Mount & Blade Guide

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There is a massive number of Medieval games from strategy to first person action... but when was the last time you have played a Medieval simulation role playing game?
Mount & Blade has it all!
Character customization, leveling up, weapons, armor, quests, merchants, looting... its all there! But when you dive into the action its like a simulation of Medieval battles, sieges, arena's & exploration.

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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Mount & Blade. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.3
Select it
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Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next

Downloading Wine
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Extracting

Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.8.3 is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: mountblade
Click Next
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Check all three options:
  • Use another version of Wine
  • Configure Wine
  • Install some libraries
Click Next
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Select Wine 1.8.3
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Click Browse

Select "setup_mount_and_blade_2.0.0.4.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again...

Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
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Click "OK" on all errors
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "mount&blade.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Mount & Blade
Click Next
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Select "I don't want ot make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Mount & Blade
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.3
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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
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Close Configure

Launching Mount & Blade
Select "Mount & Blade"
Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Mount & Blade Launcher

Click Configure
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Adjust Video settings & Advanced settings
Click OK
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Click "Play Mount & Blade"
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Optimization

Click Options
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Click "Video Options"
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Adjust:
  • Render Method
  • Secreen Resolution
  • Monitor Gamma
  • Shadow Quality
  • Texture Detail
  • Grass Density
  • Chracter Detail
  • Character Shadow Detail
  • Number of Corpses
  • Number of Rag Dolls
  • Blood Stains
  • Dynamic Lighting
  • Character Shadows
  • Environment Shadows
  • Realitic Shadows on Plants
  • Particle Systems
  • Anisotroopic Filtering
  • Fast Water Reflections
Click Done
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Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
Mount & Blade will run well on just about any computer. Most locations are just an arena, so it only has to render the objects, skies, ground and characters for each arena. Adjust the graphics settings in order to get a good frame rate, then have fun. Mount & Blade ran perfectly on my GeForce 9800, which is an older card.

Screenshots:
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The Steam version work great without any additional libraries installed. I happen to play the Warband expansions quite a lot. It is pretty much identical to the original Mount and Blade, except it just adds a bunch of new content without deviating from the setting in any way.
 
Updated the guide with the GOG version, new screenshots and new stable Wine version.
 
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