Eidolon Guide

Eidolon is an open-world, survival game where you explore and learn about the lost civilizations after a massive earthquake. Hunt with a bow, fish, gather berries & mushrooms, explore the remains of a city and enjoy the surreal graphical simplicity.

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

Note: This guide applies to the Humble Bundle version of Eidolon. 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: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next

Downloading Wine
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Extracting

Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: eidolon
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 1.6.2
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
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
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Installing PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries)

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_dotnet40
  • POL_Install_tahoma
  • POL_Install_vcrun2010

Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Eidolon (Humble Bundle Download)

Click Browse
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Select "UDKInstall-Eidolon1421086697.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next

Click "I Accept"
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Click Install
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Installing...
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Uncheck "Launch EIDOLON"
Click Finished
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select UDK.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Eidolon
Click Next
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Click Next again...

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Eidolon
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2
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Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure

Launching Eidolon

Select Eidolon
Click Run
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Note: Clicking Debug will show errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Settings
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Select the resolution to match your Linux Desktop

Adjust:
  • View Distance
  • Cloud Density
  • Fauna Density
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Rule of Thumb:
High settings - More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings - Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
Eidolon ran very nice on my GeForce 550 Ti. Frame rates were great due to the fact that there is not texures in-game. Everything is solid colors and vector-based. Loading, saving, inventory, and all interactions worked perfectly in UDK with PlayOnLinux. This game is DRM Free, so you can purchase it and download the game files right from Humble Bundle.


Screenshots:
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Last edited:
This game looks really interesting. I think I'll have to look for some videos online to see the gameplay.
 
Its a little slow for my tastes, but the visuals are very beautiful and epic in its simplicity. I found myself walking and walking and walking but admiring all the changing colors as the sun goes down and comes back up again.
 
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