Zorya is a creative co-operative puzzle game where two sisters bring the night back to the world. Aysu only survives in the shadows, but Solveig can control the sunlight. Each of the 6 levels have a clever strategy where Aysu can proceed to the end. Zorya can only be played over an IPV4 connection with two computers.



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

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

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
DXVK: 0.96

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine



Extracting

Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

Download Zorya

Go to: https://freaxx.itch.io/zorya
Download and 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: zorya
Click Next



Check the following:

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

Click Next



Select Wine 4.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Enter the following libraries

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi
• xaudio2_7

Select each one and click edit
Check "Windows (native)"



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



PlayOnLinux Packages

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_physx
• POL_Install_vcrun2012
• POL_Install_vcrun2013

Click Next



Click Cancel on the Browse screen



Go to your Desktop
Double-click Zorya 1.3.zip
Click Extract



Navigate to the Zorya virtual drive
Full Path:

Code:

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

Click Extract



Now you should have a Zorya 1.3 Folder in Program Files



Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select Zorya on the left side

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



Select "Zorya.exe"
Click Next



Name it Zorya
Click Next



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



General Tab
Select Zorya shortcut
Wine version: 4.0
Arguments: -FULLSCREEN



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



Installing DXVK 0.96

Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v0.96

• Download dxvk-0.96.tar.gz
• Save to your Desktop
• Extract to your Desktop
• Open x64 directory
• Copy all DLLs

Paste the DLLs in the Gnomon-Win64-Shipping.exe directory
Full Path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/zorya/drive_c/Program Files/Zorya 1.3/WindowsNoEditor/Gnomon/Binaries/Win64/

Installing Direct X 2010 Runtime

This will fix the stuttering audio with DirectX 11 games
Go to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8109
Download and Save to your Desktop in a Folder

Back to Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"



Select directx_jun2010_redist.exe
Click Open



Click Yes

Extract on your Desktop in the same folder
(it will extract many files...)
Click OK



Back to Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run an exe in this virtual drive" again



Navigate to the extracted Direct X files
Select "DXSETUP.exe"
Click Open



Select "I accept the agreement"
Click Next



Click Finish when its complete



Now we are ready to play Zorya!

Close configure
Select Zorya
Click Run



Conclusion:
The game initially crashed every time I ran it because the Visual C 2015 installation set Windows to Windows XP. Once I realized it and set it back to Windows 7, the game ran perfectly. I was able to install it in two computers and connect the game and play. Unfortunately it is only 6 levels and the first two are fairly simple.

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