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.
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.
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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.3
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.8.3 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: mountblade
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.8.3
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
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Click Browse
Select "setup_mount_and_blade_2.0.0.4.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
Click "OK" on all errors
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "mount&blade.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Mount & Blade
Click Next
Select "I don't want ot make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Mount & Blade
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.3
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
Launching Mount & Blade
Select "Mount & Blade"
Click Run
Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs
Mount & Blade Launcher
Click Configure
Adjust Video settings & Advanced settings
Click OK
Click "Play Mount & Blade"
Optimization
Click Options
Click "Video Options"
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
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.
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