Play as Cutter Slade and explore alien planets looking for a U.S. probe. There is a twist though, the alien races thin you are the Ulukai (Messiah) coming to free them from oppression. Outcast boasts large non-linear maps full of life, loads of dialog, clever Sci-Fi story, AI that take cover, run, get backup and hunt you down.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Outcast in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Outcast. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.0
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 3.0 is installed and you can close this window
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: outcast
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Selct Wine 3.0
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Click Browse
Navigate to the Outcast Installer
Select "setup_outcast_18970_(19502).exe"
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click Options
Check "Outcast"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
Click OK on all errors
Note: Errors do not affect the game installation
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "OC1.1.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Outcast
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Select Outcast
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 3.0
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
Close Configure
Edit Outcast Configuration
Navigate to: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/outcast/drive_c/GOG Games/Outcast/userdata
Open config.ini
Configure your keyboard or controller here
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Outcast"
Click Run
Conclusion:
Outcast ran really well though I've read that it renders with the CPU instead of video card. It automatically played in resolution 1920x1080 and boasts a lot of features not found in games at the time. The default keyboard controls were not WSAD and didn't make a lot of sense, so I found the config.ini and made adjustments from there. I even tried to set the resolution to 1920x1080 but the game would freeze in random intervals while playing. So I left the display settings alone.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots: