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Amnesia Fortnight Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Nov 13, 2015.

  • by booman, Nov 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM
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    Amnesia Fortnight is a bundle of prototypes by Double-Fine Productions. These prototypes are quickly developed games without any real market limitations.
    Basically, develop and have fun.
    The bundle includes a classic RPG, an arena boss fight, sandbox robot creator/fighter, space sim, spooky adventure, platform adventure, trick-or-treat adventure and a sandbox music game.

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Amnesia Fortnight in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the Humble Bundle version of Amnesia Fortnight. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

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

    Mint 17 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
    Wine: 1.7.51-staging

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.51-staging
    Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

    Select it
    Click the arrow pointing to the right
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    Note: A new Wine is released every week, always try the newest version as well

    Click Next

    Downloading Wine
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    Extracting

    Downloading Gecko
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    Installed
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    Wine 1.7.51-staging is installed and you can close this window

    PlayOnLinux Setup

    There is no installer for each prototype, just executables
    We need to setup our virtual drive, wine and packages backwards

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Click "New" on the bottom left
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    Click Next

    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 1.7.51-staging
    Click Next
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    Name your virtual drive: afortnight
    Click Next
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    Select "afortnight" virtual drive on the left

    Wine Tab
    Click "Configure Wine"
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    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows 7
    Click Apply
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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Check "Emulate a virtual desktop
    Desktop size: 1920x1080
    Click OK
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    Note: Enter the same resolution as your Linux desktop in Deskop Size

    PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

    Install Components Tab
    Select Microsoft Core Fonts
    Click Install

    Select d3dx9
    Click Install

    Select vcrun2008
    Click Install

    Select vcrun2010
    Click Install

    Select Tahoma
    Click Install
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    Note: Each Component/Package will automatically download and install

    Extracting Prototypes

    Double click the first zip
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    Click "Extract" in Archive Manager
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    Navigate to "Program Files" in the afortnight virtual drive
    Path:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/afortnight/drive_c/Program Files
    Click Extract
    Click Close
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    Continue extracting each prototype in Program Files
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    Each prototype has its own individual folder in Program Files
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    General Tab
    Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
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    Select the prototype executable
    Example: AFHack.exe
    Click Next
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    Name the shortcut
    Example: Hack-n-Slash
    Click Next
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    Select the next prototoype executable
    Name the shortcut

    List of coinciding exe/games:
    • AfCq.exe - Costume Quest
    • AFHack.exe - Hack-n-Slash
    • AfMana.exe - Happy Song
    • Birch.exe - White Birch
    • Black.exe - Black Lake
    • BRAZEN.exe - Brazen
    • Launcher.exe - Autonomous
    • Run.bat - Space Base

    Once you have all the prototype shortcuts made
    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    Display Tab
    Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory on your video card/chip
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    Close Configure

    Launching Prototypes

    Select the prototype you want to play
    Click Run
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    Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

    Conclusion:
    Autonomous was the only prototype I had problems with. It ran extremely slow and any settings changed in the Launcher would not apply. I researched for several weeks on Unity 3D, Autonomouse, Wine, Flags and Arguments, but found nothing that would improve the settings.

    All the rest of the Prototypes ran perfectly. A few prototypes did not support widescreen resolutions. Each prototype has different controls and a few of them may seem confusing. Remember these are prototypes, not finished games.

    Screenshots:

    Costume Quest
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    Hack-n-Slash
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    Happy Song
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    White Birch
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    Black Lake
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    Brazen
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    Space Base
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    Last edited: Jan 13, 2016
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Comments

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Nov 13, 2015.

  1. booman
    If anyone has successfully run Autonomous in PlayOnLinux, please share your tips
    I was able to run it, but extremely slow. Even on my GeForce 550 Ti and Nvidia 346 drivers.
    I tried the Unity 3D launcher, but any changes wouldn't take in-game. Not sure why. I've been able to run other launchers and make changes...

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