Eidolon is an open-world, survival game where you explore and learn about the lost civilizations after a massive earthquake. Hunt with a bow, fish, gather berries & mushrooms, explore the remains of a city and enjoy the surreal graphical simplicity.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Eidolon in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Humble Bundle version of Eidolon. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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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
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Extracting
Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.6.2 is installed and you can close this window
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: eidolon
Click Next
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Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Click Next
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Select Wine 1.6.2
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click OK
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Installing PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLL's, Libraries)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_dotnet40
- POL_Install_tahoma
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Installing Eidolon (Humble Bundle Download)
Click Browse
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Select "UDKInstall-Eidolon1421086697.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next
Click "I Accept"
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Click Install
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Installing...
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Uncheck "Launch EIDOLON"
Click Finished
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select UDK.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Eidolon
Click Next
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Click Next again...
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Eidolon
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.6.2
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Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure
Launching Eidolon
Select Eidolon
Click Run
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Note: Clicking Debug will show errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Settings
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Select the resolution to match your Linux Desktop
Adjust:
- View Distance
- Cloud Density
- Fauna Density
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Rule of Thumb:
High settings - More detail, lower frame rates
Low settings - Less detail, higher frame rates
Conclusion:
Eidolon ran very nice on my GeForce 550 Ti. Frame rates were great due to the fact that there is not texures in-game. Everything is solid colors and vector-based. Loading, saving, inventory, and all interactions worked perfectly in UDK with PlayOnLinux. This game is DRM Free, so you can purchase it and download the game files right from Humble Bundle.
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