Bastion is a wonderfully narrated action role-playing game. The narrator describes everything your character is doing in order to fill the story with life and yet can be ironic or funny as well. Shoot arrows, smash everything with a massive hammer, slice-n-dice with swords, use granades, pets and many other weapons in your upgrade-able arsenal.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Bastion in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOL version of Bastion. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
Wine: 1.7.51-staging
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.7.51-staging is installed and you can close this window
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: bastion
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine: 1.7.51-staging
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically catpure the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
ptrace_scope
In order to install dotnet35 libraries this command has to be run in Terminal
Launch Terminal Ctrl+Alt+T
Type:
Code:
echo "0"|sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scopeEnter password
Close Terminal
PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, DLL's, Components)
Check the following packages:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_dotnet35
- POL_Install_tahoma
Click Browse
Navigate to your Bastion download from GOG
Select "setup_bastion_2.0.0.6.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Options
Unecheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
XNA Installation
Click Next
Check "I accept the terms in the License Agreement"
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Bastion.exe"
Click Next
Name your shortcut: Bastion
Click Next
Check "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Bastion"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.51-staging
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Launching Bastion
Select Bastion
Click Run
Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Help & Options
Click Resolution
Select the resolution of your Linux Desktop for fullscreen
Click Back
Click Display
Adjust:
- Fullscreen
- Vertical Sync
- Anti-Aliasing
Conclusion:
Bastion ran perfectly after tediously installing dotnet35 packages. Without dotnet it refuses to run at all. Even the GOG installer doesn't install the packages with the installation. Once in-game everything ran pefectly on my GeForce 550 Ti.
Gameplay Video:
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