Anachronox is a classic 3rd Person Shooter JRPG at its best! Play as Sylvester "Sly Boots" Bucelli a down-on-his-luck detective who needs a new start in a sci-fi adventure. Complex characters, turn-based action, artistic cut-scenes, creative world and character development.





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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Anachronox. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.6.2 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 your virtual drive: anachronox
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.6.2
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"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok


Installing Packages (Components, Dll's Libraries)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_gdiplus
  
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All libraries will automatically download and install.

Installing Anachronox

Click Browse


Select "setup_anachronox_2.0.0.28.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again...

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


When the installation is complete
Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "anox.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Anachronox
Click Next


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Anachronox
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2


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 Anachronox

Select Anachronox
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Graphical Options
Click Options


Video Options
Select "Hi-Res"
Window Options: Fullscreen
Fancy Menu Graphics: On


Widescreen fix

Download the widescreen fix:
http://www.moddb.com/games/anachronox/downloads/anachronox-widescreen-fix
Save it to your desktop

Double-click the ANOXwide.7z


Extract the widescreen resolution that matches your Linux desktop
I used 1680x1050


The folder will contain two files:

• anox.exe
• ref_gl.dll

Copy & past these into the Anachronox game folder:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/anachronox/drive_c/GOG Games/Anachronox

Note: username is where you put your login

It will over-write the original files


Note: Its a good idea to back up the original files before over-writing them.
I had to launch the game twice before it appeared in fullscreen.

Conclusion:
Anachronox ran beautifully on my GeForce 550 Ti. I never had any graphical or performance problems. With the widescreen fix you can now run Anachronox in any resolution you desire. I never tried the custom executables. If you have a unique monitor setup, give it a try.

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