graphic problems

[Chiuchu]

Hello to all ,
I just installed PS on my computer, i'm under ubuntu edgy, and when i execute psclient i have the start screen and all is running ok (login : ok , connection ok...) but all screen is flashing, it does that in game too. Someone have an idea from where comes that problem ?
thanks a lot

Chiuchu

[Induane]

* Induane eats the kaiserbert bot and his canned responses.

Not sure about your problem but I'll be writing the edgy compile guide probably tonight long as nothing happens so if I run into the problem or a work around I'll let you know.

[Brogo83]

Hello there,

I have got the same problem. A little workaround is to set the default colordepth of the X server from 24 to 16.
After doing so (and restarting x) Planeshift runs normal again (although it says in an small bar at the top that it would be better to run it with 24 or 32 bit colordepth). But Gnome looks quite ugly with 16 bit colordepth so I am still searching for a better solution, too.

Greetings,
Brogo

[Piriel]

Hi,

Same problem here on Gentoo. Screen flickers when I run X in 24-bit color depth and the game is nearly unplayable in 16-bit depth. I went trough all the pssetup configurations but none worked for me.

Sysinfo:
Pentium M 1.5Ghz
1Gb RAM
Intel 855GM video card
running Gentoo with Mesa 6.5.1-r1, libdrm-2.3.0, xorg-server-1.1.99.903-r1, xf86-video-i810-1.7.3, xorg-x11-7.1,kernel 2.6.17

I've tried changing the Mesa drivers, libdrm, xorg-server, xf86-video-i810, even kernel versions. Nothing seems to work. That's why I think it might be a PS bug...I'd appreciate some help on this matter if anyone can find the time.

thank you
.Piriel

P.S. I just compiled the game from the 27.10.06 CVS. The problem it's still there.
Even using the latest kernel drivers, mesa and X11 doesn't make any difference. It looks like a refresh problem to me. I've tried so far 60Hz, 70Hz and 85Hz refresh rates on 1024x768 both fullscreen and windowed modes.
Will keep researching

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[edit]
The games works for me in 24bbp if I run it using the Gentoo 2006.1 livecd. And the graphics issues are fixed by Nilaya's XML. So you either have to reinstall Gentoo or downgrade your system to the original configuration (thing I didn't manage to do so far, because the Xorg libs don't seem that easy to modify ). Or you can wait 'till the Xorg 7.2 is out and maybe the bug will be fixed....

Best of luck to all and I hope this solves the problem for you too
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