Game:

Ikaruga (2001)

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Playing games on linux :
IKARUGA

Ikaruga is a bullet hell Shoot'em up featuring a polarity based gameplay :
- Dodge bullets from the opposite color
- Absorb bullets from the same color

The gameplay is higly based on mastering patterns and switching color. Wich can take some times, but gives a -REALLY- fun gameplay experience.

The difficulty is pretty HIGH and will require some skills to be able to beat the game. Ikaruga also got a really HIGH replayability. A must have in a gamer's game library.

Troubleshoot :
- If you get issues launching the game (ie:crash when pressing a button) Try to disable the steam in game overlay.
- If you get a window "Failed to init sound device", you need to install DXupdate (from Ikaruga's _CommonRedist folder).
- If directx doesn't install correctly :
Try to move out xinput files from the system32 folder:
cd path_to_wine_drive_c_folder/windows/system32/
mv xinput1*.dll ~
Launch the directx update again ( wine path-to-ikaruga/_CommonRedist/DirectX/Jun2010/DXSETUP.exe )
When DXSetup finish, just move back in previous xinput's dll:
mv ~/xinput1*.dll .

~~ Installation How-To ~~
Tested in a fresh new win32 wineprefix
- Get winetricks (to automate steam installation)
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
chmod +x winetricks
- Create a new wineprefix
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/userdir/wine/wineikaru winecfg
- Install Steam (using winetricks)
WINEPREFIX=/home/userdir/wine/wineikaru ./winetricks steam
- Install Ikaruga
- Install DXupdate
WINEPREFIX=/home/userdir/wine/wineikaru wine path-to-steam/steamapps/common/Ikaruga/_CommonRedist/DirectX/Jun2010/DXSETUP.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/userdir/wine/wineikaru wine game.exe

OS : Archlinux rolling release ( http://www.archlinux.org )
Wine : 1.7.12 ( www.winehq.org )
Capture : GLC ( https://github.com/nullkey/glc/wiki )

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