Devilian is a free-to-play MMORPG where you can play as half-devil hero's protecting Nala from corruption and evil. Select from 5 classes and play with your friends as your slay all kinds of minions and bosses in epic landscapes.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Glyph Client version of Devilian. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 18.1 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 2.0.2 is installed and you can close this window

Download Glyph client

Go to: https://www.deviliangame.com
Sign up and click "Play On Windows"


Save GlyphInstall-###-###.exe to a folder on your Desktop
Click Save


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: devilian
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine: 2.0.2
Click Next


Note: Feel free to download the newest version of Wine or "staging" versions as well

Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows XP


Note: Its important to keep Windows version set at Windows XP to install Glyph client

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


Installing Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_devenum
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2012
• POL_Install_vcrun2013

Click Next


Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Installing Glyph Client

Click Browse

Select "GlyphInstall-###-###.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again

Click Accept


Enter your email and password


Close Glyph Client

Note: Initially only a few games will appear because we are in Windows XP mode

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "GlyphClient.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Devilian
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 2.0.2


Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine

Wine Tab
Click "Configure Wine"


Applications Tab
Set Windows version to Windows 7
Click OK


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


Close Configure

Installing/Downloading Devilian

Select Devilian
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Now you will see all of the available Glyph games
Select Devilian
Click Install


Uncheck "Create Start Menu shortcut"
Uncheck "Created Desktop shortcut"
Click OK


Devilian is less than 10 Gigabytes
Click Play


Optimization

Click Options


Video Settings
Adjust:

• Windowed Mode
• Fullscreen/Windowed Mode
• Fullscreen Mode
• Resolution
• Anti-aliasing
• Vsync

Click Apply

Graphics Quality
Adjust:

• Overall Quality
• Physics Quality
• Image Quality
• SSAO
• Texture Quality
• Shadow Size
• Shadow Quality
• Brightness

Click Apply


Rule of thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
The first time I tried to play Devilian through Steam it wouldn't install Glyph client at all. When I found that the Glyph client installed with an initial Windows XP setting, everything went fine except Devilian wasn't on the game list. So changing back to Windows 7 allowed the Glyph client to install and play Devilian. After that everything went fine! It plays pretty well on my GeForce GTX 1060. There are a few frame drops here and there while streaming data. But I think those can be resolved by adjusting the graphics settings. Or even try using a "staging" version of Wine.

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