Install PlayOnLinux with your package manager (i.e. sudo apt-get install playonlinux
). Then, type playonlinux and wait for it to refresh its list.
Install Steam under PlayOnLinux. Once Steam is running, exit it, select its entry in PlayOnLinux, and select Configure.
I suggest using Wine 1.7.8-d3d doublebuffer
Now go to the "Install Components" section and install, in any order: d3dx9
, directx9
, dotnet40
Under Display, set Video Memory Size to the amount of RAM your graphics card has. If you don't know this, choose 256. Then, under Offscreen Rendering Mode, pick fbo
. This is absolutely critical because, without it, you get no graphics.