directx 9 bug in games.

Se7ven · Post by **Se7ven** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:37 pm

Hey im having trouble with directx. 9 I have a black and gray models in portal and halo combat evolve.

OS:Ubuntu 11.10
RAM:1.5
GFX:Intel gma 900 NOTE: portal and halo combat evolve do work in a windows OS, So do not say it wont run.
RES:1024x768

Screen shot of bug: http://s1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... 170852.png

Se7ven · Post by **Se7ven** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:42 pm

[quote="Se7ven"]Hey im having trouble with directx. 9 I have a black and gray models in portal and halo combat evolve.

OS:Ubuntu 11.10
RAM:1.5
GFX:Intel gma 900 NOTE: portal and halo combat evolve do work in a windows OS, So do not say it wont run.
RES:1024x768

Screen shot of bug: http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... 170852.png

Se7ven · Post by **Se7ven** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:57 pm

Still need help Here !

doh123 · Post by **doh123** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:18 pm

I'm sure a GMA 900 might be able to handle a DirectX game in Windows, but that doesn't mean it can handle it in OpenGL. I doubt you'll ever get that graphics card to run it correctly with Wine.

tparker · Post by **tparker** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:29 pm

On 12/3/2011 3:37 PM, Se7ven wrote:

GFX:Intel gma 900 NOTE: portal and halo combat evolve do work in a windows OS, So do not say it wont run.
RES:1024x768.

Check with Intel and see if they have made a linux driver for that card
that is equal to it's windows driver. If not, ask them to do so.

lahmbi5678 · Post by **lahmbi5678** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:44 pm

One issue with the older intel GMAs is that they don't support Shader Model 3 in hardware (some have partial support), which is mandatory for DX 9.0c and later. The windows drivers emulate the missing functionality, with quite poor performance. The linux intel drivers are generally lagging behind the windows drivers, and that emulation stuff will probably never be implemented. Some games rely on that Model 3.0 functionality, they expect at least software emulation, as it is some kind of minimum standard in DX 9.0c.

So, no joy with intel, I wonder, if it would help to file a bug at intel and tell them to get their linux drivers DX 9.0c compliant.

You should try to turn off all graphical effects in your game, if you haven't already.

You could try to install the latest intel driver, 2.17, if you haven't already, there are a few repositories, e.g.:
https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archive/intel-driver

All in all, I wouldn't expect too much, unfortunately intel hardware isn't a good choice for linux/wine.

lahmbi5678 · Post by **lahmbi5678** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:03 pm

just looked at wikipedia, the intel gma 900 doesn't even support vertex shader 2.0 in hardware, that is even worse than I thought.