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.



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.

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.15-staging
DXVK: 1.4.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.15-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.15-staging
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



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



Click "Install a non-listed program"



Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next



Name the virtual drive: showdownbandit
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 4.15-staging
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Application Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Type the following:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi

Select one at a time
Click Edit
Change to "native (Windows)"
Click Apply



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



PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Do not click Browse
Showdown Bandit demo does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Open Showdown Bandit with your Archive Manager
Click Extract



Navigate to the Program Files directory
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/showdownbandit/drive_c/Program Files/

Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



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


Paste the DLLs in the Showdown Bandit Demo 64bit folder



PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select "showdownbandit" on the left column

General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"



Select "Showdown Bandit Demo.exe"
Click Next



Name the Shortcut: Showdown Bandit
Click Next



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



Back to PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Showdown Bandit" in the left column

General Tab
Wine version: 4.15-staging



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

Run Showdown Bandit
Select "Showdown Bandit"
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Click Options



Adjust:

• Volume
• Sensitivity
• Graphics
• Fullscreen
• Resolution

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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