Once again Guybrush Threepwood is caught in a mess with Voodoo Zombie Pirate LeChuck! But there is a twist, he also accidentally cursed his wife Elaine by turning her into a gold statue. Explore the mysteries of Plunder Island, solve clever & silly pirate puzzles and interact with the residents.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing and configuring The Curse of Monkey Island in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of The Curse of Monkey Island. 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"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 3.0 is installed and you can close this window

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: cursemonkeyisland
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 3.0
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7


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


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the Following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Click Browse

Select "setup_the_curse_of_monkey_islandtm.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again...

Click OK


Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "scummvm.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Curse of Monkey Island
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Curse of Monkey Island"
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 3.0


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


Run Curse of Monkey Island with Windows SCUMMVM

Select "Curse of Monkey Island"
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

SCUMMVM (Windows)

Updates check: Never
Click Proceed


Click "Add Game..."


Navigate to C:\GOG Games\
Select "The Curse of Monkey Island" folder
Click Choose


Click OK


Click Start


Run Curse of Monkey Island with Linux SCUMMVM

Use your package manager to install SCUMMVM

or download from the website:
https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/


Launch Linux SCUMMVM
Click "Add Game..."


Navigate to the same GOG Games folder: The Curse of Monkey Island
Full Path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/cursemonkeyisland/drive_c/GOG Games/

Click Choose


Click OK


Click Start


Conclusion:
To play Curse of Monkey Island you only need to install it with PlayOnLinux or Wine, then just launch the Linux SCUMMVM and add the path. Pretty simple! Everything else runs perfectly fine.

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