Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Fallen is a hidden treasure among older video games. Developed with the Unreal engine you have a choice of playing 3 different characters in the same story, but the levels, missions and action is different for each character.





Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Star Trek Deep Space 9: The Fallen in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Star Trek Deep Space 9: The Fallen. Other versions may require additional steps.

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int 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.2
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


Click Next

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


Name your virtual drive: thefallen
Click Next


Select all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.6.2
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop Size: 1024x768

Click OK


Installing Packages

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Installing The Fallen

Click "Select another file"
Click Next


Click Browse

Navigate to your CD-ROM
Select "Setup.exe"
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click "I ACCEPT"

Click Next

Check "Full install"
Click Next

Click Next

Click No


Installing


Uncheck "Yes, I want to install DirectX now"
Click Finish


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "DS9.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: The Fallen
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine
Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine


Display Tab
Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Launching The Fallen

Select The Fallen
Click Run

Note: Clicking Debug will show you errors and bugs


First-Time Configuration
Check "Show certified deviced (recommended)
Click Next


Click Next


Click Run


Video Options

Click Options


Click Video Tab


Adjust resolution, color depth, textures, decals, shadows and other details
Click Close

Conclusion:
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Fallen ran almost perfectly on my GeForce 550 Ti. There were some crackling audio problems, but graphically it ran just fine.
Since it didn't support widescreen resolutions, I set it for the highest 3:4 resolution and then adjusted my Linux desktop to match. Now the game will appear fullscreen.

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