Overall 'smoothness' in Linux

[castiel]

So i've found from playing AC 1.0/1.1 in both windows and linux that i'm getting a much 'cleaner' and clearer game in windows. I've tired fiddling around with vsync and different graphics options but it seems I simply can't get the same clear picture that I do when I boot into windows.

I have the latest ati drivers(ati radeon 4670), is there settings I could change in ati catalyst that might help? The actual issue is hard to explain, it just seems like the screen is having a hard time rendering/keeping up, but I don't see any visible tearing between frames.

I might screen record on both win/linux if this doesn't make sense.

P.s is there a way to get gamma to work on linux?

Thanks in advance, Castiel

[tempest]

I really don't get what you mean by "cleaner". Is the resolution higher, or do you get a higher framerate, or do the textures look better, or what?

[Brahma]

P.s is there a way to get gamma to work on linux?

There is something really wrong with your linux graphics module.
What distro do you use?

[castiel]

Running Ubuntu 10.10, everything is up to date as far as I can tell, gamma just doesn't do anything.

And I seem to get a decent framerate, 200-400fps, depends what I limit it to but movement still seems not as crisp, I'll record gameplay from both and show the difference when I get round to it.

[Gibstick]

Mouse issues? Search around the ubuntu forums maybe.

[Billybob]

Is compiz installed by default on 10.10? if so try

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metacity --replace

in the terminal to turn off compiz.

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compiz --replace

turns it back on again.

I used to have to do this with Hardy heron to get AC to run properly, maybe meerkat is the same.

[makkE]

The mouse could be responsible for this. Linux mouse input isn't really great.

Make sure you do

xset m 0 0

when running linux (turns all stupid thresholds and acceleration off).

[castiel]

Thanks guys :) I think it was compiz that was screwing me over.

Although the gamma option still does nothing, I can use the xgamma command if this isn't fixable, but it just seems a bit strange.

This is the output from the terminal when the game starts(I dunno if it'll help at all):

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Using home directory: /home/luke/.assaultcube_v1.04
init: sdl
init: net
init: world
init: video: sdl
init: video: mode
init: video: misc
init: gl
Renderer: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (ATI Technologies Inc.)
Driver: 3.3.10237 Compatibility Profile Context
init: console
init: sound
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
Audio devices: PulseAudio Software, ALSA Software
Sound: PulseAudio Software / OpenAL Soft (OpenAL Community)
Driver: 1.1 ALSOFT 1.12.854
init: cfg
init: models
init: docs
init: localconnect
read map packages/maps/official/ac_complex.cgz (12 milliseconds)
Industrial Zone - by makkE
game mode is "team deathmatch"
init: mainloop
writing to file: /home/luke/.assaultcube_v1.04/config/init.cfg
writing to file: /home/luke/.assaultcube_v1.04/config/servers.cfg
writing to file: /home/luke/.assaultcube_v1.04/config/saved.cfg

[V-Man]

yah... 200fps is "decent" compared to my 60fps. :-P