Hello all,
I started recently playing Freelancer Crossfire 2 after finishing the vanilla Freelancer.
I want to express firstly my awe and amazement of the great work represented by this mod. I was fascinated by Freelancer, as a game developed 15 years ago, but the community effort to grow this great game into Crossfire is something I consider a true expression of dedication, passion and collaborative creativity that truly is human.
Thank you all that are part of this community!
About my experience with the game: I started using free software (well, long discussion could start here about open source/blobs/proprietary code and such) quite few years ago and now I run most of my systems under GNU/Linux. I experiment with using Windows software under Wine, and it seemed I managed to play quite nicely Freelancer under Debian Stretch/Sid with the current WIne version. Then I learned about the Crossfire mod, so I tried to make it work with the same setup. I didn't work, starting with the installer that hang up on me while selecting the packages to be installed. Then I found an unpacker, so I got the content of the downloaded packages that I could start to install. I found some info on the internet about people being able to play Crossfire with a tool named playonlinux, so I followed that path and managed to install and run both the FLMM and the game. It works wonderfully, the new graphics are amazing, the story is interesting and captivating and the multiplayer system is the cherry on top!
But: both in SP and MP, in certain conditions that I couldn't yet manage to consistently reproduce, the screen becomes garbled, super magnified text is spread and warped all over the screen, the HUD is blank, it flickers and it becomes really difficult to play for me. In the beginning of the game, the old systems seemed ok, without many incidents like this, maybe a second or two of errors that disappeared with my ship moving through the system. As soon as I reached Custodian and then the rest of the gates in X3043 and then IC, it began to manifest more and more and for longer periods of time, with no pattern of appearance. Starting the IC, in Wenn I didn't manage to avoid being smashed in less than a minute by the dooms, as I couldn't really see where from they were coming at me and target/shoot at them. I am posting some screenshots of my experience, maybe you can help me with some directions of avoiding these errors.
I have tried by now to change the renderer from Sweet FX to Vanilla FL and a few others, but besides degrading the general graphical quality of the game, I couldn't get rid of the screen garbling.
I am running the game on:
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Linux wonderland 4.18.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2 (2018-11-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
PlayOnLinux 4.2.12
Wine 3.0.2
Computer
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Summary
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-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
Memory : 6069MB (5360MB used)
Machine Type : Notebook
Operating System : Debian GNU/Linux stable-updates (sid)
User Name : dan
Date/Time : Sat 01 Dec 2018 02:47:36 PM EET
-Display-
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.18.0-2-amd64, LLVM 6.0.1)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
-Input Devices-
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Power Button
Lid Switch
Power Button
Video Bus
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 Mouse
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 Consumer Control
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 Consumer Control
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 System Control
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
PC Speaker
HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:3
HDA Digital PCBeep
HDA Intel PCH Mic
HDA Intel PCH Headphone
TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD: TOSHIB
-Printers (CUPS)-
ML-1520
Samsung-SCX-4521F : <i>Default</i>
SCX-4x21-Series
Devices
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Processor
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-Processors-
Package Information
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 0 0:0 2400.00 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 1 0:0 2400.00 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 2 0:1 2400.00 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 3 0:1 2400.00 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 4 0:2 2400.00 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 5 0:2 2400.00 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 6 0:3 2400.00 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 7 0:3 2400.00 MHz
Memory
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-Memory-
MemTotal Total Memory 6069080 KiB
MemFree Free Memory 133092 KiB
MemAvailable 545540 KiB
Buffers 75672 KiB
Cached 603600 KiB
SwapCached Cached Swap 5132 KiB
Active 4424656 KiB
Inactive 1021276 KiB
Active(anon) 4130040 KiB
Inactive(anon) 729496 KiB
Active(file) 294616 KiB
Inactive(file) 291780 KiB
Unevictable 96 KiB
Mlocked 96 KiB
SwapTotal Virtual Memory 6287356 KiB
SwapFree Free Virtual Memory 6269680 KiB
Dirty 752 KiB
Writeback 0 KiB
AnonPages 4724048 KiB
Mapped 372796 KiB
Shmem 92756 KiB
Slab 202388 KiB
SReclaimable 80272 KiB
SUnreclaim 122116 KiB
KernelStack 15600 KiB
PageTables 69092 KiB
NFS_Unstable 0 KiB
Bounce 0 KiB
WritebackTmp 0 KiB
CommitLimit 9321896 KiB
Committed_AS 13085396 KiB
VmallocTotal -1 KiB
VmallocUsed 0 KiB
VmallocChunk 0 KiB
HardwareCorrupted 0 KiB
AnonHugePages 1716224 KiB
ShmemHugePages 0 KiB
ShmemPmdMapped 0 KiB
HugePages_Total 0
HugePages_Free 0
HugePages_Rsvd 0
HugePages_Surp 0
Hugepagesize 2048 KiB
Hugetlb 0 KiB
DirectMap4k 459976 KiB
DirectMap2M 5793792 KiB
PCI Devices
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-PCI Devices-
Host bridge : Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
USB controller : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Communication controller : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
USB controller : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Audio device : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
USB controller : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
ISA bridge : Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
SATA controller : Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
SMBus : Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
VGA compatible controller : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Thames [Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Audio device : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series]
Ethernet controller : Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Network controller : Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
USB Devices
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-USB Devices-
Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Importek
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Printers
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-Printers (CUPS)-
ML-1520
Samsung-SCX-4521F : <i>Default</i>
SCX-4x21-Series
Battery
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-Battery: BAT0-
State : Full
Capacity : 100 / Full
Battery Technology : Li-ion
Manufacturer
Model Number : PA5024U-1BRS
Serial Number : 28A4
Sensors
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-Sensors-
acpitz/temp1 Temperature 59.00°C
radeon/temp1 Temperature 51.00°C
coretemp/temp1 Temperature 61.00°C
coretemp/temp2 Temperature 59.00°C
coretemp/temp3 Temperature 61.00°C
coretemp/temp4 Temperature 56.00°C
coretemp/temp5 Temperature 58.00°C
thermal/thermal_zone0 Temperature 59.00°C
thermal/thermal_zone1 Temperature 63.00°C
Input Devices
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-Input Devices-
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Power Button
Lid Switch
Power Button
Video Bus
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 Mouse
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 Consumer Control
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 Consumer Control
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 System Control
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
PC Speaker
HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm:3
HDA Digital PCBeep
HDA Intel PCH Mic
HDA Intel PCH Headphone
TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD: TOSHIB
Storage
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DMI
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-Product-
Name : SATELLITE L855
Family : Dakar 10F/FG
Vendor : TOSHIBA (TOSHIBA, Loading site please wait...)
Version : PSKAEE-00W00PG6
-BIOS-
Date : 10/30/2012
Vendor : Insyde Corp.
Version : 6.40
-Board-
Name : Portable PC
Vendor : TOSHIBA (TOSHIBA, Loading site please wait...)
Version : MP
Serial Number : (Not available; Perhaps try running HardInfo as root.)
Asset Tag : (Not available; Perhaps try running HardInfo as root.)
-Chassis-
Vendor : OEM Chassis Manufacturer
Type : [10] Notebook
Version : OEM Chassis Version
Serial Number : (Not available; Perhaps try running HardInfo as root.)
Asset Tag : No Asset Tag
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Thank you for the time reading this long post, and for any idea that you want to throw at me that would help me solve this issue.
Regards,
Dan
