{"id":194,"date":"2018-10-17T05:37:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T05:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/crime-cities-guide-gamersonlinux\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T05:37:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T05:37:46","slug":"crime-cities-guide-gamersonlinux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/crime-cities-guide-gamersonlinux\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Cities Guide | GamersOnLinux"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities91.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities91-jpg.17429\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nRoam the cities of the future and take out criminals as a Mercenary of the Law. Take contracts for the police and upgrade your weapons &amp; vehicle to eliminate growing threat of gangsters. Explore huge cities of skyscrapers and roam freely among busy public traffic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities83.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities83-jpg.17430\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nFollow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Crime Cities in Linux with PlayOnLinux.<\/p>\n<p><i>Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Crime Cities. Other versions may require additional steps.<\/i><b>Tips &amp; Specs:<\/b><br \/>\nTo learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/forums\/playonlinux-explained.25\">PlayOnLinux Explained<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nMint 18.3 64-bit<\/p>\n<p>\nPlayOnLinux: 4.2.12<br \/>\nWine: 3.0<\/p>\n<p><b>Wine Installation<\/b><br \/>\nClick Tools<\/p>\n<p>\nSelect &#8220;Manage Wine Versions&#8221;<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wine01.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/wine01-png.17431\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nLook for the Wine Version: 3.0<\/p>\n<p>\nSelect it<br \/>\nClick the arrow pointing to the right<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wine02.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/wine02-png.17432\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<\/p>\n<p>\nDownloading Wine<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wine04.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/wine04-png.17433\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nExtracting<\/p>\n<p>\nDownloading Gecko<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wine05.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/wine05-png.17434\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nInstalled<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wine06.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/wine06-png.17435\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nWine 3.0 is installed and you can close this window<\/p>\n<p><b>Copy Disk Data<\/b><br \/>\nCreate a new folder on your Desktop<\/p>\n<p>\nEnter Disk 1<br \/>\nCopy all the data from Disk 1 to the new folder<br \/>\nEject Disk 1 (right-click icon on Desktop, slect eject)<br \/>\nEnter Disk 2<br \/>\nCopy all data to new folder<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities01.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities01-png.17436\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>!IMPORTANT!<\/b><br \/>\nLeave Disk 2 in the drive<\/p>\n<p><b>PlayOnLinux Setup<\/b><br \/>\nLaunch PlayOnLinux<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Install<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities02.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities02-png.17437\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick &#8220;Install a non-listed program&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities03.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities03-png.17438\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSelect &#8220;Install a program in a new virtual drive&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities04.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities04-png.17439\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nName the virtual drive: crimecities<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities05.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities05-png.17440\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nCheck all three options:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use another version of Wine<\/li>\n<li>Configure Wine<\/li>\n<li>Install some libraries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities06.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities06-png.17441\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSelect Wine 3.0<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities07.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities07-png.17442\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSelect &#8220;32 bits windows installation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities08.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities08-png.17443\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Wine Configuration<\/b><b>Applications Tab<\/b><br \/>\nWindows version: Windows XP<\/p>\n<p>\nClick apply<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities09.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities09-png.17444\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Graphics Tab<\/b><br \/>\nCheck &#8220;Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick OK<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities10.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities10-png.17445\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>PlayOnLinux Packages <\/b>(DLLs, Libraries, Components)<\/p>\n<p>\nCheck the following:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>POL_Install_corefonts<\/li>\n<li>POL_Install_d3dx9<\/li>\n<li>POL_Install_tahoma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities11.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities11-png.17446\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Note: All packages should automatically download and install<\/i><br \/>\nClick &#8220;Select another file&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities12.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities12-png.17447\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick Browse<\/p>\n<p>\nNavigate to the new folder on your Desktop<\/p>\n<p>\nSelect &#8220;Setup.exe&#8221;<br \/>\nClick Open<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities14.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities14-png.17448\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities16.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities16-png.17449\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nCheck &#8220;I Agree&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities17.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities17-png.17450\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities18.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities18-png.17451\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next to install<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities19.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities19-png.17452\/\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uncheck &#8220;Create Desktop Shortcut&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck &#8220;View the readme.txt file&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Check &#8220;Install Intel Indeo(r) 5.0 (required for movies)<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck &#8220;Install DirectX 9.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click Finish<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities20.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities20-png.17453\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick No<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities21.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities21-png.17454\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities22.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities22-png.17455\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Indeo installation might crash or error, but it still installs<\/i><br \/>\nClick Exit<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities23.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities23-png.17456\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>PlayOnLinux Shortcut<\/b><br \/>\nSelect &#8220;CrimeCities.exe&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities24.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities24-png.17457\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nName the shortcut: Crime Cities<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities25.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities25-png.17458\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nCheck &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to make another shortcut&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nClick Next<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities26.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities26-png.17459\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>PlayOnLinux Configure<\/b><br \/>\nBack to PlayOnLinux<\/p>\n<p>\nSelect &#8220;Crime Cities&#8221;<br \/>\nClick Configure<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities27.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities27-png.17460\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>General Tab<\/b><br \/>\nWine version: 3.0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities28.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities28-png.17461\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine. Click the + to download other versions of Wine<\/i><b>Display Tab<\/b><br \/>\nVideo memory size: enter the amount of memory your video card\/chip uses<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities29.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities29-png.17462\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>CD Audio Hack<\/b><br \/>\nBefore we launch Crime Cities we need to remove the CD audio bug<\/p>\n<p>\nOtherwise the game with hang at loading the first level<\/p>\n<p>\nNagivate to Crime Cities install folder<\/p>\n<p>\nFull Path: <\/p>\n<p>Code:<\/p>\n<p> \/home\/username\/.PlayOnLinux\/wineprefix\/crimecities\/drive_c\/Program Files\/Strategy First\/ Crime Cities\/Scripts\/<br \/>\nRename cd.scr<br \/>\nto cd.scr-old<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities32.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities32-png.17463\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Launch Crime Cities<\/b><br \/>\nBack to PlayOnLinux<\/p>\n<p>\nSelect &#8220;Crime Cities&#8221;<br \/>\nClick Run<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities30.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities30-png.17464\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Click Debug to see errors<\/i><br \/>\nLauncher<\/p>\n<p>\nSelect Video Tab<\/p>\n<p>\nAdjust:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resolution<\/li>\n<li>Windowed Mode<\/li>\n<li>Visibility range<\/li>\n<li>Disable Fog<\/li>\n<li>Disable Extra Flares<\/li>\n<li>Texture Quality<\/li>\n<li>Low Video Quality<\/li>\n<li>Use Texture Compression If Available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click Start<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities31.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities31-png.17465\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b><br \/>\nAfter I figured out how to avoid the CD Audio crash Crime Cities ran perfectly. It a very old game and should run great on just about any laptop or netbook. Unfortunately if you do not have a DVD ROM drive, you won&#8217;t be able to play it, but you can always purchase Crime Cities on GOG.com<\/p>\n<p>\nI was surprised that Crime Cities supported 1920&#215;1080 resolution. That is impressive for an old game.<\/p>\n<p><b>Gameplay Video:<\/b><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNsJixZDHps?wmode=opaque\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenshots:<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities80.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities80-jpg.17466\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities81.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities81-jpg.17467\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities87.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities87-jpg.17470\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities86.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities86-jpg.17469\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities89.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities89-jpg.17471\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities90.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities90-jpg.17472\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crimecities97.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/attachments\/crimecities97-jpg.17473\/\" \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamersonlinux.com\/forum\/threads\/crime-cities-guide.2599\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roam the cities of the future and take out criminals as a Mercenary of the Law. Take contracts for the police and upgrade your weapons &amp; vehicle to eliminate growing threat of gangsters. Explore huge cities of skyscrapers and roam freely among busy public traffic. Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Crime &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/crime-cities-guide-gamersonlinux\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crime Cities Guide | GamersOnLinux&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}