Star Wars Force Unleashed 2 Guide

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Star Wars The Force Unleashed is about Darth Vaders apprentice who goes rogue and escapes Vaders grasp. Harness the power of the dark side with lightsaber combos, force grip, force repulse, lightning, and more...

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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.9.13-staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.9.13-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 1.9.13-staging is installed and you can close this window

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"
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Name the virtual drive: forceunleashed
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 1.9.13-staging
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 (Components, DLL's, Libraries)

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Click Browse

Select "setup.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again...

Click OK
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Click Next
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Check "I accept the agreement"
Click Next
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Click "Advanced Mode"
Click Next
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Click Next
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Uncheck "Automatically configure Windowsd Firewall for leaderboard tracking"
Click Next
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Click Install
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "SWTFU2.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Force Unleashed
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Force Unleashed"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.9.13-staging
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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 Force Unleashed

Select "Force Unleashed"
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Options
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Click Screen
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Adjust:
  • Resolution
  • Fullscreen
  • Antialiasing
  • Brightness
Click Apply Changes
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Click Graphics Details
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Adjust:
  • Dynamic Shadows
  • Reflections
  • Motion Blur
  • HDR Rendering
  • Depth-of-Focus
  • Global Ambient Lighting
  • High Detail Texture
  • Anisotropic Filter
  • View Distance
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Rule of thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rate
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rate

Conclusion:
Star Wars The Force Unleashed ran surprisingly well on my GeForce 550 Ti. I was able to crank all the settings to high and the game graphics are stunning. I initially used Wine 1.8.3 and the game ran fine, but there were some missing assets. But Wine 1.9.13-staging fixed the problem. I would also experience random crashes when trying to save the game or make changes in the menu during game-play. This was far and few in-between.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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I have the DVD version, so I had to copy all of the files from the Disk to a folder on a my desktop. You can purchase it on Steam otherwise I don't know where else to download the game.
 
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