Alpha 18 only renders bluescreen with old graphics card

[Geppetto]

Dear Sir/Madame

I have Xubuntu laptop (Core Duo 2, 2Gb ram) and worked perfectly with the previous version of 0ad (Osiris). Now that I have updated to Rhododactylos I have graphic issues. The menu visualisation and the map selection stage is faultless, but when I start the game it shows a blue screen with just a few graphic elements of the GUI. I can hear the sound of the game but I cannot see anything. What should I do?

[Geppetto]

screen shot of issue

[Itms]

Hi Geppetto, thanks for reporting.

This is most likely an issue with your system, and more specifically with OpenGL. Could you give us your system_info.txt file? You can find it here: GameDataPaths#Linux

Btw, there were two versions between Osiris and Rhododactylos (Patañjali and Quercus) so the number of changes that could have broken your setup is even larger.

[Geppetto]

System Info

[Geppetto]

Thank you for your answer! Please find attached text file.

Is there a chance I can play this game with the existent hardware?

[Vladislav Belov]

Replying to Geppetto: Hi Geppeto, What shader option do you have? Could you disable glsl shader?

[Geppetto]

Thank you for your tip that I have followed, but there is more. First of all if I open 0AD and Firefox it really makes the whole pc incredibly slow. Secondly, even disabling all the graphic features it doesn't change anything. :(

[Josh]

Replying to Geppetto:

Thank you for your tip that I have followed, but there is more. First of all if I open 0AD and Firefox it really makes the whole pc incredibly slow. Secondly, even disabling all the graphic features it doesn't change anything. :(

It looks like a shader issue. Try disabling all the graphics features, saving, and restarting the game. However, looking at your system specs, I don't think that you'll be able to get playable performance even if it runs. Your graphics card is over 10 years old.

Here's are two low-cost ​Nvidia or ​AMD graphics cards that should run 0 A.D. if you'd like to upgrade.

[Niek]

Replying to Josh:

Replying to Geppetto:

Thank you for your tip that I have followed, but there is more. First of all if I open 0AD and Firefox it really makes the whole pc incredibly slow. Secondly, even disabling all the graphic features it doesn't change anything. :(

It looks like a shader issue. Try disabling all the graphics features, saving, and restarting the game. However, looking at your system specs, I don't think that you'll be able to get playable performance even if it runs. Your graphics card is over 10 years old.

Here's are two low-cost ​Nvidia or ​AMD graphics cards that should run 0 A.D. if you'd like to upgrade.

Upgrading a laptop, Josh?

[Josh]

Replying to niektb:

Replying to Josh:

Replying to Geppetto:

Thank you for your tip that I have followed, but there is more. First of all if I open 0AD and Firefox it really makes the whole pc incredibly slow. Secondly, even disabling all the graphic features it doesn't change anything. :(

It looks like a shader issue. Try disabling all the graphics features, saving, and restarting the game. However, looking at your system specs, I don't think that you'll be able to get playable performance even if it runs. Your graphics card is over 10 years old.

Here's are two low-cost ​Nvidia or ​AMD graphics cards that should run 0 A.D. if you'd like to upgrade.

Upgrading a laptop, Josh?

Whoops, I read the ticket a bit too quickly and the system_info.txt didn't mention that.

[elexis]

(Many laptops can be upgraded actually)

[fabio]

I also have a R300 class card on Ubuntu (actually a newer one, RV530) and it is OK. I suggest to upgrade to a recent Ubuntu and see if the issue is fixed with newer driver. If not, try using fixed renderpath as explained in ​Manual_Settings. Anyway I can confirm that either way you won't have an enjoying experience since that hardware is very old and slow.

[elexis]

Hardware too outdated