I have wine version 1.3.19, what do I need to install to have this version of the witcher to work on linux?

I solved the problem. Install directx 9c, then follow these instructions

If the characters are transparent, use regedit to create the following settings:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"DirectDrawRender"="opengl"
"OffscreenRenderingMode"="fbo"
"PixelShaderMode"="enabled"
"RenderTargetLockMode"="textex"
"UseGLSL"="enabled"
"VideoMemorySize"="xxx"

I've tried doing this, but am apparently incompetent. Are there any step by step breakdowns of this? Are these string values you're adding in? I don't see any Direct3D directory, so I created one and created the settings, but it hasn't affected the transparency issue.

If you have a reference, how is the visual quality and overall performance of the game in wine compared to running natively in windows?

Ah, thanks for that. I hadn't changed the memory value or restarted. Runs fine now, although the texture quality is pretty bad. At least its running well though!

If you install and run the game through PlayOnLinux (you should have the app in your repository) then there are no setting changes needed, or any customisations. The game runs beautifully as PlayOnLinux automatically downloads all the winetricks components needed and sets the environment for the game for it to run.

It worked a treat for me....running Mandriva.

when it asked for the the witcher executable, did you give it the gog install .exe file?

that's what I did just now and will see if that also works for me.


edit: forget playonlinux.. I don't get any sound at all with that.. I'll do it the manual way..

Not solved. Using PlayonLinux and updating those registry keys does not solve the problem of transparent characters. Wine 1.7.11, Nvidia Geforce 320m.

Try starting the game, once you are in the game, switch to console 1 (press ctrl + alt + f1) then switch back to x (press ctrl + alt + f7). If this works, all the textures within the game should now be visible.

you may need to do this everytime you start the game...

I ran this with PlayOnLinux, and had the transparent characters issue. After changing the Wine version to System (Debian Jessie has 1.6.2 installed, I also had to change the registry settings that were listed in this thread.

It works great after that except for one issue. The shadows are off, they look like there is really low lighting always to the south, even though the lighting is elsewhere, any ideas?