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Zachtib Taggart

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Join date: 11 Mar 2006

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03-20-2006 19:02

on both 1.8 and 1.9, I'm getting extremely botched graphics. This is likely due to my ATI Radeon Graphics card, but other games, Such as America's Army, run fine on it under Linux.

For example,

I can only see the top half of my avatar.
I can (sometimes) see the ground
Thats all I can see

Zi Ree

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Join date: 25 Feb 2006

Posts: 723

03-21-2006 00:22

Have a look here: /263/01/90064/1.html

Maybe there's an answer for you in this thread. Make sure your Graphics card memory setting in the settings.ini is correct (you need to set this by hand, the GUI can't detect it yet) and that you're using the accelerated drivers (which should be the case with other games running properly).

Good luck! Tell us what you've done, if you can make it work.

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Darkside Eldrich

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Join date: 10 Feb 2006

Posts: 200

03-21-2006 11:39

Also, try turning off the "Avatar Vertex Program" option in Adv. Graphics. Might help?

ATI cards have always given me trouble in Linux... work fine in some games, die in others. On my Radeon 8500 I had tons of trouble with Savage: Battle for Newerth and Neverwinter Nights, but UT2004 ran fine.

Good luck!

Christopher Omega

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Join date: 28 Mar 2003

Posts: 1,828

03-27-2006 20:38

Im having the same problems (using a Radeon Mobility 9000). I can only see the upper-half of my avatar, no sky, no objects, no ground (only a sea similar to what you see in the off-world).
==Chris

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Willis Witte

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Join date: 20 Apr 2006

Posts: 3

04-20-2006 15:58

Having this problem as well with an ATI 9200... has anyone found a fix yet... it makes the game quite unplayable. I've uploaded a screenshot of what I'm seeing... and what it sounds like the other people in this thread are also expieriencing. http://www.irmak.org/themoon/secondlifeproblem.jpg

here's another shot of the graphics problem...
http://www.irmak.org/themoon/secondlifeproblem2.jpg

it seems as if SL only loads the textures for the torso and head of your avatar. If I go into edit mode and select drag across the screen other objects show up but only as selections and not textured.

Willis Witte

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Join date: 20 Apr 2006

Posts: 3

04-23-2006 13:01

Updating to ati driver 8.24.8 fixed everything...

unfortunately now my internet connection goes down every time I connect to SL.

Graphics distorted on 1.9
Zachtib Taggart Registered User Join date: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 3	03-20-2006 19:02 on both 1.8 and 1.9, I'm getting extremely botched graphics. This is likely due to my ATI Radeon Graphics card, but other games, Such as America's Army, run fine on it under Linux. For example, I can only see the top half of my avatar. I can (sometimes) see the ground Thats all I can see
Zi Ree Mrrrew! Join date: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 723	03-21-2006 00:22 Have a look here: /263/01/90064/1.html Maybe there's an answer for you in this thread. Make sure your Graphics card memory setting in the settings.ini is correct (you need to set this by hand, the GUI can't detect it yet) and that you're using the accelerated drivers (which should be the case with other games running properly). Good luck! Tell us what you've done, if you can make it work. _____________________ Zi! (SuSE Linux 10.2, Kernel 2.6.13-15, AMD64 3200+, 2GB RAM, NVidia GeForce 7800GS 512MB (AGP), KDE 3.5.5, Second Life 1.13.1 (6) alpha soon beta thingie) Blog: http://ziree.wordpress.com/ - QAvimator: http://qavimator.org Second Life Linux Users Group IRC Channel: irc.freenode.org #secondlifelug
Darkside Eldrich Registered User Join date: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 200	03-21-2006 11:39 Also, try turning off the "Avatar Vertex Program" option in Adv. Graphics. Might help? ATI cards have always given me trouble in Linux... work fine in some games, die in others. On my Radeon 8500 I had tons of trouble with Savage: Battle for Newerth and Neverwinter Nights, but UT2004 ran fine. Good luck!
Christopher Omega Oxymoron Join date: 28 Mar 2003 Posts: 1,828	03-27-2006 20:38 Im having the same problems (using a Radeon Mobility 9000). I can only see the upper-half of my avatar, no sky, no objects, no ground (only a sea similar to what you see in the off-world). ==Chris _____________________ October 3rd is the Day Against DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm
Willis Witte Registered User Join date: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 3	04-20-2006 15:58 Having this problem as well with an ATI 9200... has anyone found a fix yet... it makes the game quite unplayable. I've uploaded a screenshot of what I'm seeing... and what it sounds like the other people in this thread are also expieriencing. http://www.irmak.org/themoon/secondlifeproblem.jpg here's another shot of the graphics problem... http://www.irmak.org/themoon/secondlifeproblem2.jpg it seems as if SL only loads the textures for the torso and head of your avatar. If I go into edit mode and select drag across the screen other objects show up but only as selections and not textured.
Willis Witte Registered User Join date: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 3	04-23-2006 13:01 Updating to ati driver 8.24.8 fixed everything... unfortunately now my internet connection goes down every time I connect to SL.

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