Atma is a colorful fantasy action game with an interesting story and clever fighting mechanics. It isn't a typical hack-n-slash, instead you use earned abilities to solve puzzles, slow down time and attack enemies by slicing zones on the screen.



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

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Amta. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
DXVK: 1.3.1

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Extracting

Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

Download Atma demo on itch.io
Save to your Desktop
https://atmagame.itch.io/atma

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install



Click "Install a non-listed program"



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



Name the virtual drive: atma
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 4.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Application Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab:
Type the following and click Add

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi

Select one at a time
Click Edit
Check "native (Windows)"
Click Apply



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



PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Do not click Browse
Atma demo does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Open Atma Demo with your Archive Manager
Click Extract



Navigate to Program Files in the virtual drive
Full Path

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/atma/drive_c/Program Files/

Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



DXVK Setup

Download DXVK 1.3.1
Save to your Desktop & Extract
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.3.1

Open the x64 directory
Copy the DLLs



Paste in the Atma_V1.13 Directory
Full Path

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/atma/drive_c/Program Files/Atma_V1.13

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Create a Shortcut
Select atma on the left side

General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"



Select "Atma_V1.13.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Atma
Click Next



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



General Tab
Wine version: 4.0



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

Run Atma

Select Atma
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Conclusion:
Atma ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux the first time. I didn't have any performance issues and was able to play the entire demo in about an hour. It is a well made demo and a pretty interesting game. A lot of dialog to keep you interested in the story.


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