TUTORIAL - How to play Path of Exile on LINUX

I am installing POE now using PlayonLinux but NOT THE SCRIPTED installation it offers -doing it manually based on what I have gleaned on the internet...yada yada

I am using the latest Wine Staging (2.17-1) available to me on Manjaro.

Virtual Drive 64bit Windows 8.1, CSMT enabled....

The installer is at 45% at this time will update when I have something to add.

UPDATE:

Directx11 gave me multiple errors, I was then prompted (very smart POE!) if I wanted to change to Directx9ex, I did and everything worked automagically from that point on.


So, as of right now, barring future problems, it appears that nothing special was needed to run POE on Linux doing manual PlayonLinux install (not POL's outdated script!!) on a 64bit virtual drive with latest Wine and CSMT set for Win 8.1.

System Specs:

OS Manjaro-XFCE 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5 2400 (3.10)
GPU GeForce GT 730 2GB/DDR5
HDD 250GB SATA
MOBO BOX Dell Optiplex 790 MT

@Elvathelion: Nice to hear!

I'd like to know if your performance OK. Could you fill me in?

Last time I tried it had constant freezes, which made it impossible to play on the game mode I prefer (hardcore).
I haven't played PoE lately oly becauase it's too much of a hassle to boot into Windows every single time. This could solve it.

Thanks a lot!

@Elvathelion

What installation script did you use exactly? There are quite a few over there.

I think they said we can edit our ini now. Seems to run much better, turning off dynamic was a big help, i was testing with 40fps instead of default 20. Probably why we were dipping so low, 40 was better, off was best.

/home/chad/Documents/My Games/Path of Exile

production_Config.ini

[DISPLAY]
adapter_name=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
borderless_windowed_fullscreen=true
directx_version=9Ex
dx11_antialias_mode=0
dx9_antialias_mode=0
dynamic_resolution_fps=40
fullscreen=false
global_illumination_detail=0
light_quality=0
max_PS_shader_model=ps_3_0
max_VS_shader_model=vs_3_0
maximize_window=false
post_processing=false
resolution_height=1080
resolution_width=1920
screen_shake=false
shadow_type=no_shadows
target_fps=60
texture_filtering=1
texture_quality=1
use_dynamic_resolution=false
water_detail=0
vsync=true

I like the old school poe look and run great on linux. Playonlinux, wine 2.21 staging, csmt, open gl etc. Only a few settings now to get it working perf.

Very steady fps since turning off dynamic