The Are Coming is an indie in development 3rd Person Action game based on War Of The Worlds. Aliens attack without warning and huge walkers roam the roadside. Protect the people from this invasion and use your guns and quick reflexes to slay our unwanted visitors.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The Are Coming in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of The Are Coming. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.5
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 They Are Coming
Go to: https://teamrevived.itch.io/they-are-coming
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: theyarecoming
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
Click Apply
Libraries Tab
Type each of the following and click Add
- d3d10
- d3d10_1
- d3d10core
- d3d11
- d3d9
- 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_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Do not click Browse
They Are Coming does not have an installer
Click Cancel
Open They Are Coming with your Archive Manager
Click Extract
Navigate to the new virtual drive Program Files
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/theyarecoming/drive_c/Program Files/Click "Show the Files"
Installing DXVK
Download DXVK 1.5
Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.5
Download dxbk-1.5.tar.gz
Save to your Desktop
Extract to your Desktop
Open x64 directory
Copy all the DLLs
Go back to the open folder in Program Files
Paste in Win64 Directory
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/theyarecoming/drive_c/Program Files/TheyAreComing/Binaries/Win64/PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select "theyarecoming" in the left column
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "TheyAreComing.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: They Are Coming
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
General Tab
Wine version: 4.0.2
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select another version of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of video memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Run They Are Coming
Select "They Are Coming"
Click Run
Conclusion:
This is really a tech demo of They Are Coming and of course there are some bugs and graphical artifacts. But since its free to play, its pretty fun marching down the main road of a small town and picking off alien scum. The in-game menu has a bunch of graphical settings to adjust performance.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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