Ghost Master Guide

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Ghost Master is a real-time strategy game where you manage your crew of Ghosts and scare the begeezee's out of sorority girls, red-neck families, fraternaty boys and many other victims. Customize your ghosts's powers to create spine-tingling effects and terrorize them to death.

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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Ghost Master. 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: 4.2.9
Wine: 1.7.51-staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
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 1.8 is installed and you can close this window

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: ghostmaster
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 1.8
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration

Application 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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Note: Ghost Master only supports 4:3 resolutions. You will have to set the virtual desktop to 1600x1200 later on if you want to play at the highest 4:3 resolution. Otherwise, leaving it at 1024x768 will always play in windowed mode.

PlayOnLinux Packages (Dll's, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Note: All libraries will download and install automatically

Installing Ghost Master
Click Browse
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Select: setup_ghost_master_2.0.0.2.exe
Click Open
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Click Next again

Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
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When the installation is done
Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "ghost.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Ghost Master
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Select Ghost Master
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8
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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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Running Ghost Master

Select Ghost Master
Click Run
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Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs

Optimization

Click Options
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Click Display Tab

Adjust:
  • Resolution
  • Graphics Quality
  • Texture Quality
  • Gamma
  • Cursor
Click Accept
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Note: Set your Linux desktop to 1600x1200 and then set the game at 1600x1200 for fullscreen

Conclusion:
Ghost Master played perfectly in PlayOnLinux on my GeForce 550 Ti. No performance issues or input issues at all. When setting the fullscreen resolution, I had some issues getting the game to set at 1600x1200, but it eventually worked.

Gameplay Video:


Screenshots:
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