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Kkrieger Guide

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  • by booman, Nov 9, 2018 at 12:24 PM
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    .kkrieger was created to be a tech demo to see how small a game could be made. Not short, but small... as in capacity. Boasting beautiful graphics, textures, lighting, intricate level design, spooky enemies, small arsenal of weapons and sound effects. In its unfinished state, .kkrieger is about 100Kb in size. This is the most code optimized game ever made.

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

    Tips & Specs:

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

    Mint 18.3 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
    Wine: 3.0

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
    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 3.0 is installed and you can close this window

    Download .kkrieger
    If you do a Google search, you will find .kkrieger available on several websites
    I downloaded it from here: http://www.acid-play.com/download/kkrieger

    PlayOnLinux Setup

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Install
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    Click "Install a non-listed program"
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    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next
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    Name the virtual drive: kkrieger
    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 3.0
    Click Next
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    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows XP
    Click Apply
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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
    Desktop size: 800x600
    Click OK
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    PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

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

    At the "Browse" screen
    Click Cancel
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    Extract kkrieger-beta to Program Files in your new virtual drive
    Full path:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/kkrieger/drive_c/Program Files
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    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure
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    Select "kkrieger" on the left side
    General Tab
    Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
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    Select "pno0001.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name the shortcut: KKrieger
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    Now select "KKrieger" under the virtual drive kkrieger
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    Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine.

    Display Tab
    Virtual meory size: enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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    Close Configure

    Select "KKrieger"
    Click Run
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    Note: click debug to see errors and bugs

    If you want to run .kkrieger in full-screen, you will need to set your Linux Desktop to 1024x768 or 800x600

    Conclusion:
    .kkrieger ran perfectly as expected. I doubt the packages were even necessary, but I always install them as a base just in case. I played it windowed without any problems. At the end of the 10 min demo it says "... to be continued" but I haven't see any further development on it or anything like it. I have read that it was a programmers nightmare because of the huge amount of work it takes to keep a game this small in capacity. I'm thankful someone actually tried it. Its so small that it could play on just about any device.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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