Avarice is an indie short horror game where you have to find the stolen mask in the haunted mansion. In the following events you will be terrorized by jump scares, irrie sounds and spooky corridors with interactive objects and a grim narrative. What happened here? Am I alone?
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Avarice in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Avarice. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.4.6
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0.2
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.0.2 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Download Avarice
Go to: https://teamdarkmode.itch.io/avarice
Download the ZIP not the Setup
Save to your Desktop
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: avarice
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 4.0.2
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Libraries Tab
Type each of the following:
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3dcore
- d3d11
- dxgi
Click Edit
Change to "native (Windows)"
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POl_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Do not click Browse
We will extract the game instead
Click Cancel
Open Avarice.zip with your Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the new virtual drive to Program Files
Full Path
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/avarice/drive_c/Program Files/Click "Show the Files"
Download DXVK 1.4.6
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open x64 folder
Copy the DLLs
Go back to the open game folder
Navigate to the Avarice Win64 directory
Full Path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/avarice/drive_c/Program Files/Avarice/Binaries/Win64/Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select "avarice" on the left column
Click General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "Avarice.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Avarice
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Back to Configure
Select "Avarice" shortcut in left column
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0.2
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Run Avarice
Select Avarice
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Conclusion:
Avarice ran perfectly in stable Wine 4.0.2 and DXVK. It is a short and small game, but the graphics, real-time lighting and physics are amazing! I could see this being a full blown game one day. My GeForce GTX 1060 handled the game without any issues. I didn't make a video because I don't want to give away the scares and the story. The only problems I had was extracting the game a second time would fail. Maybe the zip was corrupted? So I downloaded it again and it extracted just fine.
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