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Bombshell Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Mar 16, 2018.

  • by booman, Mar 16, 2018 at 5:22 PM
  • booman

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    Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison is the perfect soldier for the job... any job that requires getting even with alien scum! Weild Shell's robotic arm with an arsenal of weapons tand slay the apocalyptic Alien threat on Kyron and Zeroth. Shell always gets the last word!

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

    Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Bombshell. 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: 3.3

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 3.3
    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 3.3 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 the virtual drive: bombshell
    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 3.3
    Click Next
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    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows XP
    Click Apply
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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Click OK
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    PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_dotnet40
    • POL_Install_dxfullsetup
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next
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    Click Browse

    Select "setup_bombshell_1.2.10466(g))(16787)_(g).exe"
    Click Open
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    Note: I don't know why it has such a long file name, but make sure to select the .exe installer. The .bin files are just containers

    Click Next again...

    Select Language
    Click OK
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    Click Options
    Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
    Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
    Click Install
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    Click OK on all errors
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    Click Exit
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

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

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Select "Bombshell"
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 3.3
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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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    Close Configure

    Select "Bombshell"
    Click Run
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    Optimization

    Click Options
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    Click Visual
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    Adjust:
    • Resolution
    • Mode
    • Graphics Preset
    • Texture Filtering
    • Anti-Aliasing
    • direct X Version
    • V-Sync
    Click Apply
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    Go back
    Click "Visual Advanced"
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    Adjust:
    • Dynamic Shadows
    • Light Env shadows
    • Shadow Quality
    • Character Detail
    • World Texture Detail
    • Detail Level
    • Particle quality
    • Lens Flares
    • Light Shafts
    • Depth of Field
    • Motion Blur (recommend off)
    • Ambient Occlusion (recommend off)
    • Distortion
    Click Apply
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    Visual settings can also be manually set with an .ini file
    For some reason the fullscreen resolution would not be automatically inherited

    Go to:
    Code:
    Documents/My Games/Bombshell/ShellGame/Configure
    Open ShellSystemsettings.ini
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    Adjust ResX & ResY to match your Linux desktop resolution
    Click Save
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    .NET error
    Sometimes you will get a Dot NET Framework Inistialization Error.
    This error won't affect the game or installation
    Click OK
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    Conclusion:
    Bombshell ran really well with Wine 3.3 and my GeForce GTX 1060. There are times where it begins to slow down, but you can easily lower some of the visual settings to resolve this. Otherwise, its pretty fun and visually brilliant!

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Mar 16, 2018.

  1. mrdeathjr28
    Good game and good screens too

    :)
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