Distraint is a retro horror puzzle adventure where the main character's goal is to move out of his unbearable apartment. His job is to serve people their eviction noticies with a cold emotionless heart. But can he do it without a conscience and guilt?
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Distraint in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Distraint. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 3.0.3
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name the virtual drive: distraint
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 4.0
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Click Browse
Select "setup_distraint_deluxe_edition_1.0_(26480).exe
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "distraint.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Distraint
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Distraint"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0
Note: Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine. Click the + to download other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Select "Distraint"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see error and bugs
Conclusion:
Distrain runs really well in PlayOnLinux with Wine 4.0
The only problem I had was in Mint 19, the panel would overlay the game at the bottom. Even in fullscreen. So I decided to auto-hide the panel and then the game was completely fullscreen. Its a really basic 2D side-scrolling game, so it should run on any computer, notebook or netbook.
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