Gunman and the Witch is a real-time action strategy game where you build and manage your town while protecting the people from outlaws. When you begin the town is just a few basic buildings like a general store and a lodge, but as you add livestock, gunsmith, church and other necessities you will grow the town and earn more money. But, tend to the needs of the people otherwise the outlaw oppression will force them to leave!



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Gunman and the Witch in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io beta version of Gunman and the Witch. Other versions may require additional steps.

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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 Gunman and Witch from itch.io
https://phanphantz.itch.io/gatw
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



Nme the virtual drive: gunman
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

Seleect 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
• POl_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Click Browse



Select GMATW_Beta_1.2_Setup.exe
Click Open



Click Next

Check "I accept the agreement"
Click Next



Click Next



Click Next again



Uncheck "Create a desktop shortcut"
Click Next



Click Install



Uncheck "Launch Gunman and The Witch"
Click Finish



PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Gunman and The Witch Beta 1.1.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Gunman and the Witch
Click Next



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



Download DXVK 1.4.2
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.2
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open the x64 folder
Copy all of the DLLs



Navigate to the Game installation directory
Full patch:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gunman/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Gunman And The Witch/

Paste the DLLs



PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Gunman And The Witch"
Click Configure



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 "Gunman And The Witch"



Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Conclusion:
Gunman and the Witch ran perfectly in Mint on my GeForce GTX 1060. I was able to use the keyboard and mouse without issues, save, quit and continue where I left off. This is an 8-bit inspired game so it should run on just about any laptop or netbook, but it does require DXVK.

Gameplay Video:



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