Need help installing libtxc_dxtn

[Jeru]

Tried to install 0 A.D. on Ubuntu on another laptop.

Got an error message pointing to CompressedTextures. Needless to say, performance is laggy in the extreme.

I downloaded the tar.gz. and extracted, then tried to install with sudo make install and got this:

cc -Wall -pedantic -fPIC -O3 -c -o txc_compress_dxtn.o txc_compress_dxtn.c
In file included from txc_compress_dxtn.c:27:
txc_dxtn.h:25: fatal error: GL/gl.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [txc_compress_dxtn.o] Error 1

A friend said I'm missing a header that belongs to "mesa", but I have a hard time installing anything that's not just a click through the software center. Can anyone walk me through installing this?

Also I was told that installing mesa will impair performance anyway, is this true?

[Jeru]

Just installed it from here, and ran without getting the warning again, but it is still excruciatingly laggy.

I suspect it just has to do with the laptop's weak hardware and will seek better options. Thanks.

[Ykkrosh]

Could you run "glxinfo" from a terminal, and copy the output here? (That should indicate what graphics drivers you're getting the problem with.)

[k776]

I had a similar issue with Ubuntu and a fairly powerful computer. ~2.8 ghz processor, 2GB of ram should have been more than enough to at least load the menu, but even the menu was slow. I'd move my mouse and it would only update every second or so.

I finally gave up, and bought Windows 7 :-P

[fabio]

I think you should disable shadows. See also this ticket:

http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/623

[fabio]

I had a similar issue with Ubuntu and a fairly powerful computer. ~2.8 ghz processor, 2GB of ram should have been more than enough to at least load the menu, but even the menu was slow. I'd move my mouse and it would only update every second or so.

Can you also post your glxinfo output?

[Jeru]

Original laptop mentioned in post: http://pastebin.com/svnri2aY

Netbook: http://pastebin.com/am1JexdZ

Edited November 2, 2010 by Jeru

[fabio]

http://pastebin.com/am1JexdZ

It's the same intel 945 card I tested and reported at http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/623 . Disabling shadow should made it a lot faster (i.e. from something like 1 frame every 10s to 5 fps).

[Jeru]

Yeah but I can't even reach the button to disable it

[feneur]

You can change it in the cfg file: http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Playing...raphicsSettings

[fabio]

I.e., create the file:

~/.config/0ad/config/local.cfg

and put inside in:

shadows = false

[Jeru]

Works on my netbook on Ubuntu without shadows at a few fps. Will use that for my demonstration unless my Mom gets a computer with better performance on Sunday.

Thanks for your help, everybody.

Edited November 5, 2010 by Jeru

[feneur]

Do you think it would be more efficient to record an in-game movie? I could try recording a movie if you tell me what you'd like to include.

[Ykkrosh]

You should also add "fancywater=false" into the local.cfg file (just in case it's managing to use that mode), and maybe experiment with reducing the resolution (put "xres=320" and "yres=200" or whatever resolution you want), and you could also try "renderpath=fixed" and see whether that makes any difference. I used an Intel 945G some years ago and I think it's always going to be quite slow, though

[Jeru]

I want a new trailer. We won't have one by Tuesday.

I will probably just go over some of the maps on Alpha 2 and show the biomes. Would be nice to show shiny water, but there is already a specific video for that.