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Lonely Things is a free indie horror mystery game at a remote hotel in the middle of nowhere. Are you dreaming or is this place real? Meet desperate characters who are stuck in the realm of the hotel. Uncover their relationships and a find out what is wrong with this place.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Lonely Things in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Lonely Things. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained
Mint 19.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 5.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.5.4
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 5.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next
Downloading Wine
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Installed
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Click (amd64) Tab
Select 5.0
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 5.0 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: lonelythings
Click Next
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Check all three options:
Click Next
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
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Select Wine 5.0
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
Click Apply
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Libraries Tab
Type each of the following, clik Add
Edit one at a time
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- d3d9
- dxgi
Change to "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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PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check each of the following:
Click Next
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx10
- POL_Install_d3dx11
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
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Note: Each package should automatically download and install
Do not Click Browse
Lonely Things does not have an installer
Click Cancel
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Download Lonely Things on itch.io
Go to: https://jamiesime.itch.io/lonely-things
Save to your Desktop
Open in your Archive Manager
Click Extract
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Navigate to Program Files in your lonelythings virtual drive
Full path:Click ExtractCode:/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/lonelythings/drive_c/Program Files/
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Click "Show the Files"
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Installing DXVK
Download DXVK 1.5.4
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5.4
Save dxvk-1.5.4.tar.gz to your Desktop
Extract on your Desktop
Open x64 Directory
Copy all the DLLs
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Paste in the game folder
Full path:Code:/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/lonelythings/drive_c/Program Files/![]()
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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Select lonelythings in the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
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Select "Lonely Things.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Lonely Things
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: 5.0
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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
Run Lonely Things
Select "Lonely Things"
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see bugs and error
Unity 3D Launcher
Adjust:
- screen resolution
- Graphics Quality
- Select Monitor
- Windowed
Click Play
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Conclusion:
Lonely Things is a fairly short game. There is a bunch of dialog to read and notes to find. Its completely free, but you will probably complete it in less than an hour. Everything ran fine on my GeForce GTX 1060 because it is developed in the Unity 3D Engine. Maybe they will consider a native port in the future?
Gameplay Video:
!Warning! The video has spoilers
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