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Hi!
I don't know if I'm posting this in the correct sub forum so please move it if it's in the wrong place.

I recently installed League of Legends successfully on PlayOnMac.
Since I don't know how to write a script, I thought I would share what I did to make it work.

First of all I downloaded the Wine version 1.3.17-LeagueOfLegends by clicking Tools > Manage Wine versions.
Then I went into the manual installation by clicking "Install a non-listed program" on the Install window.
I selected all 3 checkboxes; "Use another version of wine", "Configure wine", "Install some libraries".
When I had to select which Wine version to use, I selected 1.3.17-LeagueOfLegends.
When I had to configure Wine, I changed the operating system to Windows 7.
When I had to install some libraries, I installed:
POL_Install_vcrun2005
POL_Install_ie6
POL_Install_d3dx9
POL_Install_AdobeAir
POL_Install_wininet
POL_Install_wintrust
POL_Install_directx9 (But I don't think this is required)

Then I downloaded the appropriate file;
North America:
http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/LeagueOfLegendsBaseNA.exe
Europe West:
http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/LeagueOfLegendsBaseEUW.exe
Europe Nordic and East:
http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/LeagueOfLegendsBaseEUNE.exe

And I used that file as the installer for League of Legends.
So far, my game is applying patches so I haven't been able to test how/if it works, but it should work unless there's something wrong with AdobeAir (since the game uses Air to create the game windows).

I hope this can help someone!

Edited by kevin1534

Testing in PlayOnLinux...

Confirmed that the steps for installation work in PlayOnLinux on Linux Mint 12, using latest PlayOnLinux.

Still awaiting patching to test ingame.

I don't know anything about POL scripts yet, but I feel the one here could be adapted to work: http://www.playonmac.com/repository/?script=781

A final POL script should definitely include server selection.

Edited by vord

So far, can install and patch, but can't login. This was with 1.3.26-LeagueOfLegends.

EDIT: Seems to be stuck on "Retrieving data from server"

May be this issue, investigating.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=19141&iTestingId=70298

Edited by vord

Here is initial code for a custom script, which covers everything above.

So far, I can patch and get to login screen, still working out how to log in and play a game. Could use some guidance, since I am very new to PoL. Would be very interested in becoming a tester to get LoL to supported status.

#!/bin/bash
# Date : (2012-04-19 11-20)
# Last revision : (2012-04-19 11-20)
# Wine version used : 1.3.17-LeagueOfLegends
# Distribution used to test : Linux Mint 12
# Author : Vord
# Script licence : GPLv3
 
# PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac Init
[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
 
# Variables
TITLE="League Of Legends"
 
# Starting Window API
POL_SetupWindow_Init
 
# Starting debugging API
POL_Debug_Init
 
POL_Debug_Header

POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Riot Games" "http://www.leagueoflegends.com" "Vord" "$PREFIX"

# Prompt for Server
POL_SetupWindow_menu "Region to Install" "Pick your region" "North America|Europe East (and Nordic)|Europe West" "|"

if [ "$APP_ANSWER" = "North America" ]then
    POST_SRV="NA"
elif [ "$APP_ANSWER" = "Europe East (and Nordic)" ]
then
    POST_SRV="EUNE"
elif [ "$APP_ANSWER" = "Europe West" ]
then
    POST_SRV="EUW"
fi
PREFIX="LeagueOfLegends$POST_SRV"
TITLE="LeagueOfLegends$POST_SRV"
EXE_STR="LeagueOfLegendsBase$POST_SRV.exe"
DOWNLOAD_URI="http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/$EXE_STR"

POL_SetupWindow_message "Downloading and configuring\\nLeague Of Legends specific Wine instance." "$TITLE"

POL_SetupWindow_install_wine "1.3.17-LeagueOfLegends"
Use_WineVersion "1.3.17-LeagueOfLegends"
 
POL_Debug_Message "Selecting prefix : $REPERTOIRE/wineprefix/$PREFIX"
select_prefix "$REPERTOIRE/wineprefix/$PREFIX"
POL_Debug_Message "Creating prefix (wineboot)"

POL_SetupWindow_prefixcreate


POL_Debug_Message "Installing packages : vcrun2005 ie6 d3dx9 adobeair wininet wintrust"
#Used in old script...don't think is needed
#POL_Winetricks -q vcrun2005 ie6 d3dx9 adobeair

POL_Call POL_Install_vcrun2005
POL_Call POL_Install_ie6
POL_Call POL_Install_AdobeAir
POL_Call POL_Install_d3dx9
POL_Call POL_Install_wininet
POL_Call POL_Install_wintrust

#Attempting reboot here
wine reboot

POL_SetupWindow_textbox "Please download the following, if you have not already\\nSelect the downloaded EXE for the next step" "$TITLE" "$DOWNLOAD_URI"
POL_SetupWindow_browse "Please select the downloaded file" "Install file selection" "$HOME/Downloads/$EXE_STR"
POL_SetupWindow_message "Make sure to uncheck 'Run League Of Legends'\\n at end of install." "$TITLE"
wine $APP_ANSWER

POL_Debug_message "Creating shortcut ($TITLE) lol.launcher.exe"

# Custom shortcut for this issue (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=19141&iTestingId=70298)
#POL_SetupWindow_make_shortcut "$PREFIX" "c/Riot Games/League of Legends/RADS/system" "rads_user_kernel.exe" "c/Riot Games/League of Legends/lol.launcher.exe" "$TITLE" "" "run lol_launcher ../../LoLLauncher.exe"
POL_SetupWindow_auto_shortcut "$PREFIX" "lol.launcher.exe" "$TITLE"
 
POL_Debug_message "Setting patched wine version to $TITLE"
Set_WineVersion_Assign "1.3.17-LeagueOfLegends" "$TITLE"
 
POL_SetupWindow_message "League Of Legends installation is finished." "$TITLE"
POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit

Edited by vord

Trying to get this running using a PoL shortcut, since this seems to resolve the issue I'm noticing with login on Linux. Could use some help, as I am only a beginner.

#!/bin/sh
export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-lol"
cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Riot Games/League of Legends/rads/system"
wine "rads_user_kernel.exe" run lol_launcher $(ls ../projects/lol_launcher/releases/) LoLLauncher.exe

Edited by vord

Did you resolve the login problem? In my case, I can install through PoL 4.0.19 test script, but I cannot login...

I got a wine crash when i log in. At the second try i succeed in log in =). But when i try a game in trainning (just for a test), i have no sound...is it normal?

I got a wine crash when i log in. At the second try i succeed in log in =). But when i try a game in trainning (just for a test), i have no sound...is it normal?

Run the game in borderless mode instead of full screen. Worked for me.

Why not use existing script?
Install PlayOnLinux 4.1.x, then
Install button > Check "In testing" checkbox > Games > League of Legends

Works perfect thanks i could not get it to work in 64bit I downloaded 32bit and it worked perfect

Im using fedora 17 and i installed the test version of the game ,but i get this wine error when i try to run it. I installed all the libraries and if someone can help or if someoned runed the game on fedora 17 i would apriciate the help. (:

Why not use existing script?
Install PlayOnLinux 4.1.x, then
Install button > Check "In testing" checkbox > Games > League of Legends

Same problem, but I still can't login here. The script above but some names/paths must have changed, instead I used the following to run it:

#!/bin/sh
export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/LeagueOfLegends"
export WINE="$HOME/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86/1.5.18-LeagueOfLegends"
cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Riot Games/League of Legends/RADS/system"
${WINE}/bin/wine "rads_user_kernel.exe" run lol_launcher $(ls ../projects/lol_launcher/releases/ | tail -n 1) LoLLauncher.exe

But again, the login problem is not fixed by it ...

did anyone find a solution for the Brazil server issue?

You can try this script that uses the official downloader:
https://raw.github.com/petchema/playonlinux/master/League%20Of%20Legends-pmb

It has its own share of issues, but it should allow you to select the brazilian server.

im sorry... could you show me how to add a script?...

Save it in your computer, then, in PlayOnLinux menus,

    Tools > Run a local script

You'll get a warning that it's not signed, this is to be expected since it doesn't come from the official repository.

Edited by petch

thanks!!! i'm sorry i have one more question... is there any way to add Latin America?