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Bastion Guide

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  • by booman, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:21 PM
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    Bastion is a wonderfully narrated action role-playing game. The narrator describes everything your character is doing in order to fill the story with life and yet can be ironic or funny as well. Shoot arrows, smash everything with a massive hammer, slice-n-dice with swords, use granades, pets and many other weapons in your upgrade-able arsenal.

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

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

    Tips & Specs:

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

    Mint 17 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
    Wine: 1.7.51-staging

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.51-staging
    Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

    Select it
    Click the arrow pointing to the right
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    Click Next

    Downloading Wine
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    Extracting

    Downloading Gecko
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    Installed
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    Wine 1.7.51-staging is installed and you can close this window

    PlayOnLinux Setup

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Install
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    Click "Install a non-listed program"
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    Click Next

    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next
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    Name your virtual drive: bastion
    Click Next
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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine: 1.7.51-staging
    Click Next
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    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows XP
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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically catpure the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
    Desktop size: 1024x768
    Click OK
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    ptrace_scope

    In order to install dotnet35 libraries this command has to be run in Terminal
    Launch Terminal Ctrl+Alt+T

    Type:
    Code:
    echo "0"|sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
    Press Enter
    Enter password
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    Close Terminal

    PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, DLL's, Components)

    Check the following packages:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_dotnet35
    • POL_Install_tahoma
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    Click Browse

    Navigate to your Bastion download from GOG
    Select "setup_bastion_2.0.0.6.exe"
    Click Open
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    Click Next again

    Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
    Click Options
    Unecheck "Create desktop icons"
    Click Install
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    XNA Installation
    Click Next
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    Check "I accept the terms in the License Agreement"
    Click Next
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    Click Install
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    Click Finish
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    Click Exit
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select "Bastion.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name your shortcut: Bastion
    Click Next
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    Check "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Select "Bastion"
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 1.7.51-staging
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    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
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    Close Configure

    Launching Bastion

    Select Bastion
    Click Run
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    Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

    Optimization

    Click Help & Options
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    Click Resolution
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    Select the resolution of your Linux Desktop for fullscreen
    Click Back
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    Click Display
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    Adjust:
    • Fullscreen
    • Vertical Sync
    • Anti-Aliasing
    Click Confirm
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    Conclusion:
    Bastion ran perfectly after tediously installing dotnet35 packages. Without dotnet it refuses to run at all. Even the GOG installer doesn't install the packages with the installation. Once in-game everything ran pefectly on my GeForce 550 Ti.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Jan 13, 2016
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