Select linux-lts (was new default for me) at boot when you want to play NS2.
gg
That might work temporarily, but only supporting old kernels is still a major issue. Even LTS aren't going to be under 3.12 forever, and it's pretty annoying to have to use an outdated kernel just to play a game.
That might work temporarily, but only supporting old kernels is still a major issue. Even LTS aren't going to be under 3.12 forever, and it's pretty annoying to have to use an outdated kernel just to play a game.
I guess I'm hoping that by the time LTS moves up, most other major distros will as well, and the game will basically just not work on Linux, prompting action. Even if it takes a bit longer, you can always just not upgrade linux-lts.
In any case, I'm not sure the game is going to be playable for me now, anyway. With the new card, crash to desktop issues are even worse than before, and now I'm seeing weird black boxes during gameplay that cover up large portions of the screen.
@null_pointer_exception, the black boxes means that you have invalid shaders for certain effects. you should be able to force them to recompile by deleting, ~/.config/Natural Selection 2/cache/ at next load the game will rebuild them.
I'd like to chime in at this point and say, I have been holding back my kernel upgrade since 3.12.2 just because of NS2. Today I could do so no longer, because although the need to play NS2 is strong, other things have presedence at the moment.
First report of this was in December, this issue should've been resolved already.
Is this a Steam issue or NS2 issue? Who should we be sending our bug reports to? If it is a Steam issue, we'll probably have to wait for the next Ubuntu LTS release to catch up.
I don't understand why so many opt for 32-bit native Linux when you consider the long and successful history of 64-bit Linux. I can't even remember the last time I ran a 32-bit system, even less when I last owned 32-bit PC hardware. While it is annoying my 64-bit system with 16G cannot be used properly, it's not a show stopper. This crash is, however, because I'm likely not going to downgrade the kernel.
So, the issue was narrowed down to 3.12 the week before Christmas. While I know that this has been a month. UWE was closed over the holiday because, well, the devs are people too.
Stopping by to mention that I can reproduce this issue on 64-bit Arch with kernel 3.2.8. I've had quite a lot of trouble with NS2 on Arch Linux (I only recently sorted out my sound problems). I feel like the game is in dire need of some attention on Linux. Even though Arch is living on the bleeding edge, none of my other games are this bad, and I would love to actually be able to play the game for once. These problems are likely to be passed along to mainstream users soon enough anyway.
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The release date for the monthly patch is normally around the end of the month (read now), however, with the NS2WC coming up, there is debate about whether the patch should be delayed until after the NS2WC has finished. The NS2WC is scheduled for 22nd Feb.
Hugh has previously announced that they are considering a steam Beta release so people can test and try out the update, without it affecting the NS2WC, however, I believe final decisions are still to be made.
Yeah, I think a beta should be available, especially for an issue as critical as this. I'm not going to downgrade my kernel... I run btrfs and there are other benefits of the newer kernels that I'm not going to give up just to play this. Even if the beta is buggier than full releases, that's still better than not being able to play at all.
It is still broken. I can't understand where is a problem in releasing critical update sooner than in normal schedule?
I believe most updated distros are running 3.11 kernel, even 12.04 LTS now.
I bought this game, but sadly, I was not able to play it yet - even my hw specs are better than recommended :-(
WARNING: Corrected case of '/home/adi/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Natural Selection 2/ns2/models/marine/female/Female_view_v1_spec.dds'
WARNING: Corrected case of '/home/adi/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Nmmap() failed: Nicht gen?gend Hauptspeicher verf?gbar
mmap() failed: Nicht gen?gend Hauptspeicher verf?gbar
Game removed: AppID 4920 "Natural Selection 2", ProcID 1963
Generating new string page texture 107: 256x256, total string texture memory is 2,24 MB
(steam:1864): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:1864): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:1864): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
Not enougth main memory ... I've 4 GB installed and 64Bit Arch OS with 4GB Swap.
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Perhaps you guys should revert to what he's using ^
Kernel 3.12.6-1-ck.
3.12.1- works fine. (Still with the odd crash though)
Which is a pain, as I would like to keep my kernel up to date.
Running Arch 64bit
I'd also love a 64-bit build as I have 16GB of RAM and a 780 ti... kind of a shame that maxed out textures are too much for me.
Please fix it!!!
[Arch Linux + Nvidia 660 Ti]
Select linux-lts (was new default for me) at boot when you want to play NS2.
gg
That might work temporarily, but only supporting old kernels is still a major issue. Even LTS aren't going to be under 3.12 forever, and it's pretty annoying to have to use an outdated kernel just to play a game.
I guess I'm hoping that by the time LTS moves up, most other major distros will as well, and the game will basically just not work on Linux, prompting action. Even if it takes a bit longer, you can always just not upgrade linux-lts.
In any case, I'm not sure the game is going to be playable for me now, anyway. With the new card, crash to desktop issues are even worse than before, and now I'm seeing weird black boxes during gameplay that cover up large portions of the screen.
First report of this was in December, this issue should've been resolved already.
Is this a Steam issue or NS2 issue? Who should we be sending our bug reports to? If it is a Steam issue, we'll probably have to wait for the next Ubuntu LTS release to catch up.
I don't understand why so many opt for 32-bit native Linux when you consider the long and successful history of 64-bit Linux. I can't even remember the last time I ran a 32-bit system, even less when I last owned 32-bit PC hardware. While it is annoying my 64-bit system with 16G cannot be used properly, it's not a show stopper. This crash is, however, because I'm likely not going to downgrade the kernel.
So... Kill zombies instead? Bleh!
The fix ought to be in 263. Soon (tm)
Sorry, I know I keep saying that:)
There are some Linux support fixes including out of memory on kernel 3.12, support for Mesa and a workaround for AMD drivers.
This should be out in 263. Not sure what the release date is yet. There are concerns about nearness to ns2wc.
that'd be awesome!
> Not sure what the release date is yet
are we speaking weeks or days?
Hugh has previously announced that they are considering a steam Beta release so people can test and try out the update, without it affecting the NS2WC, however, I believe final decisions are still to be made.
I believe most updated distros are running 3.11 kernel, even 12.04 LTS now.
I bought this game, but sadly, I was not able to play it yet - even my hw specs are better than recommended :-(
I can help with testing any time you need.
pls fix it I want to format my Windows partition ;-P !!!
Not enougth main memory ... I've 4 GB installed and 64Bit Arch OS with 4GB Swap.
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