Start script for Guild Wars 2 with a custom wine build

start.sh

#!/bin/bash
# This is a script for a custom Guild Wars 2 installation on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04).
# Drop it in the wine-prefix folder
# It is the start script for a custom wine build with some (performance) setings on top.
# Options are commented
# A gw2.log will be created right next to this script


path_to_gw2="/path_to_your_gw2_prefix/guild-wars-2/drive_c/Program Files/Guild Wars 2/GW2-64.exe"


# build a custom wine with https://github.com/Frogging-Family/wine-tkg-git
# short rundown:
#   "git clone" and go into "wine-tkg-git"
#   set your staging version in customization.cfg (e.g. _staging_version="v6.13")
#   run "non-makepkg-build.sh". You then find the finished build in "non-makepkg-builds".
winepath=/mount/data/Programs/wine-tkg-git2/wine-tkg-git/non-makepkg-builds/wine-tkg-staging-fsync-git-6.13.r0.g52dd3381


# Improves performance by suppressing messages nobody needs
export WINEDEBUG=-all

# use fsync if supported
# needs wine-patch and kernel-patch; automatically replaces esync if requirements fulfilled
# see also https://xanmod.org/ (warning: if you are on ubuntu have zfs, this kernel does NOT include zfs -> you need to use a zfs ppa such that dkms works)
export WINEFSYNC=1
# fallback to esync when fsync not supported; should work in every case
export WINEESYNC=1

# performance boost when looking around (probably)
export DXVK_ASYNC=1

# might improve performance a little bit (probably)
export STAGING_SHARED_MEMORY=1

# little overlay for fps and used gpu (can be commented out or set to empty string if not wanted; https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk#hud)
export DXVK_HUD=devinfo,fps

# allows forcing a specific gpu if device chooser is installed
# https://github.com/aejsmith/vkdevicechooser
export ENABLE_DEVICE_CHOOSER_LAYER=1
export VULKAN_DEVICE_INDEX=1

# there are claims that this improves look-around-performance
export MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DIR="/tmp" #"/tmp/mesa_shader_cache"


# can (theoretically) be used to print used cursors to override them but does not really seem to work
#export XCURSOR_DISCOVER=1


# Turns of the xfce compositor for a bit more fps
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -s false



### Below here is the "heart" using the options above.


# Ignore this; just sets working dir to current script file path
SCRIPT=$( readlink -m $( type -p ${0} ))
BASE_DIR=`dirname "${SCRIPT}"`
NAME=`basename "${SCRIPT}"`

export WINEPREFIX=$BASE_DIR


export PATH="$winepath:$winepath/bin:$PATH"
wineexe=$winepath/bin/wine

truncate --size 0 gw2.log
$wineexe --version 2>&1 | tee -a gw2.log

# Pins GW2 to specific cpu cores. Might help in some cases.
#taskset -c 0,2,4,6,8,10 $wineexe "$path_to_gw2" -autologin -bmp -mapLoadinfo 2>&1 | tee -a gw2.log

$wineexe "$path_to_gw2" -autologin -bmp -mapLoadinfo 2>&1 | tee -a gw2.log