Just Cause is a free-roam open-world action game where you get to choose any mission in any order. Drive any vehicle, fly any plane or helicopter, escape the corrupt police, help the rebellion against the oppressive government, use a large arsenal of weapons or hi-jack vehicles with your grappling hook. Explore a huge range of environments from mountains and jungles to beaches and islands.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Just Cause in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Just Cause. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2
Wine Installation
Note: Versions of Wine older than 2.0.2 and Wine 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window
Downloading Steam
Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
Setup PlayOnLinux
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: justcause
No spaces
Click Next
Select all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.7.42
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Configure Wine
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
Install Libraries
Check the following libraries:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Installing Steam
Click Browse
Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
Click Next
Click Next
Check: I accept the license...
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Updating Steam
More updating, extracting and installing
When Steam is done installing the login screen will pop up. You probably won't see any text because there is a font bug.
Click the "X" to close Steam login
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select Steam.exe
Click Next
Name your shortcut: Just Cause
Click Next
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font and store problem
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine
Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
Automatically set the resolution on launch
Select Just Cause
Click Configure
Click Miscellaneous Tab
Use this command in the lower text box
Code:
xrandr -s 1600x1200Close Configure
Launching Steam
Select Just Cause
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs.
Click "Login to existing account"
Login
Steam Overlay
Steam overlay has been known to cause problems launching games with Wine 1.6.2
Click Steam menu
Click Settings
Select "In-game"
Uncheck "Enable Steam Community In-Game"
Click OK
Installing Just Cause
Select Just Cause
Click Install
Click Next
Click "I Agree"
Uncheck both Shortcut options
Click Next
Click Finish
Click Play
Select "Just Cause Setup"
Click Play
Adjust:
- Post Effects
- Screen Resolution
- Texture Resolution
- Terrain Detail Quality
- Water Quality
- Scene Complexity
Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail higher frame rates
Playing Just Cause
Just Cause will also run really slow with multi-core CPU's
The only solution is to launch PlayOnLinux in a single-core environment
Exit Steam
Exit PlayOnLinux
Launch Terminal with Ctrl+Alt+Del
Type:
Code:
taskset -c 0 playonlinuxNow when you Launch Just Cause it runs flawlessly
Just remember not to play any other games in single-core mode
Conclusion:
Just Cause will only run at the highest resolution of 1600x1200
The game will not appear full-screen unless you set your Linux desktop resolution to match.
Gameplay Video:
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