World of Warcraft with Crossover start-up problem

Marrachman · #1 15th January 2008, 04:42 AM

Hiya Gang..

I installed WoW using Crossover. The install went smooth, but when I go to start the game, the full screen goes black for a few seconds but then crashes and I get this window:

Quote:

Your 3D accelerator card is not supported by World of Warcraft. Please install a 3D accelerator card with dual-TMU support.

Now, my card is nvidia GeForce 7600, 256mg. More then enough.

I have no idea what a dual-TMU support is??

And yep, I have the latest nvidia drivers installed here on F8

Anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks!

spot221 · #2 15th January 2008, 03:15 PM

Hi,

You might try checking the output of

glxinfo | grep rendering

Just to see if you have your direct rendering enabled

WoW seems to work very well with wine. I have never tried crossover.
This guide may help as well.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Linux/Wine

Dr_Metal · #3 15th January 2008, 06:50 PM

glxinfo | grep rendering
I did it 2 days ago or so it said yes
Now it says no Oo
How can i check what video card i have (changed PC recently) so i can get drivers for it (coz it was running on windows very well until my fire wall broke and windows was gone)....
My problem is: it starts but loading screen (where you have to login) is buged heavily... its grey outline of dark portal, often on Pink (Oo) back ground....

Dr_Metal · #4 15th January 2008, 11:19 PM

Ermmmmmm.... my screen actually ok now

1 problem

How do i make it to see my keyboard???

Marrachman · #5 16th January 2008, 01:10 AM

Ok..this might be a problem.

I checked out Google and did some research. It seems as if my drivers might not be the right one to run WoW specifically.

Please check this link and see what I mean.

This is beyond me. From what I gather, it does not matter whether you use Wine, Crossover or Cedega to run this. The native X drivers are wrong.

My present driver is 169 as per my nvidia settings. Can you or should I roll back the driver??? That sounds scary to me.

Anybody offer any ideas?

By the way, TMU stands for "Texture Mapping Unit". Now you know.

Dr_Metal · #6 16th January 2008, 06:28 AM

Erm, did you install that driver?
I found a big list of build in drivers on gnome panel @
System --> Administration --> Display
And there under Hardware you can set video card --> seatings and choose type of card driver yours is (it worked for me)....
BTW, do you know how to get it into windowed mode?

Marrachman · #7 25th January 2008, 06:45 AM

Ok, WoW seems to be working now. It must have been a driver issue, but I am using Crossover, but I will soon see if Wine works better.

But for now, all is well.

See my toon below.

savage · #8 25th January 2008, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marrachman

Ok, WoW seems to be working now. It must have been a driver issue, but I am using Crossover, but I will soon see if Wine works better.

But for now, all is well.

See my toon below.

I'm running it on wine myself without issue, average around 70-80fps, 30fps in the middle of Stormwind when it's busy.

Marrachman · #9 26th January 2008, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by savage

I'm running it on wine myself without issue, average around 70-80fps, 30fps in the middle of Stormwind when it's busy.

I do have a small issue of stuttering when I am running or turning in a circle. Do you have ideas for that?

Perhaps your settings are a bit more tweaked then mine!

Thanks!

savage · #10 26th January 2008, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marrachman

I do have a small issue of stuttering when I am running or turning in a circle. Do you have ideas for that?

Perhaps your settings are a bit more tweaked then mine!

Thanks!

No tweaked settings at all, I used to run it direct from the Windows install location (mounted with ntfs-3g) and just pass '-opengl' to switch it to OpenGL mode, now I do the same but from a file server.

It worked fine on both my new PC and old - 1.8Ghz, 1GB RAM, GeForce 6200, the only difference between the two was the FPS.

Savage