Fox Hunt is a clever puzzle game where your goal is to find the Fox, but it isn't a simple task. Find the note cards and explore the minimalistic surroundings as secrets unveil themselves in grayscale and color.



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

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

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
DXVK 1.0.1

Download Fox Hunt at itch.io
https://anomalina.itch.io/foxhunt

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Extracting

Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed

Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

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: foxhunt
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 4.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Application Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Type the following libraries:

• 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_d3dcompiler_43
• 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 because Fox Hunt does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Open FoxHunt zip downloaded from itch.io with Archive Manager
Select all files
Click Extract



Navigate to the Program Files (x86) Directory
Full Path:

Code:

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

Click New Folder icon
Name it: foxhunt
Click Create
Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



Download DXVK 1.0.1
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.0.1
Save to your Desktop and extract

More on DXVK with PlayOnLinux
http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/dxvk-guide.2540/

Open the dxvk-1.0.1 folder on your desktop
Copy all the DLLs from the x32 folder



Paste them in the foxhunt directory you extracted the game into above



PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



PlayOnLinux Shortcut

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



Note: Make sure the foxhunt is selected on the left side

Selct "FoxHunt.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Fox Hunt
Click Next



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



Back to General Tab
Wine version: 4.0



Note: Click the + to download more 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

Launch Fox Hunt

Selct "Fox Hunt"
Click Run



Conclusion:
Fox Hunt ran perfectly as the visuals are mostly low poly without textures. DXVK allows us to run games made with Direct X 10/11 so I was able to launch this Unity Engine game and play with great frame rates, controls and save/load functionality. My GeForce GTX 1060 ran it without problems in 1920x1080 resolution.

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