Gunman and the Witch is a real-time action strategy game where you build and manage your town while protecting the people from outlaws. When you begin the town is just a few basic buildings like a general store and a lodge, but as you add livestock, gunsmith, church and other necessities you will grow the town and earn more money. But, tend to the needs of the people otherwise the outlaw oppression will force them to leave!
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Gunman and the Witch in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io beta version of Gunman and the Witch. 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 Gunman and Witch from itch.io
https://phanphantz.itch.io/gatw
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
Nme the virtual drive: gunman
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
Change to "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
Click Browse
Select GMATW_Beta_1.2_Setup.exe
Click Open
Click Next
Check "I accept the agreement"
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next again
Uncheck "Create a desktop shortcut"
Click Next
Click Install
Uncheck "Launch Gunman and The Witch"
Click Finish
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "Gunman and The Witch Beta 1.1.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Gunman and the Witch
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Download DXVK 1.4.2
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.2
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open the x64 folder
Copy all of the DLLs
Navigate to the Game installation directory
Full patch:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gunman/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Gunman And The Witch/PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Gunman And The Witch"
Click Configure
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 "Gunman And The Witch"
Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
Conclusion:
Gunman and the Witch ran perfectly in Mint on my GeForce GTX 1060. I was able to use the keyboard and mouse without issues, save, quit and continue where I left off. This is an 8-bit inspired game so it should run on just about any laptop or netbook, but it does require DXVK.
Gameplay Video:
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