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You awaken from a coma in a corporate research facility where everything had gone wrong. Use your hacking skills and implants to survive this First Person action horror. System Shock is a hidden gem from 1994 boasting features way beyond its time. Interact with objects, HUD and upgrade your skills/implants as you survive the aftermath of a disaster.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing System Shock Enhanced Edition in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of System Shock Enhanced Edition. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.0
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Extracting
Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 3.0 is installed and you can close this window
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: systemshock
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 3.0
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
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Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically cpature the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Note: All packages will download and install automatically
Installing System Shock Enhanced Edition
Click Browse
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Select: setup_system_shock_1e.16.exe"
Click Open
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Note: I shortened the installer name myself
Click Next again
Select Language
Click OK
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Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Click Install
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Click OK on all errors
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "sshock.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: System Shock Enhanced
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "System Shock Enhanced"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 3.0
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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
Forcing Soft Rendering
Navigate to your System Shock Enhanced Edition installation directory
Open sshock.ini with your text editorCode:/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/systemshock/drive_c/GOG Games/SystemShock - Enhanced Edition/
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Find line: SoftRenderer=Off
Change to: SoftRenderer=On
Save sshock.ini
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Launching System Shock
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "System Shock Ehanced"
Click Run
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Note: Sometimes it would hang on the first screen and just require pressing some keys on the keyboard
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Conclusion:
System Shock Enhanced Edition ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux on Wine 3.0. The only time I had performance issues is during my recording. Otherwise it was perfect and fit my 1920x1080 screen. There is a hack to play game music, but I didn't try it.
Gameplay Video:
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