The Flame In The Flood Guide

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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.

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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.

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

You will need two Wine versions
  • One for installing the game
  • One for running the game
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Select Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next

Downloading Wine
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Extracting

Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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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
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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: flameintheflood
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 3.0
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 "Automaticaly 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_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_d3dx10
  • POL_Install_d3dx11
  • POL_Install_physx
  • POL_Install_tahoma
  • POL_Install_vcrun2013
Click Install
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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
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Click Next again...

Click Ok
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Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
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Click OK on all errors
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "RiverGame.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: The Flame In The Flood
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "The Flame In The Flood"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine Version: Click the down-arrow to select Wine 3.10-staging
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Note: Click the + to download 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

Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see bugs and errors

Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Runtime

This installation will fail, but the game still runs

Clicking Yes
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Check "I agree..."
Click Install
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Setup Failed
Click Close
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Optimization

Click Option
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Adjust:
  • Resolution
  • Fullscreen
  • V-SYNC
  • Anti Aliasing
  • Shadows
  • Post Processing
  • Textures
  • Custom Cursor
Click Apply Changes

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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:
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