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Showdown Bandit is a creepy western puppet themed point-n-click adventure. Every area in the game is created as if it were on a stage controlled by a mysterious puppeteer. Sneak around the west, snatching money, finding NPCs and avoiding evil no-string-puppets... in specific areas you can change to 3rd Person and shoot your pop-gun to open doors and take-out enemies.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Showdown Bandit demo in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Showdown Bandit demo. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.15-staging
DXVK: 1.4.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 4.15-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Installed
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Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.15-staging
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Downloading Wine 64-bit
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Installed
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Wine 4.15-staging 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Download Showdown Bandit demo on itch.io
Go to: https://kindlybeast.itch.io/showdownbandit-demo
Save to your Desktop
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name the virtual drive: showdownbandit
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 4.15-staging
Click Next
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Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration
Application Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
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Libraries Tab
Type the following:
Select one at a time
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- dxgi
Click Edit
Change to "native (Windows)"
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-scren windows"
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Do not click Browse
Showdown Bandit demo does not have an installer
Click Cancel
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Open Showdown Bandit with your Archive Manager
Click Extract
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Navigate to the Program Files directory
Full path:Click ExtractCode:/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/showdownbandit/drive_c/Program Files/
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Click "Show the Files"
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Download DXVK 1.4.2
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.2
Download dxvk-1.4.2.tar.gz
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open the x64 folder
Copy all the DLLs
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Paste the DLLs in the Showdown Bandit Demo 64bit folder
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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Select "showdownbandit" on the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
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Select "Showdown Bandit Demo.exe"
Click Next
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Name the Shortcut: Showdown Bandit
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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Back to PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Showdown Bandit" in the left column
General Tab
Wine version: 4.15-staging
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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
Run Showdown Bandit
Select "Showdown Bandit"
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
Click Options
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Adjust:
- Volume
- Sensitivity
- Graphics
- Fullscreen
- Resolution
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Conclusion:
Showdown Bandit demo ran almost perfectly in PlayOnLinux. It would crash with stable Wine, but the staging version works great. The only issue I had was aiming in First Person view because every time I clicked to shoot, the camera would change directions. I think you can press "E" instead of clicking the mouse to shoot. Other than that, frame rates were smooth with my GeForce GTX 1060.
Gameplay Video:
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