• Guild Wars 2
• Standalone
• 64-bit

• WineHQ AppDB
• Lutris

• Fedora Workstation
• Wine

• -dx9single reduces performance when Esync is enabled

• When the launcher is shown, the desktop environment slows down noticeably
• Install to default directory when prompted ¹⁾
• Log-in when launcher progresses enough
• Ideally save the username and password, and enable Auto-play
• Close the launcher

mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes' ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2' && wget -O ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2/Gw2Setup.exe' 'https://account.arena.net/content/download/gw2/win/64' && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' WINEARCH='win64' wine explorer /desktop='GW2','1280x720' ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2/Gw2Setup.exe'

• This expects Gw2.dat in the ~/Downloads/Guild Wars 2 folder

mv ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2/Gw2.dat' ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && sync

• Use a virtual desktop to potentially avoid the launcher causing the DE to slow to a crawl
• At 4K native resolution, use a virtual desktop of 2560×1440 and 192 dpi
• At 1080p native resolution, use a virtual desktop of 1280×720 and default 96 dpi
• [x] Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' winecfg

rm -Rf ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2' ~/'Desktop/Guild Wars 2.desktop' && sync

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk
• https://github.com/Sporif/dxvk-async

• D3D11 to Vulkan
• Async

• https://github.com/Sporif/dxvk-async/releases

rm -rf '/tmp/dxvk-'* && cd '/tmp' && tar -xvzf ~/'Downloads/dxvk-'*'.tar.gz' && chmod +x '/tmp/dxvk-'*'/setup_dxvk.sh' && cd ~ && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' '/tmp/dxvk-'*'/setup_dxvk.sh' install && rm -rf '/tmp/dxvk-'* && cd ~ && mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_state_cache' && sync

rm -Rf ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2' && mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2'

nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2/Guild Wars 2.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Guild Wars 2
Comment=Guild Wars 2 is an online role-playing game with fast-paced action combat, a rich and detailed universe of stories, awe-inspiring landscapes to explore, two challenging player vs. player modes—and no subscription fees!
Categories=Game;AdventureGame;RolePlaying
Exec=env MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_state_cache' DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' WINEDEBUG='-all' WINEESYNC='1' DXVK_ASYNC='1' WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wine '/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -autologin
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Path=/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2
Icon=1431_Gw2-64.0
Actions=Kill;Update;Repair;Cache;

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec=env WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wineserver -k
Name=Force-close

[Desktop Action Update]
Exec=env MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_state_cache' DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' WINEDEBUG='-all' WINEESYNC='1' DXVK_ASYNC='1' WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wine '/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image
Name=Update Game Data

[Desktop Action Repair]
Exec=env MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_state_cache' DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' WINEDEBUG='-all' WINEESYNC='1' DXVK_ASYNC='1' WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wine '/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -repair
Name=Check and Repair Data

[Desktop Action Cache]
Exec=bash -c "rm -Rf ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/users/'$USER'/Application Data/Guild Wars 2/Coherent Dumps/'* ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/windows/temp/'* ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/users/'$USER'/Temp/'* && sync"
Name=Cache Clean-up

sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Guild Wars 2/Guild Wars 2.desktop'

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' regedit

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wineserver -k

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && 

GALLIUM_HUD='cpu0+cpu1+cpu2+cpu3,cpu4+cpu5+cpu6+cpu7;cpu8+cpu9+cpu10+cpu11,cpu12+cpu13+cpu14+cpu15;GPU-load,requested-VRAM+VRAM-usage;fps,API-thread-offloaded-slots+API-thread-direct-slots+API-thread-num-syncs'

DXVK_HUD=full

MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_state_cache' DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' WINEDEBUG='-all' WINEESYNC='1' DXVK_ASYNC='1' WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -autologin

-dx9single

-forwardrenderer

-maploadinfo

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_state_cache' DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' WINEDEBUG='-all' WINEESYNC='1' DXVK_ASYNC='1' WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -image && sync

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_state_cache' DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' WINEDEBUG='-all' WINEESYNC='1' DXVK_ASYNC='1' WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -repair && sync

gio open ~/'Wine Prefixes/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2'