Darksiders Warmastered Edition Guide

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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.

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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"
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Look for the Wine Version: 3.15
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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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
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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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 3.15
Click Next
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Select "64-bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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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
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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
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Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_darksiders_warmastered_edition_cs2679_(13251).exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again...

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

Select "darksiders1.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Darksiders Warmastered
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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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
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Double-click to open in Archive Manager
Click Extract
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Extract to .PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-amd64
Full path: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-amd64
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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
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Paste them all in the Darksiders Warmastered Edition directory
Full Path: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/darksiders/drive_c/GOG Games/Darksiders Warmastered Edition
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Full DXVK Guide in PlayOnLinux
http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/dxvk-guide.2540/

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Darksiders Warmastered"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Click the down arrow at Wine Version
Select "staging-3.14-x86_64"
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Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure

Select "Darksiders Warmastered"
Click Run
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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.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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I need help with the steam version. Unfortunately i think steam cooomands do not work anymore since steam updated to the new UI
 
Hi Batmanm0ble, I think you will have to add the new server list in the configuration file before Steam allows you to download a game.

Content Servers Unavailable Error

We have to make one change to steam that was broken in Wine due to a recent update
Otherwise we can't download Assassin's Creed III


Navigate to your game's wineprefix:
Full Path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/alienbreed3/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/config/
Open config.vdf with a text editor

Copy this code below

Code:
Code:
"CS" "valve511.steamcontent.com;valve530.steamcontent.com;valve548.steamcontent.com;valve539.steamcontent.com;valve519.steamcontent.com;valve555.steamcontent.com;valve504.steamcontent.com;valve529.steamcontent.com;valve558.steamcontent.com;valve500.steamcontent.com;valve561.steamcontent.com;valve532.steamcontent.com;valve540.steamcontent.com;valve502.steamcontent.com;valve544.steamcontent.com;valve528.steamcontent.com;valve556.steamcontent.com;valve520.steamcontent.com;valve542.steamcontent.com;valve538.steamcontent.com;valve551.steamcontent.com;valve521.steamcontent.com;valve564.steamcontent.com;valve516.steamcontent.com;valve535.steamcontent.com;valve541.steamcontent.com;valve533.steamcontent.com;valve536.steamcontent.com;valve557.steamcontent.com;valve559.steamcontent.com;valve537.steamcontent.com;valve508.steamcontent.com;valve525.steamcontent.com;valve565.steamcontent.com;valve566.steamcontent.com;valve514.steamcontent.com;valve545.steamcontent.com;valve517.steamcontent.com;valve547.steamcontent.com;valve549.steamcontent.com;valve503.steamcontent.com;valve515.steamcontent.com;valve506.steamcontent.com;valve562.steamcontent.com;valve526.steamcontent.com;valve543.steamcontent.com;valve522.steamcontent.com;valve518.steamcontent.com;valve509.steamcontent.com;valve550.steamcontent.com;valve552.steamcontent.com;valve505.steamcontent.com;valve553.steamcontent.com;valve512.steamcontent.com;valve546.steamcontent.com;valve554.steamcontent.com;valve510.steamcontent.com;valve563.steamcontent.com;valve501.steamcontent.com;valve531.steamcontent.com;valve523.steamcontent.com;valve524.steamcontent.com;valve507.steamcontent.com;valve560.steamcontent.com;valve567.steamcontent.com;valve513.steamcontent.com;valve1601.steamcontent.com;valve164.steamcontent.com;valve1615.steamcontent.com;valve1602.steamcontent.com;valve1604.steamcontent.com;valve1608.steamcontent.com;valve1603.steamcontent.com;valve1606.steamcontent.com;valve1609.steamcontent.com;valve1618.steamcontent.com;valve1617.steamcontent.com;valve1613.steamcontent.com;valve1607.steamcontent.com;valve1611.steamcontent.com;valve1614.steamcontent.com;valve1619.steamcontent.com;valve1616.steamcontent.com;valve1612.steamcontent.com;valve1610.steamcontent.com;valve165.steamcontent.com;valve1605.steamcontent.com;valve954.steamcontent.com;valve955.steamcontent.com;valve904.steamcontent.com;valve901.steamcontent.com;valve957.steamcontent.com;valve953.steamcontent.com;valve956.steamcontent.com;valve950.steamcontent.com;valve905.steamcontent.com;valve952.steamcontent.com;valve902.steamcontent.com;valve907.steamcontent.com;valve958.steamcontent.com"

Go to the line
"InstallConfigStore"
{
"Software"
{
"Valve"
{
"Steam"
{
"CM"

Paste in a new line under the "CM" line with all the IP Addresses
Save config.vdf
 
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Sorry, I was trying to answer one post at a time... ha ha

I download GOG games right from my library. Just make sure not to download the Galaxy client. All games have downloaders, specially in 2GB .bin format.
I just download them to my desktop into a folder.

Does that answer your question?
 
Yes, I'm in Linux at home and just login to my GOG account, go to my library, select a game and download the files.
If its a Windows game, then you need to install it with Wine/PlayOnLinux/Lutris
That is why they provide an .exe file along with .bin files
The .exe file is the installer.
 
oh ok that's what i had feeling that was it. just wanted to make sure it wasn't anything else. You always want to grab the newest one right?
 
It just depends on the game or client.
Normally the newest version of anything is better, but sometimes only an older version of Wine will play specific games.
Normally I test with the newest and if it doesn't work, I go to older versions.
 
The first time I tested DXVK I turned on the HUD, but ever since it proves to work perfectly, I have turned it off for my screenshots.
 
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