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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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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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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How do I change screen resolution in Dosbox through Wine?
My old DOS game (Tomb Raider I) installs and then runs fine with Wine by making use of Dosbox. Everything works (keys, audio, full screen) but I am unable to adjust the resulting screen resolution.
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How can I play diablo 3 on playonlinux? Direct3D9 is not available without OpenGL
I have recently encountered a huge problem when installing diablo 3 on playonlinux (PoL). The game launch menu started but when I click on the play button the window close immediately and there is ...
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Ubuntu Nvidia Driver 310.14Beta Stretch OpenGL Feature
I have a HP Mini 311 running an outdated version of the Nvidia drivers (The recomended from the additional drivers option), alongside my Ubuntu 12.04.
Now the problem I am running into is the feature ...
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Playing Age of Empires II multiplayer in VirtualBox Over wi fi network
I installed Age of Empires II (Expansion) in VirtualBox (hosting Windows XP). It works great in single player mode. Unfortunately, I tried playing multiplayer via WI-FI which I created on my Ubuntu ...
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No sound in Family Farm game
I bought Family Farm for Linux, game is running smoothly, but with no sound. I have read somewhere, that it's normal on 64bit systems, but I run 32bit Ubuntu. Moreover, there are many no-sound ...
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Neverwinter Nights does not run in 13.04
I installed Neverwinter Nights on this very machine while running 12.10, following the instructions here. Since upgrading to 13.04, nwn hangs when I run it. This is a strace log file generated by my ...
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Genius GX Gila Mouse
So I have a Genius GX Gila gaming mouse. It doesn't work.
Having previously had Arch installed and running various troubleshooting steps I came to the conclusion that Linux detects it as a Keyboard.
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Quadrapassel on ubuntu 11.10
Quadrapassel does not work properly on any version after 11.10, it just got upgraded to gnome games. Is it possible to install 11.10 quadrapassel on newer versions?
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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mouse speed on new X server for game
I used the following script to open the game on new X server.
#!/bin/sh
export WAR3_PATH="/media/8C2667B026679A4A/Program Files (x86)/Warcraft III Frozen Throne eSK/"
X :3 -ac -terminate & #
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TV doesn't support resolution for video game
I downloaded a game from Steam (run via q4wine) and installed it. When I launch it, the screen turns black and my Samsung LED television says, it doesn't support resolution and I only can exit by ...
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Minecraft runs really weird in Ubuntu 12.10
When I have Vsync on my framerate is capped to 30 instead of 60. Also, when I go fullscreen the mouse seems to have really fast acceleration and the game looks really jumpy. I could run this on ...
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Bumblebee - Poor performance with games
I have an Alienware M14x (GeForce 650m with Optimus) and got Bumblebee working correctly (trying to get ready for steam for linux :)). Also I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 with Unity. I get great framerates ...
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Can't make new x-servers in Ubuntu 12.10
I used to make additional x-servers to play my games in for Ubuntu, because it gives better performance.
I used, for example:
xinit wine Wow-64.exe --:1
DISPLAY=:1 ck_launch_session
And everything ...
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Is there a way to change the resolution of a running wine virtual desktop without closing it?
Applications run within a virtual desktop of a WINEPREFIX can change the resolution quite happily, I'm wondering if there is a way that I can force a wine virtual desktop to change it's resolution ...
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Direct3d9 is not available without opengl
I am trying to install Guild Wars 2 from PlayOnLinux application and it keeps crashing and when I go into debugging this pops up the most:
Direct3d9 is not available without opengl
Is there a ...
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How to Speed Up Desmume in Ubuntu 12.04
How to speed up desmume emulator? It only runs at speed of 45 fps. If I use frameskip, it becomes laggy. My processor is Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU 2.30GHZ and my ram is 2.00GB
Is there anything I can ...
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Streaming audio/video to twitch.tv
Is there any way for an easy streaming to twitch.tv/justin.tv/so on? I saw some tutorials which are outdated. I would like to stream some linux games/emulator gameplays live.
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Psychonauts error when run with optirun/bumblebee
I installed Psychonauts on 12.04 and I want to run it with the optirun command, but whenever I load the game, I get an error and the game crashes:
$ ERROR: Assert in ...
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Mounting iso images to play on wine
I would very much like to be able to mount iso images on my file system while getting wine to detect them as if they were real cd/dvd images inside the cd/dvd drive. As of this day I haven't been able ...
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How to start warcraft from playonlinux configuration for a client?
I am using Ranked Gaming Client and in settings I can't add this to the game folder path:
/usr/share/playonlinux/playonlinux --run "Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne"
Which is what playonlinux (4.1) ...
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How to improve performance of Intel GMA 4500 for better gamming experience?
I only own a laptop, and it has integrated graphics (Blah). The card is an Intel GMA 4500.
Back on Windows, I was able to edit some parameters for the graphics.
Here is a video of what I used to ...
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Need for Speed Most wanted NFS MW on ubuntu 12.04
NFS MW has gold rating in wine . I installed it , it opened fine. But after few screens, it doesnt work properly. In race, I cannot see anything clearly. Everything will be black. Any idea how to ...
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Running games in windowed mode
I have problems with mouse behavior when I run game in windowed mode. I can't use alt + left click and alt + right click in game since first moves window and seconds opens popup with window options.
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How can use a different HDD with another OS to use as a Steam Library?
2nd HDD have XP while 1st have Ubuntu.But the Ubuntu drive is almost full and can't fit other games.The second HDD has enought space but when I try to use it it shows this error:
"New Steam library ...
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How to instal nogravity game under Ubuntu?
There is a freeware game Nogravity for Linux (http://www.nogravitythegame.com/classic/linux.html) but it is not in Ubuntu repository. Official steps to install (to run the .package file - ...
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How can I share an HDD with Windows XP and Ubuntu on Steam?
My Ubuntu is installed on a disk drive F: while my Windows XP is on a disk C:.
F: is 20 GB while C: is 320GB.
When I try to open a Steam library it says:
"New Steam library folder must be on a ...
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Shift sometimes does not respond
when i'm in game I need shift key and and press and hold shift it is good but then after 8 seconds or less it stops i'm still holding shift but it is not responding?
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Sound problem while gaming on HP Pavilion DV4
I get a weird behavior with my volume every time I try to play a game with Desmume or even if I try to play Trine in Steam.
Volume goes up and down and it doesn't stop which makes gaming impossible. ...
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Installing Call of Duty 1 with CD, error while changing CD :(
So, I am new with Ubuntu and all, and I'm trying to install Call of Duty 1 with the installation key. I have Wine installed and I open the CD file with it. It starts installing, everything is fine. ...
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How to diagnose/fix TF2 performance issues, despite good FPS?
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 with an AMD 6630M and the AMD 13.4 drivers. I run Team Fortress on Windows on the same machine, and despite getting 30-40 fps, the game is quite playable, very smooth and ...
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League of Legends client continuous patch using Playonlinux?
I am using wine 1.5.28 and im not really sure which POL I am using it was an updated one though. I installed league using POL and ran the client. It installed fine and patched fine except for taking ...
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Countre Strike [steam] Lunix version Probleme !
i have allready installed steam in ubuntu , and i downloaded counter strike from it , that's mean i'm working in lunix version without wine . . ..
so i run it and it work fine , but when i want to ...
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Armegetron Ubuntu Vsync
How do i disable vsync for a specific program in ubuntu
Im using an Nvidia 8800GTS 512 for video with 314 drivers.
It could be something in xServer but im not sure.
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playing scrabble on Internet Scrabble Club server/website
I have downloaded ISC Wordbiz for linux. I am able to log on, seek, and start a game, but as soon as I make a move, the screen locks up and wont allow me to take any action. I uninstalled Wordbiz, ...
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Will using the same Steam game library folder on both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 create conflicts?
I have Steam installed on Win7 in D:\Games\PC\Steam. I installed Steam on my Ubuntu now and for Half-Life 2: Deatmatch it asked wether to install in the default folder or somewhere else. I chose the ...
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Steam not working in Ubuntu
I recently tried to install steam into Ubunutu 12.04 LTS. It worked for awhile, except there were white boxs where some of the text should be. I went online and found a fix for it. However, I tried to ...
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Intel g645 - Graphic Design and Gaming
My first post on askubuntu.com
Hello guys, need an advice on Linux Build.
I'm planning on purchasing a new desktop build using Intel G645 processor, two 4GB DDR3 RAM, and an SSD. Haven't really ...
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Will Nvidia gtx 650 work well on Ubuntu 12.10 / 13.04?
I am going to buy a new graphics card and i am thinking about a Nvidia GTX 650. Can anyone tell me if it has good driver support so that i can play games(Like TF2) without the opensource drivers? (as ...
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SWTOR playonlinux waning slow RemoteRender problem
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and I want to play SWTOR by POL. I'm using nVidia gt550m 2GB, got bumblebee so im starting POL by terminal:
$ optirun playonlinux > start the game.
Game is loading but it ...
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I can't update Ubuntu 12.04
Okay so my problem is, I tried to install Machinarium from a Humble Bundle. I downloaded the .deb and installed it using the Ubuntu Software Centre. Everything seemed to go fine until I got the alert ...
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Black screen when lunching games and apps - 12.04 with AMD
when I try to open some programs like Treeworlds and Stellarium I get black screen (I can hear the sound) But nothing appears on the screen. My Graphic card is AMD HD Radeon 7670M And i have installed ...
