What are the Graphics Driver Requirements?

[Perzival12]

Hey, so I recently installed 0ad Alpha 27, but it gives me a warning when it turn it on: "llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7, 256 bytes). If possible install a proper graphics driver for your hardware."When I play a match, it moves very slowly, so the game is basically unplayable. Now, I am having trouble installing the newest graphics driver for my computer, and I was wondering if there is an easy way to change the graphics settings so the game preforms normally, or if anyone knows an easy way to install a new graphics driver on Linux.

[Classic-Burger]

The problem is the performance not the GPU.

I've read that it's an issue with pathfinder.

[Gurken Khan]

I had to install a new driver because of vulkan.

[Stan`]

3 hours ago, Perzival12 said:

Hey, so I recently installed 0ad Alpha 27, but it gives me a warning when it turn it on: "llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7, 256 bytes). If possible install a proper graphics driver for your hardware."When I play a match, it moves very slowly, so the game is basically unplayable. Now, I am having trouble installing the newest graphics driver for my computer, and I was wondering if there is an easy way to change the graphics settings so the game preforms normally, or if anyone knows an easy way to install a new graphics driver on Linux.

Mmh llvm pipe is usually when you're playing in some kind of virtualized environment like a VM, is this the case ?

[Perzival12]

19 hours ago, Stan` said:

Mmh llvm pipe is usually when you're playing in some kind of virtualized environment like a VM, is this the case ?

No, but I did install it from a Flatpak. But it’s fine, all I had to do was switch from OpenGL rendering to Vulcan rendering in the graphics options. Thank’s anyway!

[Stan`]

@ShadowOfHassen

[ShadowOfHassen]

11 minutes ago, Stan` said:

@ShadowOfHassen

I've had this error when I've launched 0 A.D. with a flatpak on fedora @Perzival12 what distro are you using and what graphic card do you have and how is the drivers installer?

[Perzival12]

21 hours ago, ShadowOfHassen said:

I've had this error when I've launched 0 A.D. with a flatpak on fedora @Perzival12 what distro are you using and what graphic card do you have and how is the drivers installer?

I am running PureOS, with a Mesa graphics card and drivers.

[ShadowOfHassen]

4 hours ago, Perzival12 said:

I am running PureOS, with a Mesa graphics card and drivers.

So I take it's an intel or AMD?

[Seleucids]

You can search for intel/amd graphics driver packages in your repository. intel_media_driver 

Also the libva and vaapi packages are useful too

[Perzival12]

On 19/9/2025 at 1:26 PM, ShadowOfHassen said:

So I take it's an intel or AMD?

Yeah, it’s an AMD.

[ShadowOfHassen]

8 hours ago, Perzival12 said:

Yeah, it’s an AMD.

What's your flatpak version?

[fabio]

On 19/09/2025 at 5:51 PM, Perzival12 said:

I am running PureOS, with a Mesa graphics card and drivers.

I suggest to use 0ad using the PureOS package rather than flatpack. Maybe it's not the latest version (here there is 0.27.0: https://repo.pureos.net/pureos/pool/main/0/0ad/), but flatpack is known to have such issues.

[ShadowOfHassen]

15 hours ago, fabio said:

I suggest to use 0ad using the PureOS package rather than flatpack. Maybe it's not the latest version (here there is 0.27.0: https://repo.pureos.net/pureos/pool/main/0/0ad/), but flatpack is known to have such issues.

I'm sorry, but known by whom? It's the first time I've heard of it. (Other than the problem with VMs)