Linux/Ubuntu, ATI - Very poor performance

I tried for an hour to get the game to a condition where the framerate is somewhat acceptable but to no result.

First login:
Resolution at my default res of 1920x1117, windowed mode. Unplayable framerate.
Trying to reduce resolution finally ended up with first freeze of my pc, not sure what actually caused it.
All additional video settings disabled from here on, shadow distance to none.

Second login:
Falling through the ground constantly. Trying to fiddle with the video settings gave me the second freeze.

Third login:
Falling through the ground constantly.

Fourth login:
I assumed deleting my char and creating a new one might fix the falling issue. It did, as long as you do not relog again.
Resolution at 1680x1200, still unplayable framerate. Plus very dark scene.

I tried a couple of times more, having one more freeze, but did not manage to get it into a somewhat playable state. The last release I had the chance to try was R3, where the performance was already poor but playable after all.

My specs:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 64 bit
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor, 3.4Ghz × 4
ATI Radeon HD 7770
16GB DDR3 RAM
Samsung SSD
Cable Internet 64/5

glxinfo | grep 'version'
server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.12798 Core Profile Context 13.35.1005
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12798 Compatibility Profile Context 13.35.1005
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.30
lspci | grep VGA
VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde XT [Radeon HD 7770/8760 / R7 250X]

fglrxinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12798 Compatibility Profile Context 13.35.1005

I'd love to see and test more of the game, but this just isn't possible at this time.
Any ideas on how to change that are appreciated.

Best
krom

 

You have a better ATI card then I did but when I was using ATI, I had problems with getting the OpenGL drivers to work.

Unfortunately I never solved the problem so cannot help you there. My solution was to buy a new computer with an nVidia card. Works fine now. ;-)

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

I've got the same problem with very poor performance in Linux, using NVIDIA (EVGA GeForce GTX 760 w/2GB of VRAM). I'm getting no better than 4-6 fps in SoTA, but other games run just fine - the drivers are definitely working fine.

Here's the bug report I filed over in the Performance Issues forum:
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/f...r-performance-4-6-fps-with-linux-client.9858/

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor
RAM: 16GB
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 760
OS Version: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux (Crunchbang 11 waldorf, based on Debian 7.4)
NVIDIA driver version: 304.88

 

I would but can't for two reasons.
1- My system has been running fine in fantastic mode everywhere except maybe in owls head where I lagged a bit every 5 steps.

2- I don't know how to check this.

Sorry. Would love to help otherwise.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

I have two occurences of Launcher.x86_64 in my syslog:

Code:

Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991090] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! [Launcher.x86_64:3069]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991100] Modules linked in: bnep rfcomm bluetooth binfmt_misc snd_hda_codec_hdmi eeepc_wmi asus_wmi spa
rse_keymap video mxm_wmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm joydev fglrx(POF) snd_page_alloc hid_generic snd_
seq_midi kvm_amd snd_seq_midi_event kvm snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_seq_device edac_core snd_timer psmouse edac_mce_amd serio_raw snd k10temp sp51
00_tco soundcore i2c_piix4 amd_iommu_v2 wmi mac_hid parport_pc ppdev lp parport hid_logitech_dj usbhid hid pata_acpi firewire_ohci firewire_co
re crc_itu_t r8169 ahci pata_atiixp libahci mii
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991196] CPU: 1 PID: 3069 Comm: Launcher.x86_64 Tainted: PF O 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991202] Hardware name: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./M5A99X EVO, BIOS 0705 08/23/2011
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991209] task: ffff8803d1da97f0 ti: ffff8800a6aa4000 task.ti: ffff8800a6aa4000
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991214] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa034941f>] [<ffffffffa034941f>] _ZN15ExecutableUnits18isTimeStampExpiredE
R14_LARGE_INTEGER12_QS_CP_RING_+0x7f/0x90 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991504] RSP: 0018:ffff8800a6aa5b60 EFLAGS: 00000282
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991510] RAX: ffffc9001346a000 RBX: ffff8804278c4410 RCX: 0000000000000000
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991515] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffc90013412e80
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991519] RBP: ffffc90013412e80 R08: ffffffffa04c7690 R09: ffffc90012f6f470
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991524] R10: ffff8804278c4410 R11: 0000000000014000 R12: ffff8804278c4410
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991528] R13: ffffc90013412e80 R14: ffffffff8109df24 R15: ffffc90013412e80
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991534] FS: 00007fc9212ac780(0000) GS:ffff88043fc40000(0000) knlGS:00000000f73a1a80
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991539] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991543] CR2: 0000000000ad5c30 CR3: 00000003fcdc7000 CR4: 00000000000007e0
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991548] Stack:
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991551] 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 ffffc90013006500
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991561] ffffc90012f29518 ffffffffa031e9b4 000000000014a921 0000000000000001
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991569] ffff880426ef1008 0000000000000000 ffffc90012f3fab0 ffffffffa03232cb
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991577] Call Trace:
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.991815] [<ffffffffa031e9b4>] ? _ZN10QS_PRIVATE18isTimeStampExpiredE14_LARGE_INTEGER12_QS_CP_RING_+0x4
4/0x70 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.992051] [<ffffffffa03232cb>] ? _ZN21CMMPoolAsicAccessible19freeExpiredTSMemoryEb+0x2ab/0x2c0 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.992255] [<ffffffffa0275bb0>] ? firegl_cmmqs_notify_mvpu+0x350/0x350 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.992490] [<ffffffffa032042e>] ? _ZN9PM4IBPool5allocEjRP7CMMNodeb+0xae/0x150 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.992631] [<ffffffffa02569f4>] ? MCIL_KernelMutex+0x134/0x320 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.992865] [<ffffffffa031cfcd>] ? _ZN10QS_PRIVATE9allocListEP9CMMDriverP13_QS_PARAM_WA_+0x12d/0x2d0 [fgl
rx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.993092] [<ffffffffa030e033>] ? _Z11QSAllocListPvP10_QS_PARAM_+0x33/0x40 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.993312] [<ffffffffa03019bc>] ? _Z8uCWDDEQCmjjPvjS_+0x11bc/0x1240 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.993547] [<ffffffffa02cc96a>] ? CMMQS_uCWDDEQC+0xa/0x10 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.993750] [<ffffffffa02755df>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE_32+0x36f/0x480 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.993941] [<ffffffffa0273e7e>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE32+0x8e/0x140 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.993950] [<ffffffff81070ff7>] ? capable+0x17/0x20
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994100] [<ffffffffa0273df0>] ? firegl_cmmqs_disabledriver+0x120/0x120 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994287] [<ffffffffa02460cd>] ? firegl_ioctl+0x1ed/0x250 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994412] [<ffffffffa02341de>] ? ip_firegl_unlocked_ioctl+0xe/0x20 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994422] [<ffffffff811cc6e0>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e0/0x4c0
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994430] [<ffffffff8109dd84>] ? vtime_account_user+0x54/0x60
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994438] [<ffffffff811cc941>] ? SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994447] [<ffffffff8172663f>] ? tracesys+0xe1/0xe6
Apr 24 19:56:37 valhalla kernel: [ 2274.994451] Code: 48 8b 1c 24 48 8b 6c 24 08 4c 8b 64 24 10 4c 8b 6c 24 18 4c 8b 74 24 20 48 83 c4 28 c3 4c 8b 45 00 44 89 e6 48 89 ef 41 ff 50 40 <48> 8b b3 f0 00 00 00 48 8b 1e 49 3b 1e 7c c2 eb ba 48 83 ec 18

Right after the above comes this (same same, but different):

Code:

Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975224] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! [Launcher.x86_64:3069]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975231] Modules linked in: bnep rfcomm bluetooth binfmt_misc snd_hda_codec_hdmi eeepc_wmi asus_wmi sparse_keymap video mxm_wmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm joydev fglrx(POF) snd_page_alloc hid_generic snd_seq_midi kvm_amd snd_seq_midi_event kvm snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_seq_device edac_core snd_timer psmouse edac_mce_amd serio_raw snd k10temp sp5100_tco soundcore i2c_piix4 amd_iommu_v2 wmi mac_hid parport_pc ppdev lp parport hid_logitech_dj usbhid hid pata_acpi firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t r8169 ahci pata_atiixp libahci mii
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975325] CPU: 1 PID: 3069 Comm: Launcher.x86_64 Tainted: PF O 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975329] Hardware name: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./M5A99X EVO, BIOS 0705 08/23/2011
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975335] task: ffff8803d1da97f0 ti: ffff8800a6aa4000 task.ti: ffff8800a6aa4000
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975339] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa032324c>] [<ffffffffa032324c>] _ZN21CMMPoolAsicAccessible19freeExpiredTSMemoryEb+0x22c/0x2c0 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975602] RSP: 0018:ffff8800a6aa5bc0 EFLAGS: 00000282
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975606] RAX: ffffc90012f11418 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffc90012f0a190
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975611] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90012f6f550
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975615] RBP: ffff880426ef1008 R08: ffffffffa04c7690 R09: ffffc90012f6f470
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975620] R10: ffff8804278c4410 R11: 0000000000022000 R12: ffffc90012f6f470
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975624] R13: ffffc90012f6f470 R14: ffff8804278c4410 R15: 0000000000012000
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975630] FS: 00007fc9212ac780(0000) GS:ffff88043fc40000(0000) knlGS:00000000f73a1a80
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975635] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975639] CR2: 0000000000ad5c30 CR3: 00000003fcdc7000 CR4: 00000000000007e0
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975643] Stack:
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975646] ffffffffa0275bb0 ffffc90012f0a1d0 ffffc90012f0a190 ffffc90012f0a210
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975656] 000000030014a938 ffffc90012f6f550 00ff8804278c4410 ffffc90012f6f470
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975664] ffffffffa04c7690 0000000000000000 ffffc90012f0f210 ffff8800a6aa5cf8
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975672] Call Trace:
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.975826] [<ffffffffa0275bb0>] ? firegl_cmmqs_notify_mvpu+0x350/0x350 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.976059] [<ffffffffa032042e>] ? _ZN9PM4IBPool5allocEjRP7CMMNodeb+0xae/0x150 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.976200] [<ffffffffa02569f4>] ? MCIL_KernelMutex+0x134/0x320 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.976433] [<ffffffffa031cfcd>] ? _ZN10QS_PRIVATE9allocListEP9CMMDriverP13_QS_PARAM_WA_+0x12d/0x2d0 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.976660] [<ffffffffa030e033>] ? _Z11QSAllocListPvP10_QS_PARAM_+0x33/0x40 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.976924] [<ffffffffa03019bc>] ? _Z8uCWDDEQCmjjPvjS_+0x11bc/0x1240 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.977159] [<ffffffffa02cc96a>] ? CMMQS_uCWDDEQC+0xa/0x10 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.977362] [<ffffffffa02755df>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE_32+0x36f/0x480 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.977553] [<ffffffffa0273e7e>] ? firegl_cmmqs_CWDDE32+0x8e/0x140 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.977562] [<ffffffff81070ff7>] ? capable+0x17/0x20
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.977711] [<ffffffffa0273df0>] ? firegl_cmmqs_disabledriver+0x120/0x120 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.977898] [<ffffffffa02460cd>] ? firegl_ioctl+0x1ed/0x250 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.978023] [<ffffffffa02341de>] ? ip_firegl_unlocked_ioctl+0xe/0x20 [fglrx]
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.978032] [<ffffffff811cc6e0>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e0/0x4c0
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.978040] [<ffffffff8109dd84>] ? vtime_account_user+0x54/0x60
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.978048] [<ffffffff811cc941>] ? SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.978056] [<ffffffff8172663f>] ? tracesys+0xe1/0xe6
Apr 24 19:57:05 valhalla kernel: [ 2302.978061] Code: 00 00 4d 89 b7 30 10 00 00 4c 8b b4 24 88 00 00 00 31 c0 4d 85 f6 4c 89 b4 24 80 00 00 00 74 03 49 8b 06 4c 8b b4 24 80 00 00 00 <48> 89 84 24 88 00 00 00 4d 85 f6 0f 85 52 fe ff ff 48 8b bc 24
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Hope this helps and thank you for looking into it.

Edit:
Meanwhile I managed to play a bit with reducing my desktop resolution to 1280x800 - anything below would make my eyes bleed - and run the game in windowed mode, maximized. Do not run it unmaximized, at least with Ubtuntu there is something very wrong with how the desktop rendering gets done and it slows down the game even more.
I needed to reduce my desktop resolution as when maximizing, the game would switch to my desktop resolution, which is 1920x1200... I thought it would upscale, but it does not.
This gives me 6-18fps, depending on where I am. 6 in the town, 18 in villages.

 

For me R4 was marginally playable, but R5 was not when I first tried it. My system specs are "lower" than either of the above :

CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
RAM - 8 Gig
Graphics Card Vendor - NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card - GeForce 9800 GT (1023MB)
OS - Ubuntu 13.10 x86_64
NVIDIA driver version: 304.88

What got it working for me, playability-wise, was going into the games's video config setting and switching the Quality setting from 'Custom' to 'Fast'. YMMV.

 

Salut,

I've been using ATI cards for the last 5 years and the only thing I can tell about it is... CRAP! There are always some troubles with these cards and/or drivers in a way or in another. Tearing, lags, poor fps, unstability and very very very long time before supporting their new cards in their propriatary driver...

So 2 month ago, I decided to buy a NVidia to see if what has been said by many about the gaming experience was true. And...

1- I bought it
2- I pluged it
3- I installed the nvidia blob drivers
4- And, I've finaly been able to play, to watch my video and so on... properly!

"Plug and Play"... U Remember that?

Yeah! Now, I can play with most (if not all) of the graphics options "on" or at "max" in a lot of games. And Fu@#|ing yeah, the experience is awesome!

Here is a sample of the games I play on Linux:

With Steam on Linux:
DOTA2, Metro: Last light, Serious Sam 3, Amnesia: The dark decent, Killing Floor, Trine 2, Half Life (the all serie), Portal, Left4Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Natural Selection 2...

Via PlayOnLinux (Wine emulator):
Command&Conquer 3 (the all serie)
Never Winter Nights 2

and via steam for win on PlayOnLinux:
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
The Witcher: enhanced Edition
Torch Light II

So, yes playing on Linux is now possible but not with ATI graphics... They suck!

Now, about R5:

The game was running "well" (in general & considering it's an Alpha) even @1920x1200 full options activated.
BUT, I wasn't able to craft, no questing and the worst is that the "Falling throug the ground bug" hasn't been adressed yet! Wich means, loosing everything I did/get each time I logged off... Sadly, I can't say that I enjoyed this release.

Finaly, here is my rig:

CPU: Intel i3770 (4460 MHz Turbo mode included)
Memory: 16 GB DDR3 1866 MHz
Graphics Card: MSI GTX760 Gaming Mini 2Go
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OS Version: Debian GNU/Linux Jessie 64 bit (8.0 testing + multiarch i386) with Linux Kernel 3.13.10-1
xserver-xorg-core: 1.15.1-1
Nvidia binary blob driver 331.67-1 (sid) 1920x1200 60Hz
GnomeShell 3.8.4-8

A+
Debcool

 

ATI Hasn't been a brand for nearly 4 years AMD has made vast improvements on their windows drivers. I have both NVidia and AMD systems I can say that on windows they have just as many issues no matter which way you go -Neither are flawless. I don't know about their linux drivers though.

AMD did come out with a new linux driver on Thursday

 

I've had great success with nVidia and Linux too. There were a few times where I've had to muck X.org and display modes to get things going properly but that was years ago.

I've always preferred nVidia since my Diamond Viper 550.