Dark Souls II

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Dark Souls 2: Original one released in 2014
store.steampowered.com/app/236430/
Included in bundle store.steampowered.com/sub/58135/?snr=1_5_9__403

This version uses DirectX 9, have 32bit executables(or at least I didn't found 64bit ones), patch added a lore changes that were included in other version, but doesn't contain new enemy placements and isn't compatible with new versions multiplayer

Have a separate DLC that add new content

Application Details:

Version:	Steam
License:	Retail
URL:	http://www.darksoulsii.com
Votes:	4
Latest Rating:	Gold
Latest Wine Version Tested:	3.10-staging

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What works

Game installs on steam. Runs on the lowest settings. PS3 controller via xboxdrv.

What does not

Intro video

Game flickers when playing - especially noticeable when in the menus - lowering the video settings makes the flickering less noticeable.

Workarounds

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Additional Comments

I tried 1.7.11, 1.7.9 and 1.7.8 before upgrading to 1.7.17 - the game would only run on 1.7.17. In order to get the game to run the following registry key must be set: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D] "StrictDrawOrdering"="enabled" Without this the game is not playable as it will flicker too much to even navigate the menus. It was also required in winecfg to get the quartz library to "builtin, native" instead of "native, builtin" The game is only playable on the lowest settings. When starting a new game skipping the introduction video was required to proceeed.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	openSUSE Leap 42.3 x86_64	Jun 23 2018	3.10-staging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gold	Alberto
Show	Linux Mint 18.1	May 02 2017	2.4	Yes	Yes		Gold	Brandon
Show	Fedora 25 x86_64	Dec 27 2016	2.0-rc3	Yes	Yes		Silver	F. Delente
Show	Debian GNU/Linux Unstable "Sid" x86_64	Jun 18 2016	1.9.12	Yes	Yes		Bronze	Krzysztof Sobiecki
Show	Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Aug 18 2015	1.7.49	Yes	Yes		Silver	an anonymous user

Known Bugs

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HowTo / Notes

Lack of fonts on first notification screen and more

One of problems that one might except while playing Dark Souls under wine is wrong order of rendering of stuff on screen. It might cause no fonts, textures or object appearing on screen.

To fix it you should add a new "String Value" called "StrictDrawOrdering" inside

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D

and set it to "enabled"

With it, wine will (as name suggests) draw object on screen in a correct order(or at least more correct than before).

To go past crash during a "New Game" first cutscene it might be needed to disable "winegstreamer.dll" in winecfg "Libraries" card

CSMT

As CSMT can be used to improve performance and mitigate some problems, it's experimental and shouldn't be used to submit any bugreports or test data

Patch to try

Can anyone test if this patch helps a bit with vanishing textures/models(StrictDrawOrdering still needs to be enabled)?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sobkas/wine-patches/master/problem.diff

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