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Dark Void Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Jun 5, 2015.

  • by booman, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:40 PM
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    Dark Void is an under-rated action game where you can perform jet pack erobatics and cliff stunts while fending off alien robot minions. Follow and epic story, explore a world among the clouds, upgrade your weapons and dog-fight among massive cliffsides in "The Void".

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

    Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Dark Void. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

    Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.


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

    Mint 17 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
    Wine: 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer

    Wine Installation

    Note: Versions of Wine older than 2.0.2 and Wine 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam


    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer
    Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 -d3d_doublebuffer

    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 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer is installed and you can close this window

    Downloading Steam

    Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
    Click Install Steam
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    Do not click "Install Steam Now"
    It will automatically install Linux Steam
    Select Windows Steam instead
    click "Windows" under the green button
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Click Save
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    Setup PlayOnLinux

    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 your virtual drive: darkvoid
    No spaces
    Click Next
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    Select all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer
    Click Next
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    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Configure Wine

    Applications Tab
    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
    Desktop size: 1024x768
    Click Ok
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    PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, Dll's)

    Check the following libraries:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_Physx
    • POL_Install_quartz
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    • POL_Install_vcrun2005
    Click Next
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    Note: All packages will automatically download and install

    Installing Steam

    Click Browse
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Select: SteamSetup.exe
    Click Open
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    Click Next

    Click Next

    Check: I accept the license...
    Click Next

    Click Next

    Click Next

    Click Install

    Click Finish

    Updating Steam

    More updating, extracting and installing

    When Steam is done installing the login screen will pop up. You probably won't see any text because there is a font bug.
    Click the "X" to close Steam login
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Select Steam.exe
    Click Next
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    Name your shortcut: Dark Void
    Click Next
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    Click Next

    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine Version: 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer
    Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
    This fixes the missing font and store problem
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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: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
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    Close Configure

    Launching Steam

    Select Dark Void
    Click Run
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    Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

    Click "Login to existing account"
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    Login

    Steam Overlay

    Steam overlay has been known to cause problems launching games.
    Click Steam menu
    Click Settings
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    Select "In-game"
    Uncheck "Enable Steam Commuinty In-Game"
    Click OK
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    Installing Dark Void

    Click Install
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    Click Next
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    Uncheck shortcut options
    Click Next
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    Click Finish
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    Click Play
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    Click "Copy Key to clipboard"

    Click Launch Dark Void
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    Activation DRM

    Click Next
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    Paste key
    Click Activate
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    Activation
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    Click Start
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    Reboot = Not Now

    Optimization

    Dark Void would crash randomly when changing resolution settings
    Other settings required the game to restart
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    Video settings can also be changed manually from the DefaultEngine.ini
    Found here:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/darkvoid/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Dark Void/nativePC/SkyGame/Config
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    Rule of Thumb:
    High settings = More detail, lower frame rates
    Low settings = Less detail, higher frame rates

    Conclusion:
    I originally had problems with the game crashing at the start screen but found that it required Quartz libraries. Once those were installed the game launched fine each time. Then I was able to set the resolution and play fullscreen. Then I found that it would crash randomly with no speicific error. I'm guessing there is a memory leak and tried Wine 1.7.8-d3d_doublebuffer and it seems to handle the crashes because I've been playing for hours without problems or symptoms. Feel free to try with other versions of Wine like the "staging" versions.
    My GeForce 550 Ti handles the game nicely with some decent frame rates. I am able to fight in the air, on foot, play cutscenes and make it through checkpoints.

    Gameplay video:


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Dec 12, 2019
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Comments

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Jun 5, 2015.

  1. mrdeathjr28
    Good game and very good guide as always

    :)
  2. booman
    Thanks, I'm actually playing all the way through Dark Void. I've been wanting to play it for a long time

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