The Are Coming is an indie in development 3rd Person Action game based on War Of The Worlds. Aliens attack without warning and huge walkers roam the roadside. Protect the people from this invasion and use your guns and quick reflexes to slay our unwanted visitors.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The Are Coming in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of The Are Coming. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.5

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Extracting

Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0.2
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 4.0.2 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

Download They Are Coming
Go to: https://teamrevived.itch.io/they-are-coming
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: theyarecoming
Click Next



Check all three options:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 4.0.2
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply



Libraries Tab
Type each of the following and click Add

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• d3d9
• dxgi

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



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_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Do not click Browse
They Are Coming does not have an installer
Click Cancel



Open They Are Coming with your Archive Manager
Click Extract



Navigate to the new virtual drive Program Files
Full path:

Code:

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

Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



Installing DXVK

Download DXVK 1.5
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5
Download dxbk-1.5.tar.gz
Save to your Desktop

Extract to your Desktop
Open x64 directory
Copy all the DLLs



Go back to the open folder in Program Files
Paste in Win64 Directory
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/theyarecoming/drive_c/Program Files/TheyAreComing/Binaries/Win64/

PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select "theyarecoming" in the left column

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



Select "TheyAreComing.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: They Are Coming
Click Next



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



General Tab
Wine version: 4.0.2



Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select another version of Wine

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



Close Configure

Run They Are Coming

Select "They Are Coming"
Click Run



Conclusion:

This is really a tech demo of They Are Coming and of course there are some bugs and graphical artifacts. But since its free to play, its pretty fun marching down the main road of a small town and picking off alien scum. The in-game menu has a bunch of graphical settings to adjust performance.

Gameplay Video:



Screenshots: