Questions about games and gaming on Ubuntu. Most other gaming-related questions can be asked on the Gaming StackExchange site - http://gaming.stackexchange.com/
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Gaming on Ubuntu touch [duplicate]
I am an indie game developer who is interested in targeting Ubuntu and Ubuntu Touch. I have noticed that you support various tools. I am wondering if you support OpenGL and how much tweaking does a ...
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Is there a problem if I install Steam for Linux AND Steam via PlayOnLinux?
I've been enjoying playing in Ubuntu 12.10 using Steam for Linux. The thing is some games (like Borderlands2) can't be installed there because you can only install games for Linux.
Previously I used ...
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Can I play the game Don't Starve on Ubuntu?
I am new to Ubuntu. Bought an Acer C7 Chromebook yesterday and installed Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit tonight. I have seen 1 or 2 web sites that make me think you can play the game Don't Starve on Ubuntu. I ...
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Is there a way to import my Steam games from Windows 7 to Ubuntu?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7, and although Steam works just fine on Ubuntu, it says that I need to reinstall my games if I wish to play while on Ubuntu. Rather than download my games ...
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Serious Sam: BFE seems to automatically press a button permanently
When playing SS3:BFE my weapons always enter iron sights mode automatically, and I cannot exit it. Anyone knows how to solve that problem?
I also noticed that once I select the sledge hammer it is ...
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Coming from Starling and Actionscript, is there a linux game engine for me?
I've been doing some stuff in the Starling game engine for adobe flash/air, and recently got pretty excited about the new Ubuntu multiplatform os. Unfortunately adobe has dropped it's support of linux ...
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How do I make a game play in a single monitor?
Recently downloaded Multiwinia and Darwinia, some old favourites, from a buy of the Humble Introversion Bundle. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, and when I try to launch either game, it always stretches ...
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How to add Starcraft 2 to Wine
I have PlayOnLinux installed. There's a "Run" button in the window that does nothing when I click it. There's also an "Install" button that'll ask me to install the game. But the run button does ...
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AMD ATi Radeon HD 6870 drivers not working
Need some help with this. I've searched for a few hours and found no answer that worked for me.
When I try to install my drivers I get
One or more tools required for installation cannot be found ...
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Why can I not run paid version of braid from ubuntu software center
When I run braid in ubuntu 11.10 with:
sudo /opt/braid/braid -windowed
I get the following output:
Game Startup Error: Unable to set up graphics.
Reason: Failed to initialize OpenGL display.
To ...
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How to hide top menubar bar. Needed for the wine
Ubuntu unity use top bar like MAC. Nice. But, how to get the top bar hide?
Im using Wine or Playonlinux program. And im using virtual desktop in my screen. Big problem is a virtual desktop not fit ...
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tf2 problem on Ubuntu 12.10
Hello Ubuntu community!!!
as soon as I found out that Steam is available on Linux, formatted my win7 and installed Ubuntu 12.10.
Everything works fine, had some minor trouble with nvidia but ...
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How do I download steam? What additional software do I need?
When I click download (for steam) I get this message:
This error could be caused by required additional software packages
which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a
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Prevent a fullscreen game from disabling the volume control keys
I just installed Puddle which automatically goes to full-screen when you start it. As soon as it starts, the keyboard shortcuts for increasing/decreasing the volume (Fn+F5 and Fn+F6) stop working. (I ...
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GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc error when opening a Steam game
So I was trying to play Team Fortress 2 when this message appears:
Error! Required OpenGL extension "GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" is
not supported. Please install S3TC texture support.
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Ubuntu cant open .deb files - how can I correct this?
I've downloaded Ubuntu because my Windows 7 kept showing a black screen with a cursor on it and and wouldn't boot up properly. So I thought that maybe Linux would work.
It worked perfectly but I ...
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Windows button on keyboard
When I had windows my windows button worked like if you was in a game and needed to read somting or something else not in game you could press the windows button, and you did not close the whole game, ...
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play Steam games with nvidia-optimus laptop?
What is the best way to start a Steam game in an NVIDIA Optimus laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 Installed and the latest version of bumblebee installed?
If I call Steam with optirun steam and then choose ...
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How to configure Wine for Half-Life? [duplicate]
Hi, I've been trying to run Half-Life 1 on Ubuntu 12.10 with Wine. The game starts to the menu OK, but when the actual game starts nothing happens. I can't move, only my mouse works, and the game is ...
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How can I put games on a USB stick for a LAN party?
Soon, I'll be attending a LAN party. There will be a couple of laptops, of which some have Windows 7 installed, and some Ubuntu 12.04. None of these laptops are connected to the internet.
I want to ...
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Fglrx 13.1 weird performance behaviour
Recently I installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 on my laptop with an ATI Radeon HD 5450.
The open-source drivers perform well for the desktop environment, but not so with games. I just switched because I thought ...
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How should I properly set up my CCSM, Xorg.conf and nvidia-settings for fullscreen games?
Good afternoon, I am a new Ubuntu user and I need some help to duly set up my GPU card. I am really lost with this, I have read a lot about how to configure Nvidia cards, but I cannot possibly solve a ...
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Swap Files slowing down games
I have a 16 GB Alienware M17X, and every time I try to play a game the game will run perfectly for a minute or so but then the game starts to lag.
Now I believe this is a swap file problem. So does ...
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Are there any PC-98 emulators for Ubuntu?
That is, are there any programs for emulating an NEC PC-9801 (the computer the first five Touhou games were made for) designed to run natively on Ubuntu (or Linux in general)? I haven't been able to ...
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does My laptp has empty PCI slots
I am getting that I have 3 PCI Bridges.
Here goes my lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ...
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dwarf fortress (34.11) does not run, no error message [duplicate]
When I try to run Dwarf Fortress, nothing happens. Ubutnu 12.10 running on Macbook 4,1. When I try to run df on Terminal, the Terminal window pops open for a fraction of a second and then disappears, ...
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Is there a program that bans me from using a program for a certain amount of time?
So school just restarted and i'm crazy addicted to league of Legend. Is there anyway I can block myself from running it for like 1-2 days. I'm looking for a program. I believe there is one like this ...
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Games stuttering about every 7 minutes
Whenever I play a game on my Linux machine, it stutters every 7 minutes or so for about 5 seconds. Seems like not a serious problem but it is still a bit annoying. So any ideas on how to even trace ...
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Open GL problem, Diablo III problem
I have basically two problems. The first relates to OpenGL and Cairo. I have a strange icons color in cairo. I know it's a problem with Open GL, but I do not know how to set the nvidia control panel ...
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How to deal with dpkg error while installing Battle of Wesnoth?
I get the following error while installing Battles of Wesnoth:
**/var/cache/apt/archives/wesnoth-1.8-data_1%3a1.8.6-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)**
I tried to ...
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I want to start using ubuntu, but [closed]
I'm very tempted to start using ubuntu, but the only thing that holds me back is gaming.
I've heard gaming on ubuntu isn't as good as it is on windows.
Can anyone tell me why, or what can be done to ...
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Gaming Screen Recorder
I make gaming videos and recently installed Ubuntu and I haven't been able to find a good screen recorder for gaming. Are there any recommendations (preferably free ones) that can record in HD, use ...
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What gfx drivers do i need to get?
I have a GeForce 7800 gfx from nvidia. I thought i downloaded correct driver but ig et this message
Currently have this driver installed
For anyobne curios i was trying to play tf2 and my drivers ...
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How to get crysis 2 running
I am runnung ubuntu 12.04 64bit with nvidea gtx660 the with proprietary driver version 310 installed via additional drivers
I have tried a variety of things having no succsess
I have got past the ...
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I have downloaded wine tricks and downloaded WoW through that but it refuses to update
I have had this problem for months now and tried every trick i've read on other peoples forums but it didn't work for me. I click the launcher button and it will start loading and the bar will finish ...
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Humble Bundle Closure Game: controls problem
When I start the Closure game the character keeps moving to the left as if I was pressing the left key on the keyboard. When I try to change the controls configurations the game closes.
Any advice?
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Steam Counter Strike 1.6 Linux beta with optimus (optirun/primusrun)
I was able to run Sam 3 on nvidia card before. Now they added CS 1.6 but they changed paths. I modified the original command I was using for sam3 but it doesnt work.
cd ...
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How to run the Savage 2 after install?
I have downloaded and installed the "Savage2-2.1.0.8-linux-installer.run", But I'm not able to run this game.. The game installed properly. Please tell me how to play?
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How to run Doom3 BFG executable?
I installed Doom3 BFG edition the way it said over here.
The whole procedure was carried out as instructed.
When I double clicked the executable file, my computer didn’t know how to open it so ...
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Why does Wurm Online keep crashing?
Everytime I run Wurm Online the game starts up then goes to the loading/splash screen as it connects to the server. It then appears to connect and as I enter the game it crashes and closes the game.
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Stepmania Flashy display
The Problem
the problem is really simple,
My current step mania installation has an problem that resolves into the fact that the display starts flashing and shows me some photos of my desktop very ...
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Black screen when trying to play video games
I run a wined version of steam (mostly because most of my steam games aren't avaible on the steam beta yet) and I had problems in the past with this black screen/dim screen but I fixed it, the problem ...
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Problem running Lucius using Wine
My problem is I can not run Lucious properly on my computer, I have installed the latest drivers for my graphics card (GeForce GT430 2GB) and in the game called Lucius, in WINE, I get this error:
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What desktop environment should I choose for gaming? [closed]
I'm finally getting rid of Windows for good. Now I'm looking for a good desktop environment for gaming performance.
Which desktop environments are best for gaming? Do some environments have features ...
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Slowness initializing Heroes of Newerth
After a fresh boot it works 100%. Then maybe on a 30 day system it can start to take a long time to initialize. It usually goes through all the intro screens without problem. There's a normal time ...
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How to install the new version of “PokerTH” game via terminal?
I was trying to install "PokerTH" with Ubuntu software center but it installed an older version of the game.
When I ran the game it told me that I must install the newest version of game to play ...
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Measure FPS of the game
I'd like to find analogue of Fraps or any other fps counter on Ubuntu 12.10.
After some googling I found 2 solutions:
1) To use Mumble (I found it from this discussion). This solution didn't work ...
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What are some games to play with friends on same computer on ubuntu? [closed]
I'm looking for some casual games which are multiplayer on the same computer, I've got two keyboards so there won't be a problem of space.
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Is there any way to run doom on ubuntu? [closed]
I want to run doom on my elementary OS (ubuntu derivative), any ideas on how could i do it?
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Xorg lag spikes during gameplay
With almost any game I play, be it Minecraft, TF2, World of Goo or windows games running in wine, I get horrible lag spikes (after a shot time playing) that happen about every 15-20 seconds and last ...
