Vikings Wolves of Midgard is a Diablo-esque action RPG. Scour the world of Midgar and fight mythological creatures of Ragnarok in this epic adventure! Chose male or female and 5 classes: Thor, Tyr, Loki, Skathi and Odin.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Vikings Wolves of Midgard in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Vikings Wolves of Midgard. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 5.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.5

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 5.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 5.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed




PlayOnLinux Setup

Wine 5.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install



Click "Install a non-listed program"



Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next



Name the virtual drive: vikings
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 5.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Type each of the following
Click Add

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• d3d9
• dxgi

Select one at a time
Click Edit
Change to "Native (Windows)"
Click Apply



Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK



Note: Check Emulate a virtual desktop and enter your screen resolution if the game does not accept keyboard input during gameplay.

PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check each of the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2013
• POL_Install_vcrun2015

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Installing Vikings Wolves of Midgard

Click Browse

Select "setup_vikings_-_wolves_of_midgard_2.04_(25982).exe"
Click Open



Click Next again...

Click OK

Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install



Click OK on all errors



Click Exit



PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "vikings.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Vikings Wolves Of Midgar
Click Next



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



Installing DXVK

Download DXVK 1.5
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5
Save to your Desktop

Extract and open x64 folder
Copy all DLLs



Paste in the Vikings - Wolves of Midgard game directory
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/vikings/drive_c/GOG Games/Vikings - Wolves of Midgard/

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Vikings Wolves Of Midgar"
Click Configure



General Tab
Wine version: 5.0



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

Run Vikings Wolves Of Midgar

Select "Vikings Wolves Of Midgar"
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Options



Click Video



Adjust:

• Resolution
• Game Screen Renter Quality
• Screen Mode
• Display
• Graphics Quality
• Anti-aliasing
• VSync
• Gamma Correction

Click Apply



Conclusion:
Vikings Wolves of Midgard ran GREAT on my GeForce GTX 1060 once I was able to figure out how to make the keyboard work in-game. My character moves fine with the mouse, but if I want to use a skill, heal myself or look into my inventory... nothing happened from keyboard input. I started messing with windowed settings and it worked, but I wanted fullscreen. So I had to enable the virtual desktop at 1920x1080 and they keyboard input worked fine and the game was fullscreen. This may not work for everyone.
I also tried online co-op with another computer in my network and they just stuck at "Initiating Online Game"... so it never actually worked. I think its because the GOG game requires Galaxy to connect online.

Gameplay Video


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