Showdown Bandit is a creepy western puppet themed point-n-click adventure. Every area in the game is created as if it were on a stage controlled by a mysterious puppeteer. Sneak around the west, snatching money, finding NPCs and avoiding evil no-string-puppets... in specific areas you can change to 3rd Person and shoot your pop-gun to open doors and take-out enemies.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Showdown Bandit demo in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Showdown Bandit demo. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.15-staging
DXVK: 1.4.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.15-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.15-staging
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.15-staging 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
Download Showdown Bandit demo on itch.io
Go to: https://kindlybeast.itch.io/showdownbandit-demo
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: showdownbandit
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 4.15-staging
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Application 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-scren 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
Do not click Browse
Showdown Bandit demo does not have an installer
Click Cancel
Open Showdown Bandit with your Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the Program Files directory
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/showdownbandit/drive_c/Program Files/Click "Show the Files"
Download DXVK 1.4.2
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.2
Download dxvk-1.4.2.tar.gz
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open the x64 folder
Copy all the DLLs
Paste the DLLs in the Showdown Bandit Demo 64bit folder
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select "showdownbandit" on the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "Showdown Bandit Demo.exe"
Click Next
Name the Shortcut: Showdown Bandit
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Back to PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Showdown Bandit" in the left column
General Tab
Wine version: 4.15-staging
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 Showdown Bandit
Select "Showdown Bandit"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
Click Options
Adjust:
- Volume
- Sensitivity
- Graphics
- Fullscreen
- Resolution
Conclusion:
Showdown Bandit demo ran almost perfectly in PlayOnLinux. It would crash with stable Wine, but the staging version works great. The only issue I had was aiming in First Person view because every time I clicked to shoot, the camera would change directions. I think you can press "E" instead of clicking the mouse to shoot. Other than that, frame rates were smooth with my GeForce GTX 1060.
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