The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Guide

Xionwalker · May 21, 2014

Yea, I did. It did the exact same thing afterwards. Ill post the debug.

booman · May 21, 2014

Yeah, the debug may be the best solution for figuring out what is wrong.

Xionwalker · May 27, 2014

http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/attempting-to-play-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim.679/

Is this this the kind of thing you're looking for?

jamesdonn · Jun 6, 2014

Just curious, why do you need to choose 32-bit virtual drive? Doesn't that limit it to only using 4 GB of memory? Since my computer has 16 GB total, it feels like I'd be missing out on better performance.

booman · Jun 6, 2014

I chose 32-bit virtual drives because 99% of these games are only 32-bit compatible. Hence why I have had so much success in running PlayOnLinux games.
Yes, it limits memory to 3.25 Gig, but I'm pretty sure 32-bit games can only use that much Memory anyways.
But yes, if you want to utilize all of your memory, then use 64-bit Wine, 64-bit virtual drives and 64-bit operating system.
But this will only benefit 64-bit games

jamesdonn · Jun 6, 2014

Gotcha. Didn't realize so many games were like that.

booman · Jun 6, 2014

Yeah, 99% may be a bit off, but most games are only 32-bit. I'm no expert or programmer, but I have absorbed a lot about making games run and why they won't run. One key to remember is after you install the game and PlayOnLinux makes a shortcut, you can look for a 32-bit.exe and a 64-bit.exe
If your virtual drive is 32-bit, then select the appropriate exe
If your virtual drive is 64-bit, then do the same, but I have a feeling you will have to install it again and use a 64-bit version of Wine as well.

Hell, I don't even know if PlayOnLinux needs to be 64-bit too?
Too confusing

So I have decided to stick with 32-bit for everything except Mint 17.
When I started testing games I was using a 32-bit Mint 13 and everything was working really well. So no problems with that either. You don't even have to install 32-bit libraries.

hphde · Jul 22, 2014

Hi folks,

I started playing Skyrim on my PS3 but it's a mess playing with controllers. So I tried to play it on my laptop and I must say the performance is great using PlayOnLinux. To bad I stumbled across the "mouse does not get trapped" problem. First I thought I do something wrong but I tried a lot of combinations on a lot of switches and also tried the virtual screen stuff. I tried WINE 1.7.22, .21 and .10 without success and also other versions (CSMT) which had sometimes a bad performance. I am using MINT 17 64 bit with Cinnamon and I am stuck. Any other ideas?

HP

booman · Jul 22, 2014

Your main problem is the mouse going outside the game window or is it your character can't turn all the way around?
Are you still using a controller in Linux?

Normally the "virtual desktop" setting in Wine configuration and "capture the mouse in full screen windows" does the trick...
If you use the "virtual desktop" method try to match the resolution of your desktop in Skyrim.
If that doesn't work, then try disabling "virtual desktop" and make sure the game has the same resolution as your Linux desktop.
Some times that requires lowering your Linux desktop to 1440x900 or even 1024x768 first, then setting the resolution in game.

If neither of those work, try going to Configure in PlayOnLinux and click the Miscellanous Tab.
There is a Mouse-override checkbox
That might help or make it worse

hphde · Jul 22, 2014

Hi,

yes - my view angle and thus my turning is limited. I don't use a controller - I want to use a mouse of course. I tried to change resolutions in Linux and the virtual WINE settings. The force override did not help.

Will Ondiron · Jul 23, 2014

Will Ondiron said:
First: Thank you ! After all the years (i tried my first linux in '96) the first real success ! It works ! And finally a solution to get rid of windows ! Really, thanks a lot !
Two things: i didn't have the option "argument" in playonlinux to add the no-dwrite, and in the console i had to type > cd /media/SKYRIM_DE/Setup.exe -no-dwrite (note: i have Ubuntu installed and a German version of the game).
Sorry I didn't see your post earlier.
So you got it working?
I have a feeling your PlayOnLinux version might be older. Try updating to the current 4.2.2 version

Will Ondiron · Jul 23, 2014

Sorry for doublepost, seems i can't handle the edit/erase post;

what i wanted to add to this: i had the latest playonlinux although it said there is an update but i was unable to actually update it (probably due to the already latest version so maybe just a mistell).

The game i could start so far but i couldn't get very far since i tried to customize the keys used ingame what turned into a desaster what i couldn't undo. So i tried to change one key into another and got kind of "0X000123" instead of the wished key what also replaced a totally different key and so on. I also tried to fix the issue using another keyboard layout and/or keys (i.e. z instead of y) - i... gave up then (for now)

booman · Jul 23, 2014

hphde said:
Hi,

yes - my view angle and thus my turning is limited. I don't use a controller - I want to use a mouse of course. I tried to change resolutions in Linux and the virtual WINE settings. The force override did not help.

No success with changing resolution?
Try installing the packages: xinput
Also try using a newer version of Wine 1.7.22

booman · Jul 23, 2014

Will Ondiron said:
Sorry for doublepost, seems i can't handle the edit/erase post;

what i wanted to add to this: i had the latest playonlinux although it said there is an update but i was unable to actually update it (probably due to the already latest version so maybe just a mistell).

The game i could start so far but i couldn't get very far since i tried to customize the keys used ingame what turned into a desaster what i couldn't undo. So i tried to change one key into another and got kind of "0X000123" instead of the wished key what also replaced a totally different key and so on. I also tried to fix the issue using another keyboard layout and/or keys (i.e. z instead of y) - i... gave up then (for now)

I had the exact same problem with Skyrim!
So I ended up playing it with the default keyboard layout. sucks, but I'm getting used to it.
Normally I play left-handed and use the numpad, but now I'm playing right handed and getting much better at it.

hphde · Jul 24, 2014

Hi,

xinput is installed and I wrote that I already tried .22 and others.
Today I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on another partition and linked the PlayOnLinux folder to a new user. Guess what? That works. I now think that it's related to cinnamon/muffin since Ubuntu is using unity/compiz. But most of the other stuff is the same.

HP

booman · Jul 24, 2014

Ah... Nice!
So it could be cinnamon, but I mostly use it and rarely have problems with mouse-lock.
I only have problems when I do screenshots, otherwise it works well.

Aremis · Jul 28, 2014

Hey,

I have a good 17 - 25 frames per second on here but every time I play there is no sound.

I also have the issue of wanting to quicktravel with the map and then the game crashes or the screen becomes pixelated colors.

????? I have no clue what this crap could be caused by.

hphde · Jul 29, 2014

The only thing that didn't work for me was seeing under water. As long as some part of the sky was visible everything was fine. But under water it was just ony color.

booman · Jul 29, 2014

Yes, I had the same problem as well. But I have not tested Skyrim in newer versions of Wine to see if it has been fixed either.
Maybe you could try Wine 1.7.23?

booman · Jul 29, 2014

Aremis said:
Hey,

I have a good 17 - 25 frames per second on here but every time I play there is no sound.

I also have the issue of wanting to quicktravel with the map and then the game crashes or the screen becomes pixelated colors.

????? I have no clue what this crap could be caused by.

I didn't have problems with fast travel or frame rates. What are your system specs?
What distro are you using?
What video card/chip do you have?