Elite Force is a sci-fi wave-based First Person Shooter. Upgrade your weapons, abilities and protect your based from waves of enemies and a boss. Developed by Fractured Games, but as far as I can tell it is no longer under development.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Elite Force in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the MajorGeeks version of Elite Force. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0.2
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.0.2 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Download Elite Force on MajorGeeks
Go to: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/elite_force.html
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name the virtual drive: eliteforce
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 4.0.2
Click Next
Select "64 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 (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Do not click Browse
Elite Force does not have an installer
Click Cancel
Open the zip file with Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the Program Files directory in the wineprefix
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/eliteforce/drive_c/Program Files/Name the folder: eliteforce
Click Create
Click Extract
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Select the virtual drive "eliteforce"
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "Elite Force 64.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Elite Force
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Back to Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0.2
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
Run Elite Force
Select "Elite Force"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
Unity 3D Options
Adjust:
- Screen resolution
- Graphics Quality
- Windowed
- Input
Conclusion:
Elite Force ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060. I was able to play through a bunch of waves and bosses without performance issues or crashing. I'm pretty sure Fractured Games has abandoned this project, but its still a fully functional demo and its free.
Gameplay Video:
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