Thanks for the response.

Yeah, I did try to set the d3dx9.dll to "Native, Builtin" in the winecfg tool. This was the only way to actually get oblivion reloaded to startup (for me).

It runs, but there are definitely graphical artifacts. I might try to repeat my steps to see if I missed anything.

Edit: Correction, Oblivion Reloaded didn't come with any DLLs that needed to be configured in Wine. I was thinking of when I was trying to get various ENBs working.

One other question for you. I'd love to learn how one would swap out the included wine version with future releases. I took a look at your script and noticed that it downloaded the wine version (
http://wine.playonlinux.com/binaries/linux-x86/PlayOnLinux-wine-$WRAP_WVER-linux-x86.pol). Would it be possible to simply update the script and run again to create a new wrapper? I'd like to learn how to do this so in the future I could even help you maintain the wrapper with the latest version of Wine-Staging.

I'm really comfortable compiling code and patching, etc. and am a developer by trade, so I'm technical enough to troubleshoot through issues.

Would I just update the script to pull the latest versions and run again?

Thanks!

Another thing you could try is setting UseGLSL to disabled. Open the registry editor and add a registry entry under HKCU\Software\Wine\Direct3D (you'll need to create this key):

UseGLSL = disabled

Or copy + paste this into a text file named "disable_useglsl.reg" (or whatever) and then import it: No need to modify the build scripts - I already designed them to allow different Wine versions to be specified for testing purposes :) They check if WRAP_WVER has already been defined & will try to use that if it has, so:

env WRAP_WVER=2.0-staging ./oblivion_wine.sh

Would build it with Wine Staging 2.0 instead of the default Wine Staging 2.9

Thanks for the reply!

So I discovered that it's possible to disable / enable the specific shaders in Oblivion Reloaded. By disabling the water shader and the ambient occlusion feature the graphical artifacts have gone away.

I'll try the GLSL tweak you mentioned to see if that helps.

And thanks for the info on the potentially using new Wine versions. When Wine-Staging 2.10 is released I'm going to give that a try and report back.

Just wanted to report back that I followed your instructions and was able to create a wine wrapper for Oblivion using the latest Wine-Staging 2.10. It's running flawlessly.

Quick question - might you consider making a wine wrapper for the Witcher 3? With the latest Wine-Staging 2.10 it's supposed to be completely playable.

Thanks again for the great work!

So the issues you were having before with Oblivion Reloaded's water shaders & AO are fixed with this version? I will do eventually, but there are lots of other games that have much higher priority atm (I'm still kinda hoping CDPR will somehow do an official Linux release of TW3).

Actually, that requires custom patches on top of Staging 2.10 and is still considered bronze. Still quite good progress I think.

I've long been considering moving from Windows 7 to SteamOS, so this could potentially be very useful!

I'd recommend something other than SteamOS. It's built around offering a more console-like experience using Steam and while it does have a desktop mode it's not intended to be used that way, and it will be much harder/less user-friendly to get stuff working outside of Steam.

I use & recommend Linux Mint, I even wrote a beginner's guide for it here - The "Try Linux" Repost/Rewrite (a "beginner's guide") - and I've got a big update planned for shortly after Mint 18.2 releases later this month/early next month.

GOG seems to have updated the downloads somehow, and the filenames and hashes no longer match what you script excepts.

I'm redownloading them to check but going by the filenames alone they seem unchanged so far. Make sure you've downloaded the Galaxy-free installers (GOG hid them under "Menu --> Classic installers").

I just finished redownloading them, the files are unchanged. For reference, these are the names of the correct, Galaxy-free installer files:

setup_oblivion_1.2.0416_cs_(12788)-1.bin
setup_oblivion_1.2.0416_cs_(12788)-2.bin
setup_oblivion_1.2.0416_cs_(12788).exe

And these are the wrong files/Galaxy installer:

setup_oblivion_1.2.0416_cs_(12788)_(g)-1.bin
setup_oblivion_1.2.0416_cs_(12788)_(g)-2.bin
setup_oblivion_1.2.0416_cs_(12788)_(g).exe

It's easy to download the Galaxy installers by mistake as GOG have hidden the option to select the Galaxy-free installers behind the menu, and unlike the other selections at the download page it doesn't remember if you previously chose the Galaxy-free installers so you'll need to remember to reselect them each time.

With the latest update this should now perform a bit better on systems using the open graphics drivers :)

I also wrote a PlayOnLinux guide that you might find helpful: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_try_linux_repostrewrite :)

Hello and thanks for the great guides and wine wrapper.

I am trying to play Oblivion on Linux Mint, on a laptop (i5 4210m, 16gb ram, HD4600, SSD).
Unfortunately the game is lagging crazy in the main menu, not sure how could I fix it.

Any advice would be welcome :)

EDIT: renamed the Video folder and now I can sort of move the mouse in the main menu and even start a new game. Although the game is still stuttering every couple of seconds.

What are you using for sound? I have the Asus Xonar sound card and Oblivion would stutter like crazy. If you have EAX or other surround sound programs Oblivion will stutter due to sound. You have to go to the audio center and turn off the GX/EAX mode.