The Flame In the Flood is a rafting exploring action survival adventure. Survive the apocalyptic aftermath by floating down-river in your custom raft and gathering supplies at random locations on the way. The river is always changing and every location is different. Watch out for rain, wolves, worthogs and use your crafting skills to make 100s of items that might keep you alive.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The Flame In the Flood in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of The Flame In the Flood. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.0
Wine Installation
You will need two Wine versions
- One for installing the game
- One for running the game
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Select Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Also Click Click Wine versions (amd64) Tab
Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right to install it
Look for the Wine Version: 3.10-staging
Click the arrow pointing to the right to install it
Wine 3.0 and 3.10-staging 64-bit 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: flameintheflood
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 3.0
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Graphics Tab
Check "Automaticaly 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_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_physx
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2013
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Installing The Flame In The Flood
Click Browse
Select "setup_the_flame_in_the_flood_1.3.003_(11916).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 OK on all errors
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "RiverGame.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: The Flame In The Flood
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "The Flame In The Flood"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine Version: Click the down-arrow to select Wine 3.10-staging
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Click Run
Note: Click Debug to see bugs and errors
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Runtime
This installation will fail, but the game still runs
Clicking Yes
Check "I agree..."
Click Install
Setup Failed
Click Close
Optimization
Click Option
Adjust:
- Resolution
- Fullscreen
- V-SYNC
- Anti Aliasing
- Shadows
- Post Processing
- Textures
- Custom Cursor
Conclusion:
After Visual C++ 2013 failed, I just ran the game again and it worked. Initially I tested with Wine 3.8 and the game ran so slow that I couldn't play at all. Naturally I tried a "staging" version and it ran perfectly. Unfortunately PlayOnLinux doesn't offer a 32-bit version of 3.10-staging which means it doesn't appear in the manual installation process. So we install with 3.0 then switch to 3.10-staging afterwards. As you can see in the video below, it runs perfectly without issues.
Gameplay video:
Screenshots: