Alien Breed is an action twin-stick shooter made with Unreal Engine. Your ship is on the verge of a catastrophic implosion and you only have one chance to prevent it... Your mission isn't going to be easy because aliens have infested the ship and everyone is dead.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Alien Breed Impact. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 18.1 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 2.0.2 is installed and you can close this window

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam


Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save


PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name your virtual drive: alienbreed
No spaces
Click Next


Select all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 2.0.2
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


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


PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following libraries:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_Physx
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_vcrun2005
• POL_Install_vcrun2008

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Steam

Click Browse


Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam

Click the "X" to close Steam login


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Alien Breed
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes any font issues and store issues (Must set OS to Windows XP for store)


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

Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Alien Breed
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Click "Login to existing account"


Login


Go to your Library
Find Alien Breed: Impact
Click Install


Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next


Click Finish


Click Play


Note: UE3 Redistributable will try to install and might crash. Just continue the game launch

Click Continue


Optimization

Click "Help & Options"


Click Display


Adjust:

• Fullscreen
• V-Sync
• Post Process Effects
• Dynamic Shadows
• Brightness
• Resolution

Click Apply


Rule of thumb:
High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

Conclusion:
After the UE3 Redist crashing, I was able to continue the first launch and play just fine in 1920x1080 on my GeForce 1060. I didn't have any further problems either. Fun game and very underrated.

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