Play as Abe escaping Rupture Farms from being made into the new entree: Tasty Treats. Abe's Oddysee is a classic platform puzzle-jump game from the 90's in a 3D rendered environment.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.3
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 2.0.3 is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name the virtual drive: abesoddysee
Click Next


Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next


Select Wine: 2.0.3
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click Next


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Click Browse


Select "setup_abes_oddsee_2.0.0.4.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again

Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "AbeWin.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Abes Oddysee
Click Next


Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next


PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Abes Oddysee"
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 2.0.3


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

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Abes Oddysee"
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Conclusion:
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee ran perfectly out of the box. Its an older game from the 90's so don't expect high resolution compatibility.

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