Can't run new patch in WINE

glad PoE is working again, I also have a huge performance drop with the new patch however...
Let's hope they won't break it agan :p

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CabooseDog wrote:

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observ wrote:

ok, I may have found a solution
https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-bugs/2015-November/428425.html

with that fix, the game starts on my computer

This works well (at least to get the client going), thanks a ton dude!

Also big thanks to Sovyn for posing a pseudo-official guide to running poe on linux at "Path of Exile on Wine". Really helped

So I basically uninstalled PoE using wine-uninstall, then followed the instructions on the link above (Path of Exile on Wine) up until I got to the same error (http://imgur.com/whNEUO6).

Then I went ahead and ran the commands in the link above and the client launched.

However I'm still running into some problems. The login screen is black (no rain/poe logo), there isn't any audio, any subsequent screens are black (like character selection, although I can see my characters but not the background), and it crashes whenever I try to zone into town, giving the following error message: http://i.imgur.com/9WNbTXT.jpg ("Unable to create Vertex shader. 003C73B94 Request audio format unsupported"). I don't know if this is an issue with wine/linux, the game, or my system.

Big thanks to everyone in this thread so far!

I remember having that issue as well. If I recall correctly, it had to do with openal. On winehq, there is something about that:

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Override openal32.dll:
In winecfg, set the openal32 library to native,builtin or native. This prevents errors involving sound files at launch.
Unconfirmed: An alternative is to launch Path of Exile with sound off with the -nosound flag.

maybe it is worth a try!

Has anyone found a solution for the frame drop?
about 70% of my frames are gone now.

Got it working as well by creating a new prefix, overwritting the .dll files Observ linked (and regedit them), installing vcrun2010 and reinstalling the game.

Ubuntu 14.04
AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (fglrx)


Seems the game is reacting wildly to different Wine versions. Couldn't get it to even start on 1.9.1-staged (some _w_Gettnames function it couldn't find), ran fine on 1.9.2 and 1.9.3-staged (even with CSMT enabled).

Tried running through act 1 to see if I had any of the mentioned portal problems. Unfortunately it seems I too can't enter Climb from Ledge. The game softlocks in the loading screen. Could not test if using the portals made any difference as I tend to delete all my characters between leagues.


Btw, I love the Linux gaming community. While the Windows users piss and moan we get stuff done!


Edit:
After some testing with a friend I found that (using wine 1.9.3-staging) The Den and Vaal Ruins also caused the crash, thus stopping you from progressing further then Act 2 Normal with any new character. Enlightened Hideout also seems to cause the crash.

Initial testing with Wine 1.9.4 does not seem to have this problem.
If you're getting the game to run but these zones crashes it, I suggest upgrading to Wine 1.9.4

(Kinda bummed out I can't seem to find a staged version of 1.9.4 yet. CSMT is so ridiculously powerful on this game)

Thanks observ for your post.

It worked with wine-1.9.4. It did not work with any of the earlier versions of Wine, although 1.9.2 was able to get into main menu.

I had a problem with an inability to install vcrun2015, even if I used the zip file's contents, the updater kept trying to install MSVC. I had to turn off all my programs, switch to Windows, run vcrun2015 there manually (PoE could not install it even on windows 8 for me), then run the game to have it learn that vcrun2015 is installed.

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Dugi wrote:

Thanks observ for your post.

It worked with wine-1.9.4. It did not work with any of the earlier versions of Wine, although 1.9.2 was able to get into main menu.

I had a problem with an inability to install vcrun2015, even if I used the zip file's contents, the updater kept trying to install MSVC. I had to turn off all my programs, switch to Windows, run vcrun2015 there manually (PoE could not install it even on windows 8 for me), then run the game to have it learn that vcrun2015 is installed.

I haven't been able to try anything on linux yet but I'm glad you've been able to get the game running again. Regarding the vcrun2015 issue, perhaps it would be useful to install it using the latest winetricks? I've read on winehq guides that it is available that way, but it seems many distros don't have the latest winetricks version in their repositories.
Something like this might work to install it this way:

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acc1986 wrote:

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Dugi wrote:

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I haven't been able to try anything on linux yet but I'm glad you've been able to get the game running again. Regarding the vcrun2015 issue, perhaps it would be useful to install it using the latest winetricks? I've read on winehq guides that it is available that way, but it seems many distros don't have the latest winetricks version in their repositories.
Something like this might work to install it this way:

Spoiler

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
env WINEPREFIX=/home/USER/path/to/prefix sh winetricks vcrun2015

(taken from https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetricks)

The latest winetricks didn't work for me. It appears to have worked for many others, but not for me. The installer crashed with a report that I can't remember but it was something I have found only on ages old topics (2008 and such).

I installed vcrun2015 using these two methods and now I'm back playing normally. I haven't experienced crashes so far (only tested the portals though) and I'm not experiencing lower framerate either, although I've always been in the low 20-50 end. I didn't change wine version, I'm still using 1.9.2-staging.

So, i finally got it to run. It somehow did not seem to find the .dlls in c:\windows\system32, so i copied them over next to the PoE executable. this feels very dirty, but it somehow made the game launcher start up.

it's still checking, so i don't know whether the game works.

Somebody tried after installing the 2.1.2e patch?

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acc1986 wrote:

Somebody tried after installing the 2.1.2e patch?

Using default PlayOnLinux setup, and couldn't install the *d patch and didn't try any hotfixes. The *e patch downloaded and no problems booting up, however my FPS has tanked.