defcon reeeaaaaaaaalllllly slow on ubuntu

cartel · Postby **cartel** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:18 am

So,

Defcon runs like crap on Ubuntu. We're talking like 2 or 3 fps max. It's painful to use the menu to quit.

The sad thing is, openarena is really quick.

Oh, and I have an i910.

Going to test the windows version under wine now...

bert_the_turtle · Postby **bert_the_turtle** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:17 am

Maybe this thread is of help? http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon ... php?t=4571

frenchfrog · Postby **frenchfrog** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:20 pm

i910 is really an underpowered chip. Perhaps try bert_the_turtle smallfont mod.

estel · Postby **estel** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:05 am

i910 can power DEFCON sufficiently!
The key setting that you need to change is Smooth Lines. Disable this, and your frame rate will increase tenfold. It won't look quite as good, but you'll otherwise be able to play perfectly. Beyond that, I can pretty much do any setting I want (it's currently 1440*900 with most other pretty effects on).

cartel · Postby **cartel** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:01 am

estel, THANK YOU!!!! The smallfonts did nothing, but Smooth Lines made a HUGE difference.

*runs off to tell his friends he can play defcon again*

LordSturm · Postby **LordSturm** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:47 pm

DEFCON runs fine here on ubuntu, with smooth lines on, so it's not the distro. xD

enola_gay · Postby **enola_gay** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:06 pm

doesn't run very well with me, gutsy gibbon and i945 laptop...

doesn't work at all fullscreen and have to disable smooth lines for windowed mode

works perfectly fine with winXP on same machine *sigh*

guess i'll have to keep the dual-boot setup.... *another sigh*

but i guess it could be my installation - i'm a complete linux noob - but willing to learn :wink:

All American Mobster · Postby **All American Mobster** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:34 am

Man, after seeing all these Defcon problems, Im really glad Defcon works on my computer :wink:

-$tanley

shinygerbil · Postby **shinygerbil** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:40 am

Just be glad you don't use a non-high-end laptop. Ubuntu just does not like to play ball with mobility graphics chips.

*shudders at the thought of his ATI Radeon IGP 345M - an ATI 7000 series chipset with some features and functionality removed*

Pox · Postby **Pox** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:50 am

shinygerbil wrote:Just be glad you don't use a non-high-end laptop. Ubuntu just does not like to play ball with mobility graphics chips.

*shudders at the thought of his ATI Radeon IGP 345M - an ATI 7000 series chipset with some features and functionality removed*

Hehe, I can imagine... the ATI drivers on linux are terrible, and even worse for pre-8000 cards - frglx doesn't even run on them, you're left with the OSS driver

shinygerbil · Postby **shinygerbil** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:19 pm

Just don't....rub it in.... :cry:

(although this seems to be entirely unrelated - but I still can't fix it

)

All American Mobster · Postby **All American Mobster** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:17 pm

just pretend there letters. Or you can make up your own language. Sweet, I would do that.

-$tanley

estel · Postby **estel** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:06 pm

Pox wrote:
shinygerbil wrote:Just be glad you don't use a non-high-end laptop. Ubuntu just does not like to play ball with mobility graphics chips.

*shudders at the thought of his ATI Radeon IGP 345M - an ATI 7000 series chipset with some features and functionality removed*

Hehe, I can imagine... the ATI drivers on linux are terrible, and even worse for pre-8000 cards - frglx doesn't even run on them, you're left with the OSS driver

If you have a newer card, recent fglrx are outperforming catalyst drivers

defcon reeeaaaaaaaalllllly slow on ubuntu

defcon reeeaaaaaaaalllllly slow on ubuntu

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