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.
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.
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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"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.4
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.8.4 is installed and you can close this window
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name the virtual drive: indianajones
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.8.4
Click Next
Select "32-bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Components, Libraries)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
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
Click Next again...
Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create Desktop icon"
Click Install
You will get several installation errors
They do not affect the game's installation
Click OK
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "indy.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Indiana Jones
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Indiana Jones"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.4
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine
Wine Tab
Click Registry Editor
Artifacts Fix
Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER - Software - Wine - Direct3D
Right click and select "New"
Click "DWORD Value"
Name the DWORD: MaxShaderModelVS
Close Registry
Back to Wine Tab
Click Wine Configuration again...
Libraries Tab
Click Drop-Down Menu
Search for: msvcrt
Select msvcrt
Click Add
You have added Library: mscvrt (native,builtin)
Click OK
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Launching Indiana Jones
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Indiana Jones"
Clcik Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Options
Click Display
Adjust:
- Resolution
- Bit Depth
- Brightness
- Subtitles
- Shadows
Setting Custom Resolution
Go to:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/indianajones/drive_c/GOG Games/Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb/GameData/indyNote: Replace username with your login
Open vars.cfg
Find the res_height line
Change it to:
res_height=1600
res_width=1200
Or enter whatever 4:3 resolution you want...
Click Save
Now Display shows the current resolution
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
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:
