Scale walls and attack your prey as an Alien...
Use stealth, blades and a shoulder cannon as Predator...
Fight with an arsenal of machine guns, grenade launchers, flame throwers and turrets to slaugher the rest.
Play a single-player campaign to go head-to-head in player vs player deathmatch in starships, space stations, colonial bases and alien planets.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Aliens vs Predator. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window

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: alienspredator
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine: 1.6.2
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

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 (DLL's, Libraries, Components)

Check the following packages:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_gdiplus
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_avp_classic_2.1.0.25.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again...

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


The installation will halt at about 80%
You will see this pop-up error
Click OK


Killing AvP Installer
Alt+Tab back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


Wine Tab
Click "Kill processes"


PlayOnLinux Configure

General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2


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

PlayOnLinux Shorcut

Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "AvP_Classic.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Aliens vs Predator
Click Next


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


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


Close Configure

Launching Aliens vs Predator

Select "Aliens vs Predator"
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Optimization

Click "Audio/Video Options"


Click "Video Card & Resolution"


Adjust resolution to match your Linux Desktop
Click "Use These Settings"


Note: The menu will not resize to match the new resolution, but the game will when the first level loads.

Detail Levels Menu


Adjust:

• Number of Decals
• Light Coronas
• Decals on Characters
• Deformable Explosions
• Character Complexity
• Complex Particle Effects

Click "Use These Settings"


Conclusion:
Aliens vs Predator is a pretty old game and should run on any Desktop, Laptop and Netbook. I was able to run all the settings on high with my GeForce 550 Ti and my GeForce 7600 GT. I could never figure out why the installer freezes, but the game is installed and can run just fine.
There is a native installer available but requires Terminal and compiling. Using PlayOnLinux is an easy option in comparison.

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