Numen Contest of Heroes is an indie fantasy action RPG based in Greek Mythology. Begin your adventure as a girl or boy and work your way up to hero status by killing huge minions, solving quests, leveling up and looting.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Numen: Contest of Heroes in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the DRM Free Desura version of Numen: Contest of Heroes. This installation does not require the Desura client.

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
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 1.6.2 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: numen
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.6.2
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP


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 Numen

Click Browse

Navigate to your Numen installer
Select "Numen-1.40-setup.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again

Click Next


Click Next


Click Next


Uncheck "Create a desktop icon"
Click Next


Click Install


On completion, uncheck "Launch Numen Contest of Heroes"
Click Finish


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Numen.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Numen Contest of Heroes
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Numen Contest of Heroes
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2


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 on your video card/chip


Close Configure

Launching Numen Contest of Heroes

Select Numen Contest of Heroes
Click Run


Note: Click debug to launch with a console of errors or bugs

Optimization

Click Options
Adjust:

• Resolution
• Color depth
• Frequency
• Antialiasing
• Filtering anisotropic
• Triple buffer
• VSync

Rule of thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
Numen ran really well on my GeForce 500 Ti without any performance issues. There are some graphical artifact (particle effects) when attacking an enemy. You can see them in the video.
I was not able to remove or fix these artifacts.

Gameplay Video:


Screenshots: