Linux issues
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:20 pm
Hi!
I found this game about a week ago, and it's pretty great! A really charming educational game. The Windows version works great!
That being said, I haven't been able to run the Linux version of the game.
I'm on Ubuntu 14.04lts 64bit; using some proprietary drivers from AMD(but, approved by Ubuntu). It's for my AMD Radeon HD 6950. I have other Unity3d games that run fine, but this one seems to be giving me issues.
From the troubleshooting I've been trying; it seems to be a graphical issue. I've found sites with other Unity apps having similar errors:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/since- ... up.370920/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/327880/d ... 880478470/
And, while the linux version using my default drivers fails to start; crashing almost instantly. It gives out errors like "GLContext: failed to activate", and "WARNING: Shader Unsupported: 'Hidden/BlitCopy' - Setting to default shader."
I did try various other drivers. The latest from AMD(unapproved) made the game load 2 instances, both black screens. While unplayable, it didn't crash on its own.(The drivers did bork my system later so I had to revert.)
I also tried/am still attempting to fiddle with the open source drivers. However, the game is requiring an OpenGL version greater than 1.4, which the open source drivers are currently defaulted to. And, I might have to upgrade a lot of other things just to fix that. Which is quite a bit when the proprietary drivers work fine for everything else.
I noticed though that if I try the Windows version on Wine(32bit) in Linux I get the following:
Forcing the game to load with 'Direct3D 9' gets me to the game's main menu. And, seems like it's about to work perfectly before crashing due to a 64bit issue.
However, when I force it to use OpenGL. I get past the Unity splash screen, and I hear the main menu music, but the screen is black once again. It'll crash in Wine regardless due to the 64bit game, but it seems to lend credence to the graphical issue for the native linux binary.
Any help appreciated!
Thanks!
I found this game about a week ago, and it's pretty great! A really charming educational game. The Windows version works great!
That being said, I haven't been able to run the Linux version of the game.
I'm on Ubuntu 14.04lts 64bit; using some proprietary drivers from AMD(but, approved by Ubuntu). It's for my AMD Radeon HD 6950. I have other Unity3d games that run fine, but this one seems to be giving me issues.
From the troubleshooting I've been trying; it seems to be a graphical issue. I've found sites with other Unity apps having similar errors:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/since- ... up.370920/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/327880/d ... 880478470/
And, while the linux version using my default drivers fails to start; crashing almost instantly. It gives out errors like "GLContext: failed to activate", and "WARNING: Shader Unsupported: 'Hidden/BlitCopy' - Setting to default shader."
I did try various other drivers. The latest from AMD(unapproved) made the game load 2 instances, both black screens. While unplayable, it didn't crash on its own.(The drivers did bork my system later so I had to revert.)
I also tried/am still attempting to fiddle with the open source drivers. However, the game is requiring an OpenGL version greater than 1.4, which the open source drivers are currently defaulted to. And, I might have to upgrade a lot of other things just to fix that. Which is quite a bit when the proprietary drivers work fine for everything else.
I noticed though that if I try the Windows version on Wine(32bit) in Linux I get the following:
Forcing the game to load with 'Direct3D 9' gets me to the game's main menu. And, seems like it's about to work perfectly before crashing due to a 64bit issue.
However, when I force it to use OpenGL. I get past the Unity splash screen, and I hear the main menu music, but the screen is black once again. It'll crash in Wine regardless due to the 64bit game, but it seems to lend credence to the graphical issue for the native linux binary.
Any help appreciated!
Thanks!