nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft

CyD · 10-17-06, 11:40 AM

Hi,

Many transparent textures in World of Warcraft are showing up black using nvidia betas. Transgaming devs have been notified as well. I have posted a screenshot at www.nuevoma.com/files/wowscreen01.jpg . The bottom left of the screen shows the problem.

The bug report is available at www.nuevoma.com/files/nvidia-bug-report.log

I have sent a mail to linux-bugs@nvidia.com as well.

**Thunderbird** · 10-17-06, 12:41 PM

It can also be a bug in Cedega. I'm a wine developer and opengl is one of my areas and on Wine these issues (in case of opengl mode and also using d3d9) don't happen. The opengl code is still more or less the same in Cedega and Wine, though the pbuffer code is different and that is what is used by WoW, so it could be a bug in that pbuffer code in Cedega.

netllama · 10-18-06, 04:55 PM

I've reproduced this problem, and opened bug 261397.

Thanks,
Lonni

tmchardy · 11-05-06, 06:29 PM

Yeah, both 9625 and 9626 are the same. I only started noticing the little black square in the bottom left after actually logging in. You should have taken a screenshot after you log in. ;-) The game is completely unplayable (I remember where all my hotkeys are, but I don't know what's in my bags off by heart.

)

Oh well, it's been a couple weeks with this problem. Hope a fix presents itself soon. Really would like to be able to play WoW on my laptop one day.

Ikshaar · 11-07-06, 02:48 PM

I reported it here when drivers came out... and filled bug on cedega...
http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtop...912&highlight=

Too bad I did not know at the times where to get in touch with nVidia...

EDIT: and bug is not fixed in 9629

syncomm · 11-07-06, 07:10 PM

Same issue here (also running non-beta 9626), doesn't happen using the last stable driver release on the same box and setup.

xbobmx · 11-07-06, 10:04 PM

Note that World of Warcraft still works fine if you use it in OpenGL mode ("-opengl" parameter). It's faster than the D3D one anyway.

Ikshaar · 11-08-06, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xbobmx

Note that World of Warcraft still works fine if you use it in OpenGL mode ("-opengl" parameter). It's faster than the D3D one anyway.

Please don't make generalization ... i have terrible performance and/or terrible artefacts if I use opengl. So it might work for some but it's not "faster anyway"...

sir_tez · 11-09-06, 07:50 AM

Just wanted to confirm that I was seeing the same problem on *stable* 9629.

Ikshaar · 11-10-06, 08:57 AM

Quote:

I've reproduced this problem, and opened bug 261397.

netllama: is there public access to that bug report progress or is it inside nVidia only ?

**Thunderbird** · 11-10-06, 09:24 AM

It is internal to Nvidia people only. The only way to get the status of the bug is by asking it to an Nvidia employee with the bugreport number attached.

netllama · 11-20-06, 03:07 PM

After investigation this was determined to be a cedega bug, not an nvidia driver bug.

10-17-06, 11:40 AM	#1
CyD Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7	nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft Hi, Many transparent textures in World of Warcraft are showing up black using nvidia betas. Transgaming devs have been notified as well. I have posted a screenshot at www.nuevoma.com/files/wowscreen01.jpg . The bottom left of the screen shows the problem. The bug report is available at www.nuevoma.com/files/nvidia-bug-report.log I have sent a mail to linux-bugs@nvidia.com as well.

10-17-06, 12:41 PM	#2
Thunderbird Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands, Europe Posts: 2,105	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft It can also be a bug in Cedega. I'm a wine developer and opengl is one of my areas and on Wine these issues (in case of opengl mode and also using d3d9) don't happen. The opengl code is still more or less the same in Cedega and Wine, though the pbuffer code is different and that is what is used by WoW, so it could be a bug in that pbuffer code in Cedega.

10-18-06, 04:55 PM	#3
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft I've reproduced this problem, and opened bug 261397. Thanks, Lonni

11-05-06, 06:29 PM	#4
tmchardy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft Yeah, both 9625 and 9626 are the same. I only started noticing the little black square in the bottom left after actually logging in. You should have taken a screenshot after you log in. ;-) The game is completely unplayable (I remember where all my hotkeys are, but I don't know what's in my bags off by heart. ) Oh well, it's been a couple weeks with this problem. Hope a fix presents itself soon. Really would like to be able to play WoW on my laptop one day.

11-07-06, 02:48 PM	#5
Ikshaar Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 72	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft I reported it here when drivers came out... and filled bug on cedega... http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtop...912&highlight= Too bad I did not know at the times where to get in touch with nVidia... EDIT: and bug is not fixed in 9629 Last edited by Ikshaar; 11-07-06 at 03:14 PM.

11-07-06, 07:10 PM	#6
syncomm Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft Same issue here (also running non-beta 9626), doesn't happen using the last stable driver release on the same box and setup.

11-07-06, 10:04 PM	#7
xbobmx Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 191	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft Note that World of Warcraft still works fine if you use it in OpenGL mode ("-opengl" parameter). It's faster than the D3D one anyway.

11-09-06, 07:50 AM	#9
sir_tez Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 23	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft Just wanted to confirm that I was seeing the same problem on stable 9629.

11-10-06, 09:24 AM	#11
Thunderbird Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands, Europe Posts: 2,105	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft It is internal to Nvidia people only. The only way to get the status of the bug is by asking it to an Nvidia employee with the bugreport number attached.

11-20-06, 03:07 PM	#12
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: nvidia-9626, Cedega and World of Warcraft After investigation this was determined to be a cedega bug, not an nvidia driver bug.