I.N.K.T Corporation has taken over Chroma City and removed all color. Nobody goes outside any longer and its up to one blob to save the day. Enter de Blob! Smash I.N.K.T bots to acquire their color and pain-the-streets color again! Use de Blobs abilities to revive Chroma City by mixing colors, completing objectives, freepaint modes and even 4-player split screen modes.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing De Blob in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of De Blob. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
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: deblob
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 4.0
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
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_d3dcompiler_43
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Click Browse
Select "setup_de_blob_0.28b_(16117).exe"
Click Open
Click Next again...
Click OK
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icon"
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Click Install
Click OK on all errors
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "deBlob.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: De Blob
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "De Blob"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0
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
32-bit Patch Install
If you notice any issues with black or unusual dark grey textures or crashing
Install this 32-bit Patch which will allow De Blob to use all 4GB of Memory available
- Go to: https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371
- Download 4GB Patch
- Save to your Desktop
- Navigate to your Desktop
- Extract 4gb_patch.exe to the De Blob game directory
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/deblob/drive_c/GOG Games/de Blob/Back to PlayOnLinux Configure
Go to Wine Tab
Click Command Prompt
Type the following commands:
Code:
c:
Code:
cd GOG Games\De Blob\
Code:
4gb_patch.exe deBlob.exeNow you should have a backup of deBlob.exe called deBlob.exe.backup
Close Command Prompt
Close Configure
Select De Blob
Click Run
Conclusion:
I tried running De Blob with DXVK initially, but there is a bug with 32-bit applications and memory that would cause it to crash. I even tried DXVK with the 4gb patch, but still crashed. So testing with native Wine 4.0 and direct x 10/11 packages and it worked pretty good. A bit slow, but still worked!
Gameplay Video:
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