Cartoon Strike is a Lowpoly team deathmatch first person shooter inspired by Counter-Strike, Star Wars Battlefront and other FPS. This game is in development so there may be further levels like other FPS games in the future.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Cartoon Strike in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Cartoon Strike. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.4.4
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
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: cartoonstrike
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
Libraries Tab
Type the following and click Add
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- dxgi
Click Edit
Select "Native (Windows)"
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_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Do not click Browse
Cartoon Strike does not have an installer
Click Cancel
Download Cartoon Strike Demo
Go to: https://gametoria.itch.io/cartoon-strike-pc-demo
Download the demo and save to your Desktop
Open Cartoon Strike with your Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the virtual drives Program Files
Full Path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/cartoonstrike/drive_c/Program Files/Click "Show the Files"
Install DXVK
Download DXVK 1.4.4
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.4
Save to your Desktop
Extract on your Desktop
Open x32 folder
Copy all of the DLLs
Paste in the game folder previously open
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select "cartoonstrike" in the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut in this virtual drive"
Select "Cartoon Strike.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Cartoon Strike
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Select "Cartoon Strike" in the left column
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0.2
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
Close Configure
Run Cartoon Strike
Select "Cartoon Strike"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
Optimization
Click the gear at the bottom right
Click Settings
Click "Graphics"
Adjust:
- Display Mode
- Resolution
- Quality
- Post Processing
Conclusion:
Cartoon strike runs well in PlayOnLinux on my GeForce GTX 1060. This is a low poly cartoonish game, so it might run well on any laptop or netbook, but may require adjusting some of the graphics settings. There was no on online while I was testing, so I hosted my own game with bots. but there is a browser-based version of the game here: https://gameflare.itch.io/cartoon-strike
It runs well in Linux Chrome and you may find other players online
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