Ubuntu - Half-Life 1 runs very slowly.

[Staryn]

I decided to install Half-Life on my old computer, which is of course very old but still a lot newer than Half-Life. On Windows Vista with V-sync, I run at a consistent 60 FPS. On Ubuntu, I get 11 FPS on the same settings. Kind of a huge difference there.

Any ideas on how to speed the game up?



(Computer is dual-boot Vista/Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)



Edit: Turning the resolution way down put the framerate up to 95, but the sound was awful. And the graphics were terrible. Guess I'll be running this in Windows.

[Patrol1985]

That's what you get for trying to run your games under Linux :D

[LiveWire]

try adding these launch options

-nofbo -nomsaa -gl_vsync 0

[Staryn]

Thanks. I will try that.

[Vibe_Berzerk]

I've found steam in general runs slow on Ubuntu.

[obamafish]

That shouldn't be happening.

What are your specs?
What video card are you using?
What does running the following line in the console say?

glxinfo|grep -i direct\ rendering\\\|vendor\ string

[TAW|REA]

Have you installed the graphic card driver?

[Selene]

Originally posted by Livewire:

try adding these launch options

-nofbo -nomsaa -gl_vsync 0

I tried this, and it worked for me.

I made my test on a multiplayer map ( lambda_bunker )
-with no start option, fps are between 7 and 14. Slow and stuttering fps and sound.
-with the start option that you stated, it looks like a nearly constant 45 fps ( fluctuating quickly from maybe 38 to 50, but showing between 42 and 48 most of the time )

Resolution ingame 1680x1050 ( the only one available. I don't know why )

It's still not a high frame rate for HL1 I think for this machine ( even in 1680x1050 ).

Using Nvidia driver 340.96:
-OpenGL settings on hi performances
-PowerMizer on Auto ( when I set it to max performance it shows a constant 38 fps instead of 45. ^^ funny )

Computer specs:
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3 64-bit kernel 3.13.0-68
Lenovo Thinkpad R61
CPU: Core 2 Duo T8100
GPU: Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M
4 gigs of ram

[Marius Ottesen Høllesli]

så slow in the ass