tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486986333455515816.post1399929475560999245..comments2023-04-03T05:35:28.742-04:00Comments on Hit the Sticks Dev Blog: Giving BackAubrey Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02766827109841156516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486986333455515816.post-52267837922792476632012-10-18T13:13:05.515-04:002012-10-18T13:13:05.515-04:00Hey James,
I just did some research in preparatio...Hey James,<br /><br />I just did some research in preparation of replicating your bug.<br /><br />If you browse over to <a href="https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Troubleshooting" rel="nofollow">the bumblebee troubleshooting wiki</a>, you can see that the problem is listed.<br /><br />It says:<br />***<br />[VGL] ERROR: Could not open display :8 with certain programs<br /><br />Some programs quit optirun by running detached. Workaround: run a shell with optirun and start the program from that shell:<br /><br />optirun bash<br />$ yourprogram<br /><br />When done, you can exit the shell with exit. The idea is to keep at least one optirun instance running.<br />***<br /><br />This is the likely culprit because Just Tactics spawns multiple processes in order to run the updates, the chat client, and the game client.<br /><br />I hope this helps!Aubrey Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766827109841156516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486986333455515816.post-41591797206920453152012-10-18T11:49:35.497-04:002012-10-18T11:49:35.497-04:00Hi James,
First off, sorry about the support emai...Hi James,<br /><br />First off, sorry about the support email not being up on the website. We've added a mailto link on the justtactics.com front page.<br /><br />Next: nVidia Optimus.<br /><br />Optimus support in Just Tactics is actually a problem we've been working on. I suspect that it's related to our particular usage of OpenGL. In fact, our problems with Optimus are probably rooted in the same errors that prevent Just Tactics from running on OSX at the moment.<br /><br />Basically, we're using a mixed mode of OpenGL where advanced shader features (GLSL 1.5) are supported, but vertex attribute and framebuffer setup is retained from the deprecated OpenGL 2 defaults. Standard, single-card configurations on Windows and Linux tolerate this mixed mode, but the OSX drivers do not; and apparently, neither do the Optimus drivers.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I didn't discover these problems until fairly recently when we purchased some Apple hardware for testing. This defect has been at a low priority for us because fixing it requires rewriting the jMonkeyEngine renderer code to fully comply with OpenGL 3.2. During that rewrite, I will be unavailable to improve gameplay or fix bugs. I'm the only hacker here.<br /><br />Nonetheless, we've escalated the priority, and I will be starting on the rewrite on Monday. I suspect that it will take me several weeks to make the necessary changes without disturbing all the work we've already done.<br /><br />P.S. - to any JME folks dropping through, I promise you can have the renderer when I'm done.Aubrey Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766827109841156516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486986333455515816.post-71712094478176957582012-10-17T20:59:52.041-04:002012-10-17T20:59:52.041-04:00Hi there! Sorry if this is the wrong place, but I ...Hi there! Sorry if this is the wrong place, but I couldn't find anywhere else that didn't require either facebook or twitter to report a bug.<br /><br />I can't launch the game on my linux bumblebee-enabled laptop. Bumblebee is graphics-switching software allowing me to use an nvidia optimus graphics card by doing all the rendering on the card and pushing it to screen :8 on X, which is then handled normally. When trying to run JustTactics I get this:<br /><br />[VGL] ERROR: Could not open display :8.<br /><br />Only game I've had (including minecraft, which is also java) which has this happen.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722046353541667347noreply@blogger.com