Sinistria is a creepy horror game where a town of witches is unveiled through investigating the mysterious disappearance of a girl friend. Solve puzzles with physics, interactive objects and frightening jump scares.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Sinistria demo in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Sinistria. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.21-staging
DXVK: 1.5
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 4.21-staging
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Installed
Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.21-staging
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Downloading Wine 64-bit
Installed
Wine 4.21-staging 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window
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: sinistria
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine: 4.21-staging
Click Next
Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Libraries Tab
Type each of the following
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- d3d9
- dxgi
Click Edit
Change to "Navite (Windows)"
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check each of 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
Sinistria demo does not have an installer
Click Cancel
Download Sinistria Demo
Go to: https://clawsdev.itch.io/sinistria
Save to you Desktop
Open Sinistria zip with your Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to Program Files in your virtual drive
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/sinistria/drive_c/Program FilesClick "Show the Files"
Download DXVK 1.5
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open the x64 folder
Copy all of the DLLs
Go back to the Game Folder
Paste the DLLs
PlayOnLinux Configure & Shortcut
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Select "sinistria" virtual drive on the left column
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "Project Sinistria.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Project Sinistria
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
General Tab
Select "Project Sinistria" in the left column
Wine version: 4.21-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 Sinistria
Select "Project Sinistria"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors
Optimization
Click Options
General Tab
Adjust:
- Grain
- Bloom
- Motion Blur
- Ambient Occlusion
Graphics Tab
Adjust:
- Resolution
- Fullscreen
- Game Quality
- Antialiasing
- Texture Quality
- Blend Weight
- Vsync
- Shadow Resolution
- Shadow Quality
- Shadow Cascades
- Shadow Projection
- Shadow Distance
Conclusion:
Sinistria ran perfectly with Wine 4.21-staging and DXVK. I didn't have any performance issues with my GeForce GTX 1060. It is a short demo, but hopefully the full release will run just as well. I didn't create a game play video because I didn't want to ruin the puzzles and scares. The assets are beautifuly and very professionally made. The visuals are outstanding!
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