X³: Reunion - Linux BETA support thread

[timon37]

X³: Reunion - Linux BETA support thread

Please attach savegames for almost any issue, it'll help a lot. In case you can't or don't want to include it in the forum post, my email address is: tim13on ( on ) egosoft.com, of course remove the 13 and ( on ) is @ (hope not many spam bots figure that out);p

Current status/news:

Bug reporting rule change: If it's anything non-trivial make a new thread "[X3R linux] bug such and such" and pm me about it, if you're not sure just pm me about the issue and I'll tell you if it's thread worthy or not.

There's lots of console output that may look bad, in general don't worry or report it unless you get a crash or I asked for it.

Build 13 is a very "special" build that requires some explanation;) It's a fairly big rewrite of the opengl shaders and setup, so it may introduce some regressions. I included a pseudo older version that, compatibilty wise, should be equivalent to the previous build. Btw the new version ignores the "Force Pipeline" setting.
I've got a few more changes already queued up, but I could use some testing from everyone/anyone.
The main questions I have are:
- whether it works without any graphical artifacts,
- what's the performance compared to the included "previous version".
If you set the new config option "Hack FPS Replace Text" to 1 it'll replace the first text drawn with "fps #", in game that should be the bottom speed indicator (you can also set it to -1 to replace all text).
The other important option is "Frame Finish" which affects buffer swapping behaviour. Value 0 should result in the most fps, but for example on fglrx it can stress the driver so much that if there's anything else using the gpu it causes very nasty stuttering of the whole system (it's not the same as the momentary pauses when rotating a ship or when something enters the system). Value 1 will probably be mostly equivalent to 0. Value 2 will probably hit the fps fairly hard, but if you see the stuttering (best distinguished by jerky mouse movement) it should solve that.

So anyone who can please post some feedback like the example below. Just watch out for the config file being overwritten when the game closes. Preferrably run in fullscren and a few times to get an average and try to keep the ingame situation as consistent as possible.
FP 3 means "Force Pipeline" set to 3. FF is "Frame Finish". 48/72 means you got 48 fps in the main menu, and 72 in the game.

[Somnus]

OMG it's really true! Thank you so much! This is amazing. I can't wait for the TC/AP ports too!

[moebius218]

OK, here we go :

1. no keys are working for me in-game. so i was just drifting in space after the start and was unable to close the first message. your debug keys and pause seems to work though.

2. my joystick (t16000m - standard usb hid) isn't recognized in the config program, although it works in-game. despite an inverted throttle, which i couldn't fix due to [1]

Arch 64bit
Kernel 3.7.4
language: german (also keyboard-layout)

btw, what are the needed dependencies, maybe I'm missing one?

edit: when using fullscreen, you should probably just use the primary screen by default

[timon37]

[moebius218]

good news: you're not to blame

apparently it's a fault of the steam beta.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/577

i copied the game directory from my windows install and as windows doesn't care about case-sensitivity, it works there.

[SkyBon]

Having text font blurred:
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8243/blurd.png

Note more blur to the left than to the right.

Kubuntu 12.10 x86-64
KDE 4.9.4
NVIDIA 313


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[sakuramboo]

While playing the main story line, game crashes when playing the cut scene when you reach Tony Marani about getting the crystal back in Farnhams Legend.

[Trimz]

I cannot describe how happy I am that you've released a Linux version of your game.

Much love Egosoft, you guys rock!

[Night Nord]

fglrx-13.1, Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970]. x86_64, running with SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa. All high, FSAAx2, Anisotropic x2.

1. After starting the game it shows "X3: reunion" loading screen and then black screen for few seconds until menu is loaded.
2. Game lags for a moment when new item is loading - model for item in shop or new face video sequence for comm.
3. After new game started it was blinking black few times in Argon Prime.
4. Maybe Ion Disruptor beam itself is not visible - ship effects are visible. But I'm not sure, I'm dying too fast.
5. I can't assign shortcut with shift/alt/ctrl modifiers - they are got caught as simple letter.
6. And yes, engine sounds are weird when they are not directed towards you. If you straight behind the ship - sound is normal. If you are just a little bit on side - it weirds out.

I haven't played X3 on windows, only on wine, so I can't tell it this is something linux-specific.

But, btw, great work! Runs smoothly most of times (except this model/whatever loadings), a lot of effects that were missing in wine (reflections!) and seems to be very stable - not crashed even once.

[timon37]

[jiveaxe]

After very little testing I have to say that game runs beautifully. I dunno know if I'm lucky but it doesn't give me any sort of problem.

First run was with vanilla options, except vram setted to 512+ and resolution to 1280x720 (windowed). The game loaded normally, the interface in my system locale (italian). The game itself runs smooth, no glitches or artifacts but I only played few minutes in Terra Argon.

Fullscreen mode (1680x1050) is also ok, smooth with FSAAx16 and Anisotropicx16.

About shaders: all ok except ARB Shaders nvidia: game crashes on boot.

1.1GB of ram used.

XBox controller works, but some keys must be configured.

My system:

[haitamsh]

Hello,
first thank you very much for adding support for Linux!!
anyway, I am having a strange silly problem (hopefully it is just something silly that I am doing) after I first get control of the spaceship, it keeps spinning down+left as if the mouse is not calibrated, when I move the mouse it start "correcting" the movements and then go back to spinning down+left..
please let me know if you need more information
Thank you for you very much,
Haitam

Edit: I tried this in both window mode and full screen mode, same issue

sysinfo:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz
asus sabertooth x79
Gigabyte GTX680 OC 2GB GDDR5 DX11 2xDVI HDMI DP PCI-E 1
Corsair 4x8GB Vengeance Quad Channel CL10-10-10-27
mouse: Logitech performance MX

kernel: 3.7.0-7
video driver: Nvidia 313.09
Distro: Ubuntu 12.10 - 64bit

[timon37]

[haitamsh]

I tried two different keyboards same problem, but I have some extra information now:
1- if I start the game with the keyboard and mouse connected the spaceship will keep spinning, tried to disconnect both and reconnect - didn't help, kept spinning

2- if I try to start the game with only the mouse connected no keyboard it will work ok, then I reconnect the keyboard without any issues - fixes the problem.

I have no joysticks or second mouse/keyboard connected, and I am not using any mapping macros.
I also never encountered any input issues that indicates that a key is stuck in other games or daily use.

Thanks,
Haitam

[eggman]

I am unable to change the volume of the sound effects at all, while I can adjust the music and voice volume up, but not down.