In Prince of Persia Sands of Time, fight against time to defeat the Evil Vizier! Engage in this epic platformer, trick jump action game with a special ability to reverse time using the ancient Dagger.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Prince of Persia Sands of Time in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the retail version of Prince of Persia Sands of Time. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.4

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.4
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.8.4 is installed and you can close this window

Copy CD ROM data

Due to problems with PlayOnLinux/Wine and mounting CD ROM's
Create a "Prince of Persia" folder on your desktop
Copy all the data from both of your disks to the new folder

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: princeofpersia
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.8.4
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"
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Select "Select another file"
Click Next


Click Browse

Navigate to your Prince Of Persia installer
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open


Click Next

Select Language
Click Next


Click Next

Check "I accept the terms of the license agreement"
Click Next


Click Next again


Proceed with installation?
Click Yes


Installer will ask for Disk 2
Click Browse


Navigate to /media/username/POP_PLAY/autorun/Pop_GFX
Click OK


Note: Enter your login in place of "username"

Path should show D:/autorun/Pop_GFX
Click OK


Note: It's fine if there is another drive letter. ex: E: or F:

Check "I will install Acrobat Rader myself later"
Click Next


Check "Never register"
Click OK


Uncheck "View the Readme.txt File"
Uncheck "Launch the Prince of Persia The Sands of Time"
Click Finish


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "PrinceOfPersia.EXE"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Prince of Persia
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Prince Of Persia"
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.4


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

Prince Of Persia First Launch

Select Prince Of Persia
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Options


Click Graphics


Adjust:

• Resolution
• Gamma
• Special Effects
• Shadow Effects
• Water Effects
• Fog

Fog Artifacts Fix

There is a problem with fog even in Windows

Navigate to the game Support folder
Path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/princeofpersia/drive_c/Program Files/Prince of Persia Sands of Time/Support

Open Hardware.ini


Scroll down to the bottom
Change the following to:
ForceVSFog=1
InvertFogRange=0
ZEnableFix=0

Click Save


Right click Hardware.ini
Click Permissions Tab
Select "Read-only" for all permissions


Conclusion:
After fixing the fog problem, Prince of Persia Sands of Time ran beautifully. There are some strange camera movements to get used to, but otherwise performance is great and graphics look amazing "for its time".

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