Divinity II Directors Cut is about training to become a Dragon Slayer in the world of Rivellon. Battle against Damian's armies of minions and necromancers in this open-world RPG with all the bells and whistles. Level up your skills, customize your class, plunder loot, explore, slay all kinds of minions and battle against bosses.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Divinity II Directors Cut. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 18.2 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

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam


Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save


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: divinity2
No spaces
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


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok


PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following libraries:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_Physx
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2005
• POL_Install_vcrun2008

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Steam

Click Browse


Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam


Click the "X" to close Steam login


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Divinity II
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes any missing font problems and the Store problem (Windows needs to be set as Windows XP)


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

Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Divinity II
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Click "Login to existing account"


Login


Located Dvinity II in your Steam Library
Click Install


Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next


Click Finish
Wait while Divinity II downloads


Click Play


Click "Play Divinity II - Normal Mode"
or click "Play Divinity II - Developer Mode"


Optimization

Click Options


Adjust:

• Resolution
• Quality Presets

Click "Advanced Options"

Adjust:

• Use VSync
• Screenspace Anti-Aliasing
• Geometry High Quality
• Dynamic Geometry Distance Rendering
• Dynamic Lighting Quality
• Timeline Animation Update
• Render Shadows
• Timeline Shadow Update
• Shadow Quality
• Anistropic Type
• Dynamic Reflection
• Use HDR
• Use Depth of Field
• Render Light shafts
• Tree Quality
• Vegetation Quality
• Use Multicore
• Lockstep Mode
• FPS Cap

Click the Red "X" to apply
Click Yes to apply changes


Note: The game will ask if you want it to restart, but it won't restart on its own. Just click Play in Steam again.

Conclusion:
Dvinity II Directors Cut ran perfectly in Wine 2.0.2 and my GTX 1060. I didn't even bother trying the staging versions of Wine. The only issue I experienced was the cutscene movies do not work. I tried setting Windows as Windows XP and installing Windows Media Player 9 & 10, but no good. Just press Esc to skip the movies.

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