Intel Integrated graphics (HD 3000, HD 4000) and Linux

[NotVeryTasty]

I am making a separate discussion for this issue as recommended by the OP of the Known Bug List.

System: i5, HD 4000, Ubuntu 13.4, all settings on low.
1.Framerate drops to zero every few seconds. It sounds as though I am still controlling the character when the screen stops responding. The framerate will pick back up after a few seconds and act like this cyclically.
2. There is tearing and artifacting occuring on the Main Character's face.

[Merlin]

For me the game crashes back to desktop (Segmentation fault) after I start a new game and see the introduction movie. I didn't really expect it to run well on a hd3000 but was hoping since I am not at home with my main gaming rig :-(
Does anyone know where I can get debug output?

[mega.venik]

gbrown, same problems. Disabling AA, Shadows and other effects helps to solve most of the freezes, but framerate is still crappy:( And yes, face textures are also smashed.

Ubuntu 12.04.
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30

[Leaf [DG]]

Already mentioned it in the other topic, but yeah, me too.
Intel i7 w/ HD 4000, running on Ubuntu 12.10

With the graphics settings turned all the way down, the artifacting doesn't appear nearly as often, but the framerate drops and the screen not responding still makes the game unplayable for me.

[Leaf [DG]]

I decided to upgrade my system to the Linux Mint 15 RC, rather than Ubuntu 13.04.
Brutal Legend seems to be getting slightly better performance under Cinnamon than it did under Unity, but that might also just be a result of newer drivers, or something else.

But the game is still unplayable for me.
Kind of a shame too considering my system actually exceeds what is listed as the reccomended specs for Linux on the store page.

OS: Linux Mint 15 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel i7 3630QM CPU (2.4 GHz, quad core w/ hyperthreading)
Memory: 16 GB of RAM
Graphics: Intel HD 4000 Graphics

[newcolour78]

Same here. I wouldn't want to upgrade to Mint just because of BL.

[Drianos]

I bought the game because i saw a video of someone playing this game really well in a intel 2000 so i thought that in my intel hd 3000 will run even better, but it is not the case on linux. I have exactly the same issues as the OP of this thread.

[Gustavo]

I'm having the same problems too, with a HD4000 and ubuntu 13.04 64 bits and the latest intel graphics from xorg-edgers ppa

[JamieLinux]

question did u happen to install 3ddri i know intel cards dont do st3c texture compression by default and needs to be enabled 9 times out of 10 the app will stop u from luaching but games that dont you will get strange behavor. MIssing textures lower framerate

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download/

[Leaf [DG]]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von LinuxGodMode:

question did u happen to install 3ddri i know intel cards dont do st3c texture compression by default and needs to be enabled 9 times out of 10 the app will stop u from luaching but games that dont you will get strange behavor. MIssing textures lower framerate

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download/

I'm not seeing any package labeled as "3ddri" in my package manager, though there are dri-related packages that are installed.

I'm pretty sure I have it, considering every other game I've attempted to play on this machine runs on a decent framerate and without any real issues. TF2, Serious Sam 3, Killing Floor, Psychonauts, etc... all work great. Brutal Legend is the only one I've tried where I'm getting these framerate drop and artifacting issues.

Has the game been optimized to run on Intel HD Graphics on Linux? Can I hope for a patch? I'd love to play this game but for now this is the only (working) computer I own.

[Freak_NL]

Glad to see I'm not the only one with this issue. HD4000 (System76 Gazelle Professional), 16Gb RAM, i7 CPU. Half-Life 2 runs very well. As it is Brütal Legend is unplayable for me.

Also, a tip for getting a little bit better performance with Steam games if you are running Ubuntu: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/better-steam-for-linux-performance-with.html

[Pablo N.]

Doesn't work for me. :(

[Leaf [DG]]

An update on my end, I just recently switched over to Arch Linux and tried playing Brutal Legend again. The game... is playable now. The graphics are set to the lowest and I still get some occasional lag spikes while driving around, but the game is playable with Intel HD 4000 Graphics.

Still running on x64 and the Cinnamon DE. I'm thinking its the more up-to-date drivers and Linux kernel that's helping improve performance.

[scorpiosnake77]

I have Intel HD4000, 8 GB RAM, i7 and Brutal Legends is playable with decent graphics. I still get the artifacts on faces sometimes. I am not using Ubuntu however. I have had some issues with Ubuntu slowing things down so I am not currently using it. I am running Fedora 19.

Something that has helped a lot is to install a lightweight 'desktop'. I suggest Fluxbox. Whenever I am doing anything intense like playing games I always use Fluxbox. Other desktops like Gnome, KDE and Unity use too much of the resources that could go to the game. Give this a try and see if it helps.

Also the other day Fedora 19 got an update to kernel 3.12. This has helped some with the game running smoothly as well.

Really if you have HD4000, 8 - 16GB RAM and i5 or i7 you should be able to play this game.