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.
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.
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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
Wine: 1.7.51-staging
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
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: ghostmaster
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.8
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Application 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
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
Note: All libraries will download and install automatically
Installing Ghost Master
Click Browse
Select: setup_ghost_master_2.0.0.2.exe
Click Open
Click Next again
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
When the installation is done
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "ghost.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Ghost Master
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select Ghost Master
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
Running Ghost Master
Select Ghost Master
Click Run
Note: Click Debug to see errors and bugs
Optimization
Click Options
Click Display Tab
Adjust:
- Resolution
- Graphics Quality
- Texture Quality
- Gamma
- Cursor
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.
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