Drakensang is free-to-play MMO RPG and only requires a few minutes to setup. The download is literally under 10 Megabytes and the game loads in seconds. If you want to play a quick game with stunning graphics, intense minion skirmishes and cooperative gameplay (PvE & PvP)... Drakensang is the best place to begin!





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

Note: This guide applies to the Drakensang Online version of Drakensang. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.7.39

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.39
Note: Try using stable Wine 2.0 and 2.0-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.7.39 is installed and you can close this window

Download Drakensang

Go to: http://www.drakensang.com
Click "Play Now"
Create a new account, or login with your existing account

Do not click download because Chrome will try to download a .dmg file.
Copy and paste this link:
https://drasaonline-481-dwl.bpsecure.com/applet/dro_setup.exe


Note: Link may not work because of the setup version. I right clicked the download button, selected "copy address" then renamed .dmg to .exe

Save "dro_setup.exe" to your Desktop


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: drakensang
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.7.39
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 desktop"
Desktp size: Set to match the resolution of your Linux desktop (for fullscreen)
Click OK


Installing Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Click Browse


Navigate to your desktop
Select DrakensangOnlineSetup.exe
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next


Click "I Agree"


You will probably see this error
"Certificate import failed: Unable to add certificate to certificate store"
Click Ok


Uncheck "Run Drakensang Online"
Click Finish


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "thinkclient.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Drakensang
Click Next


Click Next

PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Drakensang
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.39


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 amount of Memory your video card/chip uses


Close PlayOnLinux Configure

Launching Drakensang

Select Drakensang
Click Run


Enter your username and password

Note: There will be updates from time to time and the game will ask if you want to install them at this screen. Click Yes and allow it to install.

Click Login


Click Play on the server recommended for your location


Optimization

Setting Fullscreen
Click the square on the tip right to set fullscreen


Click the three bars on the top right


Select Settings


Click the eye for video settings

Turn on/off:

• Full-screen quality
• High graphic quality
• Blood effects
• Shadows
• SSAO

Click the green checkmark to apply


Conclusion:
I absolutely love Drakensang! I have been playing Drakensang on and off for over a year and have leveled up two characters to level 31. The graphics are amazing, the installation is quick and it runs on almost any hardware. With WINE 1.7.39 it will crash about every hour, but you just have to kill it and then launch again.

Drakensang is truly an addicting game with great boss fights, random encounters with other characters and unlimited loot.

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