yet another World of Warcraft thread

leeguy92 · Post by **leeguy92** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:26 pm

hi, im having some problems on WoW.
it has been running on my fedora core 7 desktop PC perfectly out of the box, even in directX mode(i added the direct3d key to the registry).

im now trying to run it on my Fedora 9 laptop.
it is an intel x3100GMA.
the graphics are working after some messing with config.wtf, im experiencing random lockups that can happen anywhere between the character select screen and about 1 minute into the game.
the process is apparently sleeping.

what should i do about this?

heres config.wtf:

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SET locale "enGB"
SET realmList "eu.logon.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET patchlist "eu.version.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET coresDetected "2"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET gxResolution "1280x800"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET videoOptionsVersion "1"
SET textureFilteringMode "0"
SET movie "0"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET readTerminationWithoutNotice "1"
SET showToolsUI "1"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET SmallCull "0.070000"
SET DistCull "350.000000"
SET farclip "177"
SET particleDensity "0.900000"
SET spellEffectLevel "3"
SET realmName "Scarshield Legion"

SET gxApi "opengl"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET M2UseShaders "0"

SET Sound_VoiceChatInputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_VoiceChatOutputDriverName "System Default"
SET cameraPitchMoveSpeed "90"
SET cameraPitchSmoothSpeed "45"
SET gameTip "37"
SET gxCursor "0"
SET Gamma "1.000000"
SET groundEffectDist "70"
SET uiScale "1"
SET readScanning "-1"
SET readContest "-1"
SET shadowLevel "0"
SET baseMip "1"
SET lastCharacterIndex "2"
SET gxVSync "0"
SET shadowLOD "0"
SET weatherDensity "0"

thanks in advance for replies.
Lee..

ulberon · Post by **ulberon** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:52 pm

If you are using the most recent version of wine, I've also noticed the lock-ups. I haven't had time yet to run a regression test (and I kept half hoping someone else would do it =) ).

leeguy92 · Post by **leeguy92** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:04 pm

yes, it is wine 1.0 on both my desktop and laptop.

leeguy92 · Post by **leeguy92** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:41 pm

the maps of the inside of buildings are just white, and after i come out of the building, all the names of everything are gone.

also, ive discovered that i can remove gxapi ffxdeath and ffxglow options and it behaves the same.
if i remove M2UseShaders, the colours are messed up on the floor(shadows).

leeguy92 · Post by **leeguy92** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:22 pm

it seems some pretty random stuff is going on here.
now the white map is gone, but im still getting the freezing, and other oddities which seem to get weirder every time i turn my PC on.
i can only predict that there is a pointer somewhere that is pointing to unallocated/wrong memory address, or something similar, and this is producing the random behaviour.

it's very frustrating.

the latest thing is all of the module titles being rendered wrongly.

i mean the rectangles like that at the title of the in game menu that says "Options", look like the buttons(red with rounded corners), and are rendered about 20pix off center to the left.
now it isn't doing that any more. and i haven't done a thing.
i grabbed a screenshot, so i have proof of this.

ulberon · Post by **ulberon** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:54 am

1.0 isn't the most recent, follow the guide here:

http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb

See if getting a more up-to-date version helps.

leeguy92 · Post by **leeguy92** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:28 pm

right, ive installed 1.1.3 from SOURCE as opposed to RPM, and it's behaving exactly the same, with the white map(again) and the lockups.

leeguy92 · Post by **leeguy92** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:41 pm

another thing:
if i try to restart WoW too many times after lockups, starting again results in a somewhat more permenant lockup which requires a reboot. this is even in simulated desktop mode.
i can usually restart WoW about 6 times before this happens.

there is nothing in the world of warcraft/errors folder.
is there a way to investigate the cause of stuff like this.

In simulated desktop mode with all quality settings turned down, i get longer before a lockup. i now get between 1 and 4 minutes. still no maps of insides of buildings, and as soon as i try to go inside a building all the writing in the whole game disappears from character names to menu options. this remains even after leaving the building and requires a game restart to fix.