Is my WoW issue unresolvable?

[manopapalex]

I'm a completely new user to Ubuntu 12.10, so i apologise if i don't provide the necessary information or use appropriate terminology. If i don't; chances are i don't know how! But i will try to update this as often as possible if anyone could be generous enough to provide me with steps to resolve my issue.

Thanks in advance!

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Basically, i have World of warcraft installed on an external hard drive and i am able to play it through wine ('browse c: drive'), however it only plays on the lowest settings (with a low framerate) citing 'Unsupported for graphics related reasons' on many of the game's system options.

lspci -k

returns the following output:

NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2)
Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device 0401
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb

I truly won't be bothered if the issue turns out to be unresolvable, so long as i know it's not something that can be fixed by altering my drivers or configuration settings in Wine.

Again, i am a total beginner with this OS, and i realise it might be a pain to help me due to this, but any help would be greatly appreciated as Ubuntu is currently my sole OS.

Thanks again!

[Dlambert]

Are you using the latest Nvidia drivers?

[Bsohm]

It is because of Opengl.....direct x doesnt work well

[Dlambert]

It is because of Opengl.....direct x doesnt work well

Yes, you could be correct. Did you set the game to run with the -opengl setting?

In the config.wtf file add the following:

SET gxApi "opengl"


Other possible fixes:

- Open Wine's version of the registry editor by running "regedit" - Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\ - Select the "Wine" folder, right-click onto the folder symbol and select New-> Key and rename it to "OpenGL" - Select the OpenGL-Key, then right-click into the right-hand pane, chose New-> String Value and hit enter - Rename "New Value #1" to "DisabledExtensions" - Double-Click on the renamed Key and enter "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" into the "value" field

[manopapalex]

Yes, you could be correct. Did you set the game to run with the -opengl setting?

In the config.wtf file add the following:

SET gxApi "opengl"


Other possible fixes:

Yes i have set the game to run in opengl through its config.wtf file, i have also added the regedit value you suggested with no change.

i'm not sure how to check that i have the latest nvidia drivers installed, i think there is an experimental 304 driver but i'm using the most current stable version.

hmmm...

Edit: After poking around i think it's most likely the problem might be with the installed drivers. Though i wouldn't know how to remove the current and install the most recent.

[holastickboy]

You could always use the Synaptic package manager and uncheck the nvidia drivers and reboot your machine. Afterwards, open the same program and install the nvidia-experimental, which is the 310.14 driver (I use it with WoW and get great frame rates, even through Direct x mode).

[manopapalex]

You could always use the Synaptic package manager and uncheck the nvidia drivers and reboot your machine. Afterwards, open the same program and install the nvidia-experimental, which is the 310.14 driver (I use it with WoW and get great frame rates, even through Direct x mode).

here's a screen shot of all the nvidia driver's synaptic shows me:

http://i.imgur.com/VlnkG.png

Would you be so kind as to tell me exactly which to 'uncheck' which to leave alone and which to 'check', and when i should be rebooting in between this process?

Thanks you so much.