Myst IV: Revelation Guide

The Myst franchise always surprised us with high quality cinematic visuals, interactive puzzles and interesting stories. It has been one of the most loved point-n-click adventures since we first saw Myst in 1993. No directions, no help, just discover the world by clicking and trial-n-error.

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As the fourth installment, Myst IV: Revelations continues the story and amazing 360 degree visuals.

Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Myst IV: Revelation in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Myst IV: Revelation. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.1
Wine: 1.7.7

Copy DVD Data

Before we get started it is a good idea to copy all of the game data from each DVD to a folder on the desktop. Wine always seems to have a problem with multiple Disks, so instead of messing with it, copying the data fixes the problem.

Create a folder on your desktop
Name the folder: myst4

Enter Disk 1
Open
Copy all data from Disk 1 to your "myst4" folder on your desktop
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Enter Disk 2
Open
Copy all data from Disk 2 to your "myst4" folder on your desktop
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If you get a warning about existing folders, click the checkbox "apply this action to all files" and click "Merge"
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Installing Wine

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"

Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.7
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
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PlayOnLinux will automatically download it and save it in this directory:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86
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Note: username is where you put your login name

Its a good idea to backup this directory to another computer because you won't have to keep downloading wine versions when you need them.

Extracting

Gecko Downloading
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Note: PlayOnLinux may also install the compatible version of Gecko also.

Installed
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Wine 1.7.7 is installed and you can close this window

Setup PlayOnLinux

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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Select 32-bit virtual drive
Click Next

Name your virtual drive: myst4
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 1.7.7
Click Next
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Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
Always select 32-bit virtual drive.

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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Installing Windows Packages/Components (Libraries)

Check The following packages:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_dxfullsetup
Click Next
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Installing Myst

Do not install from DVD
Select "Select another file"
Click Next
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Navigate to the "myst4" folder on your desktop
Select Setup.exe
Click Open
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Click Next
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Click Next

Click Next

Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next

Click Next

Select Complete
Click Next

Click Next

Installing

Check "I will install Acrobat Reader for myself later"
Click Next

Check "Never register"
Click Ok

Uncheck: View the Readme.txt File
Uncheck: Launch Myst IV - Revelation
Click Finish
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Myst4.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Myst IV: Revelation
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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Downloading Myst 4 patch

Go To: http://www.ubi.com/US/Downloads/Info.aspx?dlId=708
Download Myst IV Revlation (PC) v1.02 Patch
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Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure

General Tab
Here you can easily test your game with other downloaded versions of Wine
Click the + to download other versions
Click the down arrow to switch Wine versions
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Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video memory size: select the amount of memory your video card has
Offscreen rendering mode: fbo
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Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"
Navigate to your desktop
Select: myst4_v1.0_to_v1.03_pc.exe
Click Open
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Click Ok

Click Next

Check "I accept the terms..."
Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Wine Tab
It is a good idea to click Windows Reboot after installing a game
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Launching Myst IV Revelation

Back to PlayOnLinux

Full-screen Note:
Before launching Myst, you may want to reset your Linux desktop resolution to 1024x768
This is the only resolution Myst will support. Otherwise the game will appear as windowed.

Select Myst IV: Revelation
Click Run
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Note: Clicking debug instead will show errors for troubleshooting

Myst video options
Click Option
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Increase resolution to 1024x768
Click the check
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Conclusion:
Myst IV ran almost flawlessly without any extra tweaks or workarounds. There were some slight graphical bugs where projected light is displayed on the screen, but I only found a few instances. The game ran really well on my GeForce 550 Ti and my Solid State drive. Some of the transitions were a bit slow, but that is pretty common in all of the Myst games.

Screenshots:
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Last edited:
booman, thank you for this post! I see the last comment is 3 years old, and the original post is almost 9! I've used it (this post) twice now. I installed Myst4 using your instructions on Xubuntu 18.04 about 2 years ago and it went flawlessly! Then the graphics on my ancient laptop started going out so I got another laptop. This one is running Xubuntu 20.04. But instead of installing Myst4 from scratch again and loosing my saved game, I tarred up the .wine and .playonlinux directories and copied them over to the new laptop. And the game actually started!!! I couldn't capture the mouse though... So then I had another look at your instructions and realized I didn't set the wine version to 1.7. Once that was done everything was groovy!

Many thanx for your post!
 
booman, thank you for this post! !

Many thanx for your post!
Awesome! Its great to know these guides are helpful in any way! Thank you for confirming! I try to make them as a "guidelines" which can work for any game, but obviously some games need extra steps. I would love to update our guides, but there are just too many. So I've been replaying games just to prove Linux, Wine and Proton can still handle many of them. I just post a video and some screenshots with a bit of a review.
 
Ecstatic to the brim to join this gathering! The enthusiasm and insightful viewpoints are commendable. The information presented is phenomenal!

Thanks and good day!
 
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