You are the Chosen One sent to find GECK (Garden of Eden Creation Kit) during a drought in 2241. Equipped with only a jumpsuit and PIPBoy 2000 you scour an open world in survival and turn based combat in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Fallout 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Fallout 2. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.8 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 the virtual drive: fallout


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.8
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1920x1080
Click OK


Note: Set the resolution to match your Linux Desktop

PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_gdiplus
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Fallout

Click Browse

Select "setup_fallout2_2.1.0.17.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again

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


.NET Framework Error
Click Close


Runtime Errors
Click OK on all errors


Note: The errors do not affect the installation

Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "fallout2HR.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Fallout 2
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Fallout
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.8


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


Close Configure

Launching Fallout

Select Fallout
Click Run


Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Optmization:
Fallout can run on just about any computer these days. Laptop, Desktop or Netbook.

Click Screen Settings

Adjust:

• Scaling X2
• Resolution
• Windowed
• Colours
• Refresh Rate
• Fog of War
• PC Scroll Limit
• Panel Scaling

Click Done


Conclusion:
Fallout 2 ran really well on my GeForce 550 Ti and my GeForce 7600 GT. No performance issues and typical Fallout RPG style gameplay.

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