Dead Lab is a short indie project by Fractured Games Inc where you play as Sam in an experimental lab where everything has gone wrong. You are awakened in a lab dormitory by a voice on the radio. You must reach the top level at all cost, find weapons, use physics and keep your cool.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Dead Lab 2.0 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GameJolt version of Dead Lab 2.0. 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: 1.4.2

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

Download Dead Lab 2.0 on GameJolt
Go to: https://gamejolt.com/games/dead-lab-2-0/187563
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: deadlab
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:

• 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, Libaries, 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
Dead Lab 2.0 does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Open 2.0-32bit.zip with your Archive Manager
Click Extract



Navigate to the Program Files (x86) directory
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/deadlab/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/

Click the folder button
Name the folder: deadlab
Click Creatae
Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



Installing DXVK

Download DXVK 1.4.2
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.2
Download to your Desktop
Extract DXVK
Open the x32 directory
Copy all of the DLLs



Paste them in the game folder with "Dead Lab 2.0.exe"



PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



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



Select "Dead Lab 2.0.exe"
Click Next



Leave the default name
Click Next



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



Back to General Tab
Select "Dead Lab 2.0"
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 Dead Lab 2.0

Click Run



Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Dead Lab Unity 3D Launcher
Adjust:

• Screen Resolution
• Graphics Quality
• Select Monitor
• Windowed

Click Play



Note: There are some minimal graphical options in-game in the options menu

Conclusion:
Playing Dead Lab 2.0 with stable Wine alone resulted in a very low frame rate and some graphical bugs. After adding DXVK it ran perfectly! There were still some slow areas, but very few with graphics set on Very High. My GeForce GTX 1060 was able to handle it.


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