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.
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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
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
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
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 "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: