World of Warcraft - Ubuntu ... Low Framerate

Valek · Post by **Valek** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:58 am

Hi, I'm a newbie here, so please don't threat me too bad.

I wanted to ask you .. Yesterday I installed Linux Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) on my PC, it's the first Linux OS I use on it and I'm pretty confused, but I'm trying to make it work anyway.

I installed WoW, using this FAQ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft. I followed it, step to step, except for the installation of Wine, which I installed manually by downloading a 1.1.6 version for Ubuntu 8.04.

I had problems with my NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 so I installed a NVIDIA driver, NVIDIA-Linux-x86-177.80-pkg1, which is meant to be good for the NVIDIA 6 Series.

After all the FAQ steps and the driver installation I ran WoW, and everything went well, except for one thing. Low FPS, not too low, certainly not unenjoyable, but I got a lot of friends with an Hardware identical to the one I have who run WoW on Linux, and their is graphically wonderful, with High FPS.

I would like to know if I made a mistake while configuring the game, or something like that.

My Hardware (I have a laptop):
Intel Centrino 1700 mhz
512 MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 w/ TurboCache Technology

I added in the config.wtf file the following lines:
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET M2UseShaders "0"
SET Sound_SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET Sound_SoundBufferSize "150"

... By the way, I didn't add the line SET gxApi "opengl" 'cause it gave me only a lot of problems; I wasn't able to reach anymore the bottom of the screen, and the FPS was a little more slow.

If I set the lowest settings for background, textures, etc, I can play with a decent FPS, but the price is high ... Is there anybody who can help me ?

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austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:02 pm

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Valek <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi, I'm a newbie here, so please don't threat me too bad.

I wanted to ask you .. Yesterday I installed Linux Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) on my PC, it's the first Linux OS I use on it and I'm pretty confused, but I'm trying to make it work anyway.

I installed WoW, using this FAQ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft. I followed it, step to step, except for the installation of Wine, which I installed manually by downloading a 1.1.6 version for Ubuntu 8.04.

I had problems with my NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 so I installed a NVIDIA driver, NVIDIA-Linux-x86-177.80-pkg1, which is meant to be good for the NVIDIA 6 Series.

After all the FAQ steps and the driver installation I ran WoW, and everything went well, except for one thing. Low FPS, not too low, certainly not unenjoyable, but I got a lot of friends with an Hardware identical to the one I have who run WoW on Linux, and their is graphically wonderful, with High FPS.

I would like to know if I made a mistake while configuring the game, or something like that.

My Hardware (I have a laptop):
Intel Centrino 1700 mhz
512 MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 w/ TurboCache Technology

I added in the config.wtf file the following lines:
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET M2UseShaders "0"
SET Sound_SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET Sound_SoundBufferSize "150"

... By the way, I didn't add the line SET gxApi "opengl" 'cause it gave me only a lot of problems; I wasn't able to reach anymore the bottom of the screen, and the FPS was a little more slow.

If I set the lowest settings for background, textures, etc, I can play with a decent FPS, but the price is high ... Is there anybody who can help me ? [Crying or Very sad] [/url]

Did you disable compiz?

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-Austin

Valek · Post by **Valek** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:56 pm

austin987 wrote: Did you disable compiz?

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-Austin

I don't have compiz enabled, I never downloaded it. Or is it part of this version of Ubuntu ?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:02 pm

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Valek <[email protected]> wrote:

austin987 wrote:
Did you disable compiz?

--
-Austin
I don't have compiz enabled, I never downloaded it. Or is it part of this version of Ubuntu ?

It comes by default.

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-Austin

stimpak · Post by **stimpak** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:07 pm

Valek wrote:... By the way, I didn't add the line SET gxApi "opengl" 'cause it gave me only a lot of problems; I wasn't able to reach anymore the bottom of the screen, and the FPS was a little more slow.

wine 1.1.7 does, you should add SET gxApi "opengl" . also run envyNG ( sudo apt-get install envyng-gtk ) which will install correctly the latest nvidia drivers

also from your specs i wouldnt expect a frame-rate of more than 40 fps@1024x768. blizzard buffed up wow too much lately..

oi also anyone remembers those general registry entries which stabilize the fps? if i remember correctly they're supposed to work with every applications not only wow. I tried to find them but without any luck so far :/

Valek · Post by **Valek** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:18 pm

I downloaded envyng with apt-get install, the envyng-core to be precise, but how can I run it ? I'm terribly sorry, I know I'm too noobie to live, but I need your help so badly ..

I tried to search for Wine 1.1.7, but I couldn't find it, would you tell me what should I add to the sources for the repositories, or anything else to download this version ? Again, I'm sorry to bother you so much.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:27 pm

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Valek <[email protected]> wrote:

I downloaded envyng with apt-get install, the envyng-core to be precise, but how can I run it ? I'm terribly sorry, I know I'm too noobie to live, but I need your help so badly ..

You probably want envyng-gtk as well. That'll give you a graphic
interface. It should add an icon to your applications menu, if not,
run envyng-gtk from a terminal.

I tried to search for Wine 1.1.7, but I couldn't find it, would you tell me what should I add to the sources for the repositories, or anything else to download this version ? Again, I'm sorry to bother you so much.

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

Though, give Scott a day or few to build and upload it. It was just
released today (unless you want to build from source, and I got a
feeling you don't

).

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-Austin

Valek · Post by **Valek** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:39 pm

Thanks a lot guys, after apt-get install envy, it all went veery well.

Just one problem: the bars, the Ubuntu's bars, the ones up and down, I can't get rid of them, and I'm unable to reach the damn bottom of the screen, in which all my chosen abilities lies, as well as a lot of menus of every kind. Do you know something about it ?

Oh, maybe another little one .. the cursor of the mouse is a little too slow, has this ever happened to anyone before ?

stimpak · Post by **stimpak** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:11 am

Valek wrote:Just one problem: the bars, the Ubuntu's bars, the ones up and down, I can't get rid of them, and I'm unable to reach the damn bottom of the screen, in which all my chosen abilities lies, as well as a lot of menus of every kind. Do you know something about it ?

ye its a regression bug that wine 1.1.7 must have taken care of.

If not ( i didnt test the new version yet) log to your character then esc -> video -> run in window mode -> (check) maximize window

3vi1 · Post by **3vi1** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:58 pm

austin987 wrote:On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Valek <[email protected]> wrote:
austin987 wrote:
Did you disable compiz?

--
-Austin
I don't have compiz enabled, I never downloaded it. Or is it part of this version of Ubuntu ?

It comes by default.

--
-Austin

Not on Ubuntu 8.04.

wineappdb · Post by **wineappdb** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:30 pm

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:18:09 -0500
"Valek" <[email protected]> wrote:

I downloaded envyng with apt-get install, the envyng-core to be precise, but how can I run it ? I'm terribly sorry, I know I'm too noobie to live, but I need your help so badly ..

"/usr/share/envy/launcher" for EnvyNG.

I tried to search for Wine 1.1.7, but I couldn't find it, would you tell me what should I add to the sources for the repositories, or anything else to download this version ? Again, I'm sorry to bother you so much.

It takes a number of days before the packages are made. see http://www.winehq.org/site/download. or you can build wine your self.

http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/
http://wiki.winehq.org/GitWine
http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages
http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit