Lonely Things is a free indie horror mystery game at a remote hotel in the middle of nowhere. Are you dreaming or is this place real? Meet desperate characters who are stuck in the realm of the hotel. Uncover their relationships and a find out what is wrong with this place.



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

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Lonely Things. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 5.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.5.4

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 5.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 5.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 5.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

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: lonelythings
Click Next



Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next



Select Wine 5.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply



Libraries Tab
Type each of the following, clik Add

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• d3d9
• dxgi

Edit one at a time
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 each of the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: Each package should automatically download and install

Do not Click Browse
Lonely Things does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Download Lonely Things on itch.io
Go to: https://jamiesime.itch.io/lonely-things
Save to your Desktop

Open in your Archive Manager
Click Extract



Navigate to Program Files in your lonelythings virtual drive
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/lonelythings/drive_c/Program Files/

Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



Installing DXVK

Download DXVK 1.5.4
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5.4
Save dxvk-1.5.4.tar.gz to your Desktop
Extract on your Desktop
Open x64 Directory
Copy all the DLLs



Paste in the game folder
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/lonelythings/drive_c/Program Files/

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select lonelythings in the left column

General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"



Select "Lonely Things.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Lonely Things
Click Next



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



General Tab
Wine version: 5.0



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 Lonely Things

Select "Lonely Things"
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see bugs and error

Unity 3D Launcher
Adjust:

• screen resolution
• Graphics Quality
• Select Monitor
• Windowed

Click Play



Conclusion:
Lonely Things is a fairly short game. There is a bunch of dialog to read and notes to find. Its completely free, but you will probably complete it in less than an hour. Everything ran fine on my GeForce GTX 1060 because it is developed in the Unity 3D Engine. Maybe they will consider a native port in the future?

Gameplay Video:


!Warning! The video has spoilers

Screenshots: