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A project to statically recompile following games to create Windows or Linux (x86 or arm) versions of the games - Albion, X-Com: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown), X-Com: Terror from the Deep, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator, Battle Isle 3: Shadow of the Emperor
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Albion (linux-x86-v1.7.4-sdl2) freezes when switching desktops. #65

Open RobertZenz opened 5 months ago

RobertZenz commented 5 months ago

The game freezes (no matter in what state it is) when one does switch between different desktops (Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right). Changing to another window (Alt+Tab) works fine, though.

This is on a system with Xorg+MATE+Sawfish, if that matters. I wouldn't exclude that it might be related to my system, do you have an idea what that might be?

M-HT commented 5 months ago

I don't know what might be the problem. What distribution are you using ?

I tried Linux Mint with MATE and it worked there. I installed Sawfish, but when I try to use it I only get an error and black screen, so I can't try Albion there.

RobertZenz commented 5 months ago

Ubuntu, a quite old one to be honest, so that might be the problem. Though, I haven't observed this with any other game or application so far. Sorry, it's rather late, if you've got an idea how I could debug that I'll give it a try.

M-HT commented 5 months ago

An which version of Ubuntu ?

RobertZenz commented 5 months ago

That would be 16.04 (under ESM) with SDL2 2.0.10.

I would not exclude that that is the problem.

M-HT commented 5 months ago

I can't get Sawfish working in Ubuntu 16.04, but Albion doesn't freeze when switching desktops in MATE with SDL 2.0.4 which is default in Ubuntu 16.04.

Can you test it in MATE and/or with SDL 2.0.4 ?

Alternatively you can try using linux-x86-v1.7.4-sdl1.

RobertZenz commented 5 months ago

The SDL1 version also freezes when switching between desktops (everything else is working fine). I can also produce this with the default MATE window manager Marco running.

If you can't reproduce it, I'd assume it is something in my environment only...which might very well be.

Thanks for looking into it anyway, and thank you very much for this project. Playing the 3D parts at native resolution looks so good!