• Guild Wars 2
• Standalone
• 64-bit

• WineHQ AppDB
• Lutris

• Fedora Workstation
• Wine

• 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' ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2' && wget -O ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2/Gw2Setup.exe' 'https://account.arena.net/content/download/gw2/win/64' && MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' WINEARCH='win64' wine ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2/Gw2Setup.exe'

• This expects Gw2.dat in the ~/Downloads/Guild Wars 2 folder
• 2023/09/27: Gw2.dat after -image is 74.7 GB

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

rm -Rf ~/'Downloads/Guild Wars 2' ~/'Desktop/Guild Wars 2.desktop' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/'*'.dxvk-cache' && sync

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/actions ²⁾

ls ~/'Downloads/dxvk-master-'*'.zip' && rm -Rf '/tmp/dxvk-master' && mkdir -p '/tmp/dxvk-master' && unzip ~/'Downloads/dxvk-master-'*'.zip' -d '/tmp/dxvk-master/' && cp --backup '/tmp/dxvk-master/x64/'*'.dll' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/windows/system32/' && cp --backup '/tmp/dxvk-master/x32/'*'.dll' ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/windows/syswow64/' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' winetricks 'd3d9=native' 'd3d10core=native' 'd3d11=native' 'dxgi=native' && mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_shader_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
Categories=Game;AdventureGame;RolePlaying
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -autologin -bmp"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=1431_Gw2-64.0
StartupWMClass=gw2-64.exe
Actions=Cache;Kill;Update;Repair;Notes;

[Desktop Action Cache]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "rm -Rf ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/mesa_shader_cache/'* ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_shader_cache/'* && sync && notify-send 'The Guild Wars 2 cache has been cleaned.'"
Name=Cache Cleanup

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

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

[Desktop Action Repair]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -repair"
Name=Repair Game Data

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

# End

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' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' WINEDEBUG='' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -autologin

• https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

-prefreset

-forwardrenderer

-maploadinfo

• Gw2-64.exe -image

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

• Gw2-64.exe -repair

cd ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2' && PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC='400' MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DIR=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/dxvk_shader_cache' WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2' WINEDEBUG='' wine ~/'.wine/Guild Wars 2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/Gw2-64.exe' -repair

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