LEGO Star Wars II encompasses the first three original movies in a silly LEGO story with lots of puzzles, secrets, jump tricks, action and interactive elements. Play with a friend and defeat Darth Vader and his storm troopers with Luke, Leah, R2-D2, C3-PO, Hans Solo, Chewbacca and many more...
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing LEGO Star Wars II in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of LEGO Star Wars II. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.4
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.4
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.8.4 is installed and you can close this window
Copy Disk Data
Create a new folder on your desktop
Enter the LEGO Star Wars II DVD
Copy everything from the DVD to your new folder
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 the virtual drive: legostarwars
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.8.4
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"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Installing LEGO Star Wars II
Select "Select another file"
Click Next
Click Browse
Navigate to your new folder on your Desktop
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again
Click Next
Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next
Click "Easy Installation"
Installing
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "LegoStarWarsII.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Lego Star Wars II
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select Lego Star Wars II
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.4
Note: Click the + to download more 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
Launching LEGO Star Wars II
Select "Lego Star Wars II"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Video Options
Adjust:
- Screen Ratio
- Resolution
- Antialiasing
- Bump Mapping
- Bloomg Filtering
- Plastic Reflections
Rule of Thumb:
High settings - More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings - Less detail, higher frame rates
Conclusion:
LEGO Star Wars II installed and ran perfectly. It even worked with my old Logitech Dual-shock controller. Performance was great on my GeForce 550 Ti. The only issues I had was related to controls and camera movement, but that is inherent with LEGO games.
Gameplay Video:
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