Dead Lab is a short indie project by Fractured Games Inc where you play as Sam in an experimental lab where everything has gone wrong. You are awakened in a lab dormitory by a voice on the radio. You must reach the top level at all cost, find weapons, use physics and keep your cool.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Dead Lab 2.0 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GameJolt version of Dead Lab 2.0. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.4.2
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 Dead Lab 2.0 on GameJolt
Go to: https://gamejolt.com/games/dead-lab-2-0/187563
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: deadlab
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:
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- dxgi
Click "Edit"
Check "native (Windows)"
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libaries, 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
Dead Lab 2.0 does not have an installer
Click Cancel
Open 2.0-32bit.zip with your Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the Program Files (x86) directory
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/deadlab/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Name the folder: deadlab
Click Creatae
Click Extract
Click "Show the Files"
Installing DXVK
Download DXVK 1.4.2
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.2
Download to your Desktop
Extract DXVK
Open the x32 directory
Copy all of the DLLs
Paste them in the game folder with "Dead Lab 2.0.exe"
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "Dead Lab 2.0.exe"
Click Next
Leave the default name
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Back to General Tab
Select "Dead Lab 2.0"
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 Dead Lab 2.0
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Dead Lab Unity 3D Launcher
Adjust:
- Screen Resolution
- Graphics Quality
- Select Monitor
- Windowed
Note: There are some minimal graphical options in-game in the options menu
Conclusion:
Playing Dead Lab 2.0 with stable Wine alone resulted in a very low frame rate and some graphical bugs. After adding DXVK it ran perfectly! There were still some slow areas, but very few with graphics set on Very High. My GeForce GTX 1060 was able to handle it.
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