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Garden Paws Guide

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  • by booman, Jun 14, 2019 at 1:29 PM
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    Garden Paws demo is a cute crafting, trading and exploration game where you play as a small animal in a beautiful relaxing toon world. Explore to find seeds, plants, rocks, wood and many other items to craft and sell to other characters. The full version boasts multi-player, fishing and many more features.

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

    Note: This guide applies to the Itch.io version of Garden Paws. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

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

    Mint 19 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
    Wine: 4.0

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"

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    Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
    Select it
    Click the arrow pointing to the right

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    Click Next

    Downloading Wine

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    Extracting

    Installed

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    Click (amd64) Tab
    Select 4.0
    Click the arrow pointing to the right

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    Downloading Wine 64-bit

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    Installed

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    Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

    PlayOnLinux Setup

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Install

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    Click "Install a non-listed program"

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    Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next

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    Name the virtual drive: gardenpaws
    Click Next

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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of Wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next

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    Select Wine 4.0
    Click Next

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    Select "64 bits windows installation"
    Click Next

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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows version: Windows 7

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    Libraries Tab
    Type the following:
    • d3d10
    • d3d10_1
    • d3d10core
    • d3d11
    • dxgi
    Select one at a time
    Click Edit
    Select "Native (Windows)"
    Click Apply

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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Click OK

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    Note: You may have to enable "Emulate a virtual desktop" to prevent the mouse bug mentioned in the conclusion.

    PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

    Check the Following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx10
    • POL_Install_d3dx11
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next

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    Note: All packages should automatically download and install

    Do not Click Browse
    Garden Paws demo does not have an installer
    Click Cancel

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    Download Garden Paws Demo
    https://danielsnd.itch.io/garden-paws
    Save to your Desktop

    Open Garden Paws with your Archive Manager
    Click Extract

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    Navigate to Program Files directory
    Full Path
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gardenpaws/drive_c/Program Files
    Click the New Folder Button
    Name the Folder: gardenpaws
    Click Create
    Click Extract

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    Click "Show the Files"
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    Download DXVK 1.2

    Go to DXVK 1.2 URL
    https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.2
    Download: dxvk-1.2.tar.gz
    Save to your Desktop
    Extract on your Desktop
    Open x64 Directory
    Copy all DLLs

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    Go back to the gardenpaws folder in Program Files
    Full path:
    Code:
    /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gardenpaws/drive_c/Program Files/gardenpaws/
    Paste all the DLLs

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    More information on setting up your system to work with DXVK
    DXVK Setup in Linux

    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Back to PlayOnLinux
    Click Configure

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    Select gardenpaws virtual drive (Left side)
    General Tab
    Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"

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    Select "GardenPaws.exe"
    Click Next

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    Name the Shortcut: Garden Paws
    Click Next

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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next

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    General Tab
    Wine version: 4.0

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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: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses

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    Close Configure

    Select "Garden Paws"
    Click Run

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    Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

    Unity Launcher
    Select a resolution and graphics quality
    Click Play

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    Conclusion:
    Garden Paws ran perfectly on my GTX 1060 without any performance issues.
    I did have a problem where the mouse will stop working in the menus which can prevent you from saving, crafting and interacting with NCPs. I found that experimenting with the Display Tab in Wine Configuration can help. Like enabling the virtual desktop and/or enabling "capture the mouse in full-screen windows". Or just play Garden Paws in windowed mode. Otherwise make sure to save by sleeping in-game otherwise you might loose a lot of progress because the only way to fix it is by killing the processes and starting over. The easiest way to resolve this is by playing in Windowed mode, but you won't get to play in a cinematic fullscreen view.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Jan 6, 2020

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