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

Click Next



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

Select 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 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 Files

Click 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

Click Play



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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