Neverwinter Free MMO Guide

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.

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"

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

Click Next

Downloading Wine

Extracting

Downloading Gecko

Installed

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

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: neverwinter
Click Next

Check all three options:

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

Click Next

Select Wine 1.7.40
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 (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following packages:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next

Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Neverwinter

Click Browse

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

Click Next again

Select language
Click OK

Click Next

Click "I Agree"

Click Next

Uncheck "Create a desktop icon"
Click Install

Uncheck "Launch Neverwinter"
Click Finish

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Neverwinter.exe"
Click Next

Name your shortcut: Neverwinter
Click Next

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

PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Neverwinter
Click Configure

General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.40

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 Neverwinter

Select Neverwinter
Click Run

Login with your account credentials

Neverwinter will begin downloading and patching
In total the game is about 13 Gigabytes

Note: This process can take several hours depending on your internet speed

When its done downloading click PLAY

Long Cryptic loading screen
At first launch, this Cryptic screen can literally take 15-20 minutes
Please be patient and take a break

Sometimes the login will fail and end up at this login screen
Enter your account credentials
Click LOGIN

Once in game, select your character
Click Enter World

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

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:

 

Yup, I make sure to close any open program before launching a game. Or end up using Openbox

 

HI all
after the recent update I cant play with the game i get this error/ scroll down u can find the debug log

linux mint 17 64 bit
asus k53s laptop with geforce gt 520m
POL 4.2.2 wine 1.6

[08/15/14 14:44:56] - Running wine-1.7.24 ArcLauncher.exe (Working directory : /home/oommeerr/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/Arc/drive_c/Program Files/Perfect World Entertainment/Arc)
fixme:shell:SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID L"PERFECTWORLD.ARC.2.0": stub
fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L"ArcService"): stub
fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0004,0x0000,0x00000000,(nil),0x0002,0x00000000,0x72df20,(nil)): stub
fixme:advapieregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub
fixmerocess:WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId stub
fixme:wtsapi:WTSQueryUserToken 0 0x72dc80
fixme:advapi:CreateProcessAsUserW (nil) L"C:\\Program Files\\Perfect World Entertainment\\Arc\\ArcUpdate.exe" L"" (nil) (nil) 0 0x00000430 0x340000 L"C:\\Program Files\\Perfect World Entertainment\\Arerrle:NDRCContextBinding invalid handle 0x404603
fixme:shell:SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID L"PERFECTWORLD.ARC.2.0": stub
fixme:ntdll:NtQueryInformationToken QueryInformationToken( ..., TokenSessionId, ...) semi-stub
fixme:ntdll:NtQueryInformationToken QueryInformationToken( ..., TokenSessionId, ...) semi-stub
fixme:msg:ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx 0x1004e 4a 1 (nil)
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.
fixme:shell:SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID L"PERFECTWORLD.ARC.2.0": stub
errle:CoGetClassObject class {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} could be created for context 0x1
errle:CoGetClassObject class {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} could be created for context 0x1
errle:CoGetClassObject class {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:msg:ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx 0x20054 4a 1 (nil)
fixme:msg:ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx 0x10076 4a 1 (nil)
fixmele:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub!
fixme:wbemprox:client_security_SetBlanket 0x7c74d430, 0x1c7f68, 10, 0, (null), 3, 3, (nil), 0x00000000
fixme:wbemprox:client_security_Release 0x7c74d430
fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot
fixme:toolhelp:Heap32ListFirst : stub
fixmele:RemUnknown_QueryInterface No interface for iid {00000019-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
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.
fixme:winsock:WSALookupServiceBeginW (0x1dde5b4 0x00000ff0 0x1dde5fc) Stub!
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x1dde48c, overlapped 0x9fedc8): stub
fixme:winsock:WSALookupServiceBeginW (0x1dde5f4 0x00000ff0 0x1dde63c) Stub!
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
errle:CoGetClassObject class {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} could be created for context 0x1
errle:CoGetClassObject class {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} could be created for context 0x1
errle:CoGetClassObject class {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} not registered
errle:CoGetClassObject no class object {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} could be created for context 0x1
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.
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x4650000 0 0x33fb08 4
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0xfffffffe): stub
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x4760000 0 0x33df6c 4
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x7c): stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33d98c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:wbemprox:client_security_SetBlanket 0x7d7a8430, 0x184e78, 10, 0, (null), 3, 3, (nil), 0x00000000
fixme:wbemprox:client_security_Release 0x7d7a8430
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33d4b8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:wbemprox:enum_class_object_Next timeout not supported
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0xb4): stub
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x33c7e8, overlapped 0x473b778): stub
fixme:winsock:WSALookupServiceBeginW (0x33c8e8 0x00000ff0 0x33c930) Stub!
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
fixme:iphlpapi:CancelIPChangeNotify (overlapped 0x473b778): stub
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.
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x47f0000 0 0x33fc78 4
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0xfffffffe): stub
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x52e0000 0 0x33fc70 4
fixme:dbghelp:validate_addr64 Unsupported address fffffffff73b0000
fixme:dbghelp:validate_addr64 Unsupported address fffffffff7390000
fixme:dbghelp:validate_addr64 Unsupported address fffffffff7320000
fixme:bitmap:CreateBitmapIndirect planes = 4
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33d5c4,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:wbemprox:client_security_SetBlanket 0xf6e3d430, 0xe6666e8, 10, 0, (null), 3, 3, (nil), 0x00000000
fixme:wbemprox:client_security_Release 0xf6e3d430
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33d0e8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:wbemprox:enum_class_object_Next timeout not supported
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33de48,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d113D11CreateDevice stub: adapter (nil), driver_type D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE, swrast (nil), flags 0x1, feature_levels 0x33e5dc, levels 0x6, sdk_version 7, device (nil), feature_level 0x33e5fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33dbe8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33dbf8,0x00000000), stub!
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.
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0xec0000 0 0x33fc8c 4
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0xfd0000 0 0x33fc00 4

please help me

 

That is a lot of security errors
I hope it isn't related to the same problem I've been having with Swordsman.
How far do you get?
Does it crash or not start at all?

Also, have you tried with other versions of Wine?
1.7.24

 

That is a lot of security errors
I hope it isn't related to the same problem I've been having with Swordsman.
How far do you get?
Does it crash or not start at all?

Also, have you tried with other versions of Wine?
1.7.24

i did try diff versions and game dont even start/
i get only the patch window if u know what i mean

 

I should add when things like those updates happen always take a look at WINEHQ AppDB section

Jumping to another WINE version suggested could help!

 

I should add when things like those updates happen always take a look at WINEHQ AppDB section

Jumping to another WINE version suggested could help!

ty for the reply

i did check before i posted here and nothing related

 

[08/15/14 17:44:57] - Running wine-1.7.20 Neverwinter.exe (Working directory : /home/oommeerr/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/Arc/drive_c/Program Files/Perfect World Entertainment/Neverwinter_en)
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.

i get this aswell
booman what was the problem with swordsman and did u find an solution

 

Hello and thanks for this easy guide!

i have been able to install arc, neverwinter and perfect world. when i try to play neverwinter i have really low fps and im unable to play it, but when i play perfect world it works quite fine exept that skill images does not apear do u know any solution for this?

Btw im using OpenSUSE 13.1 with intel core i5 and nVidia GeForce GT 325M

Thanks again and sorry about my english!

 

Welcome to the forum!
Do you have the Nvidia proprietary drivers installed? I'm not sure how to check in SuSE, but without the drivers, most game will be slow or not run at all.

 

No, i've got 2 graphic cards, intel (integrated) and nvidia but i do not know how to use nvidia graphic card. Now im trying a fresh install becouse nVidia install crashed the pc. I'll keep testing

Thanks

 

Oh yeah, I've heard that can be a mess with Linux. Two GPU's and how to activate one and disable the other.
You might want to check out Bumblebee
I don't know that much about it, but have heard its the solution for dual GPU's

 

Is there anyone here who plays Neverwinter?

 

I used to. Played solo about 6 months ago.
I'm too busy with Drakensang and Battlefield 3 and Assassin's Creed Revelations right now.
I plan to go back and play some more

 

What kind of game is Drakensang? Also, do you run Battlefield 3 in Linux?

 

Ah, one of my favorites for sure! I'm not a "huge" fan of MMO's but Drakensang is my success story with PlayOnLinux.
Drakensang is an MMO RPG with a lot of Player vs Environment. IT really encourages cooperative gameplay, which I love!
The best part of Drakensang is the 14 Megabyte (Yes I wrote "Megabyte") installer and the super fast loading times. You can download, install and start playing in minutes.
All of your characters specs are saved online so you can play just about anywhere.
I really need to post a new guide for Drakensang because it runs flawlessly in PlayOnLinux.

As for Battlefield 3, I tried running it in Linux and gave up. Newer versions of Wine have proven some success with Origins client, so I will try again. The biggest problem was getting Battlefield 3 to install.
So, no, I'm not playing in Linux. I still have 6 gaming computers that I need to convert to Linux boxes when I'm ready.

 

I finally re-installed my Linux in my desktop so it should work nicely in a while, still patching now...

Don't know what graphics card it has though, it's an on-board one from MSI

 

Ooh... knowing what graphics card/chip you have is critical for playing games.
Do you know the model # for your MSI board?
You can look it up and find out what graphics integrated chip it has.

This is important because if there is no proprietary driver for it, you may have problems playing games.

 

Not entirely sure here, but the Arc client says it downloads Neverwinter but never gets the Play button when finished. It just goes back to the install button and asks to install again (as seen here).

I even changed the destination folder. When I did so, nothing was in the folder after is said it finished downloading. Very odd problem, indeed.

Anyone else having an issue with this? Otherwise, the instructions have been flawless through getting the Arc client installed.

 

I used Steam to install it, super easy if you already have the Steam client installed. I never tried with the Arc installer but rest assured that it will download completely.

 

No that is strange. So you downloaded the entire game after you clicked "Install"?
But it doesn't see that the game is installed?
How long did it take to download?
You may want to try closing Arc and PlayOnLinux and then launching again.
I haven't tried Neverwinter in a long time, so maybe its time for me to test it again.
The Arc client may have been updated and broke something.

Also, try launching Neverwinter from its game folder as a test.