Unreal Development Kit is based off the Unreal Tournament Engine used for so many AAA titles and successful games & mods. Games like:

• Borderlands 1 & 2
• Gears of War
• Space Marine
• Bioshock 1 & 2
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Dishonored
• Game of Thrones
• Singularity
• Mass Effect 1 & 2 & 3
• and many more...

This is the engine to use if you want to create a top quality game with state-of-the-art graphics, physics and lighting capabilties.

The purpose of this Guide is to show you how to install UDK & UE3 games in Linux with PlayOnLinux. UDK & UE3 run rather well and only requires a few libraries and a decent video card.

Follow this step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optmizing UDK games featuring an independent title named CDF Ghostship.

Note: This guide applies to the Alpha version of CDF Ghostship, but should also work with most UDK games because they all require the same libraries.

Tips & Specs

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual:
PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.1
Wine: 1.4.1

Download CDF Ghostship

Go To: http://www.cdfghostship.com

Pre-Purchase CDF Ghostship and then signup to get access to the Membership page.

Go to the membership and login.
Roll over members
Click Memers Area


Download each RAR starting with Part 1


When you are done downloading only extract GhostshipAlpha35.part1.rar
Then you will have a UDKInstall-GhostShip.exe


PlayOnLinux & Wine 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: udk
Click Next


Select all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.4.1
Click Next


Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
ALWAYS SELECT THE 32-bit VIRTUAL DRIVE

Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows XP


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


Installing Libraries

Select the following Libraries:

• corefonts
• d3dx10
• d3dx11
• d3dx9
• dxfullsetup
• dotnet40
• vcrun2005
• msxml3
• registered fonts
• tahoma
• xinput

All libraries will automatically download and install

After testing a few other UDK games, I found that they require more dotnet packages.
I recommend also installing the following Libraries in this order:

• dotnet30
• dotnet30sp1
• dotnet35
• dotnet35sp1

Note: You don't have to install all of these libraries, but several UDK games require Dot Net Framework 3.5 and will automatically start downloading it. But if you install them ahead of time with PlayOnLinux, the game will continue to the installation.

DotNet 4.0 error
Click Next


Note: Dotnet will flicker a command line a bunch of times as ist installing libraries. Just be patient and wait.

Installing Libraries




Installing UDK and CDF Ghostship
Click Browse


Navigate to your desktop
Select UDKInstall-GhostShip.exe
Click Open


Click Next


UDK License agreement
Click "I Accept"


Install Options
Click Install


Installing Prerequitiste Files


Installing Ghostship Files


Complete
Uncheck "Launch GhostShipAlpha36
Click Finished


Before creating the Shortcut, we need to do one thing...

Deleting 64-bit binaries

Navigate to the GhostShipSlpha36 folder
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/udk/drive_c/UDK/GhostShipAlpha36

Note: Username is where you put your login

Delete Win64


For some reason even launching the UDK.exe from the 32-bit folder still attempts to launch the 64-bit one and then crashes. Removing the 64-bit folder fixes this problem.

Shortcut

Go back to PlayOnLinux Shortcut window
Select Browse
Click Next


Click Browse


Go to the same GhostShipAlpha36 directory listed above
Open Win32


Select UDK.exe
Click Open


Click Next


Name the shorcut: CDF Ghostship
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

In PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


Select virtual drive CFG Ghostship

Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video Memory Size: size of memory on your video card
Offscreen rendering mode: fbo


Wine Tab
Click Windows Reboot


Close Configure

Launching CGF Ghostship

Select CDF Ghostship
Click Run


Main Menu
Click Options


Select resolution
I was able to run Ghostship at 16080x1050 with my GeForce 550 Ti

Note: The virtual desktop will re-size automatically and the game will appear like a fullscreen game.

Click Exit to Options


Conclusion:
I was able to run CDF Ghostship in high resolution with what appeared to be high graphics settings. There were no advanced video settings in the Alpha.
I played the available modes and everything was smooth from loading to frame rates.
This Guide should run most independent titles utilizing UDK for their development engine.
For most games just use their downloaded compressed files in the place of Ghostship steps and install the above libraries with Wine & PlayOnLinux configuration settings.
Alway reboot Windows before launching the game.

Here is a list of more UDK Indie games out there:
Prometheus
Renegade X
Planetstorm
The Ball
Adams Venture
Chivalry Medieval Warfare
Coda
FPS Terminator
Mist of Stagnation
Roccy Laboritories
The Last Phoenix
Warm Gun
The Haunted: Hells Reach (Steam Only)
Seige of Inaolia
Primal Carnage
List of UDK Games in Development

Screenshots:











Renegade X




Sanctum





Sp A.I.





FPS Terminator