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Crysis Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Aug 17, 2013.

  • by booman, Aug 17, 2013 at 1:51 PM
  • booman

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    Crysis is one of those games everybody needs to play at least once. The quality and eye-candy marked a whole new level of realism and benchmarking for computer hardware. Not to mention some really awesome aliens and the first time any game used no gravity.

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    Crysis actually runs pretty well in PlayOnLinux with a special patched version of Wine only available from PlayOnLinux.

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

    Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Crysis. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs

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

    Mint 14 32-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.1
    Wine: 1.6-rc4-d3d_doublebuffer

    Wine Install

    Launch PlayOnLinux

    Click "Tools"
    Select "Manage Wine versions"

    Naviate down the list until you find 1.6-rc4-d3d_doublebuffer
    Select it and click the top (right arrow) button to add Wine 1.6-rc4-d3d_doublebuffer to your "Installed wine Versions" list
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    Note: You can also download Wine 1.8-d3d_doublebuffer

    Click Next

    Downloading Wine
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    Extracting
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    Downloading Gecko
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    Finished, now Wine 1.6-rc4-d3d_doublebuffer is installed and ready
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    Close Wine manager

    Setup PlayOnLinux

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Install
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    Click "Install a non-listed program"
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    Click Next
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    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next
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    Name your virtual drive: crysis
    Click Next
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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 1.6-rc4-d3d_doublebuffer (or 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer)
    Click Next
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    Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
    ALWAYS SELECT THE 32-bit VIRTUAL DRIVE

    Configuring Wine

    Applications Tab
    Windows Version: Windows XP
    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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    Check all of the following Libraries:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    • POL_Install_msxml3
    • POL_Install_vcrun2005
    Click Next
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    Note: All libraries will automatically download and install

    Select "CD-ROM:Crysis"
    Click Next
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    Crysis Installation

    Click Install

    Click Next

    Enter Key
    Click Next

    Check "I accept the terms..."
    Click Next

    Check "Easy"
    Click Next

    Uncheck Register, Readme & Updates
    Click Finish
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select Crysis.exe
    Click Next
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    Name your shortcut: Crysis
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    Configure PlayOnLinux

    In PlayOnLinux, click Configure
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    Select Crysis virtual drive

    General Tab
    Wine Version should be: 1.4-rc5-d3d_doublebuffer
    Later we will switch to Wine 1.6-rc4 to install the Patch. Here is where you make this change.
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    Display Tab
    Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
    Video memory size: the size of memory on your video card
    Offscreen rendering mode: fbo
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    Wine Tab
    Click Windows Reboot
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    Patching Crysis

    Go To: www.gamefront.com/files/9766351
    Download Crysis_Patch_1_2.exe
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Click Save
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    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Change Wine Version to: 1.6-rc4
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    Miscellaneous Tab
    Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Select "Crysis_Patch_1_2.exe"
    Click Open
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    Note: You might get a PlayOnLinux error, ignore it

    Click Update
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    The update should take only a few minutes.
    If it crashes, it will never finish, cancel and try again.
    Click Finish
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    Launch Crysis

    Select Crysis
    Click Run
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    Configuring & Optimizing Crysis

    Main Menu
    Click Options
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    Click System Settings
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    Click Graphics Tab
    Video mode: This is the resolution of the screen. I was able to run Crysis at 1680x1050
    Typical resolutions are 1400x900 or 1024x768

    Note: We have set Wine to launch programs in a virtual desktop, it will automatically resize depending on the resolution you set here.

    Anti-Aliasing Quality
    The higher the setting the smoother edges will look. Will sacrifice frames per second

    Click Apply
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    Click Advanced
    Select presets under "Change all setting to"
    • Low
    • Med
    • High
    Note: Its a good idea to start with low or medium and then slowly ram up the settings until you get a tolerable eye-candy and frames per second.

    Click Apply
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    Conclusion:
    I tried Crysis almost a year ago and just couldn't get past the intro. Now it runs almost perfectly with hardly any crashing or errors.

    It requires a version of Wine that has been patched, but it still works. I will continue to test newer versions of Wine to see if WineHQ has fixed the memory leaks.
    The only side affect I have seen are:
    • No casting shadows.
    • Mouse can get stuck at random radius (just click to fix)
    Screenshots:

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    Last edited: Jan 13, 2016
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Comments

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Aug 17, 2013.

  1. booman
    I have updated the guide to use Wine 1.6-rc4-d3d_doublebuffer
    It runs perfectly and eliminates a few unnecessary steps in the guide.
    Thank the Devs at PlayOnLinux for compiling it for me and making it available for everyone! Now we can finally play Crysis!!!
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