Download the game's launcher on the official website: (you need to be connected to an account).Install using an existing game installation that you copy to your wine prefix, and then update the game.Install from disc and then update the game.Install using the game's launcher, downloadable on the official GW2 website.Of course if you know other ways to manage wine prefixes you can do so. In the Advanced tab, if you use bumblebee, set:.In the Wine settings tab, don't change anything.Note than 64 bits prefix is only available if you have a 64 bits system (obviously). GuildWars2 support both 32 and 64 bits wine prefixes. Architecture: choose what you want: default, win32 or win64.You should let the default path (if there is one). Prefix Path: where you want the prefix to be.Click on the wand icon to create a new prefix.Once you're more familiar with the interface, follow these steps to set up a prefix for GW2: Once you have it installed, start it up and look through the UI a bit. Here is how to create a new prefix with q4wine:įirst, install q4wine from the repositories of your linux. You can of course manage prefixes but also do a lot of other cool things. If you're on linux Q4Wine is a great application which offers a GUI for wine. PlayOnLinux/PlayOnMac asks you if you want to create a new prefix when you install something, it's so simple that I'll not explain how to do it. If you're installing everything to the default prefix (~/.wine) you're missing out on the ability to use optimal settings (and wine versions) for each game you own.
You really should get used to wine prefixes. PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac users can ignore this entire note - PlayOn* already does all of this for you!Īt this point, you have installed Wine and you're ready to install the game.įirst, let's figure out how to manage wine prefixes.
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