If you have played a video game in your life, then you probably heard of the Lego game franchise. Lego Star Wars, Lego Batman, Lego Lord of the Rings and many more...

Lego Indian Jones 2 follows the Movie Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But of course has its silly moments, puzzles, jump tricks and cooperative game-play.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Lego Indiana Jones 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Lego Indiana Jones 2. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 16 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.2
Wine: 1.6.2

Installing Wine

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: legoindy
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.6.2
click Next


Select 32-bit 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


Installing PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, Libraries)

Check the following Packages:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_dxfullsetup
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Installing LEGO Indiana Jones 2

Click "Select another file"
Click Next


or
Click Browse


Navigate to the DVD
Select "Setup.exe"
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next


Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next


Click "Easy Installation"


Installing


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "LEGOindy2.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Lego Indiana Jones 2
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine
Click the "down arrow" to select another version of Wine


Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the amount of memory for your video


Close Configure

Launch LEGO Indiana Jones 2

Click Options


Click Video Settings

• Set Screen Resolution to match your Linux desktop
• Set Aspect Ratio
• Set Texture Quality
• Enhanced Graphics on or off

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

Apply the changes and start your game.

Conclusion:
LEGO Indiana Jones 2 ran perfectly with hardly any extra configuration. I used the keyboard because Wine is known to not be totally compatible with controllers. The visuals were very nice and the frame rate was great with my GeForce 550 Ti.

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