Divine Divinity is no typical hack-n-slash... instead, you will become addictively intimate with your characters story, customization and interactive world. Upgrade your armor, repair, interact with any object on the screen, move objects to reveal secrets, the exploration goes on and on.





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

Note: This guide applies to the Humble Bundle version of Divine Divinity. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name your virtual drive: divinedivinity
Click Next


Check the following options:
Use another version of Wine
Configure Wine
Click Next


Select Wine 1.6.2
Click Next


Select "32-bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual drive"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK


Click Browse


Select "Divinstaller_EN.exe"
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next


Click Next


Click Next


Click Install


Click No


Uncheck "Launche Divine Divinity"
Click Finish


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "div.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Divine Divinity
Click Next


Select "configtool.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Divine Config
Click Next


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Divine Divinity"
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine Version: 1.6.2


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


Close Configure

Divine Divinity First Launch

Select "Divine Config"
Click Run


Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Select a resolution to match your Linux Desktop
Click "Apply & Close"


Click Options


Click Video


Click Performance


Adjust the Quality, ZTunnel, 3D Shadows and Fog
Click Apply


Conclusion:
Divine Divnity ran perfectly with no overrides or extra libraries. Performance was great as expected since it was an older game from 2002. I was very impressed with the visuals, interactive objects and graphical design overall.

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