massive fps drops

Nightchill · 12-10-2008, 12:57 PM

ok, i've installed regnum on both of my boots (winxp & arch), and on winxp regnum runs perfectly but on arch it suffers from massive fps drops, actually-it's like 1fps since the moment i log in, unplayable. what could be the possible explanation for this difference between arch&xp boot?

Ulmanyar · 12-10-2008, 01:30 PM

Drivers.

What graphics card are you using? And what driver? Or do you use any "heavy" eye-candy that could affect your performance?

Bamm-Bamm · 12-10-2008, 01:34 PM

First thing to try, is disabling the xorg composite extension.
Add this to the bottom of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

The xorg version used in Arch by default now enables it...

Nightchill · 12-10-2008, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DjupaTanken

Drivers.

What graphics card are you using? And what driver? Or do you use any "heavy" eye-candy that could affect your performance?

proprietary catalyst driver for ati radeon 9600pro, i use no eye candy.

@qwasd, composite? i'll try but i doubt it, i'm not in desktop environment, i use wmii.

ieti · 12-10-2008, 04:28 PM

I have no such problems. My distro is Debian Etch, graphics card is NVidia 7300GT 100.14.19 driver. Sometimes I have lag spikes and crashes but not frame rate drops.

I suspect it is something related with ATI drivers. My friend that play regnum in linux(Debian Lenny) and have ATI card have same symptoms - frame drops after playing some time. After this he restart game and play till next frame drop.

Zordak · 12-10-2008, 06:24 PM

Have you tried running the game in safe mode? Do you always have the fps drops?
I experience even freezes (on a 7900gt, launching the game with 150 fps...) after tens of minutes playing time if i am not in safe mode.

Z.

Nightchill · 12-10-2008, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zordak

Have you tried running the game in safe mode? Do you always have the fps drops?
I experience even freezes (on a 7900gt, launching the game with 150 fps...) after tens of minutes playing time if i am not in safe mode.

Z.

yep, unfortunately nothing helps in my case. regnum was ok when i first installed it on this computer. that was ubuntu 8.04. then i had smooth playtime till fps drops, and relog would solve the problem. but then something weird started to happen with then latest regnum update (the one in August i think). upon log on massive fps drops (but no fps rise =/) so it was unplayable. then i put regnum on my gentoo boot, same thing. unplayable. then i tried with sabayon, nada, and now with arch - n a d a. like i said, everything was fine untill that August update.

Mikan · 12-10-2008, 10:08 PM

This is an ATI problem that NGD won't fix. It's easy to say it's drivers (since that is the cop out most developers use), however, in my experience not a single other game has this problem.

I can run most games on super-high settings with over 60 FPS, including Regnum Online at over 100 FPS, and yet I still get freezes and occasional "complete FPS drops" and eventually the game gets unstable and crashes after experiencing serious lag. It gets exponentially worse when I enable shaders.

So, like I said... it's an ATI problem NGD won't fix. Ther's many other threads in this discussion forum covering it, and not a single official reply from NGD (and it would probably be "it's the drivers!" anyway).

When questioned about it on IRC Kailer said "NG3D is UNFIXABLE" (word for word) and claimed that problems such as these are mostly a combined bi-product of drivers or system configuration as well as bugs in the game itself, which normally are bearable but sometimes mix together to make effects like this.

All of this seems to've come from an update a few months ago, too.

Regards,

shirtees · 12-19-2008, 02:34 AM

How do you run RO in safe mode? Im running Ubuntu 8.10. I ask this becuase the game runs fine here at work (500mb nvidia), but on my laptop at home with a built in ATI card I get those frame drops often lately.

Nightchill · 12-19-2008, 08:22 AM

on the 3rd window (after the login one), click options, tick Force safe mode, go back & run the game. btw, you'll have to do this everytime before starting game.

12-10-2008, 12:57 PM	#1
Nightchill Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 433	massive fps drops ok, i've installed regnum on both of my boots (winxp & arch), and on winxp regnum runs perfectly but on arch it suffers from massive fps drops, actually-it's like 1fps since the moment i log in, unplayable. what could be the possible explanation for this difference between arch&xp boot?

12-10-2008, 01:30 PM	#2
Ulmanyar Initiate Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 231	Drivers. What graphics card are you using? And what driver? Or do you use any "heavy" eye-candy that could affect your performance? __________________ Ulmanyar Flame of Valhalla Alsius - a few, but we got goats! BAAAAH!

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Bamm-Bamm Pledge Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Behind you Posts: 17	First thing to try, is disabling the xorg composite extension. Add this to the bottom of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Code: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection The xorg version used in Arch by default now enables it... __________________ Speed kills... Accelerate!

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ieti Count Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Posts: 1,374	I have no such problems. My distro is Debian Etch, graphics card is NVidia 7300GT 100.14.19 driver. Sometimes I have lag spikes and crashes but not frame rate drops. I suspect it is something related with ATI drivers. My friend that play regnum in linux(Debian Lenny) and have ATI card have same symptoms - frame drops after playing some time. After this he restart game and play till next frame drop. __________________ RA \| Ignis \| Lilla My \| Conjurer \| EVIL IGNIS ROCK Horus \| Syrtis \| ieti \| Conjurer \| INQUISITION \| LONG GONE

12-10-2008, 06:24 PM	#6
Zordak Master Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 451	Have you tried running the game in safe mode? Do you always have the fps drops? I experience even freezes (on a 7900gt, launching the game with 150 fps...) after tens of minutes playing time if i am not in safe mode. Z. __________________ Based on facts, as I choose to see them.

12-10-2008, 10:08 PM	#8
Mikan Baron Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: In Nekoko's lap ;) Posts: 768	This is an ATI problem that NGD won't fix. It's easy to say it's drivers (since that is the cop out most developers use), however, in my experience not a single other game has this problem. I can run most games on super-high settings with over 60 FPS, including Regnum Online at over 100 FPS, and yet I still get freezes and occasional "complete FPS drops" and eventually the game gets unstable and crashes after experiencing serious lag. It gets exponentially worse when I enable shaders. So, like I said... it's an ATI problem NGD won't fix. Ther's many other threads in this discussion forum covering it, and not a single official reply from NGD (and it would probably be "it's the drivers!" anyway). When questioned about it on IRC Kailer said "NG3D is UNFIXABLE" (word for word) and claimed that problems such as these are mostly a combined bi-product of drivers or system configuration as well as bugs in the game itself, which normally are bearable but sometimes mix together to make effects like this. All of this seems to've come from an update a few months ago, too. Regards, __________________ Hannah Amelie • Catalina Nevena • Alicia Godwyn Alsius Horus ✝ No chance of victory, no chance of defeat ✝ Frozen Flame Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. An ocean of drama.

12-19-2008, 02:34 AM	#9
shirtees Pledge Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 22	How do you run RO in safe mode? Im running Ubuntu 8.10. I ask this becuase the game runs fine here at work (500mb nvidia), but on my laptop at home with a built in ATI card I get those frame drops often lately.

12-19-2008, 08:22 AM	#10
Nightchill Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 433	on the 3rd window (after the login one), click options, tick Force safe mode, go back & run the game. btw, you'll have to do this everytime before starting game.