Distraint Guide

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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?

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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:

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

Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 3.0.3

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"

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Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right

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Click Next

Downloading Wine

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Extracting

Installed

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Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right

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Downloading Wine 64-bit

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Installed

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Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux

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Click "Install a non-listed program"

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

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Name the virtual drive: distraint
Click Next

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Check all three options:
  • Use another version of Wine
  • Configure Wine
  • Install some libraries
Click Next

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Select Wine 4.0
Click Next

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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next

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Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7

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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK

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PlayOnLinux Packages

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next

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Click Browse

Select "setup_distraint_deluxe_edition_1.0_(26480).exe
Click Open

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Click Next again...

Click OK

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Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install

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Click Exit

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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "distraint.exe"
Click Next

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Name the shortcut: Distraint
Click Next

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

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PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Distraint"
Click Configure

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General Tab
Wine version: 4.0

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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

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Close Configure

Select "Distraint"
Click Run

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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.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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