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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Lichdom Battlemage. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 5.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.5

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 5.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 5.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 5.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install



Click "Install a non-listed program"



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



Name the virtual drive: lichdombattlemage
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 5.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab

Type each of the following:

• d3d10
• d3dx_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• d3d9
• dxgi

Select one at a time
Click Edit

Change to "Native (Windows)"
Click Apply



Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK



PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check each of the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_wininet

Click Next



Note: wininet is critical to run Lichdom Battlemage. All packages should automatically download and install

Installing Lichdom Battlemage

Click Browse

Select "setup_lichdom_-_battlemage_64_1.2.3_(18496).exe
Click Open



Click Next again...

Click OK



Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Created desktop icon"
Click Install



Click OK on all errors



Click Exit



PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "LichdomBattlemage.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Lichdom Battlemage
Click Next



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



PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Lichdom Battlemage"
Click Configure



General Tab
Wine version: 5.0



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

Installing DXVK

Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5
Download DXVK 1.5
Save to your Desktop

Extract
Open x32 directory
Copy all of the DLLs



Paste DLLs in the Lichdom Battlemage Bin32 directory
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/lichdombattlemage/drive_c/GOG Games/Lichdom - Battlemage/Bin32

Run Lichdom Battlemage

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Lichdom Battlemage"
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Fullscreen Windowed

In Mint 19 the game would launch but everything was black. I could hear the menu audio playing but nothing on the screen.

It is important to run the game one time for these files to appear

Go to Lichdom Battlemage Folder in My Games
Full Path

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/lichdombattlemage/drive_c/Users/username/Saved Games/Lichdom Battlemage/

Open game.cfg



Modify the line: r_FullscreenWindow=0
Change to: r_FullscreenWindow=1



Note: You can change other settings that aren't available in-game.

Optimization

Click Options



Click Graphics



Adjust:

• Resolution
• System specs presets
• Field of View
• Screen Mode
• Antialiasing
• TressFX
• Depth Of Field
• Motion Blur
• Object Detail
• Shading
• Volumetric Effects
• Shadows
• Textures
• Physics
• Post Processing
• Particles
• Visual Quality
• Water
• Game Effects

Click Apply



Conclusion:
Lichdom Battlemage has been one of the most frustrating games to test for a long time. I purchased it on a sale at GOG and never got it to work until now. I'm not sure if the version of Wine or DXVK made a difference, but I've tried older versions of both and it still crashed at loading the first level. In fact Windows gamers are experiencing the same problem. After figuring out the Fullscreen Windowed setting and finding wininet is required, now it runs perfectly! My GeForce GTX 1060 was able to handle all the settings on high.

When you first launch the game, be patient as it may take a bit to load. Specially loading any level. It appears to be "locked up" but it will eventually load the level fine.


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