Alien Breed 2 Assault is the next installation in the franchise. Play as Conrad the Cheif Engineer and slay swarms of aliens that have infested the ship. Can you restore power to your ship or will you hide in the fetal position until the aliens sniff you out?



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Alien Breed 2 Assault in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Alien Breed 2 Assault. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 2.0.2 is installed and you can close this window

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam


Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save


PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name your virtual drive: alienbreedassault
No spaces
Click Next


Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next


Select Wine 2.0.2
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok


PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following libraries:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_Physx
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2005
• POL_Install_vcrun2008
• POL_Install_vcrun2010

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Steam

Click Browse


Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam

Click the "X" to close Steam login


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Alien Breed 2 Assault
Click Next


Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes any missing font problems and the Store.


Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine

Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Alien Breed 2 Assault
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Click "Login to existing account"


Login


Find Alien Breed 2 Assault in your Library
Click Install


Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next


Click Finish


When Alien Breed 2 Assault is done downloading
Click Play


UERedist Install

Click Yes


Installation will fail but doesn't affect the game
Click OK


Click Finish

DirectX Installation
Check "I accept the agreement"
Click Next


Click Finish

Visual C++ 2008 Setup
Check "Repair"
Click Next


Alien Breed 2 Assault will eventually launch
Click Continue


Optimization

Click "Help & Options"


Click Display


Adjust:

• Fullscreen
• V-Sync
• Post Process Effects
• Dynamic Shadows
• Brightness
• Resolution

Click Apply


Conclusion:
Alien Breed 2 Assault played perfectly just like the first game. I think the Unreal Engine Redist is for the level editor but I'm not sure why it still tried to install DirectX and Visual C++ since we already added those. Either way the game launched and played fullscreen just fine.

Screenshots: