Plutonium BO2 & WaW - Linux Tutorial
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I usually replace the t6mp.exe with the plutonium updater so when I launch the game through steam it tracks hours and loads pluto... it would be so much easier if pluto would drop the stupid launcher in support for something similar to how IW4X works and just has the game load straight through there own .exe file. for IW4X I rename the launcher and replace iw4mp.exe loads perfect no hassle plutonium is the hassle for me on linux.
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How to get Plutonium BO2 & WaW to work on Linux - Updated: June 15, 2021
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Must have Wine, Lutris, and correct Drivers for your distro installed. I will briefly go over how I did it but keep in mind that I am using Arch Linux and won't be able to help with other distros. So for other distros or more information on how to install wine and all its dependencies refer to GloriousEggroll's Guide.
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Most of these steps were taken from pants Guide, so if you are having any issues refer to that before commenting.
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I am on Arch Linux and I am using yay as my AUR helper. I recommend doing the same unless you know what you are doing. Follow this guide if you want to know how to install yay.
Installing Drivers, Wine, Lutris, and Plutonium
Drivers & Dependencies:
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Make sure you have the correct drivers installed. I am using a laptop running an 8th Gen Intel CPU and an MX150. If you have similar specs you may follow these steps, else refer to GloriousEggroll's Guide mentioned above and skip this section.
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I am using the "Prime Render Offload" method of utilizing my MX150 as mentioned in the Arch Wiki. If you are doing the same, make sure you follow the Arch Wiki and that it works.
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Next enable the multilib repository and run:
yay -S nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-settings vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loaderin a terminal. This installs the required vulkan dependencies for my pc, again refer to GloriousEggroll's Guide for other builds. -
Install Wine and DXVK by running
yay -S wine-staging-git winetricks dxvk-bin, after installing Wine, create a new 64-bit wine-prefix. This can be done by runningwinecfgin a terminal and it will create.winein your home directory, once the wine configuration app opens you can exit. -
Next you need to install the dependencies required for running BO2 and Plutonium. In a terminal, run:
sudo winetricks --self-update
winetricks -q --force dotnet48
winetricks -q d3dcompiler_47 corefonts
winetricks -q vcrun2005
winetricks -q d3dcompiler_43 d3dx11_42 d3dx11_43
winetricks -q gfw msasn1 physx
winetricks -q xact_x64 xact xinput
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine setup_dxvk install
You will get a message box saying "Error: Application cannot be started.", ignore it and move on.
Lutris, Plutonium & BO2
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If you have your drivers and wine installed correctly, you are ready to install Plutonium and BO2. Start by installing Lutris,
yay -S lutris, open Lutris and click on "lutris" on the left panel and search up
"Black Ops II" in the "Community Installers" tab. Click on Black Ops II when it shows up and install the Plutonium version, not the steam ones. This will install plutonium on your system. You can set the install path wherever you want, but in my opinion, I believe its better to have a "Games" folder in the wine bottle. So for me its
~/.wine/drivec_c/users/nawa/Gamesdirectory.
The app will show up as "Black Ops II" but this is actually incorrect, you should configure and rename the app to "Plutonium " and change the app picture as this is not launching BO2 but plutonium. -
The previous step will only install Plutonium, to install BO2 you must torrent the game files provided by Plutonium. I use Deluge as my BitTorrent application.
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You now need to torrent the game files. To do this add the
pluto_t6_full_game.torrentthat you downloaded from the previous step to your BitTorrent application. When it is done the status will say "seeding" and you can then remove it. By default it will torrent the game files into~/Downloadsand the folder will be calledpluto_t6_full_game. You need to move this into your wine bottle, which for me is~/.wine/drive_c/users/nawa/Games
To copy the files into the wine-bottle run:cp -r pluto_t6_full_game~/.wine/drive_c/users/nawa/Games`from the directory of the torrented files. This will copy and move the files to where they need to be and rename the directory to "BO2". Make sure to replace "nawa" with your own user. -
The previous step can be repeated for WaW and MW3. Make sure to change the directory name when copying, and selecting the correct game files, for example, t4 for WaW and t6 for BO2.
For example WaW:
cp -r pluto_t4_full_game ~/.wine/drive_c//users/nawa/Games/WaW -
Next, open Lutris and configure Plutonium. Under the "Runner options" tab make sure the wine version is set to system/staging and that DXVK is enabled. DXVK version should be set to the latest one. Next, make sure that Esync is enabled. My Audio driver is set to PulseAudio as I was having problems with "default". Next, go to the "System options" tab and Disable Lutris Runtime. Scroll down and Select Optimus launcher if you are using one, else leave it as default. Set "Vulkan ICD Loader" to the correct one, I have it as "nvidia_icd.json". Then make sure that "ACO Shader Compiler" is enabled, and if you are using "Prime Render Offload" as I am, enable it and turn on "Use discrete graphics".
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Once you have completed all the steps, restart Lutris and run Plutonium. Plutonium should launch but it will be blank, I'm not sure what is causing it to be blank, but plutonium is now updating. Wait 5-10 minutes and it should ask you to log in. Login using your forum credentials. Then select your game and setup the game folder. For example for BO2 you would click on Black Ops II Multiplayer on the left pane and select the game folder. If you have followed this tutorial correctly it should be in
My Computer > C: > users > nawa > BO2orC:\users\nawa\BO2. Select the same folder for Zombies. The same steps should be repeated for WaW and MW3 providing that you have installed the games correctly and you select the correct folders. -
All you have to do now is press play and have fun.
If there is anything that is confusing, please comment below.
If you get any issues, try installing the redist packages found in the game folder.Enjoy
~NawaThis worked for like 2 months but when this new update rolled out I can still get to the launcher but when I click play for t6 plutonium just stops
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This worked for like 2 months but when this new update rolled out I can still get to the launcher but when I click play for t6 plutonium just stops
I dont know what to dowoly Been trying to also fix this for days no luck
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TheDantee yeah im sure its the update because I was playing like an hour early before the update rolled out then it stopped working
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TheDantee yeah im sure its the update because I was playing like an hour early before the update rolled out then it stopped working
woly looks the devs are working on it from the what I was told in the discord.
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The lutris community installer isn't working but i seem to be able to open up the plutonium launcher in wine just fine. When i go to launch bo2 multiplayer or zombies it immediately freezes and i waited a while but nothing happened. Anyone know how i can get that working?
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This worked for like 2 months but when this new update rolled out I can still get to the launcher but when I click play for t6 plutonium just stops
I dont know what to dowoly A fix for the problem is rolling out soon. The last update broke wine support for Plutonium.
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how long will this take? really looking forward to playing.
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woly A fix for the problem is rolling out soon. The last update broke wine support for Plutonium.
Much appreciated Been bored not being able to play plutonium for like a week Thanks
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The lutris community installer isn't working but i seem to be able to open up the plutonium launcher in wine just fine. When i go to launch bo2 multiplayer or zombies it immediately freezes and i waited a while but nothing happened. Anyone know how i can get that working?
Potato_ When you launch bo2 and nothing happens happens to everyone on wine right now until wine gets fixed
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Has anyone had luck launching WaW mods when using Plutonium? In my case the game closes as if it is going to relaunch after selecting a mod, but it never relaunches. Launching mods without running the game through Plutonium works fine.
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I also have problem it says "the selection contains a non-folder object" actually i first download the dll package then in same folder i merged it will full game version.
Any solution to this I am running Manjaro (Arch linux based)
everything works but this problem sucks
I have all the required winetricks and latest wine staging -
Hi, sorry if I necro but I'd like to know if anyone encountered a similar error to mine: when launching BO2 via Plutonium, the launches closes himself, and then a window pops up saying: "DirectX encountered a unrecoverable error.". I looked up on internet and it seems that it comes from a broken DirectX install but I doubled checked all Wine dependencies were installed, and everything seems in place, the DirectX log is also not printing any errors. Anyone in my situation that has a solution?
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anyway I can privately message you to ask for a little help? would really appreciate it.
Thank you.
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Hi, sorry if I necro but I'd like to know if anyone encountered a similar error to mine: when launching BO2 via Plutonium, the launches closes himself, and then a window pops up saying: "DirectX encountered a unrecoverable error.". I looked up on internet and it seems that it comes from a broken DirectX install but I doubled checked all Wine dependencies were installed, and everything seems in place, the DirectX log is also not printing any errors. Anyone in my situation that has a solution?
Thanks.@T6Aro OK I figured it out. I had to disable "Enable DXVK-NVAPI / DLSS" under Lutris, now I get a black screen when launching but it's a step in the right direction I guess. (Using Proton-7.0rc2-GE-1, Lutris)
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@T6Aro OK I figured it out. I had to disable "Enable DXVK-NVAPI / DLSS" under Lutris, now I get a black screen when launching but it's a step in the right direction I guess. (Using Proton-7.0rc2-GE-1, Lutris)
@T6Aro
Finally got it working! I ditched Lutris and wine ~/.wine/drive_c/USER/GAMEFOLDER/plutonium.exeand it worked? I installed the Redist folder previously so I don't know if it changed anything. Hope this can help someone! -
Hi, sorry if I necro but I'd like to know if anyone encountered a similar error to mine: when launching BO2 via Plutonium, the launches closes himself, and then a window pops up saying: "DirectX encountered a unrecoverable error.". I looked up on internet and it seems that it comes from a broken DirectX install but I doubled checked all Wine dependencies were installed, and everything seems in place, the DirectX log is also not printing any errors. Anyone in my situation that has a solution?
Thanks.@T6Aro On a fresh install of the Plutonium Lutris script I get a white screen with a DirectX error: "D3D11 Error: Unable to create device and swap chain." and then "Failed to initialize D3D11 context"
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Finished setting this up on Arch Linux, and gameplay wise everything is fine. However if I try to change my video settings in the main menu, after hitting "apply" my game crashes and I'm kicked to desktop. My settings won't stick either, so I'm stuck with whatever is default. Any tips?
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Lukako Managed to change most of my MW3 settings through a .cfg file. Having the same issue as @T6Aro where starting BO just results in a DirectX error with no logging. Ditching Lutris and just going with wine works there as well...
Also, are you guys able to connect to friends in custom games? I'm not sure if connection errors are on my end or not, I can connect just fine to any dedicated server.
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Lukako Managed to change most of my MW3 settings through a .cfg file. Having the same issue as @T6Aro where starting BO just results in a DirectX error with no logging. Ditching Lutris and just going with wine works there as well...
Also, are you guys able to connect to friends in custom games? I'm not sure if connection errors are on my end or not, I can connect just fine to any dedicated server.
Lukako said in Plutonium BO2 & WaW - Linux Tutorial:
Also, are you guys able to connect to friends in custom games? I'm not sure if connection errors are on my end or not, I can connect just fine to any dedicated server.
Your friend must start the match first (or you if you are host). The host must have UPnP enabled to make hole-punching work. However, hole-punching does not always succeed. In this case you can port forward manually.
If you need to port forward, the port for the game can be found by typing
net_portin the in-game console. The value of this dvar is27016by default on MW3,4976on BO2 and28960on WaW. The protocol isUDP.After this you will be able to play together.
