World of Warcraft working in d3d but not in opengl

[marcozs]

Hi all,

I posted this already but I thought to make it a stand alone post, since the title wasn't really fitting.

I have Feisty running on an AMD 3800+ 1Gb RAM and a Geforce6800U. I followed the HowTo about running WoW. I just skipped the installation step, I copyed the whole WoW folder from my winxp partition into the linux partition.

Then if I run WoW in d3d mode it's playable, about 30fps on 1280x1024. If I try to run it in opengl mode at the same resolution then the fps just drop below 2 and I have a really hard time to get the mouse over the button to exit the game!

It worked in opengl only the first time I run it until I heartstoned to the Outlands... since then the only way to play is in d3d and it really annoys me cause under windows WoW is perfectly fluid in full detail...

I tried to change all the options in setup.rft, even lowering the resolution to 800x600 doesn't slightly improve the fps!!
It's really weird, anyone else experienced the same problem or can suggest a solution?

[Filipek]

Hi all,

I posted this already but I thought to make it a stand alone post, since the title wasn't really fitting.

I have Feisty running on an AMD 3800+ 1Gb RAM and a Geforce6800U. I followed the HowTo about running WoW. I just skipped the installation step, I copyed the whole WoW folder from my winxp partition into the linux partition.

Then if I run WoW in d3d mode it's playable, about 30fps on 1280x1024. If I try to run it in opengl mode at the same resolution then the fps just drop below 2 and I have a really hard time to get the mouse over the button to exit the game!

It worked in opengl only the first time I run it until I heartstoned to the Outlands... since then the only way to play is in d3d and it really annoys me cause under windows WoW is perfectly fluid in full detail...

I tried to change all the options in setup.rft, even lowering the resolution to 800x600 doesn't slightly improve the fps!!
It's really weird, anyone else experienced the same problem or can suggest a solution?


I had similar problem but it was not related neither to the game settings nor the system. Sometimes the game does not exit properly in my case and the cache files get corrupted somehow.

After that, it is absolutely necessary to delete the Cache folder in WoW directory (when the game is not active).

However, this is probably not your case since the game runs smoothly in D3D. BTW, why do you want OPENGL when you have 30fps in D3D? :-)

[marcozs]

... the cache files get corrupted somehow.

I didn't think about that... in fact the first times the game crashed so I will try to clean them...

However, this is probably not your case since the game runs smoothly in D3D. BTW, why do you want OPENGL when you have 30fps in D3D? :-)

One reason is that 30fps is the top I get... It can drop to 10-15, which is not very nice...
The second reason is that I cannot stand that it works better in windows :-D

[gbesso]

What video card do you have?
Do you have direct rendering enabled?
Type the following in a terminal:
glxinfo | grep rendering

It should say direct rendering: Yes

Are you running it in Wine or Cedega?

[marcozs]

What video card do you have?

Nvidia Geforce 6800U

Do you have direct rendering enabled?

I do think so, it wouldn't let me use compiz otherwise I guess?

Are you running it in Wine or Cedega?

Latest wine from winehq repos for Feisty

[gbesso]

Try the command I posted before and tell me what it says.
Are you running a 32bit or 64bit version of ubuntu?

EDIT: I just realised what you said, you have compiz running. was it running when you tried to play? compiz and beryl are known to cause fps issues in games. try without compiz running.
EDIT2: Oh, and as for cleaning the cache files, don't forget to delete the WDB folder as well, just deleting Cache might not be enough.

[marcozs]

EDIT: I just realised what you said, you have compiz running. was it running when you tried to play? compiz and beryl are known to cause fps issues in games. try without compiz running.

I am running the 32bit version. I was aware that compiz could cause problems, so I turn it off while I play...
I will try the command you metioned when I get home.

P.s. Anyway the only problem I got if I keep compiz on is just that the gnome panel appears in foreground

[gbesso]

Okay, Don't forget to delete your WDB folder too.
I'll check back later.

[marcozs]

glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes


Checked and it says like that... tried to clean the cache, no improvements.
Still going ok in d3d but not in opengl :(

[gbesso]

What version of the NVIDIA drivers are you running? you can see by running nvidia-settings and looking at the NVIDIA Driver Version field under System Information.

If the command doesn't work, you can try
glxinfo | grep NVIDIA

It should say something like
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.55

If it's much older than that, you might want to reinstall the NVIDIA Drivers by getting the package from their website:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-9755.html
There are other ways to install it such as the envy script, but that's the only way I've tried personally, and it works fine for me.

Note: To install the drivers using this method you need the linux-headers package that fits your running kernel, and the build-essential package.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential

To install it you need to switch to a VT (Ctrl+Alt+F1)

Login with your username and password, then type:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
or if you're using Kubuntu
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
and then
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run

After you install it do
sudo nvidia-xconfig

Then to restart gnome do:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Or if you use Kubuntu to restart KDE:
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart

It should switch to X on its own, but if after a few seconds it doesn't, press Ctrl+Alt+F7.

You should have an NVIDIA logo for a second before your login screen shows up.
Good luck.

NOTE: Every time you upgrade your kernel, for whatever reason, you will need to repeat this process.