Darksiders 2 continues the story after War was imprisoned. Now you play as his brother Death who attempts to free the human race and undo the damage done by the Apocalypse. Explore huge maps and traverse complex jumping/platform puzzles. Gain loot from hacking and slashing all kinds of demons and bosses on earth. Level up Death and interact with demi-god-ish NCPs who will point you in the direction of the enemy or angels who will try an stop you.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition in Linux with PlayOnLinux and DXVK.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.14 Staging (64-bit)
DXVK: 0.72
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 3.15
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Install the 64-bit version as well
Click "Wine versions (amd64) Tab
Select 3.15
Repeat steps
Wine 3.15 32-bit and 64-bit are 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: darksiders2
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 3.15
Click Next
Note: We will download Wine 3.14 staging in a later step
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Libraries Tab
Enter the following libraries:
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- dxgi
- xaudio2_7
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_d3dcompiler_43
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
- POL_Install_vcrun2012
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Click Browse
Select "setup_darksiders2_deathinitive_2.0.1.3.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
Click OK on all errors
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Darksiders2.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Darksiders II
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Go to: https://lutris.net/files/runners/
Download wine-staging-3.14-x86_64.tar.gz
Save to your Desktop
Extract to the PlayOnLinux linux-amd64 folder
full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-amd64DXVK Libraries
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
Download version 0.72
Save to your Desktop
Open the dxbk-0.72/x64 folder
Copy all the files
Paste into the Darksiders II Dethainitive Edition Folder
Full Path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/darksiders2/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/GOG Games/Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition/Here is the Full DXVK Guide in PlayOnLinux
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Darksiders II"
Click Configure
General Tab
Click the down-arrow to select Wine 3.14 staging
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Launch Darksiders II
Select Darksiders II
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Options
Click Video icon
Adjust:
- Vertical Sync
- Gamma
- Video Resolution
- Fullscreen
- Ambient Occlusion
- Shadow Quality
- Anti-Aliasing = Off
Note: Turn off Anti-Aliasing to reduce graphical artifacts
Conclusion:
Darksiders II runs much better with DXVK implemented. There are still some graphical flickering in the sky, but its not a "game breaker". I was able to play on my GeForce GTX 1060 with great frame rates and no other noticable issues. Previously when I played Darksiders a few years ago, I played through the entire game with a few annoying graphical bugs. But those are now gone and it runs beautifully.
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