The Apocalypse is here, play as War one of the Four Horsemen and slay both Angel and Demon on Earch during the last battle. Wield his awesome sword by linking combos and finsh them with Wrath abilities you will earn throughout the campaign. Now you can play Darksiders with all new high resolution textures, shaders and more.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Darksiders Warmastered 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 0.71

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 is 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: darksiders
Click Next


Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next


Select Wine 3.15
Click Next


Select "64-bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Libraries Tab
Add the following overrides:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi
• xaudio2_7

Click Edit on each one and select "native (Windows)"
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2008
• POL_Install_vcrun2010
• POL_Install_vcrun2012

Click Next


Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_darksiders_warmastered_edition_cs2679_(13251).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 "darksiders1.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Darksiders Warmastered
Click Next


Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next


Lutris Wine Staging

Go to: https://lutris.net/files/runners/
Scroll down
Select wine-staging-3.14-x86_64.tar.gz
Download it to your Desktop


Double-click to open in Archive Manager
Click Extract


Extract to .PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-amd64
Full path: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-amd64


DXVK Libraries

Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
Download Version 0.71
Save to your Desktop
Extract on your Desktop
Open the dxvk-0.71/x32 folder
Copy all of the dlls


Paste them all in the Darksiders Warmastered Edition directory
Full Path: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/darksiders/drive_c/GOG Games/Darksiders Warmastered Edition


Full DXVK Guide in PlayOnLinux
http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/dxvk-guide.2540/

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Darksiders Warmastered"
Click Configure


General Tab
Click the down arrow at Wine Version
Select "staging-3.14-x86_64"


Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Select "Darksiders Warmastered"
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Conclusion:
One DXVK was setup, Darksiders launched immediately without any issues. I was able to make a few changes in the options and then start a new game. The new textures, shadows, processing effects and new settings look amazing! I was not able to test 4K resolutions, but it ran great on my GTX 1060 in 1920x1080

There were a few instances were the game crashed randomly or my character went through the ground and sank into oblivion, but I was able to play for an hour at a time without any problems.

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