Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Guide

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    Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb takes you on an action adventure with Indie through Aztec Dungeons, Jungles and epic ruins. Sneak past mercenaries or take them out with your whip, pistol, shotguns or even hand to hand. Each ruin presents challenging jump tricks and stealth kills to reach the exit.

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb . Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

    To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

    Mint 17.3 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
    Wine: 1.8.4

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.4
    Select it
    Click the arrow pointing to the right
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    Click Next

    Downloading Wine
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    Extracting

    Downloading Gecko
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    Installed
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    Wine 1.8.4 is installed and you can close this window

    PlayOnLinux Setup

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Install
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    Click "Install a non-listed program"
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    Click Next

    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next
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    Name the virtual drive: indianajones
    Click Next
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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 1.8.4
    Click Next
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    Select "32-bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows 7
    Click Apply
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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
    Desktop size: 1024x768
    Click OK
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    PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Components, Libraries)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next
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    Note: All packages will automatically download and install

    Click Browse

    Select "setup_indiana_jones_and_the_emperors_tomb_2.0.0.6.exe"
    Click Open
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    Click Next again...

    Click Options
    Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
    Uncheck "Create Desktop icon"
    Click Install
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    You will get several installation errors
    They do not affect the game's installation
    Click OK
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    Click Exit
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select "indy.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name the shortcut: Indiana Jones
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Select "Indiana Jones"
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 1.8.4
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    Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine

    Wine Tab
    Click Registry Editor
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    Artifacts Fix

    Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER - Software - Wine - Direct3D
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    Right click and select "New"
    Click "DWORD Value"
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    Name the DWORD: MaxShaderModelVS
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    Close Registry

    Back to Wine Tab
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    Click Wine Configuration again...
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    Libraries Tab
    Click Drop-Down Menu
    Search for: msvcrt
    Select msvcrt
    Click Add
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    You have added Library: mscvrt (native,builtin)
    Click OK
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    Display Tab
    Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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    Launching Indiana Jones

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Select "Indiana Jones"
    Clcik Run
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    Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

    Optimization

    Click Options
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    Click Display
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    Adjust:
    • Resolution
    • Bit Depth
    • Brightness
    • Subtitles
    • Shadows
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    Setting Custom Resolution

    Go to:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/indianajones/drive_c/GOG Games/Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb/GameData/indy
    Note: Replace username with your login

    Open vars.cfg
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    Find the res_height line
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    Change it to:
    res_height=1600
    res_width=1200

    Or enter whatever 4:3 resolution you want...
    Click Save
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    Now Display shows the current resolution
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    Before you launch Indiana Jones
    Make sure to change the desktop resolution to match the vars.cfg height/width
    Or you will get this error
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    Conclusion:
    Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 950 with a resolution of 1600x1200. After I found out about the registry fix msvcrt, the graphical artifacts were gone as well.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Nov 11, 2016.

  1. mrdeathjr28
    Very good old classic

    Good tips about resolutions, max vertex shader register entry and msvcrt

    Actually runs smoothly in many machines

    Good screens too

    :)
  2. booman
    Thanks!
    All my research was at WineHQ.org and the posts were correct. Without the registry edit, you get a lot of graphical artifacts. Without msvcrt, the game won't even launch at all.
  3. jemadux
    no direct on registry
  4. booman
    Did you install d3dx9 in the PlayOnLinux Packages step?
    You can always add it...
  5. booman
    Go ahead and try this:
    • Open Registry
    • Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    • Go to: Software
    • Go to: Wine
    • Right-click the Wine folder
    • Select "New Key"
    • Name it: Direct3D
    • Select "Direct3D" folder
    • Right click and select "New"
    • Click "DWORD Value"
    • Name the DWORD: MaxShaderModelVS
    • Close Registry
    • Click "Windows Reboot"
    Now it should work... I hope

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