Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Guide

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Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb takes you on an action adventure with Indie through Aztec Dungeons, Jungles and epic ruins. Sneak past mercenaries or take them out with your whip, pistol, shotguns or even hand to hand. Each ruin presents challenging jump tricks and stealth kills to reach the exit.

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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb . Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.4

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.4
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 1.8.4 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 the virtual drive: indianajones
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 1.8.4
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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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Components, Libraries)

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_indiana_jones_and_the_emperors_tomb_2.0.0.6.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again...

Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create Desktop icon"
Click Install
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You will get several installation errors
They do not affect the game's installation
Click OK
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "indy.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Indiana Jones
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Indiana Jones"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.4
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Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine

Wine Tab
Click Registry Editor
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Artifacts Fix

Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER - Software - Wine - Direct3D
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Right click and select "New"
Click "DWORD Value"
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Name the DWORD: MaxShaderModelVS
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Close Registry

Back to Wine Tab
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Click Wine Configuration again...
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Libraries Tab
Click Drop-Down Menu
Search for: msvcrt
Select msvcrt
Click Add
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You have added Library: mscvrt (native,builtin)
Click OK
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Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Launching Indiana Jones

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Indiana Jones"
Clcik Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Options
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Click Display
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Adjust:
  • Resolution
  • Bit Depth
  • Brightness
  • Subtitles
  • Shadows
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Setting Custom Resolution

Go to:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/indianajones/drive_c/GOG Games/Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb/GameData/indy

Note: Replace username with your login

Open vars.cfg
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Find the res_height line
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Change it to:
res_height=1600
res_width=1200

Or enter whatever 4:3 resolution you want...
Click Save
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Now Display shows the current resolution
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Before you launch Indiana Jones
Make sure to change the desktop resolution to match the vars.cfg height/width
Or you will get this error
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Conclusion:
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 950 with a resolution of 1600x1200. After I found out about the registry fix msvcrt, the graphical artifacts were gone as well.

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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Very good old classic

Good tips about resolutions, max vertex shader register entry and msvcrt

Actually runs smoothly in many machines

Good screens too

:)
 
Thanks!
All my research was at WineHQ.org and the posts were correct. Without the registry edit, you get a lot of graphical artifacts. Without msvcrt, the game won't even launch at all.
 
Go ahead and try this:
  • Open Registry
  • Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • Go to: Software
  • Go to: Wine
  • Right-click the Wine folder
  • Select "New Key"
  • Name it: Direct3D
  • Select "Direct3D" folder
  • Right click and select "New"
  • Click "DWORD Value"
  • Name the DWORD: MaxShaderModelVS
  • Close Registry
  • Click "Windows Reboot"
Now it should work... I hope
 
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