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Dude Simulator Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Sep 13, 2019.

  • by booman, Sep 13, 2019 at 1:29 PM
  • booman

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    Dude Simulator is a sandbox free roam FPS where you can interact with just about anything in the game. You actually have objectives, but who follows those anyways? Mess with the dudes by commanding them to follow and watch them trip over eachother... or kill them, make them angry, pee on them or just do stupid things that dudes love to do. It never gets old!

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Dude Simulator 3 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the free itch.io version of Dude Simulator 3. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

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

    Mint 19 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
    Wine: 4.0.2

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"

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

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    Click Next

    Downloading Wine

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    Extracting

    Installed

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

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    Downloading Wine 64-bit

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    Installed

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    Wine 4.0.2 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, 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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    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next

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    Name the virtual drive: dudesimulator
    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 4.0.2
    Click Next

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    Select "64-bits windows installation"
    Click Next

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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows 7

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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Click OK

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    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

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    Note: All packages should automatically download and install

    Do not click Browse
    Click Cancel

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    Download Dude Simulator 3 from Itch.io
    https://the-kiddy.itch.io/dude-simulator-3
    Save to your Desktop
    Open with Archive Manager
    Click Extract

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    Navigate to the new virtual drive Program Files
    Full path:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/dudesimulator/drive_c/Program Files/
    Click Extract

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    Click Close

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    Close the Archive Manager

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure

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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

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

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    Select "DudeSimulator3.exe"
    Click Next

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    Name the shortcut: Dude Simulator
    Click Next

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

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    General Tab
    Wine version: 4.0.2

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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

    Run Dude Simulator

    Select "Dude Simulator"
    Click Run

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    Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

    Optimization:

    Click Options

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    Adjust:
    • Resolution
    • Quality
    • Mouse
    • Sound

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    Conclusion:
    Dude Simulator ran fine with my GeForc GTX 1060. I didn't have any serious performance issues and I was able to close the game and launch it again later. Sometimes it crashes when you quit, but that is pretty typical with Wine. This is a fun sandbox game where you are free to do whatever you want. There are a lot of funny bugs messing with dudes and making them do stupid things. Nobody gets tired of that, right?

    Gameplay Video:



    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Jan 6, 2020

Comments

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Sep 13, 2019.

  1. cloasters
    Gotta love that blockhead look! Thanks for posting this game booman!
    booman likes this.
  2. booman
    Of course! Its actually kinda fun watching the dudes run into eachother and run into walls and cars...
    Then you can blow them up or shoot them. sometimes they run away screaming or start to attack you.
  3. cloasters

    Sounds like fun!

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