Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is one of those Xbox ports to PC by Microsoft, but never seemed to get the attention it deserved. Fight as Alex against an alien bug colony in search of the Green Eye. Fight on foot and in mechs as you battle on an icy cold planet against bug minions and bosses.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Lost Planet. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

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

Mint 16 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.2
Wine: 1.7.10-CMST-a632585

Installing Wine

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.10-CMST-a632585 & 1.7.10
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.7.10-CMST-a632585 & 1.7.10 are installed and you can close this window

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam


Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam. Since Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions isn't made for Linux, we will download the Windows Steam instead.
click "Windows" under the green button


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save

Setup PlayOnLinux

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "install a non-listed program"


Click Next

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


Name you virtual drive: lostplanet
No spaces
Click Next


Select all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next


Select Wine 1.7.10-CMST-a632585
Click Next


Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
Always select 32-bit virtual drive.

Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok


Install Libraries

Check the following libraries:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_dxfullsetup
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_wmp9
• POL_Install_wmcodecs

Click Next


Installing Steam

Click Browse


Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open


Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam


More updating, extracting and installing


When Steam is done installing the login screen will pop up. You probably won't see any text because there is a font bug.
Click the "X" to close Steam login


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Lost Planet
Click Next


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


More PlayOnLinux Configuration

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select Steam virtual drive


General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font and store problem


Note: -no-dwrite only works if you launch Steam from PlayOnLinux. Steam is automatically set to launch when Windows starts, which means if you do a "Windows Reboot" from the Wine tab -no-dwrite won't execute. Just close Steam and try again.

Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video Memory Size: size of memory on your video card
Offscreen rendering mode: fbo


Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Steam
Click Run


Click "Login to existing account"


Login


Steam Overlay

Steam overlay has been known to cause problems launching games.
Click Steam menu
Click Settings


Select "In-game"
Uncheck "Enable Steam Commuinty In-Game"
Click OK


Select Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions
Click Install


Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

After Lost Planet is finished installing
Click Play


Select "Play Lost Planet: Extreme Condition" or "Launch DirectX9 version"
Click Play


Performance and Optimization

Lost Planet mostly runs slower than most games - 20 Frames Per Second
NO matter what the settings are I could not get Wine to produce more frames per second.

Click PC Settings


Select "Video/Audio Settings"
I recommend using the default settings unless you have an amazing state-of-the-art video card.
Display Resolution and Fullscreen seem to make the most improvements

Set the resolution you want to use, I set mine to 12080x720 or 1680x1050
Set Fullscreen to off

You can mess around with the texture and shadow/lighting settings and probably get some nice results, but it definitely won't improve your frames per second rate.

Note: You may have to go back to Wine Configuration and change the virtual desktop resolution to match Lost Planet resolution.





Conclusion:
I was able to play Lost Planet for the most part. Sometimes the frames per second would go as low at 11-12 FPS, but I was still able to play. I had forgotten how cool this game was and how fun the bosses are. Jumping in mechs is always a plus and the visuals are prett nice considering its age.

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