Play as Cutter Slade and explore alien planets looking for a U.S. probe. There is a twist though, the alien races thin you are the Ulukai (Messiah) coming to free them from oppression. Outcast boasts large non-linear maps full of life, loads of dialog, clever Sci-Fi story, AI that take cover, run, get backup and hunt you down.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Outcast. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.0

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 3.0 is installed and you can close this window

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: outcast
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Selct Wine 3.0
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Click Browse

Navigate to the Outcast Installer
Select "setup_outcast_18970_(19502).exe"
Click Open


Click Next again...

Click OK


Click Options
Check "Outcast"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install


Click OK on all errors


Note: Errors do not affect the game installation

Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "OC1.1.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Outcast
Click Next


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


Select Outcast
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 3.0


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

Edit Outcast Configuration

Navigate to: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/outcast/drive_c/GOG Games/Outcast/userdata
Open config.ini


Configure your keyboard or controller here


Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Outcast"
Click Run


Conclusion:
Outcast ran really well though I've read that it renders with the CPU instead of video card. It automatically played in resolution 1920x1080 and boasts a lot of features not found in games at the time. The default keyboard controls were not WSAD and didn't make a lot of sense, so I found the config.ini and made adjustments from there. I even tried to set the resolution to 1920x1080 but the game would freeze in random intervals while playing. So I left the display settings alone.

Gameplay Video:



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