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure
Launching Steam
Select Castlevainia Lords of Shadow
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Click "Login to existing account"
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Login
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Find Castlevainia Lords of Shadow in your Library
Click Install
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Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next
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Click Finish
Wait for Castlevainia to download
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Click Play
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Optimization
Click Configuration
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Click Video
Adjust:
- Gamma
- Subtitles
- Mode
- Resolution
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Click Advanced
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Adjust:
- Shadows
- Vertical Sync
- Antialiasing
- Anisotropic
- Ambient Occlusion
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Rule of Thumb
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates
Conclusion:
I had a hard time with Castlevainia Lords of Shadow because the game ran smooth and looked beautiful graphically, but there is a bug with the keyboard input that causes a lag/cache over time. This eventually forces your character to start moving by himself into danger, across the map and you have no control over him. This is a bug in Windows as well. The only resolution is to use an Xbox controller which I don't have.
Gameplay Video:
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