Games on Hardy

[4t0m1c_w07f]

HI
My games are doing something very wierd. After a while they change to window mode for no reason and i cannot interact with the game. All I can do is Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. I run all my games in 1280x1024 res and my desktop too. These games include: Quake 4, Quake 3, Doom 3, MOHAA, ETQW, UT2004, RTCW.
Any sugestions?

[eragon100]

You just have to disable compiz (desktop effects), they are horribly unstable with games and cause the problems you are describing.

Go to system -> preferences -> appearance

Go to the tab "Visual Effects", and select none.

Everything should work fine after that :wink:

(To everyone who thinks he/she's having a deja vu, yes I copied and pasted the above advice from the thread I typed it in yesterday, was faster than typing it all over again :lolflag:)

[4t0m1c_w07f]

Thanks alot... Is there a way that I can only disable compiz while the game is on... most of my games have scripts that i run them off.. What would I add to the script?

[eragon100]

metacity --replace

[4t0m1c_w07f]

I just decided to disable it seen as this is for an internet cafe and we don't need customers getting confused when the cube suddenly spins or the window wobbles...

[grimdeath]

I had a similar question last night:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5300512#post5300512

compiz switch lets you easily toggle the effects on and off, works very well.