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Play as Abe escaping Rupture Farms from being made into the new entree: Tasty Treats. Abe's Oddysee is a classic platform puzzle-jump game from the 90's in a 3D rendered environment.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.3
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 2.0.3 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: abesoddysee
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine: 2.0.3
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"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Click Browse
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Select "setup_abes_oddsee_2.0.0.4.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "AbeWin.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Abes Oddysee
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Abes Oddysee"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 2.0.3
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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
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Abes Oddysee"
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Conclusion:
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee ran perfectly out of the box. Its an older game from the 90's so don't expect high resolution compatibility.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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