Once again Guybrush Threepwood is caught in a mess with Voodoo Zombie Pirate LeChuck! But there is a twist, he also accidentally cursed his wife Elaine by turning her into a gold statue. Explore the mysteries of Plunder Island, solve clever & silly pirate puzzles and interact with the residents.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing and configuring The Curse of Monkey Island in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of The Curse of Monkey Island. Other versions may require additional steps.
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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
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: cursemonkeyisland
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select 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 (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check the Following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Click Browse
Select "setup_the_curse_of_monkey_islandtm.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "scummvm.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Curse of Monkey Island
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Curse of Monkey Island"
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
Run Curse of Monkey Island with Windows SCUMMVM
Select "Curse of Monkey Island"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
SCUMMVM (Windows)
Updates check: Never
Click Proceed
Click "Add Game..."
Navigate to C:\GOG Games\
Select "The Curse of Monkey Island" folder
Click Choose
Click OK
Click Start
Run Curse of Monkey Island with Linux SCUMMVM
Use your package manager to install SCUMMVM
or download from the website:
https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/
Launch Linux SCUMMVM
Click "Add Game..."
Navigate to the same GOG Games folder: The Curse of Monkey Island
Full Path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/cursemonkeyisland/drive_c/GOG Games/Click OK
Click Start
Conclusion:
To play Curse of Monkey Island you only need to install it with PlayOnLinux or Wine, then just launch the Linux SCUMMVM and add the path. Pretty simple! Everything else runs perfectly fine.
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