First step Would be to make sure there is no existing Wine folders floating around. So Go ahead and open up a terminal.(There is heaps of ways to do so. Like Alt+F2. type xterm and press enter.)

Now with xterm running type these commands

That will help us get a fresh copy of wine. Now we can go ahead and install wine again.

I tried installing the wine latest(wine-1.3.33) but it had to many bugs. And the game wouldn't load at all.

After installing. It good to just check Version

Mine is wine-1.2.3

Now we need to setup the regedit. So type

When in regedit. On the left side panel. Left click HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Then left click Software. Then again click Wine(make sure the folder is open). Then right click wine and add a key. Name it Direct3D.(If you have got a Direct3D then don't add a key.)See image below.

Now left click Direct3D to open it. Then move to the right side panel. Right click and add the string value's that I have in the below image.

Now double left click on the keys you just made and edit the value data. You can set them up the same as me or you can bbcustomize it even more. By going to http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys They have all the info needed for regedit keys.

Also if you are going to install directx. Change DirectDrawRenderer value to d3d(instead of opengl)

After all the settings are put in. Close the window.

Now We have to setup wine some more. Go back to terminal and type.

If your going to install directx. Type this command after.

Now If you want to alt tab out of the game and back in. You will have to setup winecfg. So in terminal again type.

Then left click on the Graphics tab.

Tick box Allow the window manager to decorate the windows

Tick box Allow the window manager to control the windows

Tick box Emulate a virtual Desktop.

Now the desktop size will be able to be edited.(apply the right resolution)

Change Vertex Shader Support to Hardware(if it is not that already)

Tick box Allow Pixel Shader(if supprted by hardware)

your dpi as default( only change it if the sample writing is small or big)

Left click on Apply at the buttom right corner.Then left click Ok. See image below.

((I Have a normal resolution of 1366X768. On my laptop. But to allow for window borders. I have the Desktop size set to 1360x720. This leaves room for borders and also it is a workaround for the fullscreen glitch. Where the virtual desktop overlaps compiz. Then you cant exit or alt tab out. So if your have these issues. Resize your Desktop size to something smaller then your operating software resolution.))

Now if you haven't got the game. Download it from http://eso.perfectworld.com/download (I would suggest to download via torrent. As it seems to download alot faster)

Also if you haven't got an account go ahead and set one up at https://register.perfectworld.com/register(Also if you have a perfectworld international account. You will not need to set one one.)

Now once the download is done. Go to the folder where its downloaded and Right click on the EtherSaga*.rar and extract here. After you have extracted it. Double left click the EtherSaga folder and then right click on install.exe. Then left click on properties in the drop down list. with the Properties window up. Left click on the Permission tab. With properties tab opened.

Tick box Allow executing file as program. Then just close Properties window. See image below.

Now that its ready to execute. Just Double left click on install.exe(Also you can Right click and select Wine windows program loader from the drop down list.) After that just follow setup instructions and try to keep it default as possible.

Now that its installed we go to terminal and type

(Your folder might be located different. If you changed it in the installation setup.)

Once the launcher is up and running. Start to update. And once that is done. Your settings window will open. In there, turn off shadows. It is also a good idea to make it window mode. if you plan to run more then one elementclient.exe program) Click start and you are on your way to gaming.

HAPPY GAMING and I hope this help out.

HINTS and TIPS

If you think you havent got 3d acceleration type this in terminal.

and if the output is

Then you have it.

If you are planning to run more than one Ethersaga online game. Then you will need to run the elementclient.exe in the EtherSaga folder.