Lineage 2

What works

Everything is working! 
Tested with more versions (chronicles) like Lineage 2 Freya, Lineage 2 High Five (H5), Lineage 2 Interlude, Lineage 2 Gracia Final, Lineage 2 Epilogue. 
I'm sure that with these settings all Lineage 2 chronicles will run very smoothly.

IMPORTANT! Components required for a smooth gameplay ;)
Required: corefonts / d3dx9 or above / dotnet20 / msxml4 or msxml6 / vcrun2008 / Tahoma fonts
Install corefonts: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Change ALT key with SUPER in your Linux OS settings. (*This will allow you to remove buffs from your Buff Bar by using ALT key)
Disable CSMT (Create a new D_WORD Key in Windows Registry from Wine and restart - to avoid High CPU usage).

What does not

CPU (first Core) was 100% without disabling CSMT from Wine - Windows Registry !!

Buffs, dances/songs can't be removed with ALT+Right click -- If you have ALT in your Linux settings. Open your settings and change ALT key with SUPER.

[INFO about testing]
My CPU: Core2Duo 3Ghz

Vide Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770

OS: Linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic)

Tested with WINE versions: 4.0.1 stable (tested with all WINE versions from 4.0 stable up to latest)

WINE OS: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 (tested with all Windows versions)

Workarounds

Tested with all WINE versions.
That problem with CPU 100% on one Core or both Cores it was FIXED by adding a D_WORD key and disabling "CSMT" in Wine - Windows Registry (all Wine versions).
Create a D_WORD key like this: csmt D_WORD 0x0

Restart wine using wineboot -r

What was not tested

Everything tested.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: AMD
• Driver: unknown

Additional Comments

My video card was an ATI Radeon HD 5770. Keep in mind if you're using NVidia you don't have to worry about it.

Anti-cheat still doesn't work for the game. No need to make reports about a non-working game when entering a server with protection!

You may get lucky and sometimes the game works with GameGuard, but as a rule it won't work.

https://elmorelab.com - C5 servers. C3 does not work in Wine

https://l2cat.net - Interlude. server where bots are allowed

https://www.lineage2scarlet.com/ - Freya, Fafurion, Salvation. Linux friendly server

https://godworld.ru/ - last KOR chronicle (use PortProton. run Launcher)

http://l2ovc.com - GvE (client Interlude)

Lineage 2 Knight - custom Lineage 2. No website, just Discord. (use PortProton. run Launcher) Join our Discord : https://discord.gg/RSgsFTr

Conversion of all textures of the earth from native 256x256 to improved 1024x1024 (1k).

Improved textures by Upscaling using Topaz Gigapixel AI, all textures are completely original, texture resolution was increased from 256x256 to 1024x1024

Comparison

https://imgur.com/gallery/tSri...

How to install?

Just unpack archive and copy-paste all files into Textures folder in Lineage 2 client folder with file replacement.

C1-C4 link:

https://drive.google.com/open?...

C5-Interlude link:

https://yadi.sk/d/z5olLb_lPR_b...

Bonus: remaster texture Interlude

Comparison

Slightly improved graphics with FidelityFX CAS (Contrast Adaptive Sharpening) + FakeHDR

FidelityFX CAS ported to Linux by vkBasalt project. Full details about installation and use follow the link:

https://github.com/DadSchoorse...

Available in the AUR repositories

Original:

https://ibb.co/tsZ6mwb

FidelityFX CAS + FakeHDR

https://ibb.co/XJ2sZrH

More pleasant tones (subjective), sharper picture and anti-soap.

FakeHDR is not a new product. The library can be taken from here:

https://github.com/crosire/res...