P.T. Remake is an Unreal 4 remake of a Playstation psychological horror game that was a playable-teaser for Silent Hill. This is a very repetitive game as you explore the same hallway over and over with new clues and puzzles each time.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing P.T. Remake in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Tips & Specs:
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Mint 19.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: ProtonGE 5.6
DXVK: 6.1
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
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: ptremake
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 5.0
Click Next
Note: We will download and install Proton GE in a later step
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Libraries Tab
Type each of the following
Click Add
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- d3d9
- dxgi
Click Edit
Change to "Native (Windows)"
Click apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Components, Libraries)
Check each of the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Click Cancel
P.T.Remake does not have an installer
Download P.T. Remake
You will have to search for it yourself
I found it with a google search
Open P.T. Remake rar with Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the ptremake virtual drive Program Files
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/ptremake/drive_c/Program Files/Click Show the Files
Install DXVK
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.6
Download dxvk-1.6.tar.gz
Extract to your Desktop
Open the x64 directory
Copy all of the DLLs
Go back to the open folder where you extracted the game
Open the Win64 directory
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/ptremake/drive_c/Program Files/PT_2/Binaries/Win64Download Proton GE 5.6
Go to: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/5.6-GE-1
Download Proton-5.6-GE-1.tar.gz
Extract to your Desktop
Open the "dist" directory
Copy all of the folders and files
Navigate to the PlayOnLinux Wine folder
Full Path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineName it: proton-ge5.6
Note: ignore the name in the screenshot
Paste all of the "dist" folders and files in directory: proton-ge5.6
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select ptremake in the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "PT_2.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: P.T. Remake
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Back to Configure
Select "P.T. Remake" in the left column
General Tab
Click the down arrow and change Wine 5.0 to proton-ge5.6
Display Tab
Video memory size: Select the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Play P.T Remake
Select "P.T. Remake"
Click Run
Note: It make take a minute to initially launch. Click debug to see errors and bugs
Conclusion:
P.T. Remake ran really well with Proton GE (Glorious Egg Roll fork) on my GeForce GTX 1060. I didn't have any issues with launching or playing the game. Unfortunately there is no save funciton, so you loose all progress if you quit before finishing.
Screenshots: