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This guide will walk you through setting up Nvidia drivers, Wine versions and DXVK version for DirectX 11 games in PlayOnLinux

1. Install Nvidia 440

Use the Driver Manager or Additional Drivers (Mint/Ubuntu) to install Nvidia 440 drivers
Reboot

If you don't see 440 then you may have to enter this PPA:

Open Terminal
Run command
Refresh Driver Manager
Check Nvidia 440
Click Install
Reboot

2. Install Vulkan Linux Libraries

Launch Terminal
Run the following commands:
Press Enter
Reboot

3. Vulkan Install Check
Verify that Linux Vulkan is installed with the following command:
Press Enter

Note: Will also show you Vulkan version

4. Install Wine
Be sure to Have PlayOnLinux 4.3.4 Installed: Download
Install...

Here is a great and honest interview about porting Windows games to Linux and Mac. There are some great points about eON and Wine wrappers too.

https://boilingsteam.com/an-interview-with-peter-mulholland-ex-vp/

Feel free to leave a thankful comment on boilingsteam.com

In Rules of Survival your character parachutes on to a massive island unarmed along with 300 other trigger hungry players. The goal is to find a weapon and kill anyone that moves. Its not as easy as it sounds. Loot weapons and gear from building and watch your back.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Rules of Survival in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Free to Play Online version of Rules of Survival. 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: 3.11

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 3.11
Select it
Click the arrow...

Space Cadet Pinball is the classic game bundled with Windows XP. I remember playing it when I was younger and invested many hours clanking the metal ball around. In Space Cadet you have to complete missions for extra points which usually means hitting targets or successfully aiming the ball into hard-to-reach areas. Its quite rewarding for such a simple game.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Space Cadet Pinball in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

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...

The new version of Steam has some new certificate bundled in, so you have to modify a file and add some code for Steam to install games.

1. Navigate to your game's wineprefix: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gamename/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/config/
2. Open config.vdf with a text editor
3. Copy this code below
   
   Code:

   "CS"...

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.

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...

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...

Play as Jackie Estacado and weild the powerful "creeping dark" tendrils to slay your enemies, rip them apart and use their hearts for health. Physics plays a big part in The Darkness 2 as you can use your tendrils to pick up heavy object and throw them at enemies, use them as a shield, pick up health or weapons at a distance and even throw enemies at eachother. With the combination of guns and supernatural powers, you can slay enemies in an infinite number of ways.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The Darkness 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of The Darkness 2. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual...

Once again Guybrush Threepwood saves the world from the evil pirate LeChuck to later find they be come allies? Wait no... Guybrush is stranded on a Carribean island with a voodoo infected hand searching for a boat to rescue his wife Elaine from his nemesis LeChuck who happen to be friends. What? No way!
Play a clever puzzle/adventure made by TellTale games in a completely 3D environment and explore the silly dialog-ridden Carribean islands.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Tales of Monkey Island in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Tales of Monkey Island. 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...

Ever wanted to dedicate your computer to audio?

Audiophile Linux is optimized for recording, playback, surround, music and more...

https://www.ap-linux.com

Play as Robert Cath a fugitive on the Orient Express in 1914 as you investigate the murder of your friend Tyler and avoid the French police. Interact with 30+ characters in real-time and explore the entire train in a story of murder, conspiracy and romance.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The Last Express in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of The Last Express. 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...

Join Lumi in a puzzle adventure to find her Grandfather in Lumino City. Meet interesting characters and solve clever puzzles to go from one part of the city to the other. Everything you see and interact with is made of real cardboard and cleverly animated with Flash.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Humble Bundle version of Lumino City. 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: 3.6

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.6
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right...

A friend of mine decided on a new Gaming build and found that video card prices are ridiculously high!
He ended up getting a budget card instead of next-Gen because of the $800.00 + prices.

I found this is due to BitCoin miners purchasing all of the top-of-the-line cards to mine their mining.
Sucks for us!

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/cryptocurrency-mining-graphics-card-prices/

In Shadow Man, you play as Michael LeRoi the voodoo warrior who protects our world from the dead crossing over from Deadside. Take on "The Five" and Legion immortal warriors with the Mask of Shadows and save Liveside.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Shadow Man. 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: 3.6

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.6
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine...

Hellgate London is a hack-n-slash action RPG based in post apocalyptic London after the gates of hell opened up and releases demons upon the earth. Select from many gun weilding and melee classes and level up your stats and skills. Slay demons with all kinds of weapons such as swords, rifles, grenade launchers, flame throwers and rocket launchers that inflict elemental damage like fire and electricity.



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

Note: This guide applies to the retail version of Hellgate London. 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: 3.6

Wine Installation

Click Tools...

Heretic is the classic FPS made by RavenSoft in 1994 after ID Software had so much success with Doom. Now you can play Heretic with a new graphics engine sporting high resolutions, new sound effects, animations and RPG elements. Brutal Heretic truly revives the nostalgia of the 90's and breathes some new life into slaying Gargoyles and Golems.



Tips & Specs:

Mint 18.3 64-bit
GZDoom 3.3.1 64-bit
BrutalHereticRPG_V2.pk3

Go to: https://zdoom.org/downloads
Download Ubuntu (64-bit)


Save gzdoom_3.3.1_amd64.deb to your desktop


Double-click gzdoom_3.3.1_amd64.deb
Click "Install Package"


Run GZDoom at least once
Error explains where your .wad files need to reside
Click Exit


Download the original Heretic
Make the zipped download hs "heretic.wad"

Note: Heretic is not abandonware, but is still...

Deadlight Director's Cut takes place after a zombie apocalypse in the 1980s. Play as Randall Wayne in a brilliant side-scrolling action puzzle platform game. Every scene has a clever puzzle and jump tricks, and survival is your goal. This isn't a zombie slaying action game, instead you have to plan out your moves in precision to reach the next area. Sometimes an all out run is the only way.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Deadlight. 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: 2.21-staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage...

Play as Zan, a half Orc half Demon warrior in an old school shooter DOOM II total conversion. Slay factions of Cultists and Chaotic Demons in a totally unique fantasy world. Wield an arsenal of magical weapons, explore, solve puzzles and fight along-side Orcs, Goblins, Minotaurs and Dwarves.

Note: Hedon now has a Linux native version on itch.io
https://zanthebonebreaker.itch.io/hedon



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

Note: This guide applies to the Moddb demo version of Hedon. 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: 3.3 64-bit

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select...

Play as a team of UPA agents in a squad based shooter puzzler. Your squad is tasked with investigating the machinery failures in the underground that power the rich aboveground life. Each of the four characters have their own abilties and weapons. Use them wisely or perish against cultists, gang-bangers and mutants.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Project Eden. 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: 3.3

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.3...

Killer Is Dead plays like an arcade game meets a surreal action thriller. Play as Mondo who is an agent for the state and will settle and score for a price.... or a kiss. Slay minions in a retro "Pulp Fiction" meets "Kill Bill" ambiance in a unique color scheme. Trust me, its weird and fun!



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Killer Is Dead in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Killer Is Dead. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.3

Wine Installation...