Your Uncle Lufte wants to go on a trip across Germany and decides to give you an old car. Its kinda banged up and needs a new engine. Engage in this unique simulation as you manage and upgrade this old Jalopy car. Repair, upgrade and enjoy towns and landscapes across cities in Germany.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Humble Bundle version of Jalopy. 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: 4.0
DXVK: 1.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



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



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Extracting

Installed



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



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



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

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: jalopy
Click Next



Check the following:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next



Select Wine: 4.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Type each of the following:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi

Select each one and click Edit
Check "Native (Windows)"
Click Apply



Graphics Tab
Click "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Uncheck "Allow the window manager to control the windows"
Click OK



PlayOnLinux Packages

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Do not Click Browse
Jalopy does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Download Jalopy from Humble Bundle
Open with Archive Manager
Click Extract



Click New Folder Icon
Type: jalopy
Click Create
Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



Download DXVK 1.2
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.2
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open x64 Folder
Copy all the DLLs



Paste all the DLLs in the jalopy game folder you opened previously
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/jalopy/drive_c/Program Files/jalopy/

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"



Select "Jalopy.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Jalopy
Click Next



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



Back to General Tab
Wine version: 4.0



Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses



Close Configure

Select "Jalopy"
Click Run



Note: Click Debug to see bugs and errors

Optimization

Click Options
Click Video



Adjust:

• Screen Resolution
• Fullscreen
• Vsync
• Quality
• Flickering Lights
• SSAO
• Antialiasing
• Mirrors

Click Save



Conclusion:
Jalopy runs almost perfectly in PlayOnLinux with Wine. There are some flickering textures and sometimes the mouse looses control, but other than that it runs GREAT. I had a lot of fun micro managing my car, gas, cleaning the dirt off and trading goods at the market. Just about everything in the game is interactive so every experience will be different.

Gameplay Video:


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