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Running League of Legends in PlayOnLinux (Ubuntu 14.04)

hp — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 01:45:11 +0000

There are various guides floating around on the Internet for running League of Legends on Linux, and no single guide worked for me, but after piecing the information together from various places, I managed to get it to work on my system.

My computer specifications:

Intel Core i5-4570
16 GB Memory
Radeon HD 5770

I followed the instructions here, with these changes:

Using video driver “fglrx-updates” (the tutorial talks about NVIDIA cards)
Did not install TuxLoL
Did not do anything regarding the “Maestro error” since it only applies to Optimus Notebook users
Did not follow step 6 because I did not run into the problem for big item icon text for the item shop
EDIT: Thanks to Ingvar’s comment, the installation progress for the game can be viewed like so: open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and execute:

tail -f ~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/LeagueOfLegends/drive_c/Riot\ Games/League\ of\ Legends/Logs/Patcher\ Logs/*.log

There are also other steps that I had to do, which I read from here:

Click configure for the “League of Legends” entry in “PlayOnLinux” and find the “Display” tab and then choose the following options:
- Direct Draw Renderer – gdi
- Video memory size – 4096 (or something else depending on graphics card)
- Offscreen rendering mode – fbo\0
- Everything else on default
Create a file called “game.cfg” in the directory “/home/your-username-here/PlayOnLinux’s virtual drives/LeagueOfLegends/drive_c/Riot Games/League of Legends/Config”. Below is what I have in my “game.cfg”:

[General]
EnableAudio=1
GameMouseSpeed=10
UserSetResolution=1
BindSysKeys=0
SnapCameraOnRespawn=0
OSXMouseAcceleration=1
AutoAcquireTarget=0
EnableLightFx=0
WindowMode=0
ShowTurretRangeIndicators=0
PredictMovement=0
WaitForVerticalSync=0
Colors=32
Height=1080
Width=1920
SystemMouseSpeed=0
CfgVersion=5.3.296
x3d_platform=1

[HUD]
CameraLockMode=0
MiddleClickDragScrollEnabled=0
KeyboardScrollSpeed=0.5000
ChatScale=50
ObjectTooltips=0
AutoDisplayTarget=0
ShowAllChannelChat=1
ShowTimestamps=1
ItemShopPrevY=39
ItemShopPrevX=106
NameTagDisplay=1
ShowChampionIndicator=0
ShowSummonerNames=1
ScrollSmoothingEnabled=0
MiddleMouseScrollSpeed=0.5000
MapScrollSpeed=0.5000
ShowAttackRadius=0
NumericCooldownFormat=1
SmartCastOnKeyRelease=0
EnableLineMissileVis=0
FlipMiniMap=1
ItemShopResizeHeight=0
ItemShopResizeWidth=164
ItemShopPrevResizeHeight=1080
ItemShopPrevResizeWidth=1920
ItemShopItemDisplayMode=1
ItemShopStartPane=1

[Performance]
CharacterInking=1
ShadowsEnabled=1
EnableHUDAnimations=0
PerPixelPointLighting=0
EnableParticleOptimizations=0
BudgetOverdrawAverage=0
BudgetSkinnedVertexCount=0
BudgetSkinnedDrawCallCount=0
BudgetTextureUsage=0
BudgetVertexCount=0
BudgetTriangleCount=0
BudgetDrawCallCount=0
EnableGrassSwaying=0
EnableFXAA=0
AdvancedShader=0
FrameCapType=6
GammaEnabled=0
Full3DModeEnabled=0
AutoPerformanceSettings=0
CharacterQuality=4
EffectsQuality=4
EnvironmentQuality=4
ShadowQuality=4
GraphicsSlider=6
paths=0

[FloatingText]
EnemyTrueDamageCritical_Enabled=1
EnemyMagicalDamageCritical_Enabled=1
EnemyPhysicalDamageCritical_Enabled=1
TrueDamageCritical_Enabled=1
MagicalDamageCritical_Enabled=1
PhysicalDamageCritical_Enabled=1
Countdown_Enabled=0
EnemyTrueDamage_Enabled=0
EnemyMagicalDamage_Enabled=0
EnemyPhysicalDamage_Enabled=0
TrueDamage_Enabled=0
MagicalDamage_Enabled=0
PhysicalDamage_Enabled=0
Score_Enabled=0
QuestComplete_Enabled=0
QuestReceived_Enabled=0
Disable_Enabled=0
Level_Enabled=0
Dodge_Enabled=0
Heal_Enabled=0
Special_Enabled=0
Invulnerable_Enabled=0
Debug_Enabled=0
Absorbed_Enabled=0
OMW_Enabled=0
EnemyCritical_Enabled=0
MagicCritical_Enabled=0
Critical_Enabled=0

[Volume]
SfxVolume=0.5
MasterVolume=0.5

Counter-Strike Nostalgia

hp — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:44:46 +0000

Every now and then, I feel nostalgic about this game…

	Boosting Unrealistic, but it was definitely a useful tool for getting teammates to places that otherwise couldn’t be reached to surprise people
	Bhopping/Crouch Running That satisfying kill from crouch hopping around the map and then hopping around a corner and slashing someone in the face.
	Lagging in a smoke grenade Even turning the graphics to 16 bit didn’t help. But at least you could see through the smoke!
	Picking mid I was always terrible at it. Could never pick off the guy running out of CT spawn.
	Shooting hostages We all did this.
	Surfing Flying in the air while the noobs died without understanding why.
	Stacking players Just for teh lulz
	awp_map There was always that one guy who decided to buy a a regular rifle and rush down the map.
	fy_iceworld Most awesome run and gun map created for Counter-Strike
	Stacked player defense It seriously works – well maybe not with 5 people…
	Defusing Likes to blow up right before the defuse is finished. Then at times, we hear the satisfying click of a defused bomb.
	Cat with a scout? I guess this was a LOLcat before they were called LOLcats
	Silent plant Was always scared of defusing these…
	FPS Everyone played at 100 fps, rate 25000, cl_cmdrate 101, cl_rate 25000, and ex_interp 0.01. Otherwise, the settings weren’t optimal.
	Knifing Humiliation!
	Suicide bombing With four other people, we once tried cooking a nade in our hand and running up to one player. As people died, they’d drop their nades hoping that we’d blow up the other guy. Didn’t work.
	Teamkilling with grenades Was always super unexpected, but hilarious.
	Accidental teamkilling I once got shot by my teammate when I ran through mid while he was picking it…noob mistake.
	That awkward moment Happens to the best of us.
	Trolling with non-standard weapons I once 1v5 clutch aced using a para…all in the name of trolling.
	Stacked running Was always a nice surprise to those unsuspecting enemies.
	Eco rounds Leads to camping and clutch wins.
	Camping We’ve all done it. Campmeter = 100%.
	Driving I’m sure everyone tried to drive a car to run over other people and then somehow die when another car intersected with their own. Somehow, the player would then fly up to the ceiling and fall to his death.
	One-click headshots Probably the second most satisfying kill. Strafe out of a corner, click, win.
	Screenshot rounds An annoying but necessary chore for league play. Had to be done before lo3.
	Hopping through the window Anybody in league play had to know how to do this. Unfortunately for me, I sucked at it.
	Defusing the bomb through the floor on de_nuke Classic Pubmasters game play. It works.
	Flashbangs I team flashed for fun. Or other times, I’d be blind as a bat and get gang knifed.
	Riot shields Use them when you can’t win. A nice and annoying weapon. There was once a bug on amx mod where if you were carrying a gun, you could spawn a riot shield for that player and the player would be able to use a gun and a riot shield at the same time. Very OP.
	Spam spots I had those memorized at one point.

Multiple Custom Pawns

hp — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:39:59 +0000

I found a forum topic talking about how to have multiple custom pawns in UDK. This is going to help me later on when I implement player pawns and AI pawns since they will be different pawn classes altogether.

http://forums.epicgames.com/archive/index.php/t-622436.html

UnrealScript Language Reference

hp — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:27:10 +0000

From the article:

“This is a technical document describing the UnrealScript language. It’s not a tutorial, nor does it provide detailed examples of useful UnrealScript code. For examples of UnrealScript the reader is referred to the source code of the engine, which provides tens of thousands of lines of working UnrealScript code which solves many problems such as AI, movement, inventory, and triggers. A good way to get started is by looking at the “Actor”, “Object”, “Controller”, “Pawn”, and “Weapon” scripts.”

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UnrealScriptReference.html