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!



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:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2

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

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: dudesimulator
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



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
Click Cancel



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



Navigate to the new virtual drive Program Files
Full path:

Code:

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

Click Extract



Click Close



Close the Archive Manager

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



PlayOnLinux Shortcut

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



Select "DudeSimulator3.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Dude Simulator
Click Next



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



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 Dude Simulator

Select "Dude Simulator"
Click Run



Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization:

Click Options



Adjust:

• Resolution
• Quality
• Mouse
• Sound

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?

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