Hounds of Valor demo is a short 3rd person action platform game where you control a hound and stop the alien threat! Slay interesting creatures that have infested the landscape with your sword, knives and bombs. Find secret areas by jumping and climbing around hidden ledges.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Hounds of Valor in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Hounds of Valor. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.21-staging
DXVK: 1.4.6
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.21-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.21-staging
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.21-staging 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Download Hounds of Valor
Go to: https://dogatworkgames.itch.io/houndsofvalor
Save Demo 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: hounds of valor
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.21-staging
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Libraries Tab
Type each the following:
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- dxgi
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
Note: All of the packages should automatically download and install
Do not click Browse
Hounds of Valor does not have an installer
Open Hounds of Valor zip with your archive manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the virtual drive Program Files
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/hounds/drive_c/Program FilesClick the new folder icon
Name the folder: houndsofvalor
Click Create
Click Extract
Click "Show the Files"
DXVK Installation
Download DXVK 1.4.6
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.6
Save 1.4.6 to your Desktop
Open with your Archive Manager
Extract to your Desktop
Open x64 directory
Copy all of the DLLs
Back to the "houndsofvalor" open folder
Paste the DLLs
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select "houndsofvalor" in the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "HoundsofValor.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Hounds Of Valor
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Back to General Tab
Wine version: 4.21-staging
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 Hounds Of Valor
Select "Hounds Of Valor"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Unity3D Settings
Adjust:
- Screen resolution
- Graphics Quality
- Select Monitor
- Windowed
Conclusion:
Hounds of Valor wouldn't run with stable versions of Wine. So I tried "staging" versions and DXVK and it ran perfectly! My GeForce GTX 1060 was able to handle the demo just fine without any graphical artifacts or control issues. This game is still in development, so hopefully the full release will also run great in Wine.
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