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I considered posting this in the Humble Indie Bundle thread but I thought my situation might be significantly more specific.
I got Bastion though the Humble Indie Bundle. When I first ran it I got a blank screen, but I found a fix for this in the Indie Bundle Thread.
force_s3tc_enable=true /usr/local/games/Bastion/Bastion.bin.x86_64
This worked but I was not impressed by the performance, so I tried using my nvidia card.
optirun /usr/local/games/Bastion/Bastion.bin.x86_64
Now the game runs beautifully. Unfortunately, the screen seems to be missing it's right half and is shifted up.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/69565237/Screen … 0%3A15.png
I've tried messing with the optirun compression option and using force_s3tc_enable with optimus but they don't help. I also found this following link with a solution, but the game seems to be running on the intel graphics when I use it.
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Jarl,
I actually created a bash script like the guy over at pleph did:
#!/bin/bash
optirun bash
cd <your Bastion Directory>
force_s3tc_enable=true LD_LIBRARY_PATH=lib64:. ./Bastion.bin.x86_64 -windowed -x 1920 -y 1200
exit $?
I initially tried running the script through a bash prompt, but after spawning a new optirun'd bash, it just kinda sat and looked at me funny til I exited. It then launched the game *shrug*.
I went ahead and edited the Bastion.desktop file in .local/share/applications to run the script instead of the binary. I put the game in windowed mode since I was having mouse trouble on my external monitor otherwise.
I've got it working perfectly now, and it's definitely using my GeForce card.
Last edited by justinmc (2012-06-08 20:53:23)
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Where you having the same problem I was with the screen?
I wondered if the poor performance was in my head but I tried playing through the first fight scene with just optirun and with the script and the game is clearly much slower with the script.
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at least for me, That script starts bastion with my onboard Intel Graphics. I can start the game due to "force_s3tc_enable=true", but the performance is poor
"optirun bash" doesn't seem to do anything
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I've learned something new, sometimes Bastion actually runs very smoothly with the Intel graphics, but as I play the performance gets worse. I actually seem to reliably repeat the effect this way:
1. Reboot
2. Open firefox
3. Start Bastion
4. Watch the game slow to a crawl over the course of several minutes. Going to the Forge or Distillery seems to slow down the game immediately.
Could this be an OS problem? Could there be a problem with the distribution of resources? I use cpufreq-utils and I've already tried using the performance governor and removing the daemon.
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