EternalPresidentBush on 30/6/2009 at 08:48
I can't seem to find any Linux related questions in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS thread, I can get the game running under WINE... but with about 3 FPS per second in the main menu i hardly feel incentive to test any further. The problem seems to be the game using DirectDraw under software renderer instead of my ATI card, are there any solutions?
voodoo47 on 30/6/2009 at 11:14
I had the same problem (both the closed source and open radeon driver),but no solution so far,as I understand it this is an ati related issue,nv users are able to run the game fine (but they need a lot of horsepower to get decent framerates anyway)..
BrendaEM on 30/6/2009 at 13:12
With or without Wine, I don't think you are going to get good performance without hardware acceleration.
Getting your drivers working would seem like the first step. I'd try running GLGears, or some other 3D ap to make sure your drivers are working.
I've heard that ATI's have been having problems with Linux lately, just when they have seem to make an effort.
EternalPresidentBush on 30/6/2009 at 13:52
Just tried it, cant even start the game anymore
Quote Posted by BrendaEM
With or without Wine, I don't think you are going to get good performance without hardware acceleration.
Getting your drivers working would seem like the first step. I'd try running GLGears, or some other 3D ap to make sure your drivers are working.
I've heard that ATI's have been having problems with Linux lately, just when they have seem to make an effort.
Compiz fusion is running nicely, and Deus Ex GOTY works charmingly without new OpenGL/D3D8 renderers.
It does seem the source of problem is FGLRX driver, Dark engine simply cant recognize it.
Too bad Omega drivers is dead.
PsymH on 30/6/2009 at 15:21
Quote Posted by voodoo47
I had the same problem (both the closed source and open radeon driver),but no solution so far,as I understand it this is an ati related issue,nv users are able to run the game fine (but they need a lot of horsepower to get decent framerates anyway)..
Had the same problem with a HD 3850. After upgrading to 9.3 the problem was gone
Albert on 1/7/2009 at 09:43
A similar problem with my dimension b110 running thief 2 in directdraw mode. All I can say is that it was more exciting than tapping your feet in tar... :p
PsymH on 14/10/2009 at 14:25
I have testet Thief2 under Ubuntu 9.04 (64bit) with wine: Same result as EternalPresidentBush has it. I tested the glxgears demo and got ~1500FPS, so the 3D Driver should works. Maybe I should set special settings in WINE?
Durinda D'Bry on 18/10/2009 at 08:29
Last week I tried (and failed) to run Thief 2 using Wine on Ubuntu 9.04 to get playable performance.
I have Acer Aspire 3024 Laptop (Sempron 3100+, 1024 Mb RAM, 60 Gb HDD, Mobility Radeon x600). I tried Wine 1.01, 1.19, 1.30 and even compiled my own from latest sources, also I tried latest DDFix and tried without. With original Xorg drivers it is 10-12 FPS as best, with Catalyst 9.3 (9.4 already doesn't support x600) there are sky rendering artifacts and about 2-4 FPS. BTW: to get Catalyst 9.3 running on Ubuntu Xorg server and dependences downgrade required. And "native" Doom 3 for Linux demo seems run OK on Catalyst.
Even Thief menu screen is pretty slow - mouse cursor is blinking on movement. While reading Wine forums and Wiki I got feeling that reason is in Wine DDraw emulation and ATI drivers. I tried to play with Wine registry values but without any improvement.
PsymH on 18/10/2009 at 15:54
Maybe you should turn on the option "Enable virtual monitor" in WINE and set the correct resolution. And I believe there is also a option to capture the mouse in DirectX application.
This should eliminate the mouse pointer bug.
