Solasta - Problem Solved:
- Installation via Lutris works. If you're using the GOG version log into your GOG account on Lutris before installing. I downloaded the game files from the GOG website using a download manager because the download kept failing mid way through.
- The error I encountered when running the game from Lutris was the following:
Couldn't switch to requested monitor resolution
Switching to resolution 1920x1080 failed
Screen: DX11 could not switch resolution (1920x1080 fs=1 hz=0)
- I successfully got the game to run instead simply by executing it through wine from a terminal like so (crappy solution):
wine "/home/<your_username>/Games/gog/solasta-crown-of-the-magister/drive_c/GOG Games/Solasta Crown of the Magister/Solasta.exe"
^ I played the game this way for hours and everything worked. I never experienced any crashes and ran the game at max graphics settings. However, the graphics were slow, like when moving characters or scrolling through the world with WASD, etc. I found it perfectly playable though it sucked, you know?
- I tried to improve things just now and apparently got it working just right. Here's how (good solution):
1. Lutris => Solasta => Configure => System Options => Show Advanced Options:
Check: Enable NVIDIA Prime Render Offload
Uncheck: Use Discreet Graphics
2. Copy the Characters and Saves folders over to Lutris game location (if you played the game from the terminal the way I did from another directory location):
From: /home/<your_username>/.wine/drive_c/users/<your_username>/AppData/LocalLow/Tactical Adventures/Solasta
To: /home/<your_username>/Games/gog/solasta-crown-of-the-magister/drive_c/users/<your_username>/AppDat a/LocalLow/Tactical Adventures/Solasta
3. Run the game through Lutris and hear your liquid cooling roar as the game loads quickly and graphics are perfect.
Note: Nvidia RTX 2080TI, Linux Mint, default graphics driver nvidia-driver-525
UPDATE:
Use lutris-GE-Proton7-1-x86_64 Wine version in Runner Options. You can install this in Lutris=>Preferences=>Runners=>Wine
Post edited March 11, 2023 by VstreetKid