Betrayer places you in time of history where the colonials were surviving against Spanish invasion. You will uncover stories as you explore the forest with unique black and white visuals. Hunt down mystical Spanish enemies with a bow, pistol, musket or bombs.





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

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

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

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

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Note: Versions of Wine older than 2.0.2 and Wine 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2

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

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam


Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save


Setup PlayOnLinux

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "install a non-listed program"


Click Next

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


Name you virtual drive: betrayer
No spaces
Click Next


Select 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


Configure Wine

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


Install Libraries

Check the following libraries:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2010

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install.

Installing Steam

Click Browse


Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam

More updating, extracting and installing


When Steam is done installing the login screen will pop up. You probably won't see any text because there is a font bug.
Click the "X" to close Steam login


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Betrayer
Click Next


Click Next

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font and store problem


Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine

Display Tab
GLSL Support: disabled
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Betrayer
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs.

Click "Login to existing account"


Login


Steam Overlay

Steam overlay has been known to cause problems launching games.
Click Steam menu
Click Settings


Select "In-game"
Uncheck "Enable Steam Commuinty In-Game"
Click OK


Installing Betrayer

Select Betrayer
Click install


Click Next


Uncheck both options
Click Next


Wait for Betrayer to download
Click Finish


Click Play


Optimization

Click Options


Click Video

• Select a resolution that matches your Linux Desktop
• Check Fullscreen
• Adjust FOV (Field of view)
• Use presets for Overall quality

Adjust custom settings:

• Antialiasing
• Light Shafts
• Depth of Field
• Shadow Quality
• Material Quality
• World Detail Level
• Detail Draw Distance

Rule of Thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
Betrayer ran fairly well in PlayOnLinux on my GeForce 550 Ti
There were a few graphical artifacts while playing... Flickering textures in the distance, missing assets in dark mode and glowing white spots. Disabling GLSL seemed to fix the glowing spots, but I was unable to resolve the other two graphical problems.
Betrayer ran with smooth frame rates as long as I didn't have everything set to high. I had to disable Depth of Field and lower some of the quality. Then gameplay and frame rates were really smooth.

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