Information

Guild Wars 2
Standalone
64-bit

Prerequisites

openSUSE Tumbleweed (GNOME)
Wine (old WoW64)

Install

Initial Prefix

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' WINEARCH='win64' wineboot --init && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' winecfg /v 'win7' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'winemenubuilder.exe' /t 'REG_SZ' /d '' /f

Guild Wars 2

Install to default location ¹⁾
Email/pass → [x] Remember both → Log In → [x] Auto-Play → Close

mkdir -p ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2' && wget -O ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2/Gw2Setup.exe' 'https://cloudfront.guildwars2.com/client/branches/Gw2Setup-64.exe' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2/Gw2Setup.exe'

Restore Gw2.dat

mv -fv ~/'Downloads/GW2/Gw2.dat' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2'

Vulkan

TODO: Check benefit ²⁾

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D' /v 'renderer' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'vulkan' /f

Clean-up

rm -Rf ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2' ~/'Downloads/GW2'

Libraries

DXVK

Release

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
Last tested: dxvk-2.7.1.tar.gz

rm -Rf '/tmp/dxvk-'* && tar -xvzf ~/'Downloads/dxvk-'*'.tar.gz' -C '/tmp' && mv -fv '/tmp/dxvk-'*'/x64/d3d11.dll' '/tmp/dxvk-'*'/x64/dxgi.dll' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/windows/system32' && rm -Rf '/tmp/dxvk-'*

master

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/actions ³⁾
Last tested: dxvk-master-6cec53d975a79ababe4b8965ce04e7b96903dd1b.zip

rm -Rf '/tmp/dxvk-master' && unzip ~/'Downloads/dxvk-master-'*'.zip' -d '/tmp/dxvk-master' && mv -fv '/tmp/dxvk-master/x64/d3d11.dll' '/tmp/dxvk-master/x64/dxgi.dll' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/windows/system32'

Dll Overrides

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'd3d11' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'native' /f && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'dxgi' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'native' /f

ArcDPS

https://www.deltaconnected.com/arcdps/x64/
Might require above d3d11 override

rm -f '/tmp/d3d11.dll' && wget -O '/tmp/d3d11.dll' 'https://www.deltaconnected.com/arcdps/x64/d3d11.dll' && mv -f '/tmp/d3d11.dll' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/d3d11.dll'

Remove

rm -Rf ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/d3d11.dll' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/addons/arcdps'

arcdps.ini

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/addons/arcdps' && nano ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/addons/arcdps/arcdps.ini'

[session]
ignore_error_log=1
check_version3=0
check_version3_ext=0
check_version3_lang=0
no_warn_nonessential_patterns=1

Scripts

ArcDPS

https://www.deltaconnected.com/arcdps/

nano ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/arcdps-update.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/arcdps-update.sh'

#!/bin/bash

rm -f '/tmp/d3d11.dll'
wget -q -O '/tmp/d3d11.dll' 'https://www.deltaconnected.com/arcdps/x64/d3d11.dll'

mv -f '/tmp/d3d11.dll' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/d3d11.dll'

zenity --title 'ArcDPS Updater' --text 'ArcDPS update complete' --icon ~/'.wine/Icons/GW2-256.png' --timeout '2' --info

# End

~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/arcdps-update.sh'

Desktop Launcher

Guild Wars 2

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2' ~/'Documents/Guild Wars 2/Screens' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2/Guild Wars 2.desktop' && sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2/Guild Wars 2.desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Guild Wars 2
Categories=Game;
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -autologin -bmp -nodelta -mapLoadinfo -ignorecoherentgpucrash -mumble 0"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Icon=/home/CHANGEME/.wine/Icons/GW2-256.png
StartupWMClass=gw2-64.exe
Actions=Update;Update-ArcDPS;Screenshots;Kill;Repair;Notes;

[Desktop Action Update]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image -nodelta"
Name=Update Game Data

[Desktop Action Update-ArcDPS]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/arcdps-update.sh'"
Name=Update ArcDPS

[Desktop Action Screenshots]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "gio open ~/'Documents/Guild Wars 2/Screens'"
Name=Screenshots

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wineserver -k"
Name=Force-close

[Desktop Action Repair]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image -nodelta -repair"
Name=Repair Game Data

[Desktop Action Notes]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games:linux:wine:guild_wars_2'"
Name=Install Notes

# End

Icon

mkdir -p '/tmp/icons' ~/'.wine/Icons' && cd '/tmp/icons' && wrestool --output='GW2-256.ico' --extract --type='14' --name='1' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' && icotool --extract --icon --index='1' --width='256' --height='256' --bit-depth='32' --palette-size='0' --output=$HOME/'.wine/Icons/GW2-256.png' '/tmp/icons/GW2-256.ico' && cd ~ && rm -Rf '/tmp/icons'

Quick Commands

Winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' winecfg

Winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' winetricks

Registry Editor

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' regedit

Kill

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wineserver --kill

Execute

Guild Wars 2

cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -autologin -bmp -nodelta -mapLoadinfo -ignorecoherentgpucrash -mumble 0

-useOldFov

Updater

-image
-nodelta

cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image -nodelta

External

x is Gw2.dat on external USB

cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image -nodelta -dat x

cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image -nodelta -dat '/run/media/'$USER'/NAS/Games/PC/GW2/Gw2.dat'

Repair

-repair
-nodelta

cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image -nodelta -repair

gio open ~/'Documents/Guild Wars 2/VerifyResults.log'

Network Diagnostics

-diag

cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -diag

gio open ~/'Documents/Guild Wars 2/NetworkDiag.log'

Root Folder

gio open ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2'

DXVK TODO

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/blob/master/dxvk.conf
TODO: Check if d3d9 stuff affects (dpiAware particularly)

nano ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/dxvk.conf'

# General
d3d11.samplerLodBias = "-2.0"

# Intel
dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = "False"
dxgi.hideIntelGpu = "False"

# HUD
#dxvk.hud = "full"

# End

¹⁾

C:\Program Files\Guild Wars 2

²⁾

Vsyncs on Wayland without immediate

³⁾

need to be signed into GitHub, and select the latest master artifacts package

Table of Contents

Information

Prerequisites

Install

Initial Prefix

Guild Wars 2

Restore Gw2.dat

Vulkan

Clean-up

Libraries

DXVK

Release

master

Dll Overrides

ArcDPS

Remove

arcdps.ini

Scripts

ArcDPS

Desktop Launcher

Guild Wars 2

Icon

Quick Commands

Winecfg

Winetricks

Registry Editor

Kill

Execute

Guild Wars 2

Updater

External

Repair

Network Diagnostics

Root Folder

DXVK TODO