Cult Of The Abyss is a horror survival game where you play a child surviving in a apocalyptic world. Gather resources, explore the wasteland, cuddle with your dog and avoid mutated creatures. Keep a close eye on your needs because death is around every aspect of the game.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Cult Of The Abyss in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Itch.io Alpha version of Cult Of The Abyss. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.15-staging
DXVK: 1.4.4

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.15-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.15-staging
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 4.15-staging 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

Download Cult Of The Abyss on Itch.io
Go to: https://delphicmind.itch.io/cultoftheabyss
Save to your Desktop

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: cultoftheabyss
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine: 4.15-staging
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Type the following:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi

Select one at a time
Click Edit
Change to "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

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Do not click Browse
Cult Of The Abyss Alpha does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Open CultOfTheAbyss_win.zip with your archive manager
Click Extract



Navigate to the virtual drive
Full Path:

Code:

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

Click Extract again



Click "Show the Files"



Installing DXVK

Download DXVK 1.4.4
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.4
Save to your Desktop
Extract
Copy all of the DLLs in x64 folder



Paste in the open folder where you installed the game
Full Path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/cultoftheabyss/drive_c/Program Files/CultOfTheAbyss_win

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Creating a Shortcut

General Tab
Select "cutloftheabyss" on the left column
Click "Make a ne shortcut from this virtual drive"



Select "CutlOfTheAbyss.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Cult Of The Abyss
Click Next



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



Back to Configure
Select the new shortcut in the left column

General Tab
Wine version: 4.15-staging



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

Display Tab
Video Memory size: Select the amount of memory your video card/chip uses



Close Configure

Run Cult Of The Abyss

Select Cult Of The Abyss
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Conclusion:
The only problem I experienced was the character moving erratically when trying to interact with objects. For example he may just start walking off in the wrong direction, but you can correct him by simply clicking again. There are some graphical artifacts around the edge of the screen, but its hard to tell if its actually part of the game or a Wine artifact? Either way, it doesn't affect gameplay. I was able to get a great frame rate with my GeForce GTX 1060 and was able to save, quit and load the game later on.

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