Albedo Eyes From Outer Space is a First Person Shooter Mystery Puzzle Adventure. Manipulate objects, complete mini-games, solve puzzles and attack alien enemies. Of of this with a 60's sci-fi B-movie theme.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Albedo Eyes From Outer Space in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Albedo Eyes From Outer Space. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.8.2 is installed and you can close this window

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: albedo
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.8.2
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_gdiplus
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Click Browse

Select "setup_albedo_eyes_from_outer_space_2.0.0.1.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again...

Click OK


Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes, I have aread and accept EULA"
Click Install


When the installation is complete
Multiple Errors
Click OK on all of them


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Albedo.exe"
Click Next


Click Next again...


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Albedo
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.2


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

Launching Albedo & Optimization

Select Albedo
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Click options


Click Graphics


Adjust Resolution and Preset
Set Fullscreen


Note: Changing resolution applies immediately. They keys is to hold the left-mouse button as you rotate the dial to the desired resolution. Make sure to match your Linux desktop resolution. Otherwise, any resolution that is not supported may break the game each time you launch.

Click Advanced

Adjust:

• Quality
• Shaders
• Rendering
• Mesh LOD
• Material LOD
• Motion FX
• Reflections
• A.Occlusion
• VSync
• Brightness

Rule of Thumb:
Higher settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Lowere settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
Albedo Eyes From Outer Space installed and ran perfectly on my GeForce 9800, 550 Ti and GTX 950. The only issues I experiences was related to screen resolution. I recommend setting the in-game resolution to match your Linux Desktop resolution.

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