Neverwinter Free MMO Guide

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There are already a lot of Dungeons & Dragons games out there. From board games to card games and video games. The Lore of D&D is nothing new to most of us...
But I am excited to see Neverwinter appear as a Free game with the ability to use everything available in the game without having to spend a penny. The graphics are beautiful, the the world is huge, fight along side friends, customize your character and all the rest of the expected RPG qualities.

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

Note: This guide applies to the downloadable version of Neverwinter. Steam and Arc versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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

Note: March 2017 Perfect World Entertainment ended support for Windows XP and Direct X 9. This guide no longer applies until we can pursue more testing in Wine.

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.40

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.40
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next

Downloading Wine
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Extracting

Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.7.40 is installed and you can close this window

Download the Neverwinter installer here:
http://download.perfectworld.com/nw/neverwinter_setup.exe

Save in a folder on your desktop
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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 the virtual drive: neverwinter
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 1.7.40
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 (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following packages:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Neverwinter

Click Browse
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Navigate to the folder on your desktop
Select "neverwinter_setup.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again

Select language
Click OK
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Click Next
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Click "I Agree"
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Click Next
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Uncheck "Create a desktop icon"
Click Install
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Uncheck "Launch Neverwinter"
Click Finish
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Neverwinter.exe"
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Neverwinter
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Neverwinter
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.40
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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 Neverwinter

Select Neverwinter
Click Run
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Login with your account credentials
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Neverwinter will begin downloading and patching
In total the game is about 13 Gigabytes
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Note: This process can take several hours depending on your internet speed

When its done downloading click PLAY
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Long Cryptic loading screen
At first launch, this Cryptic screen can literally take 15-20 minutes
Please be patient and take a break
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Sometimes the login will fail and end up at this login screen
Enter your account credentials
Click LOGIN
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Once in game, select your character
Click Enter World
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Optimization

Click Options
Click Graphics Tab

Adjust resolution to match your Linux desktop

Adjust:
  • Screen
  • Detail
  • Effects
  • Lights
or

Use the Render Quality (Video Card) and Graphics Detail (CPU) sliders

Go to the Advanced tab for more settings
Click OK or Apply
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Note: When in-game, settings will automatically change on the screen

Conclusion:
Neverwinter runs extremely well on my Geforce 550 Ti. I can turn almost all the graphical settings to high and still get a decent frame rate. This game is beautiful for an Online MMO and its best to play on a desktop with a modern graphics card.
Normally when I first Enter World, there is a bit of lag as the level loads.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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Okay so I've loaded the Fglrx driver and rebooted it seems to have gone back to the long long wait on the second loading screen which is what I was stuck on when I was on Ubuntu but I waiting for 1hr 30mins and it didn't load at all so I switched to Mint.

Gonna give it at least a hour before I force close it.
 
You shouldn't have to wait an hour. For me it was 15 minutes or so... and that is with a slower internet connection.

Kill it and then in PlayOnLinux, select Neverwinter and click Debug instead of Start.
Go through logging in and everything, then when it sits at the "Cryptic" loading screen, check the debug window, copy and past it here.
 
its on the second load screen it just stops.
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_DestroyNotify window 0x100b2/4200011 destroyed from the outside
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_DestroyNotify window 0x100aa/4200010 destroyed from the outside
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_DestroyNotify window 0x1009c/420000f destroyed from the outside
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_DestroyNotify window 0x20054/4200001 destroyed from the outside
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 1254 requests (1251 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
fixme:win:GetRawInputBuffer (pData=(nil), pcbSize=0x1336e808, cbSizeHeader=16) stub!
fixme:win:GetRawInputBuffer (pData=0x29aed68, pcbSize=0x1336bba8, cbSizeHeader=16) stub!
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 36 requests (36 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 799 requests (799 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
fixme:win:GetRawInputBuffer (pData=(nil), pcbSize=0x1336e808, cbSizeHeader=16) stub!
fixme:win:GetRawInputBuffer (pData=0x29aed68, pcbSize=0x1336bba8, cbSizeHeader=16) stub!
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 140 requests (140 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 150 requests (150 known processed) with 3 events remaining.


also this comes up as well

err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.
 
That is the entire debug?
I'm leaning towards a driver problem. Sucks, but we have no control over what AMD supports and I have a feeling Linux isn't high on their priority list
 
OH I didn't know if you wanted me to paste the entire debug because its a lot of I thought it would count as spam.

Isn't there an update/upgrade or something to get it to work cause Tera works fine.
 
There is a way to update AMD drivers, but its a total pain. And, if you do it wrong, it could mess up the whole system. This is why I stick with Ubuntu's or Mint's recommended drivers.

Tera Online runs fine for you? Interesting. I wonder if it uses the same libraries (d3dx9, vcrun, etc) as Neverwinter. Those can make all the difference.

Yeah, go ahead and paste the entire debug. I'll just move it to the PlayOnLinux forum
 
I'm just gonna leave it Tera no longer works for some reason. Its just too much hassle trying to get one game to work without no issue and I'm gonna be getting Windows back in a fortnight, this is just way out of my comfort zone :l
 
Understood. It requires a level of patience, but it doesn't help when drivers just don't work.
If you decided to give Linux a try later on, build a desktop with a decent Nvidia video card and you won't have these problems.

Also, feel free to use Linux for simple tasks like internet, youtube, email, word, excel, etc.
Gaming is more complicated, but Linux is great at those simple tasks.
I setup Ubuntu 14.04 on my old Dell laptop and my wife/kids are doing just fine on it.
 
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hi there ,
i always get this error after the "cryptic" screen loading , any idea of what the problem can be?
its the first time i try to instal a game on linux so i dont realy understand this error message ,(see sceeenshot attached)
thanks
 
Sounds like a driver problem. Are you using the proprietary drivers for Linux? AMD, Nvidia or Intel?
 
I've read that Mate is lower CPU intensive, but you can really install any desktop manager you want.
I recommend Openbox. Its hard to use, but if you just want to launch a game, you log into Openbox, right-click, select Terminal and launch your game.

Openbox is kinda like a safe-mode desktop. No menu's, no button, nothing.
 
Openbox is just a window manager, so you can launch any menus bars or the like if you wish, it just takes time to configure and set up instead of running a full desktop environment.
 
Oh, I though it was a desktop manager like cinnamon or unity. Nemo and Nautilus are windows managers right?
 
Nemo and Nautilus are file managers. A lot of desktop environments use their own custom window managers. Xfce use Xfwm for window manager. If wikipedia is correct, then Linux Mint's default DE, Cinnamon, use Mutter as window manager, which is a fork of the GNOME 3 window manager. I believe Ubuntu's Unity use the Compiz window manager.

The window manager handles the actual windows, drawing of window decorations. It is what controls how you can position an application on your screen, move it around and make sure one application appears on top of another.
 
Wow, I still have a lot to learn about Linux. I had no idea there were differences.
So which desktop manager, windows manager is the fastest for gaming?
 
Most modern computers are fast enough that it does not really make much of a difference. Lightweight Desktop Environments will take less system resources to run. Xfce and lxde are two common lightweight DE's. But running only a window manager, and whatever additional applications you'd like will always be faster than a full desktop environment.

I will simply link to my main source of information, if you are interested in further reading.

Desktop environments on Arch wiki

Window manager on Arch wiki
 
I would stay away from advanced 3D effects in the desktop when playing games, unless you have a really powerful gaming PC.
 
Most modern computers are fast enough that it does not really make much of a difference. Lightweight Desktop Environments will take less system resources to run. Xfce and lxde are two common lightweight DE's. But running only a window manager, and whatever additional applications you'd like will always be faster than a full desktop environment.

I will simply link to my main source of information, if you are interested in further reading.

Desktop environments on Arch wiki

Window manager on Arch wiki

Correct. My Google Chrome/Firefox hogs more memory than my full KDE environment which is amusing. I do think people need to turn off composition features because it makes an impact in gaming, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does and the person is new the experience could go south any time.
 
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