Hi

In my case use desktop hardware for this reason suggest verify if indeed nvidia graphics stay used for default (nvidia settings allow decide which adapter is used)

Back to installation and others issues, in batman series is important dont install mono, this is very usefull when you need install net framework (in batman series net 3.5 is required)

For this purpose i recommend use winetricks (more easily compared with manual installation)

When game open in steam for first time install directx, physx* and others (if try install again net, cancel this installation if you have installed net with winetricks)

*However in my case i have installed in wine before begins steam in wine: directx jun2010, openal, physx, physx legacy, internet explorer 7, windows media player 10, windows media format 7, 9 and 11, xna 3.1, xna 4.0, visual c++ redist 2005 sp1, 2008 sp1, 2010 sp1, eax, lav filters 0.67

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I got Arkham City maxed and running perfectly smoothly on my AMD Radeon HD 6970, using the open-source radeon driver, with Wine 1.8 (from the Debian testing/stretch branch repository) (at least in the challenge maps - I have yet to play the campaign on Linux).

One "problem" (if you want to call it that) is that the game launches minimized, and I have to click the window icon, but that's a really minor issue.

The bigger issue for me (which I will deal with later, but if anyone reading this has some advice, I would welcome it) is that my Xbox 360 controller doesn't work with it (but it does work for native Linux games).

I'm using Debian GNU/Linux amd64 jessie/stable with some parts of testing/stretch (via apt-pinning). The GPU driver is fully from jessie/stable, but I got Wine (1.8) and some other packages that are irrelevant to the running of this game from stretch/testing.

I don't remember exactly what I did, if anything "fancy", but I installed steam using winetricks (apt-get install winetricks) by using the command "winetricks steam" (without the quotes), and I probably also used a command like "winetricks dotnet35" (without the quotes) to install version 3.5 of the .NET Framework.

If I remember correctly, I couldn't get the game to run in Wine 1.6.

My relevant specs are:
CPU: Intel i5-4460
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6970
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz (but, dmidecode -t 17 says Speed: 1600 MHz and Configured Clock Speed: 1333 MHz - if someone knows what this means and why it is the case, please let me know, because if it means that my RAM is running slower than it should, I don't understand why)
USB 2.0 5400 RPM HDD

Edit:
Based on what I tested, I'd rate this game "Platinum" for how well it runs in Wine (at least on my setup).

Quoting: s8as8aThe bigger issue for me (which I will deal with later, but if anyone reading this has some advice, I would welcome it) is that my Xbox 360 controller doesn't work with it (but it does work for native Linux games).

Controller support is kind of must for me. I remember @dubigrasu had x360 controller configured on his prefix. @mrdeathjr does controller support work on your prefix?

Quoting: wojtek88

Quoting: s8as8aThe bigger issue for me (which I will deal with later, but if anyone reading this has some advice, I would welcome it) is that my Xbox 360 controller doesn't work with it (but it does work for native Linux games).

Controller support is kind of must for me.

I remember @dubigrasu had x360 controller configured on his prefix. @mrdeathjr does controller support work on your prefix?

This is only thing dont can help you

Because i use only keyboard and mouse for play

Quoting: mrdeathjri use only keyboard and mouse for play

:O And you don't sit on the couch while playing? That's horrible! :)
Anyway, I will give Batman yet another go and will keep you posted.

Quoting: wojtek88

Quoting: mrdeathjri use only keyboard and mouse for play

:O And you don't sit on the couch while playing? That's horrible! :)
Anyway, I will give Batman yet another go and will keep you posted.

Normally will be dificult but more like keyboard (more precision than controller however requires time to dominate but in my case dont have this problem because i played around since 97 with keyboard however and begins is difficult)

Only use controls in console (PSX or Wii) both good consoles

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I use whichever input scheme is best for the game I'd like to play.

For Batman: Arkham City, I believe that that is the Xbox 360 controller (even though I game at my computer desk, and not from a couch) (and the fact that I have yet to get the Xbox 360 controller working with Wine is the reason why I have yet to play this game's campaign in Linux).

I have yet to try it, but I think the answer of the user named "Takkat" in the following link might be what we need.:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/165210/how-do-i-get-an-xbox-360-controller-working

If you end up following what Takkat says, please let me know if it works. :)

Quoting: s8as8aI use whichever input scheme is best for the game I'd like to play.

For Batman: Arkham City, I believe that that is the Xbox 360 controller (even though I game at my computer desk, and not from a couch) (and the fact that I have yet to get the Xbox 360 controller working with Wine is the reason why I have yet to play this game's campaign in Linux).

I have yet to try it, but I think the answer of the user named "Takkat" in the following link might be what we need.:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/165210/how-do-i-get-an-xbox-360-controller-working

If you end up following what Takkat says, please let me know if it works. :)

Just to clarify I use Dualshock 4, but whenever xbox360 controller support works it is very possible that it will be easy to use x360ce to map gamepad keys. However, I'm going to do the whole process on weekend, because I don't have time currently, if I'll manage to achieve any success I will post my results here.

I've run Arkham Asylum, City and Origins quite successfully under Wine with only really installing .net, and x360ce for using my Dualshock 4. For x360ce, make certain to set xinput1_3 as 'native,builtin' in winecfg, that's something of the key with x360ce.

Quoting: MagamoI've run Arkham Asylum, City and Origins quite successfully under Wine with only really installing .net, and x360ce for using my Dualshock 4. For x360ce, make certain to set xinput1_3 as 'native,builtin' in winecfg, that's something of the key with x360ce.

I gave Batman: AC yet another try and followed advises from @mrdeathjr and @s8as8a but yet again ended with only sound in background without being able to see anything. With Batman: Arkham Knight being cancelled on LInux I don't have any more power to run this title. Thanks everyone for the support, but I won't do anything more with this title I guess.

Yet another proof, why Proton is a game changer. Two and a half year ago I decided not to invest time in Batman Arkham City. After Proton was announced, I decided to go through my library and verify which games can be played.
Arkham City did not work OOTB, however [Proton's issue tracker](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/309) provided me a simple solution - go to winecfg, change OS to Win XP. Then long .NET installing and game started. It is even able to see my save from Windows created 4 years ago and uploaded to Steam cloud.
The only issue I have in Proton is related to not working mouse and keyboard at the same time, however this issue is addressed.
Anyway, Proton indeed is great!

If they can fix the .net problem it would be a huge dent in the number of games that don't work. Time to test that tip wojtek88 just mentioned. :D

Quoting: GuestI've already seen a ton of things that makes Proton great. Games like Rayman Origins and Dead Space work fully out of the box now with no dll overrides or winetricks or pol scripts or anything.

100% agreed.

Quoting: GuestLittle things like the waiting icon on Civ 4 being animated.

Sure, great as well.

Quoting: GuestFor me seeing that people are finding workarounds to fix even more games is great but it's the out of the box experience that's the real game changer.

Sure, but fingerpointing to issue and a possible workaround is a great starting point for everyone - for person, that wants to play a game and for Valve (as long as it is mentioned in issues tracker) as it suggests possible solution. I don't know if Valve is aiming to have per game fixes or are they aiming only generic fixes. For me both directions are fine, however of course generic fixes are better for all of us.

Quoting: GuestIf they can find a solution for .net problems and xact audio problems a ton more games will work out of the box. That's what they are really going for.

Install and play - that's what made Valve so successful with Steam.

Quoting: GuestHonestly, this is what I thought Steam for Linux was going to be when they got it off the ground a few years ago. As someone who has been trying out Linux for the last 15 years plus I never thought it would be so easy to play so many games before. It's almost to the point where if I install a game and it doesn't work I'm really disappointed lol.

In general I am little bit confused, as I have an impression that you say two different things here - one is that you expected Steam to be something that gives you OOTB experience, second is that you never thought it will be so easy to play so many games :D

Anyway, it is obvious that we all aim to have click & play experience offered by Steam. However, we're not there yet in many cases. I personally think, that as community, the more we test, the more workarounds we see, the more games we make work - it will be easier for Valve to provide OOTB experience. But of course you don't have to agree with me :)

Thanks for the tip on Batman Arkham City wojtek88, it worked perfectly, I now have another game up & running on my list. :D

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: lucifertdarkThanks for the tip on Batman Arkham City wojtek88, it worked perfectly, I now have another game up & running on my list. :D

Didn't mean to sound like I'm chastising anyone. Of course we have to test, I am testing them all. For me I'm going to just wait and see how long Valve will get updates pushed out, if others want to use workarounds that's great. I will probably get impatient myself and start using more myself.

In general I am little bit confused, as I have an impression that you say two different things here - one is that you expected Steam to be something that gives you OOTB experience, second is that you never thought it will be so easy to play so many games.

I guess I should have said before Steam I would never have thought it would happen, then when Steam was getting a lot of hype about coming to linux I was thinking it would be more like what they're doing with proton now. Just had to wait a few more years it turned out.

Hey no worries, I didn't think I was being chastised, I'm not sure I'd call it impatience though, excitement perhaps, the way thing are right now it reminds me of the days when Steam was just starting on Windows & at the start there were a lot less games available than we have right now.

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: lucifertdark

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: lucifertdarkThanks for the tip on Batman Arkham City wojtek88, it worked perfectly, I now have another game up & running on my list. :D

Didn't mean to sound like I'm chastising anyone. Of course we have to test, I am testing them all. For me I'm going to just wait and see how long Valve will get updates pushed out, if others want to use workarounds that's great. I will probably get impatient myself and start using more myself.

In general I am little bit confused, as I have an impression that you say two different things here - one is that you expected Steam to be something that gives you OOTB experience, second is that you never thought it will be so easy to play so many games.

I guess I should have said before Steam I would never have thought it would happen, then when Steam was getting a lot of hype about coming to linux I was thinking it would be more like what they're doing with proton now. Just had to wait a few more years it turned out.

Hey no worries, I didn't think I was being chastised, I'm not sure I'd call it impatience though, excitement perhaps, the way thing are right now it reminds me of the days when Steam was just starting on Windows & at the start there were a lot less games available than we have right now.

Lol, I actually meant to quote wojtek88. Not my day apparently.

Apparently not the best, but don't worry - no hard feelings here as well :)

Quoting: GuestLol, I actually meant to quote wojtek88. Not my day apparently.

I can relate to those types of days. ;)

Quoting: GuestChanging the prefix to xp also fixes Enslaved Odyssey to the West. The .net install takes ages but it will eventually get done and the game will start and runs perfectly. You do have to kill the process after you are done playing though.

I'm just waiting for Enslaved to work it's .net magic then I'm going to try to get Arkham Asylum working, I have the inkling of a plan that might do the job. fingers crossed on Enslaved first though.