Cartoon Strike is a Lowpoly team deathmatch first person shooter inspired by Counter-Strike, Star Wars Battlefront and other FPS. This game is in development so there may be further levels like other FPS games in the future.



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

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

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.4.4

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Extracting

Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0.2
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 4.0.2 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

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: cartoonstrike
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 4.0.2
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications 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
Select "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_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Do not click Browse
Cartoon Strike does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Download Cartoon Strike Demo

Go to: https://gametoria.itch.io/cartoon-strike-pc-demo
Download the demo and save to your Desktop

Open Cartoon Strike with your Archive Manager
Click Extract



Navigate to the virtual drives Program Files
Full Path:

Code:

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

Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



Install DXVK

Download DXVK 1.4.4
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.4
Save to your Desktop
Extract on your Desktop
Open x32 folder
Copy all of the DLLs



Paste in the game folder previously open



PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select "cartoonstrike" in the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut in this virtual drive"



Select "Cartoon Strike.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Cartoon Strike
Click Next



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



Select "Cartoon Strike" in the left column

General Tab
Wine version: 4.0.2



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

Run Cartoon Strike

Select "Cartoon Strike"
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Optimization

Click the gear at the bottom right



Click Settings



Click "Graphics"
Adjust:

• Display Mode
• Resolution
• Quality
• Post Processing

Conclusion:
Cartoon strike runs well in PlayOnLinux on my GeForce GTX 1060. This is a low poly cartoonish game, so it might run well on any laptop or netbook, but may require adjusting some of the graphics settings. There was no on online while I was testing, so I hosted my own game with bots. but there is a browser-based version of the game here: https://gameflare.itch.io/cartoon-strike
It runs well in Linux Chrome and you may find other players online

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