Sacred Gold is how Dungeon's and Dragon's RPG's should be made. Open world, unlimited loot, Orks, Goblins, Dragons and of course... cooperative multi player gaming.





The world of Ancaria never seems to end. Your character will discover varied environments from forests, deserts, swamps to mountain ranges and snowy peaks. Quests from the local towns will lead you out into the wilderness and if you survive, they reward you with skills and gold.

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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG.com version of Sacred Gold. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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int 16 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.2
Wine: 1.6.2

Installing Wine

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: sacred
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-bit 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


Note: If you want Sacred to play in windowed mode, check "Emulate a virtual desktop" and enter Desktop size: 1024x768

PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, DLL's, Components)

Check the following Packages:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
  
• POL_Install_gdiplus
  
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next

Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Sacred Gold

Click Browse


Navigate to your Sacred Gold GOG.com download
Select the exe
Click Open


Click Next


Checking file integrity


Check "Yes, I have read..."
Click Options


Uncheck "Create desktop icons for selected components"
Click Start Installation


Installing


Click "Exit Installer"


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Sacred.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Sacred Gold
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
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: Select the amount of memory your video card/chip provides


Sacred Configure

If you want to see extra game options create a shortcut
Back to General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"


Select "Config.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut "Sacred Config"
Click Next


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


Close Configure

Launch Sacred Config

Select Sacred Config
Click Run


Fullscreen: If you set Wine Configuration to use a virtual desktop, then Sacred will still appear windowed if checked
Play Movies: Check if you want to play movies, unchecked to skip movies
32-bit Color Depth: Check to apply the maximum amount of colors
Filter Active: An early version of Anti-Aliasing, check to make graphics smoother
Video Compatability Mode: Only check if you are using a laptop

Click OK


Conclusion:
Sacred Gold ran really well on my GeForce 550 Ti
I didn't have any problems with game play, leveling, movement or even controls. The HUD, inventory and menu's worked exactly as expected. The only downside is no widescreen support.
So I had to set my Linux desktop to 1024x768 first, then launched Sacred Gold. I still used a virtual desktop set for 1024x768 because it contols mouse movement better.

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