• Guild Wars 2
• Standalone
• 64-bit

• FreeBSD 15.0 (Xfce)
• Wine (old WoW64)

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

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' WINEARCH='win64' wine64 wineboot --init && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'winemenubuilder.exe' /t 'REG_SZ' /d '' /f && 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'

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

• Fixes CEF windows (trading post)
• Source

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

• TODO: Check benefit and if compatible Wine 10.0 non-devel

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

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

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/actions ²⁾
• Last tested: dxvk-master-2f9309786e2565ad8a56197627c6c5a408c16c0e.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'

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

• https://www.deltaconnected.com/arcdps/x64/
• Requires above DXVK install ³⁾

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

rm -fv ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/d3d11.dll'

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2' ~/'Documents/Guild Wars 2/Screens' && ee ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2/Guild Wars 2.desktop' && sed -i -e '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/sh' -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 -useOldFov"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Icon=/home/CHANGEME/.wine/Icons/GW2-256.ico
StartupWMClass=gw2-64.exe
Actions=Update;Screenshots;Kill;Repair;Notes;

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

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

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

# End

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Icons' && wrestool --output=$HOME/'.wine/Icons/GW2-256.ico' --extract --type='14' --name='1' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe'

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

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

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

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

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

• -image

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

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'

• -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'

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

• TODO: Check if d3d9 stuff affects (dpiAware particularly))
• 2025/10/24: Vsync in-game or DXVK looks notably better but glitches on 15.0 (more info)

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

# General
#dxvk.hud = "full"
dxgi.enableHDR = "False"
d3d9.dpiAware = "False"
dxvk.allowFse = "True"
d3d9.samplerLodBias = "-2.0"
d3d11.samplerLodBias = "-2.0"

# Intel
dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = "False"
d3d9.hideIntelGpu = "False"
dxgi.hideIntelGpu = "False"
dxvk.enableGraphicsPipelineLibrary = "True"

# Tweaks
dxgi.maxFrameLatency = "1"
dxvk.latencySleep = "False"
dxvk.enableMemoryDefrag = "False"
dxvk.tilerMode = "False"
d3d9.useD32forD24 = "True"
d3d11.relaxedBarriers = "True"
d3d9.invariantPosition = "False"
d3d11.disableMsaa = "True"
dxvk.enableDescriptorBuffer = "True"
d3d9.floatEmulation = "False"
dxvk.lowerSinCos = "False"
d3d9.deviceLocalConstantBuffers = "True"

# End

dxvk.tearFree = "False"
dxgi.syncInterval = "1"