Graphics Problem

masao-hyren · Post by **masao-hyren** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:39 pm

I seem to have an issue with every build over 1.65. The game starts and the music plays but the graphics display intermittently and i can only input key strokes if i time it correctly with the flashing graphic. The screen like wise is black for 40 or so seconds at a time average.

this is what the terminal says for 1.73

2010-07-12 21:22:05.614 oolite[14593] Unknown time zone name `CST'.
2010-07-12 21:22:05.614 oolite[14593] Using time zone with absolute offset 0.
2010-07-12 21:22:05.614 oolite[14593] File NSUserDefaults.m: 615. In [NSUserDefaults +standardUserDefaults] Improper installation: No language locale found

I can get more terminals from higher versons

Beyond that im running Linux Ubuntu 10.04

masao-hyren · Post by **masao-hyren** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:45 pm

sorry for the double post but i just discovered that 1.74.1 works properly only in full screen. this is enough for me. Thanks everyone

Post by **Kaks** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:32 pm

No problem! It feels like we didn't do anything, though!

Out of curiosity, what graphic card ( & driver) do you have?
That might be what's causing the problem in windowed mode...

By the way, welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat!

masao-hyren · Post by **masao-hyren** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:59 pm

thanks for the welcome.
my card is an intigrated intel graphics media accelerator 950

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:22 pm

masao-hyren wrote:
thanks for the welcome.
my card is an intigrated intel graphics media accelerator 950

That seems to explain everything.

In short: Intel 950 is crap. Sorry!

masao-hyren · Post by **masao-hyren** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:35 pm

i was hoping that wasnt it but what can you expect after having it for 5 years. Luckily im up grading the whole system soon. any recommendations on cards?

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:42 am

masao-hyren wrote:
i was hoping that wasnt it but what can you expect after having it for 5 years. Luckily im up grading the whole system soon. any recommendations on cards?

Currently I have a crappy card too. On my next PC (when I get a job anyway) I'll probably go for an NVIDIA card, as these seem to have the least problems with Oolite.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:56 am

masao-hyren wrote:
i was hoping that wasnt it but what can you expect after having it for 5 years. Luckily im up grading the whole system soon. any recommendations on cards?

Like JazHaz said - it's not the ATI cards - it's their useless OpenGL Drivers and sucky tech support that lets them down - until this is rectified (I've been waiting +10 years for this to happen so don't hold your breath!) I would recommend Nvidia.

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:52 am

Same problem here...nice computer (running Ubuntu Karmic) with a crappy intel graphics accelerater.
Full-screen mode (f12) sorts out most of the problems, but you might also find (like me) that the frame-rate suffers if there are lots of large or complex textures used by OXPs. This results in jerky rendering and/or the whole thing stopping for half a second or so.

The answer here is to opt for the low- or standard-definition version of any OXPs you're using where these are available.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:02 pm

Commander McLane wrote:
That seems to explain everything.

In short: Intel 950 is crap. Sorry!

Really? Works fine for me.

Post by **Getafix** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:03 am

masao-hyren wrote:
The game starts and the music plays but the graphics display intermittently...

This resembles to the issue addressed here.
Resizing the Oolite window, by dragging a side or a corner, might resolve it.

EDIT: Disabling visual-effects, as described here, might do the trick too.