Helldorado is a squad-based tactical strategy game with attention to detail. You can manage one character at a time or the whole group as they sneak about the enemies playground and take them out.



There won't be any run-n-gun here... take your time, save often, plan your strategy to every minor detail. If you make an error, live are a stake.

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

Note: This guide applies to the retail version of Helldorado. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 16 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.2
Wine: 1.7.10

Installing Wine

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.10
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.7.10 is installed and you can close this window

Setup PlayOnLinux

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: helldorado
(no spaces)
Click Next


Select all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine 1.7.10
Click Next


Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
Always select 32-bit virtual drive

Configuring Wine

Applications 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


Installing Components (Windows packages/libraries)

Check all of the following libraries:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_devenum
• POL_Install_dxfullsetup
• POL_Install_physx
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_xvid

Click Next


Note: All libraries will automatically download and install.

Installing Helldorado

Select "Select another file"
Click Next


Click Browse


Navigate to your DVD
Select "Setup.exe"
Click Open


Click Next


Click Next


Click "I Agree"


Uncheck all except "Game Files"
We already installed these libraries
Click Next


Click Install


Installing


Click Finish


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Helldorado.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Helldorado
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 1.7.10


Note: Click the + to download another version of Wine. Click the arrow to select other versions of Wine.

Display Tab
Video Memory Size - Set to match the amount of memory on your video card
Leave everything else to default


Wine Tab
click "Configure Wine"


Click Libraries Tab
New override for library: msvcp71

Just type "m" and click the drop down
Select msvcp71
Click Add


Now the msvcp71 override should be on your list of libraries
Click OK


Launching Helldorado

Select Helldorado
Click Run


Video Options

Click Options


Click Video Settings


Select the screen resolution to match your Linux Desktop
This will make your game fullscreen

Adjust Texture, Quality, Shadows, Paritcles, Water and Lighting to suit your hardware.
Laptops usually need lower settings while computers with a dedicated video card can usually handle higher settings.

Rule of thumb:
Higher settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Lower settings = Less detail, higher frame rates


Each time I launched Helldorado it would warn me about hardware detection.
Just click "Yes"


Conclusion:
Helldorado ran beautifully and only required that one msvcp71 library change. I didn't play the entire game, but the tutorial and second missing played without any problems. Reports on WineHQ's were the same as well.

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