About: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a Single-Player Role-Playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action/adventure RPG fantasy video game series, and follows The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by approximately 200 years, during the 4th Era.

This how-to will cover updating WINE, installing Steam and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Ubuntu 11.04 or other Ubuntu derivatives.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Wine PPA

Winetricks

Steam

Tips!

Delete the video file from ~/.local/share/wineprefixes/steam/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/Data/Video

PlayonLinux script: HERE

Always Walking: Press ESC > Controls > click (W) > then <enter> followed by (T) Then <enter> and tab out.

MASSIVE Performance Boost: Disabling GLSL shaders (winetricks, or manually with regedit) increases performance immensely.