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Kurara Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Aug 30, 2019.

  • by booman, Aug 30, 2019 at 1:25 PM
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    Kuara demo is a clever low-poly action tower-defense real-time-strategy game. You can equip your character with mech-ish weaponry and attack the enemy bases before they attack yours. Wave after wave defend your base, or obliterate theirs with projectile weapons from your three unique mechs.

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

    Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Kuara Demo. 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: 4.11-staging

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"

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    Look for the Wine Version: 4.11-staging
    Select it
    Click the arrow pointing to the right

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    Click Next

    Downloading Wine

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    Extracting

    Installed

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

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    Downloading Wine 64-bit

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    Installed

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    Wine 4.11-staging 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

    Download Kuara
    Save to your Desktop
    https://leongdev.itch.io/kuara

    PlayOnLinux Setup

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Install

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    Click "Install a non-listed program"

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    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next

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    Name the virtual drive: kuara
    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 4.11-staging
    Click Next

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    Select "64 bits windows installation"
    Click Next

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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows 7

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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Click OK

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    PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx10
    • POL_Install_d3dx11
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next

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    Note: All packages should automatically download and install

    Do not click Browse
    Kuara demo does not have an installer
    Click Cancel

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    Open Kuara with your Archive Manager
    Click Extract

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    Navigate to Program Files
    Full path:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/kuara/drive_c/Program Files/
    Click the "new folder" icon
    Name it kuara
    Click Create
    Click Extract

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    Close Archive Manager

    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure

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    Create a Shortcut

    Select kuara on the left column

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

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    Click "Browse"

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    Note: Selecting KUARA[0.0.8].exe would crash Wine

    Click Browse

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    Navigate to the kuara folder you created in Program Files
    Select "KUARA[0.0.8].exe"
    Click Open

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    Click Next

    Name the Shortcut: KUARA
    Click Next

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

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    General Tab
    Wine version: 4.11-staging

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    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

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    Close Configure

    Run Kuara

    Select KUARA
    Click Run

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    Note: Click Debug to see bugs and errors

    Unity 3D Launcher

    Adjust:
    • Screen resolution
    • Graphics Quality
    • Monitor
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    Conclusion:
    Kuara ran perfectly with staging version of Wine. For some reason stable Wine 4.0 would not even launch the game. Once in-game, everything ran perfectly without issues on my GeForce GTX 1060. It is a short demo, about 15 minutes long, but its engaging and pretty fun. When its over there is no control to end the game, so I had to Alt+Tab back to PlayOnLinux, go to Configure, Wine Tab and Kill Processes.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Jan 6, 2020

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