Magicka

What works

Launching the game. Single player.

What does not

Nothing that I know of.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Multiplayer.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Use a 32-bit wineprefix. Install the following winetricks: dotnet35, xna31, directx9, xinput (the latter might not be necessary; turned out to have already been installed on my machine). Before launching the game, edit the SteamApps\common\Magicka\installscript.vdf file and remove everything in the "Run Process" section between the opening { and closing } brackets. This is optional, but will remove the annoying error messages on every application launch as it tries to install .NET 3.5 at all via Steam itself.

Some components must be installed with winetricks in order to be able to launch Magicka.To proceed, run :
winetricks dotnet35

winetricks xna31

winetricks directx9

winetricks xinput

Sometimes, winetricks vcrun2008 is also needed.

In order to install the required components for Magicka, you will have to create a 32 bits wineprefix and install everything there (Magicka included).

To create your 32 bits prefix : WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/path/to/wineprefix winecfg

To start winetricks in that prefix : WINEPREFIX=/path/to/wineprefix winetricks

To run Magicka from this prefix : WINEPREFIX=/path/to/wineprefix wine /path/to/Magicka/Magicka.exe

Some problems can sometimes be solved by going in winecfg, in the graphic tab and activating these two options :

- Emulate a Virtual Desktop

- Automatically capture the mouse

 If your game crash with error related to "system memory" or "out of memory" (bug 29324), you can try this workaround :

- in the graphic menu in the game, set all details to "low" and effects to "off" (you don't need to change the game resolution)

- with winetricks or regedit, set your graphic card memory amount, disable GLSL and multisampling

Error message: File not found: LanguageFont.xnb (triggered when using the settings menu)
Solution: Create a symlink to debug.xnb in the same folder

If you experiment any bug listed above, or any non listed bugs, please report it to wine bugzilla, specifying your wine version : http://bugs.winehq.org/

This will help wine team to solve them.