Need for Speed: World

If running on a Steam Deck in Game Mode, you may need to manually change window to the game window as the launcher doesn't minimize properly.

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1. After creating prefix by Lutris don't click Launch, click Close and then go to settings and change in Runner Options tab Wine version to WineHQ Staging (9.9 (Staging)). Also set Windowed (virtual desktop) with your monitor's resolution.
2. If running on a Steam Deck in Game Mode, you may need to manually change window
to the game window as the launcher doesn't minimize properly.
3. When open game launcher enable LZMA Downloader, Alternative WebCalls.
4. After when launcher downloaded game go to launcher's settings and disable Proxy, Discord RPC. Now verify GameFiles, after this go to Edit UserSettings. Most important in this tab is turn on Windowed and turn off Visual Treatment.

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1. Po utworzeniu prefix'a przez Lutris zamiast kliknąć Uruchom kliknij Zamknij i przejdź do ustawień, gdzie w zakładce Runner Options zmień Wersję Wine na WineHQ Staging (9.9 (Staging)). Włącz jeszcze Windowed (virtual destop) i wybierz rozdzielczość monitora.
2. Jeśli uruchamiasz na Steam Deck'u z Game Mode może być konieczna ręczna zmiana okna na okno gry.
3. Po uruchomieniu Launcher'a zaznacz enable LZMA Downloader i Alternative WebCalls.
4. Po pobraniu gry przez Launcher, wejdź do ustawień launcher'a i zaznacz disable Proxy i disable Discord RPC, teraz kliknij verify GameFiles. Po tym przejdź do Edit UserSettings, z najważniejszych opcji tutaj to włącz Windowed i wyłącz Visual Treatment.

THIS GUIDE REQUIRES YOU TO MANUALLY INSTALL. HAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS READY TO BE FOLLOWED.
Warning: You need more than 4GB RAM to launch NFSW (applies to Windows too)

STEAM DECK: Please download dxvk from discovery. For Analog controls (desktop mode only), use the .appimage: (https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller/releases/tag/v0.4.10-pre). The Linux support channel in WUGG has a preconfigured control scheme for you to download.

Refrain from launching the game until step 9. Do not launch it until then.


Step 1: Use Lutris. Download the .yaml script.

Step 2: Download wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst (https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/w/wine-staging/wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst)

If you have any problems, such as step 7 not working, look inside: (https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/w/wine-staging/) and try using versions like 10.15-1 (https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/w/wine-staging/wine-staging-10.15-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst)

Step 3: Unpack wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst anywhere. You will be left with wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg

Step 4: Copy/Move wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg to the following folder:
Lutris Flatpak: /home/Your Username/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/lutris/runners/wine/
Lutris installed through Terminal: /home/Your Username/.local/share/lutris
(If you don't see the folders, in file manager: press CTRL+H or right click -> show hidden folders)

Step 5: Enter wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg/usr and copy the following folders: bin, include, lib, share.
Copy into wine-staging-10.9-1x86_64.pkg.
Your wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg should look like this: bin, include, lib, share, usr, .BUILDINFO, .INSTALL, .MTREE, .PKGINFO

Step 6: In Lutris, Right click Need for Speed: World -> Configure -> Runner options -> Wine Version = wine-staging-10.12-1-x86_64.pkg and save.

Step 7: Download X86 and X64 Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170)
X86: (https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)
X64: (https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)

Step 8: Click Need For Speed World. Do not launch it accidentally.
Click the Wine Glass icon (near Play button at the bottom) and click run the .EXE with prefix.
Find vc_redist.x64.exe & vc_redist.x86.exe one at a time, and install both Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables like Windows. You must install Wine Mono if prompted.

Step 9: Launch the game. If you havent installed yet, a prompt for Wine Mono will appear. Install it.

Step 10: Enable Alternative Webcalls.
CDN Selector Screen -> [US] DavidCarbon Mirror - Alternative

Step 11: Install vanilla game files and your chosen server's files like normally.

Step 12: Verify game files and restart launcher/game for certainty.