Darksiders Guide

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Play as the first Horseman of the Apocalypse - War
Wield supernatural attacks, combos and weapons in order to slay the minions of Hell on Earth. Will War find vengence and justice making aliances with demons as he journeys through Earths apocalyptic remains?

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

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

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.2
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 1.8.2 is installed and you can close this window

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 the virtual drive: darksiders
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 1.8.2
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration

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 (Components, DLL's, Libraries)

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_directx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_darksiders_2.0.0.6.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again

Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Click Install
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Errors
Click OK on all errors
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "DarksidersPC.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Darksiders
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Darksiders
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.2
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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: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure

Launching Darksiders

Before you launch three videos need to be deleted in order to reach the menu
Otherwise you are stuck with a black screen because of video codecs

Delete three videos:
  • AMD_Logo_movie.wmv
  • Darksiders_Intro_CG_1280x720.wmv
  • main_menu_intro.wmb
Path:
Code: 
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/darksiders/drive_c/GOG Games/Darksiders/media/videos

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Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Darksiders
Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Options
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Click Advanced Options
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Adjust Resolution & Vertical Sync
Press Enter to apply settings
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Note: Darksiders video might not resolve correctly after changing resolution. Kill Darksiders from PlayOnLinux Configure/Wine/Kill Proccesses. Launch again

Conclusion:
The only bugs I experienced was the flickering menu/HUD and the resolution bug. No one has been able to solve the flickering problem in Wine but its tolerable because you only see the map flickering. It is kind frustrating browsing the store, but its still possible.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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Daerandin
I wanted to add that anyone looking for a Darksiders 2 guide will have to wait. I had it running briefly when using wine version 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer, but experienced a lot of flickering while playing and frequent crashes. There is also no information at all on WineHQ about Darksiders 2, so I'm not optimistic.
 
booman
Awesome guide by the way! I'm glad you are taking some time with these newer games.
Try the Wine 1.7.10-CSMT maybe it will deliver more promising results.
What kind of errors are you getting?
 
Daerandin
I'll give Darksiders 2 a more serious go either later this week or next week. I was focusing on the first game for this guide and only did a couple of quick tests for the sequel.
 
booman
Did you experience memory leaks with Darksiders 2? Is that why you chose to use doublebuffer?
 
Daerandin
No, I just came across a forum post while googling, that claimed Darksiders 2 worked with the doublebuffer and RAW patches. Since currently only doublebuffer patched wine is provided for PoL, I was hoping that newer wine versions would be sufficient. The forum post was on winehq and is about a year and half old.
 
booman
I find that a lot too. Researching on Wine can be helpful but sometimes posts are really old.
I also get notifications of my posts being deleted. Makes me mad because some of my posts are to help others trying to run the game.
 
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