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Albedo Eyes From Outer Space is a First Person Shooter Mystery Puzzle Adventure. Manipulate objects, complete mini-games, solve puzzles and attack alien enemies. Of of this with a 60's sci-fi B-movie theme.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Albedo Eyes From Outer Space in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Albedo Eyes From Outer Space. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.2
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 1.8.2 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: albedo
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine 1.8.2
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration
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"
Click OK
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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_gdiplus
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Click Browse
Select "setup_albedo_eyes_from_outer_space_2.0.0.1.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again...
Click OK
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Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes, I have aread and accept EULA"
Click Install
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When the installation is complete
Multiple Errors
Click OK on all of them
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Albedo.exe"
Click Next
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Click Next again...
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Select "I dn't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure
Select Albedo
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8.2
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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
Launching Albedo & Optimization
Select Albedo
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Click options
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Click Graphics
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Adjust Resolution and Preset
Set Fullscreen
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Note: Changing resolution applies immediately. They keys is to hold the left-mouse button as you rotate the dial to the desired resolution. Make sure to match your Linux desktop resolution. Otherwise, any resolution that is not supported may break the game each time you launch.
Click Advanced
Adjust:
- Quality
- Shaders
- Rendering
- Mesh LOD
- Material LOD
- Motion FX
- Reflections
- A.Occlusion
- VSync
- Brightness
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Rule of Thumb:
Higher settings = More detail, lower frame rates
Lowere settings = Less detail, higher frame rates
Conclusion:
Albedo Eyes From Outer Space installed and ran perfectly on my GeForce 9800, 550 Ti and GTX 950. The only issues I experiences was related to screen resolution. I recommend setting the in-game resolution to match your Linux Desktop resolution.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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