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Elite Force is a sci-fi wave-based First Person Shooter. Upgrade your weapons, abilities and protect your based from waves of enemies and a boss. Developed by Fractured Games, but as far as I can tell it is no longer under development.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Elite Force in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the MajorGeeks version of Elite Force. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Extracting
Installed
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Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0.2
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Downloading Wine 64-bit
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Installed
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Wine 4.0.2 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Download Elite Force on MajorGeeks
Go to: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/elite_force.html
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name the virtual drive: eliteforce
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine 4.0.2
Click Next
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Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Do not click Browse
Elite Force does not have an installer
Click Cancel
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Open the zip file with Archive Manager
Click Extract
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Navigate to the Program Files directory in the wineprefix
Full path:Click the new folder buttonCode:/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/eliteforce/drive_c/Program Files/
Name the folder: eliteforce
Click Create
Click Extract
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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General Tab
Select the virtual drive "eliteforce"
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
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Select "Elite Force 64.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Elite Force
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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Back to Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0.2
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Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure
Run Elite Force
Select "Elite Force"
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
Unity 3D Options
Adjust:
- Screen resolution
- Graphics Quality
- Windowed
- Input
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Conclusion:
Elite Force ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060. I was able to play through a bunch of waves and bosses without performance issues or crashing. I'm pretty sure Fractured Games has abandoned this project, but its still a fully functional demo and its free.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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