PlaneShift

Support => Linux Specific Issues => Topic started by: LinuxGuy on March 05, 2006, 05:38:59 pm

Title: Problems hopefully because of graphics card?
Post by: LinuxGuy on March 05, 2006, 05:38:59 pm

Hi, I have an onboard graphics card at this moment, I also have the game installed correctly (or so I believe.) However on the screen the visual doen\'t display right, everything moves with extreme delay and the cursor doesn\'t disappear from it\'s old location, just appears also at the new one and 5 places between the two points. I am hoping this is an issue with my graphics card, but before I go out and buy a new one I would like to be sure.
[PS; If I need a new card, I should look for nvidia, right? It\'s ati that doesn\'t support linux if I remember.]
[PPS; here\'s my output when running it

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DEBUG: Sound System: Software Renderer Initializing..
DEBUG: Sound System: Configured for driver [crystalspace.sndsys.software.driver.oss]
Sound System: OSS driver for software sound renderer initialized.
  Indirect rendering may indicate a flawed OpenGL setup if you run on a local
  X server.

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Crystal Blue
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  0.99 r0 [Unix-x86-GCC]
All LOGS are off.
Mounting skin: /this/art/skins/default.zip
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/skins/base/client_base.zip
  psEngine initialized.
]
here is an image of what the visual looks like
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8028/screenshotcrystalspaceapplicat.th.png) (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotcrystalspaceapplicat.png)

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Post by: Bereror on March 05, 2006, 05:51:58 pm

I would say you need a graphic card. I managed to get PlaneShift running on my Laptop with an ATI Mobility M6 graphic adapter, but I get 0.1 frames per second only :D

And NVIDIA is your friend when running Linux.

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Post by: LinuxGuy on March 05, 2006, 08:04:26 pm

ok, thanks I really didn\'t want to reinstall this again ^_^
and also I should look for a geforce4, yes?

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Post by: Tharizdun on March 07, 2006, 08:47:29 am

If \'glxgears\', the 3d graphics benchmarking utility is giving you very low FPS then this is a sign that your system will struggle with PlaneShift. Of course, RAM and CPU also need to be adequate.

http://www.planeshift.it/guide/en/installation.html#installation-requirements

No real rule of thumb exists for glxgears benchmarks needed to run planeshift properly, but if your FPS is in the low hundreds or less, then its likely to be a problem. Its not a great benchmark incidentally, as it doesnt test a range of 3d functions that most modern renderers will use, its a rough guide only.

Nvidia cards are well supported under Linux via proprietary drivers, somewhat more so than ATI cards. Check what slots your motherboard has ( I imagine your on-board vidcard will be using an AGP interface meaning that you only have PCI slots available ), and buy whatever fits your board and budget. The -MX series geforces are lower performing ones than the non-MX ones - if you can, get a geforce4 rather than a geforce4-mx, for example.