Choose a team of 3 characters from the Sonic games and work your way through fast levels full of jumps, traps and enemies. Switch between your characters abilities to eliminate enemies and finish the level. Each level can be completed in different ways and then at the end is a boss fight.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Retail CD ROM version of Sonic Heroes. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.0

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 3.0 is installed and you can close this window

Copy Disk Data

1. Enter Disk 1 of 2
2. Create a folder on your Desktop
3. Copy all of the files from Disk 1
4. Paste the files in your new folder
5. Eject Disk 1 (right-Click, select Eject)
6. Enter Disk 2 and repeat
7. Over-write any existing files

Note: Keep Disk 2 in the CD/DVD ROM drive

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name the virtual drive: sonicheroes
Click Next


Check all three options:

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

Click Next


Select Wine: 3.0
Click Next


Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP
Click Apply


Drives Tab
Select Drive D:
Click Remove
Click Add


Select D:
Click OK


Navigate to your Desktop folder

Code:

/home/username/Desktop/sonicheroes

Click OK


Type: CD-ROM
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Click Browse

Navigate to the folder on your Desktop
Select "setup.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again...

Check "Agree"
Click Next


Check "Full"
Click Next


Click "Start Installation"


Disk Warning
Click Browse


Select [-D-]
Click OK


Click OK
If the installer still doesn't continue, Cancel and start over
Make sure Disk 1 is properly unmounted and Disk 2 is in the drive
Re-do the Drives Tab steps in Wine Configuration
It took me a few tries to get this right and the installer would complete

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "Launcher.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Sonic Heroes
Click Next


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


PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Sonic Heroes"
Click Configure


General Tab
Wine version: 3.0


Note: Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine. Click the + to download other versions of Wine

Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Launch Sonic Heroes (Launcher)
Click Run


Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Click Options


Screen Setting Tab
Adjust:

• Window Mode
• Fullscreen
• Resolution
• Fog
• Anisotropic Filter
• Shadow Setting
• Free Camera
• Clipping
• Frame Rate

Click Select


Click "Play game"


Conclusion:
Unfortunately the highest resolution Sonic Heroes can run at is 1280x960. No widescreen support, so you will either have to run it windowed or change your Linux Desktop resolution to match before launching Sonic Heroes. Once the game is running, everything performs perfectly. I was able to play on my keyboard and my old Logitech controller.

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